The Lightning collected, converging to a single point. It could be seen from far away. The details grew clearer the closer they got. "What is going on? Why is Ho building so much energy?" Wu Hai shot off like a rocket and appeared next to his little brother. "Ho! Explain." He was angry, rightfully so.
"Brother." The word escaped his mouth, he closed his hand and collapsed in the air. Limp, his body started to sink. Wu Hai caught him, found a suitable area for the Tower and expanded it.
Coming out, Han, Tiancho and Wang noticed Ho passed out on the ground, a smile on his face.
"Huh?" The word came from all of them and then the other members of the Zao Clan started to pile out of the Doorway. People were gathering nearby, the lightning had acted like a beacon. It would have been impossible to miss it once his search had begun.
"Come back, you've come back" Ho came to and noticed everyone standing over him. He stood up and looked more dignified than Wu Hai had ever seen him before. Flying in from the City Palace, Qingchi burst into tears at the sight of Ho. She came up and hugged him, looked over his shoulder as he turned around.
"Uncle!" Dropping from Ho's embrace, she turned and bowed to her Mother then to Wu Hai.
"Hello little one, you've grown." Wu Hai heard some coughing from behind.
"I'd like to introduce you to some of my friends. And don't think this ends my questions, Ho. You will have some answers for me when we get inside, yeah?" Wu Hai handed him a potion, it seemed like a reflex but Ho waved his hand away.
"We have pressing matters, lets go inside." He walked inside with the rest of the Clan, they stood around a topographical map of the continent on a table , as it looked from orbit. The details were spectacular for a model. Ho explained the situation with the incoming people to the City, millions filled its walls. Ho couldn't keep up with food demands much longer, it was a godsend that the Clan had arrived when they did.
"I see, but that doesn't explain how. How did you arrive here before us?" Wu Hai had questions for his brother.
Ho looked around the room. "I know we're in a group of people i can take confidence in, but the years have taught me many things, I will speak to the Emperor alone on these matters." Ho's political practice had gained some polishing, it impressed Wu Hai enough to drop the subject for the time being.
"I have the Stealth Corp, a number of the Guards and as many fliers as could be spared, Greensong is defenseless, though, we can reclaim it at any time if it falls to another in our absence. We don't have an endless supply of resources, but this World isn't an empty one. I will send out relief forces immediately." Wu Hai spoke among the Elders and gave them directions, each of them would fly openly and help anyone that looked like they needed it. At the first sign of trouble, they were to leave the area and report back their findings. The people responsible for the blast were still loose in the world.
Sixty fliers took to the air, each with a number of storage devices and GPS markers courtesy of the Jungle City Priesthood. Resources could be easily sorted with Qu, though he detested mindless work.
"Take me to see your brother, After that, this Emperor wishes to see the City." Wu Hai motioned to Kuzunoha to come along. Together they walked the Castle, arriving at her brother's workstation.
"Uncle, I see you've arrived. It is good to see you." He sat in front of a computer, typing away. The screen changed rapidly, he was obviously working inside of a network, it reminded Wu Hai of the memories of Jigui's life. "I've been working hard to keep the political situation at bay, helping uncover evidence of corruption in other nations that were hostile to us. Recently we've had a few problems, I'm sure you heard about the Bombing. I've been scouring the forums, any of the watchdog sites online and looking for information on the terrorists." his fingers moved fast, his eyes almost didn't budge from their position when his uncle was present.
It was disconcerting, Wu Hai put his hand out and onto Luitian's shoulder. "There's someone you should meet, here." Passing a storage ring that was a bit gaudy to his nephew, Wu Hai helped him up from his chair. "Grab your things, this storage ring is a pretty good one." turning to Qingchi, he rolled his eyes and passed another over to her. "There. Grab whatever you need, until this is over, the safest place is the Tower." Luitian was familiar with the working of storage rings, he swept everything in the room away, not even the paperwork on the walls remained. Wu Hai channeled his ability, covered his group and teleported back inside the Tower.
"Isn't this a little lazy?" A voice came from another room down the hall from their position.
"Kim Li, Get your ass out here. Meet the family. I have to go meet their press agent, Kuzunoha, you wanna come along?" Wu Hai asked and she accepted, they stood close and once again, his silver finger touched the teleportation circle.
"Typical." Xuan Kim Li shrugged, stuck his hand out and greeted everyone else. "Hi, I'm your Uncle's Long time Assistant and former student."
"The Prince thinks we should meet" Luitian seemed somewhat resentful of the timing and sequence of events, but things were progressing.
Luitian's voice was somewhat sour, but Kim Li sort of understood. "Don't take it personally, the Emperor has a lot of things going on right now, even Ho didn't know the full details. I've heard all the details from Qu, its quite a story. I think Ho might be the focus of many folktales throughout the centuries, but existence is relative.. so who knows." Kim Li opened his lab and invited Luitian inside. "Come check out what I've been working on. Qu, can you spare me an avatar?"
Qu appeared.
Qingchi and Luitian stared in amazement, they saw the Dragonkin and Qilinkin forms in videos, it was still somewhat special but they had already seen them. Qu was a ghostly bastet, a Nyankin. His tail flicked when he noticed the stares and Qingchi smiled. "Nice to meet you, I am Qu."
Qingchi just about fell over, "C-UUUUTE!"
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