New law of Beast Taming

Chapter 200 200: Decisions are hard [pt1]

Elios Tsurugi was in a great mood. She had given the orders and now she just needed to sit back and relax. The rest of the things would happen as she had ordered them to happen.

It would not take long for Yoko Tsurugi's empire to fall. And it would all have been done by a single person. Truly, no one could resist her charms as well as her political powers.

Elios Tsurugi was truly the best person for these kinds of jobs and she knew that as well.

So naturally, she celebrated this by opening another bottle of her favorite vine and pouring herself a glass. She needed to celebrate her victory over Yoko Tsurugi.

Only, it seemed as if the world had other plans for her to follow.

As soon as Elios opened the bottle of wine and poured herself a glass, the door to her office opened and her panicked secretary entered the room. Something drastic seemed to have happened for her secretary to look like this.

"What's wrong? This better be important if you are barging into the room like this. I don't think I can excuse your rudeness otherwise."

The secretary would be lucky if she was not fired. But since she had done such a remarkable job up until this date, Elios decided to give her another chance to prove her worth.

The secretary looked stumped and afraid. She opened her mouth to speak but no words came out of her mouth at first.

But then she seemed to gather her courage and speak up.

"B-Boss, we are in trouble. Our stock prices keep on falling and our suppliers and financiers are backing away. Our business is at an all-time decline from which we cannot recover on our own."

The secretary's words shocked Elios enough for her to throw her wine glass away and look at her with wide eyes.

Elios rested her hand on her head and massaged it to get the pain out. She was beginning to develop a small headache now.

"What did you say happened here? Oh god, not this shit again. Don't tell me that it's because the employees are protesting again to get a raise. We just gave them a bonus last month."

The secretary shook her head as a negative.

"I-It's not the employees this time. It's our customers and investors. They are refusing to cooperate with us over anything. Our scores are low and so is the interest of anyone in our company now."

Elios was surprised now. This had happened suddenly and she could not help but feel suspicious of this. How could this have happened to her of all people?

"You said that everyone is backing away slowly, huh? This cannot be natural. We need to get to the bottom of this for sure."

Elios got up from her seat and brought her coat out. She wore it and decided to head out as well. She had a shareholder meeting to head toward and figure out what was going on here.

Behind her, her secretary shook in her boots. She was as glad that she had gotten away with delivering such shocking news. Everyone else was certain that she would get fired for sure.

'Maybe Elios Tsurugi is not such a bitch as everyone makes her out to be. She does seem to have a human soul and…'

"You! You are fired for giving me such bad news and being late to report such things to me. Hurry up and go away. I don't want to see your face."

The secretary's smile fell off her face.

Here she had been, thinking just how lucky she had gotten just now. But little did she know that it would be her biggest regret in life.

The secretary left her post as well as the company with an angry expression that day. She did not even take her luggage and other things from the storage room.

She would likely have some for those things later once she had calmed down and had more time to think over her actions. She did have a lot of important things.

But what was she going to do now? She did not have a source of income anymore. This job had been everything the secretary had in her life.

"Tsk, it looks like my mother still has that infamous temper of hers intact. She fired you off because of something that was not your fault, right? You poor girl."

The secretary looked up, only to see Sakura standing in front of her. The younger looked like a guardian angel in the middle of the road.

The secretary had been in this company for some time so she knew the young lady quite well. And often, she had felt bad for young Sakura's circumstances.

"Lady Sakura, what are you doing here? If your mother finds you here, then she would be even angrier than she already is."

The secretary pointed out with a scared voice. She was one of the normal people of this world now so she needed to fear power. She no longer had money or influence in her life

But Sakura did not even budge a single inch even after the secretary spoke of all this.

"My mother…is a difficult person to understand or get along with. Often, she is scary enough to even give me goosebumps. Nevertheless, I can see that you had a tremendous hand in her success."

"And that is why, I want to recruit you toward our side. Both I and Yoko can use someone like you by our side. You will not have to fear about getting fired randomly if you agree to come with us."

Sakura extended her hand to the former secretary of her mother. The secretary was a miracle worker at times.

She was both hardworking as well as smart enough to take care of things on her own.

As such, Sakura wants this secretary at her side.

"I…if you would have me then I will be more than happy to join your side."

The secretary had nothing to lose now anyway. She had already been fired from her job.

...…

"Ugh, this is such a drag. Why did I decide to go shopping alone while Sakura goes off and does her thing? I should have gone with her. Maybe then I would not be stuck in this store."

Usually, Amane liked shopping and looking around.

Getting new and shiny things was a fun luxury not everyone could afford. And that was why Yoko liked money and influence.

But today, it was just a hindrance. She had been listening to the shopkeeper brag about his worthless collection for about half an hour now.

"-and this one is another luxurious one our customers adore. It also has a very manageable price range and-"

See, this was what Yoko talked about. She was not interested in these products and her temper was very close to burning this store.

"Excuse me. I need to head to the washroom right now."

Amane stood up and startled the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper did not even realize that Amane was trying to run away from him. He looked happy to assist her in any way possible.

"Of course. My worker will lead you to the washroom in the back. I hope you have a fun time there."

The shopkeeper smiled a happy smile and Amane was sure that he was not even thinking half the time he spoke.

Either that, or he had no situational awareness to speak of. Who said such words to their customers in such an open manner?

Heck, the worker leading Amane back to the bathroom looked startled and embarrassed on her employee's behalf.

"Miss, this is the washroom."

The employee looked uncomfortable, not knowing what she should do now. Should she wait for Yoko Tsurugi to be finished? Or should she go back to her post?

"Thank you for leading me here. I will take things over from here."

Amane promised the worker and she hesitated before she went back to her post once more. Luckily for her, Amane decided not to use the device she had to knock this woman out.

But she did knock at the door of the washroom and entered a stall. Then, it was time for her to pull off her disappearing trick.

Amane opened the door to the bathroom and quietly walked out. No one stopped her since there was no one here. And Amane walked right of the store's backdoor.

She was never going to come back here again.

"Finally, I am free of that nightmare. Now let's see where I can go from here."

Amane opened the map, only to see a familiar person passing her by. Aqua looked out of it right now and her eyes also looked dazed over.

Something seemed to have happened, but Amane thought twice about it before calling her over.

"Aqua, hey Aqua, are you alright? Can you even hear me?"

From the way Aqua was behaving, it would be fair to assume that she did not want to be called out to by anyone. She seemed a little lost in her thoughts for now.

On the other hand, Amane was getting more and more curious about Aqua's situation. She could tell that there was something wrong with Aqua now. But whatever it was still not clear to Amane.

So, she decided to go out and check things out. She followed Aqua as she walked around the town and then paused when Aqua sat down on the city bench. She looked exhausted and done.