New law of Beast Taming

The mayor watched Yoko Tsurugi leave her building with the food pouch in her possession. He knew that he needed to make himself known right now if he wanted to execute his plan.

He had covered himself with the smell of drugs. Even the smallest touch would leave his smell imprint on Yoko Tsurugi's body.

All he needed to do was to touch her and Yoko Tsurugi would do the rest of the work with the smell.

What was more? This was a special drug smell that normal people could not even smell. Only a beast would notice this smell and rampage.

So, the mayor was certain that Yoko Tsurugi would not be able to know what was happening.

"Ah, Lady Yoko. Are you going to feed the beast right now? What an exemplary person you are. You carry out your duties to the best of your capability."

The mayor continued to praise Yoko. He was so certain that his words would get Lady Yoko to get her guard down and accept his touch.

"That is so sweet of you to say, mayor. But are you trying out a new scent today? You smell weird."

The mayor froze as soon as he heard Lady Yoko's words.

For a solid minute, he had to wonder if he had been caught by her. Had she noticed something wrong with him? Was that why she was asking him this question?

But as soon as that ridiculous thought crossed his mind, the mayor relaxed. There was no way Lady Yoko could smell the smell on his person. She was a human after all.

"I don't know what you are talking about. My lady, please shake my hand. I think we got off on the wrong foot here. I want to strengthen our relationship with each other."

The mayor did not show his discomfort on his face.

He showed nothing with excitement on his face when he looked at Yoko.

If not for the fact that Yoko knew his real character and his plan as well, she would have believed that this man wanted to redeem himself.

'What a crafty man. I can see why he went this far in his life. Unfortunately, he met his match in me.'

Despite feeling as if it was a shame that this man was being like this, Yoko did not back down.

She grasped the hand in front of her and shook the mayor's hand.

As soon as she did that, she felt the mayor relaxing. A burden seemed to have been laid off his shoulder after he had touched Amane's hand.

"My lady, I shall not be keeping you waiting for too long now. I am sure that the beast you are visiting is hungry."

Amane tried not to show how amused she was right at that moment. She decided to mess with the mayor a little.

"Mayor, since you are so interested in the creature, why don't you come and visit it with me? I will keep you safe and you can observe the Gwazi from up close."

The mayor froze and quickly took a step back. He did not want to be seen anywhere near the beast. He especially did not want to be anywhere close to that beast since he had this weird smell on his body.

He would be instantly killed before the mayor could defend himself.

"N-No, that is alright. I am sure that you will be able to take care of this for me. I am-also have a very important task I need to do. I should get going now."

The mayor quickly fled the scene after that.

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Amane watched the man run away like a coward. But she had expected this to happen so she was not surprised in the least.

What she was surprised at was the smell on her hand. It was a potent mix and one not a lot of people knew about.

She was surprised that the recipe for this beast agitator was still around.

Once Amane was done with this settlement, she would need to look more into it.

She waved her hand and her aura covered any smell on her body. It was the standard practice in her field but not one Amane needed to utilize often.

She quickly made her way toward the Gwazi and held the food in front of her.

'You masked your smell. Is something wrong?'

The Gwazi asked as soon as it noticed Amane. There was a surprise in the beast's eyes when he asked this question.

For Amane, it was easy to see the reason why the beast was so surprised. It was because a scent was a unique thing to a beast.

It was something to take pride in and to let everyone else know of their presence. As a result, they never tinkered with their scent.

However, the case was different for Amane.

No matter how much her scent smelled like a beast and her aura resembled a beast, Amane was a human in the end. That was what she chose to be and that was how she was going to behave like.

And that meant making rational decisions based on her circumstances. In this case, that meant covering her scent up.

"You won't like my current scent. Someone decided to play a prank on me and now my scent is all weird. This is better for me as well."

Amane quickly assured the Gwazi of this as she kept the food in front of him.

The Gwazi looked enraged at Amane's answer but she held him back for now.

"Do not do anything foolish to help me out. It would be better for you to calm down and focus on your recovery. I feel like you almost have enough energy inside you for the purification now."

The Gwazi calmed down and felt inside his body. He felt the energy bubbling near the surface of his consciousness.

"Hmm, I will soon have enough energy inside me to perform the ritual. One more day is all I will be needing."

Once the purification ritual was over, Amane would set up a permanent barrier around this town for humans.

It would keep the beasts out and keep the humans safe. But if any human was foolish enough to step outside of the barrier, then their lives would be in their own hands.

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The mayor watched Yoko Tsurugi feed the beast without any complications. His scent trick seemed to not have worked.

"Stupid Hive. They ensured me that this scent would make the beast go wild. But nothing happened at all."

The mayor whispered in rage. He watched that stupid Yoko take care of the beast.

The mayor wanted to run toward the beast and make it lose its composure. But he also loved his life and knew that he would be the beast's first victim if that happened.

So, the mayor held back his anger and disappointment for now.

He only had so much time left before the inspection. So, he needed to do something before that.

And the mayor had one last resort left. He would set off a small bomb near the beast's enclosure. That had to set the beast off in some way.

After all, beasts had sensitive hearing. They were delicate inside and were easily spooked as well. The mayor was sure that this Gwazi would be no different.

"Yoko Tsurugi, your carrier as a beast tamer ends here. I hope you had a good run-in while you could."

The mayor laughed and then turned away. He did not notice Sakura stalking him.

Sakura observed the mayor for a full minute and her eyes were filled with disgust. But she masked it and decided to bump into the mayor.

"Ouch, I am so sorry for bumping into you. Please forgive me."

Sakura utilized the most innocent and naive look she had. The mayor seemed to be taken aback when he looked at Sakura.

But her innocent and naive look made the mayor rethink his opinion of her.

In his eyes, Sakura looked naive and cute. A perfect combination he could take advantage of. And unlike Yoko, this female looked like she would follow his commands.

"What are you doing out here, miss? Did your cousin leave you here alone? What an irresponsible thing to do to someone as young as you."

The mayor showed kindness to Sakura. He knew that the best way to win someone was to show sympathy toward their situation.

It had worked on a lot of people so far. So, he was sure that it would work on this naive girl as well.

And as expected, Sakura's blush proved him to be right. This girl was getting affected by the mayor's kind words and actions.

Now that the mayor looked at her, this Sakura Tsurugi was not bad-looking as well. Maybe he could seduce her to his side?

It should be easy enough to do to a naive girl like her.

But little did the mayor know that he was playing with fire here.