Chapter 38

|3rd POV|

"With the new evidence brought to light, the councilmen all over the world declare anyone who bears the symbol of a White Fang will be hunted down without mercy. The four kingdoms also declare global extermination of all White Fang from the face of Remnant. Sienna Khan already declared that she is stepping out of her throne as the Queen of the White Fang and willing to be checked by the four governments that she did not have any involvement in the Slave Trading that Adam Taurus does in the last four years."

Blake Belladonna looks at Lisa Lavender, showing the proof of how Adam Taurus has been doing a slave-trading for more than four years, and not only that, his victim is not only a Humans but also a Faunus.

She really wants to scream that Adam will not do that, but the other part of her knows that this is not a hoax. Even if Lisa exaggerates the fact, there must be some truth about it when all the four kingdoms agree with it. With all the four kingdoms agreeing on one decision, she knows that all the evidence is real, and she somehow misses how fuck up her former mentor is.

She did not know that her mentor did not really care for her. Adam is obsessed with her. He did not really care for her. He did not want the other to have what he already claimed. Adam did not want Beacon to have Blake, and he was willing to kill to get her back.

"Right now, there is a bounty of ten million Lien for Adam Taurus…."

Blake's pale face became paler than before. With this announcement, she knows that Adam's fate is already sealed. She knew that Adam really pissed everyone off with a bounty that big. With that bounty, he will not get any fair judgment. When he is captured alive, he is immediately killed on the spot.

There is only one fate for that kind of bounty. Death.

"For any White Fang member, the government wants you guys to go to the nearby police station and surrender yourself for questioning. You will be questioned with a truth machine. If you are proved not involved in a massive crime like slavery, you will be pardoned from your other crime. If you decide not to come in two days and you are proved to be a White Fang member, you will be given a death sentence, and your family will be questioned and even imprisoned."

Blake became even more agitated from that announcement. That means she needs to go to the local police station and admit that she is a former member of the White Fang. However, what makes her even more afraid than before is that she needs to admit to her teammate that she is a former member of a White Fang.

While Blake has a mental breakdown, Ozpin, currently nursing his head as a massive headache, continues to attack his head.

"Ozpin, I know you can't stop the councilman from doing something stupid, but you need to stop mopping around."

Ozpin looks at Qrow, who is drinking his vodka from his flask, before saying,

"You don't know what kind of headache I have right now, Qrow. What the councilman does is not only stupid but suicidal. Do you know how much Grimm has been attracted to the city these past two days?! Grimm attacks increased by four hundred percent! Usually, we only get a few small to medium Grimm attacking the wall, but right now, there is a fucking Goliath charging on our wall! A Grimm that has a survival instinct charging at the wall like the other Grimm because of how massive the negative effect this mess produced! But the council did not think of that! They only think about how to make them look good! A public meeting between council members of the four kingdoms?! ARGH!"

Ozpin even begs the council not to do what they are doing. Him! One of the strongest hunters in the world! Begging!

Sometimes Ozpin wants to kill the councilman with his own hand, but he still needs his position.

"Also, I thought that I already ordered you to defend the wall, Qrow."

"And I already finished my shift."

"Can't you use your free time to do anything other than sitting on my couch drinking?"

"Meh. Nothing is interesting right now. If I decide to go to Vale City, the police will ask me to help them with something. Angelo is busy with something inside his home and has yet to get out of his workshop."

"Speaking of Angelo, have you seen what kind of work he is doing?"

"He said that he wanted to finish your order. What kind of order is that, by the way?"

"Energy generator. Do you really want to hear the details?"

"Meh. I just want to make sure you are busy, so you did not think about the paperwork and how stupid the councilman is."

"And that does not work. Anyway, Qrow I need you to do something for me. Official mission from me."

"Oh? Already? I don't know that you are a demanding boss."

"And you want to stay here without doing anything?"

"Fair enough. What kind of mission?"

"Investigation. I want you to search for this woman that works together with Adam. The paperwork you and Angelo gather implies that Adam is working FOR a woman in red. Sadly, there is no description in all those papers other than that she is wearing a red dress, has amber eyes, and has power over fire. Right now, my instinct is screaming at me that this woman is the culprit behind Amber's comatose state."

"That is good and all, but where do I start? I can't start with only a woman wearing a red dress and having eyes with amber color."

"And you don't need to worry about it. Here"

Ozpin gives Qrow a small book. This book is the diary of one of the White Fang members under Adam Taurus' banner.

"Open page fifteen."

Qrow raises one of his eyebrows and reads page fifteen. After a few seconds of reading, Qrow nods his head. He got his clue.

"She has Roman Torchwick in her pocket. I guess I can start with Vale's underworld and ask where Roman's location is."

"Good. I will leave this mission to you."

With the Passive King now active, the plan created by the Fake Maiden slowly but surely crumbles. The Fake Maiden tried to do damage control, but sadly, the boulder was too fast for her, and she did not have enough time.