Things happened too fast for Sakura to comprehend. Before she knew it, people were looking at her and waiting for her next move.
Yoko had already been taken away by the authorities and she had temporarily divided her power between her and Eclipse. And now she was gone from Sakura's side for the unforeseeable future.
The hollowness of Yoko's presence had never been this evident before and Sakura could not help but flinch when she felt it. She had not felt such distance between herself and Amane before, even when the other had been gone.
"That Yoko…she doesn't know what she is talking about when she says she will divide her power. Surely my sensible child Sakura understands her mommy's heart and would keep her power intact."
Now that she had failed to persuade Elder Hao, she could only turn to Sakura for help. Sakura was soone who had always listened to her in the past.
And it was true that Sakura had changed a lot after she had t Yoko, but that was a temporary phenonon. Elios was sure that once she put Sakura in the right environnt, she would be able to break Sakura back into her usual self.
So, she smiled at Sakura in her usual malice-laced way. It warned Sakura not to do anything foolish because she was being watched by her mother.
Now all Elios had to do was to wait for Sakura to agree with her.
And she waited…and waited, but Sakura did not show any signs of obeying her words. Instead, Sakura's eyes hardened and she looked ready to fight back against Elios.
"I will respect Yoko's decision but I can also promise you that I will not be in control of his power for long. Yoko will co back soon and take her place where she belongs. I will clear her na out."
Sakura promised in front of the reporters and that caused Elios to burn with jealousy and anger.
'How dare Sakura do this to ? ! Her mother! She is going against her mother for a stupid person like Yoko?'
Elios Tsurugi was about to cause a scene when her husband put a hand on top of her shoulder. That made Elios snap back to her senses and she looked at her husband.
Out of everyone present here, Elios had thought that Akabe would be the one to be on her side. But that turned out to not be the case here.
"Calm down. Co, I think we need to talk with each other."
Akabe carefully navigated the field of reporters and brought Elios into a secure room where they would not be heard.
Once they were alone, Elios turned her attention toward Akabe and rage filled her eyes. She looked ready to chew Akabe out. But her husband decided to speak up first.
"Elios, I know that you are angry with Sakura but you need to take things slow. If you think about it, the first part of the deal is already reality. We have successfully transferred Yoko's power over to Sakura."
Akabe had a point when he said that but Elios was not convinced yet.
"What use is half of the power? Sakura needs to have all of it to be useful to us. And why are you getting active suddenly? I thought you gave up on the power of the family head and that is why you called out to ?"
Elios asked as she faced her husband. Her anger was going down at this point and she was beginning to calm down.
"I know that Sakura does not have full power but we can very easily cause an 'accident' to happen to Eclipse and make him disappear. But before that, we need to make sure Yoko will not co back."
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Akabe had the sa glint of scheming back in his eyes that Elios had liked at one point.
The main reason Elios had left Akabe was because he had lost this drive to achieve more and had been dominated by other people.
Elios refused to remain with such a weak-willed man so she had gone her separate way. But now Akabe was back to who he had at the start of their marriage and it filled Elios with delight.
"You are right. We finally have an opportunity to deal with Yoko Tsurugi so we should take care of her now."
They both were far too drunk on their small victory that they could not see the bigger picture. And that was why they won this battle but lost the bigger war.
......….
Sakura began to collect evidence of what happened and how to take care of things now that she was the family head, she knew how tough it was to have this position, but what she failed to realize was how much Yoko had shouldered.
There were thousands of reports to go through and millions of other small details to make sure of.
And either Yoko was a genius in such things or extrely lucky when it ca to dealing with reports. Because sohow, they were all in order and sorted out.
"Lady Sakura, about the debriefing tomorrow…what should we do about it?"
"Lady Sakura, the annual budget needs to be revised. How much should we put into the security and other stuff?"
"Lady Sakura…"
Sakura was getting annoyed and fed up with these people. For so reason, she had not seen any of these people bother Yoko during her ti but they all started to appear out of nowhere when it was her ti to take care of things.
"My lady, so of Lady Yoko's friends are here to visit you. I have directed them to the sitting room and ca here to inform you. Also, Lady Suzuki is here to visit as well…"
Finally, Layla, Sakura's servant made her way forward and gave Sakura an excuse to leave the hall. Sakura decided to take this chance and make her way out.
"You! I will co back and then give you an answer to all your questions. Until then, keep your reports ready for . I will co back and check them."
Sakura did not run away from the situation; she made a tactical retreat once she felt overwheld.
In the middle of the guest room waited Yoko's friends along with Charlie Suzuki. Just like last ti, the air was tense and harsh. And this ti, even Charlie Suzuki looked angry and she sat without her annoying, all-knowing smile.
"Sakura, tell us what happened. All we heard about was that Yoko got arrested and nothing else. I can hear as soon as I hear the news."
Ely Zhen was the first person who stood up and asked these questions. She looked angry at herself and the situation at hand.
Once Ely had asked the question, everyone elder turned toward Sakura as well. Both Faridha and Emma were there as well and Sakura could not understand why.
It was not like Yoko kept up with them or even called them. The last ti she had t them had been quite a while ago and the air between the three had been tense.
But then again, who was Sakura to say anything about friendship? Her circle was non-existing and she did not even approach people unless they could be of benefit to her.
"Well Sakura Tsurugi, are you not going to give us an answer? What happened to Yoko and why was she arrested? And why the heck did she not do anything to prevent this?"
Charlie Suzuki asked with an impatient expression on her face. Sakura had no answer for her since she had been wondering the sa thing herself.
If Yoko wanted to, she could have easily made up an excuse and gotten out of her arrest. But on the contrary, not only did Yoko cooperate with the police, she even stepped forward to be arrested.
Maybe she had a plan or maybe she did it because she felt like she had no choice.
"Hey, cut Yoko so slack. Despite her high IQ and her mature expression, she is still a teenager. She must have been overwheld by all the accusations and thought of this as the best option."
Sakura had been thinking the sa thing but as soon as she heard those words being spoken, she realized how ridiculous it sounded and she imdiately cast that thought away.
Charlie Suzuki had the sa reaction as her but Ely Zhen seed to be concerned about Yoko.
"Uhm, I can get my grandfather to tell where Yoko is and I think I can get a permit to visit her tomorrow. Would you all like to co?"
Ely asked with a nervous voice. Her question surprised Sakura since she had not expected Ely to ask this question out in the open.
Sakura was aware of Ely's crush on Yoko and their shared night as well. So naturally, she had been sure that Ely would take any excuse to be alone with Yoko. Sakura knew that she would have used an excuse.
"Ah, you are a unique person and usually I would have asked you not to bother. But this ti, I think I will take you up on your offer. Your grandfather is Marshal Zhen, right? He's an upright man. I would love to talk with him."
Sakura did not know what Charlie Suzuki was planning. No, she did not want to want to know what Charlie Suzuki was planning. She was happy being unaware of it.
'Let's et Yoko. I want to figure out how she ever stayed sane in her position.'
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