New law of Beast Taming

"Ugh, this place smells so bad. I feel as if I will develop a headache if I remain here any longer. How do people tolerate this place?"

Sakura complained as she walked inside the corridor of the lab. Her nose twitched and she sneezed every few seconds. Her face had also turned red as a result of her not being able to control her body.

This was a psychological reaction Sakura's body was capable of and the resultant fever was pseudo and non-harmful. This flushed face as well as high temperature was Sakura's powers burning away at the harmful toxins she was inhaling.

"You smell all those weird chemical smells in here? How weird. I am pretty sure that the professor said these were not picked up by humans senses."

Aqua pointed out with a clear voice. But the spark of doubt in her mind was sparkling. Was Sakura Tsurugi, not a normal human as well?

"It must be because I spend a lot of time with beasts and around Yoko's aura. My body must have unconsciously picked up on things it was not supposed to."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Sakura lied through her teeth and it sounded convincing. Aqua did not give her instincts right now, so she did not catch this lie.

Meanwhile, Amane paid them both no attention as she walked around the place. She needed to know more about what was going on inside here.

Once again, the smell of these chemicals, as well as the atmosphere of this lab, was familiar. If Amane paid close attention, she was sure that she could see her past self walking down this very hallway.

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Everything in here reminded Amane of the lab she had been a part of in her past life.

'No, don't think about that time in your life. You are over what happened to you during your past. This is a brand-new life for you.'

Amane pulled herself out of her spiraling thoughts and paid attention to what was going on in front of her.

The lab finally ended in a dead wall. But even that was an illusion to keep people away. Amane reached out her hand to touch the wall, only to get sucked into it instead.

"Yoko, look out."

Sakura reached out to her as well but she was not able to reach Amane in time. Aqua managed to catch Sakura's hand in time before the wall swallowed them both.

When the pair opened their eyes, they were in a forest-like place. It was beautiful but it had a feeling of danger surrounding it.

"Oh no! Not this place again. Sakura, we need to hurry and get out of here. Otherwise, we would be killed. This forest is filled with deadly beasts these scientists experiment on. We need to get out of here…"

But it was already too late. One of the monsters had already found them and it roared out loud to scare them.

"Ah fuck, this is so not good. Not to mention, I am not feeling good today. Darn these cramps and my stomach hurts as well"

Aqua complained and Sakura suddenly had a bad feeling about everything. There was a pang in her stomach as it started to hurt as well. There was also a familiar liquid leaking out of it which was not slick.

'Tsk, why now of all times? Did I mismatch the date and time? Let me recall-'

The beast attacked them but Sakura was not in a mood to deal with it. She raised her hand and flames erupted out of her hand, covering the monster.

These flames should have burned the forest, but somehow, they were tamed and only went after the beast in front of them.

"You! When did you learn to do this? Your report did not say that you were capable of anything like this!"

Aqua complained as she looked up at Sakura. She could not help but feel surprised at what she saw. She had collected a lot of data on the Tsurugi family, but none of the reports mentioned that Sakura was capable of this.

The beast did not die, but it gives them the scariest look it could give them before it ran away. Only then did Sakura recall her flames and look annoyed.

"Tsk, these small fries dared to cross my path? If not for the ache in my stomach, I would have killed them all off. Anyway, Aqua, hand me the goods. I need to do something before I am soaked in blood."

Those words did wonders to snap Aqua out of her daze. What kind of timing was this for Sakura to have her period just when Aqua hinted at them?

"Wow! Is this the legendary sync phenomenon I've heard a lot about? How the hell did this happen? I thought two people needed to be close for their periods to sync up."

Aqua joked around to lighten up the atmosphere. But Sakura did not seem to share her joy over this topic. If anything, she looked annoyed and pissed.

But it could just be because of her present condition and the pain in her stomach.

"Tsk, we are not close. I am right on time so this is natural. I just…forgot about my monthly cycle due to all the stress I was under recently. You don't need to make a big deal out of it. Now, do you have what I need or not?"

Sakura asked with a grumpy look on her face.

"Ah yes, give me a moment. I have what you need…and a chance for clothes as well. I think you might want to change out of your clothes for now. They cannot be… uncomfortable to be in."

For the first time today, Sakura felt thankful to have to not have Yoko with her. This episode would have been beyond embarrassing if Yoko had seen her in her current condition.

Then again, being seen by Yoko's friend in such a compromised situation was bad enough.

"Tsk, give it all to me here. I will hurry up and change."

Sakura changed in record time and cleaned herself up. She regretted the loss of her pants and underwear. But it was a necessary sacrifice to make. They were both burned and then Sakura was ready to head out once more.

But first, they needed to find Yoko and regroup. Knowing Yoko, she could be in danger and not even realize it herself. There was no telling what would happen to Yoko at this rate.

...…..

Amane walked out of the wall portal, only to find herself in another lab. She could tell that she was still in the vicinity of the lab but the path seemed to have been chosen for her at random.

Since Sakura and Aqua had been following her, Amane waited for them to catch up to her. But the other two never made it to the other side, she had to rethink her options.

"Well, no point in worrying about things. I should head out to find that security guard first. He might be able to tell me where I need to head to."

That was what Amane's plan was. But she was not able to follow through with it because of a big and furry problem.

The beast that rampaged inside the lab was a huge gorilla-like entity that Amane had never seen before. It was weird and it did not seem to be aware of anything. No soul or magical energy was surrounding it as well.

It was an artificially made beast with nothing but it's pure muscle power to back it up.

"Tsk, these people have started making these abominations as well now? Were the chimeras not enough for them?"

Amane questioned as the beast charged toward her. It tried to crush her under its palm but Amane quickly grabbed its hand and pulled its body over her shoulder. The beast lost its balance but it recovered incredibly fast.

It looks at Amane with a vary expression before attacking her again.

The creator of this beast must have used some strong creature to create this artificial beast as it had incredible strength and could easily punch through the walls. But it was useless in front of Amane as she just caught the beast's arm and twisted it.

The beast did not even cry out, nor did it slow down. It meant that this beast had no pain receptors in its arms or all over its body.

"What a cruel existence you all are living through. You want to be free of this pain, right? Then don't resist my powers. I am going to set you free."

Amane did not know if the beast understood her or not, but it did still once she said those words. It leaned into her palm and rested its head on Amane's hand before disappearing into pretty lights.

Once the beast was gone, Amane's gentle aura broke off into an annoyed and enraged one.

It was one thing to turn beasts into chimeras, but it was an entirely different thing to create a creature like this. It was neither alive nor did it have any basic rights. This kind of technology had been outlawed a long time ago.

'This lab and the people behind it cannot be left alive. We need to get rid of everything in here. I will also ask Charlie to investigate things once I am out of here.'

Amane had decided that this place needed to go. Not only for her mental health but for her calm retirement as well. Amane needed to make sure Beast's business was left unharmed and untouched by these people.