In the meantime, proud head of Triads syndicate was running, hot on his heels, away from the Shanghai using all the power given by the ring. He was moving extremely fast toward one specific direction.
'I just hope, that I will make it in time.'
*Boom*
He heard the sound of an explosion behind him and there he saw his center of operation getting blown up.
'Big Boss, couldn't you go somewhere else to fight?'
He safely reached a portkey to the base, which was activated from the other side and he was relatively safely delivered to the Temple of Miracles.
***
*Boom**Baam*
A sound of air ripping and something heavy dropping on the ground was heard, so Sabrina looked behind. It was that musclehead Jian or how his minions call him "Immortal Dragon". As a person who saw an actual dragon, I'd say he is a bit too small for that. Although, I must admit he's not a typical "all muscle, no brains". After all, he did become one of the underground bosses of Shanghai. One of the reasons, father noticed him and gave him the ring. This further strengthened the guy and let him capture even more power.
Anyway, I need to concentrate on the plan.
Whilst Sabrina was thinking, Cheng Jian calmed his raising desire to vomit and sat down. Then he looked around and said out loud:
"Where the heck am I?"
"At the headquarters, of course, dummy. Where else can you be?" answered a young man in a traditional Chinese robe.
Jian was spooked, because just a second ago, this man wasn't here.
"Don't scare him, Xie Xie."
"Look who's talking. Kayle, are you finally speaking? Let's play 'words'? Or should we play Monopoly? Hard choice."
"We both have some work to do."
Jian was looking back and forth, following the exchange between these 2 individuals and this wouldn't have ended if not for Sabrina saying:
"Ignore them. I have too many things to do, because of the plan, so I have to multitask. Consider them to be me. Speaking of the plan, Cheng Jian, Kayle will lead you to the armory. They will show you your new suit. Mission debrief starts in 10 minutes. Get prepared, " seeing he wanted to ask a question, she continued, "Fewer questions, more actions. You'll learn everything you need to know during the debrief."
He could only nod and follow one of her split personalities. Thanks to the Mind Ring, she could materialize any one of her personalities, making her one man(or woman depending on the personality) army. The army is the wrong word. It's more of a logistics squad.
*Pop*
A few minutes later, the sound of air ripping, but this time much quieter, was heard once more. This time it was Yu Meng. Monk and most importantly, bearer of the Energy Ring. Its abilities are simple. It grants close to an unlimited amount of energy to peruse for magic and eases the burden on the caster whenever a spell is used.
So it's like a wand, but harder, better, stronger, faster. Or that's how father described it. As a simple muggle, I can't talk on magical topics in depth.
"How's the plan going?"
"Well, the master is drawing the attention of the strongest enemy unit. So far everything goes according to the plan. Mission debrief in 7 minutes. Remember where's armory?"
"Emituo Fo, young miss. I will get ready."
Strongest bearers of the rings were here, except for that girl, father fancied recently. Mostly because she's useless in the following mission. However, to deal with the aftermath, she will fit in just nicely. After the 'unfortunate' destruction of Shanghai by a 'meteorite', it will be perfect for a noble lady of a wealthy family to drop in with help and money. Although initially her father was expected for that role, the daughter fits into the role of a wealthy and kind person even more. Especially, her age and gender. These 2 things should make an advertisement for her persona even easier.
Speaking of destruction. When the father said that city will be destroyed, I thought he was mostly speaking about God and even then. I couldn't imagine the true scale of devastation.
Even though I saw father's prowess when he fought different monsters from legends or when he made paralyzed people walk, this fight was a whole different thing.
Casual exchanges, between these 2 titans, caused whole buildings to turn into nothing but rubble. And serious clashes could sweep away whole districts. One of the greatest cities of the Earth was turning into ruins.
And that's ignoring causality across the population. Unfortunately for them, we can't let too many people survive. Obliviating millions is not an option. We planned for too long. But knowing that out of more than 15 million people less than 10% will survive, makes even me feel somewhat burdened. But it doesn't matter. In the first place, it was my plan. And we will go with it no matter what.
Soon, time remaining until the debrief has passed and people were standing in the hall, awaiting further orders.
That included a special ops team personally created and trained by the father to be his knife in the dark.
Each and everyone one of these special operatives had a weaker version of the ring that enhanced them, making them superhumans. Add some advanced technological tools on top of that and we have a team ready to take on any missions. However, I must admit, that armor and tools made by the enemies are much more advanced. Their tech for going invisible and their light-based weaponry is beyond me.
Anyway, I collect my thoughts and start speaking:
"Greetings, gentlemen. Short debrief. Communication in the Shanghai is down and the anti-spy sphere was raised over the city. As you can see on screens" on these words, everyone collectively looked towards the mentioned screens and most of them gulped quite loudly, looking at the mass destruction fight was causing, "Master is currently distracting the strongest card in the enemy's deck. This together with the enemy's lack of awareness, means we have around an hour to destroy all the forces of Master's enemies. They call themselves 'Order'."
After saying that, she gave them folders with information, after which continued:
"In the following folders, you will find all the information concerning the mission. The first task is getting out the leader of that organization alive. The second one is acquiring the exact location of all the bases of this organization. After both are done, you will be extracted. More details in the folders. You have 5 more minutes to familiarize yourself with the provided info. Next, you may ask questions. In 10 minutes, you will be teleported directly above or close to your respective targets. So, make sure to ask questions, before that. And remember, failing is not an option, and dying is not an end. Don't disappoint the master."