Ch 17 Road To Xu Wenwu

I decide to wear a mask at least until I take down the rings so I can live my life in peace, I don't want to think about it, but in about 100 years I'll have nothing to lose so masks won't matter anymore.

I picked up this mask when I was traveling in China, it's a black demon mask with an open mouth with 2 long fangs at the ends of the mouth and 2 long black horns which extend upwards.

I traveled to Chiyang a small city near Cheng Tu Fu after looking around I found that warehouse location the goon gave me, I equipped my mask and silver dragon battle suit.

I turn to mist to slip under the door and creep along the floor sticking to the shadows.

Inside there are 12 or so Ten Rings minions, there moving around boxes while one stronger-looking guy orders them around.

"Hurry up we need these weapons transported before the master has our heads" the leader says.

"We are the last supply team to ship out before the assassination starts"

Hmmm, Assassination the movie illuded to a lot of those happening. I'm going to keep the leader alive and kill the rest, I see 2 goons go to the back for some boxes or something I reform behind them and slit their throats.

I transform back to mist in search of new prey I see 3 more solitary goons and end them one by one.

5 down 6 to go.

"Wheres Ming he was supposed to bring the black petal poison, Jing do find him and bring him back" the leader says.

Ming runs to the back where I killed the initial goons and sees the corpses and blood, before he could alert the others I silence him too.

The silence unnerves the leader because he shouts.

"Ming, Jing report, damn everyone huddle up somethings no right"

He was right to worry because only 5 goons return the rest are silent.

"Shit who's there, do you have any idea who you're messing with"

"Xu Wenwu the warrior king" I say emerging from the shadows red mist streaming from where my eyes once were.

I change parts of the lining of my throat to make my voice creepy, so mist spills from my mouth with every word.

"What are you guys doing attack him!" the head goon cries out.

5 goons charge me from the front and start swinging with swords and daggers, I dodge them all effortlessly. All 5 of them crowd around me taking swings missing and sometimes hit in each other.

I take a long dragon scale dagger and then snake around them gracefully severing their heads off with 5 concise strikes a moment later 5 heads fall to the ground as their bodies collapse around me.

I step over the corpses and slowly walk to the leader who is still stunned in silence.

"I'm only going to ask once where is the Ten Rings HQ" I ask inches from his terrified face.

"I I I don't know I'm not high up enough to be trained at HQ… but Death Dealer I'm working under him he's been sent to assassinate the Phagmodru family of Tibet, talk to Death Dealer he'd know" he says trying his best to live.

"Tell me everything about this assassination" I say.

Basically, 20 years ago Tibet was ruled by the Sakya lamas but there was a revolt and the Sakya lamas were dethroned and now Tibet is ruled by the Phagmodru family. Xu Wenwu is close with the Sakya lamas and wishes to reinstate them for more control of Tibet.

Death Dealer was put in charge of this mission, which confuses me because I thought Death Dealer was that regular human guy from the movie perhaps it's a title given to Xu Wenwu's top fighters through the years.

After getting all his information I kill Kim who was the leader of these goons by the way. I decide to leave a message to fuck with Xu Wenwu, I take Kim's blood and right Mandarin on the floor by his corpse and leave.

I teleport directly to Lhasa instead of stopping by Kamar Taj, now is the time for action not relaxing. I walk around eating street food on my way to the place Kim was supposed to deliver the supplies. I arrive at a gambling parlor, the base is supposed to be in the basement.

I walk in and see people playing mahjong and various dice games, in the back is a door guarded by 8 guys looking around vigilantly, I catch one of the guards with a ten rings tattoo on his wrist.

Bingo

I know I'm strong enough to barrel my way through these guys no problem, but let's try this a more fun way.

I sit down at a table with 6 people around it, the dealer has a cup with 5 dice in it, people guess what number it will be from 5 - 30. If you were feeling it you could bet the exact numbers.

Tibet has no currency at the moment so everything is bartered with gold, I place a gold bar on the table and say.

"I bet this on 5 one-sided dice coming up"

Everyone at the table goes silent before I hear jeers from the others surrounding me.

"Another fool wasting his money"

"Rich kids these days"

"Hey kid if you want to throw away such money, give it to me"

I ignore them as the dealer goes to shake the cup and throw the dice using my perception and The way of the Protector I controlled the dice in mid-air and made them land exactly how I wanted. All 5 dice come up on ones.

"Awesome" I say in what most the people around me would say is a rather lackluster reaction to such a lucky win but I'm just getting started.

"4 times payout to the lucky young man" I dealer says as he hands me 3 more gold bars.

I grab them and then place them in the betting spot again.

"I bet on 5 six-sided dice" I say this time people from other tables stopped and stared on.

"Okay" the dealer said feeling uncomfortable for some reason.

When the time comes to cast the dice once again and I control the wind to make it land as I predicted yet again.

I don't even react as the dealer hands me the 12 gold bars, I don't break eye contact as I say.

"Same bet again"

Now the whole parlor is silent the dealer turns around and gives a look to the manager walking between tables who comes over to watch. The dealer throws again not even bothering to take the other's bets.

When the dice come up all 6's again the manager calls over some of the guards and says.

"Sir we would like to have a word with you in the back" he says as he gestures over to the door in the back.

Finally

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Here we are

Mc is taking down an assassination plot and then onto Xu Wenwu