16 The plan

David spent the next few days pretending to be training and studying like normal. Yet secretly, he was laying the groundwork for an epic heist. David scouted both the ins and outs of the sect. One of the things David was most surprised by was the sect's total lack of bags. The bag he came with was too small for what he needed. Thus, yesterday he stole a picnic basket, but now he had to act fast before anyone found out to avoid suspicions. When 8 pm arrived, David trained with everyone else under the instructions of Elder Sartatsav. She was definitely older than Elder Barvatsav, who looked like he was in his late 30s to early 40s. She, on the other hand, had the appearance of a lady in her 50s, so David estimated that she was actually in her 60s or 70s. 

After training, David waited in his dorm. At midnight, he saw Original Turtle's shadow pass by. He snuck out of the bedroom while holding a picnic basket. He moved as quietly as humanly possible as he walked behind Original turtle. David made sure to be quiet enough for Original Turtle to not hear him behind her. Eventually, she opened the door to the first library. She immediately walked up to the next door and entered the second library. It looked exactly the same as the last one, but its books were all copies of a different book than the one found in the first library. Other than that, the only other difference was the number 2 on the walls. David didn't have time to look around more, though as Original Turtle had already opened the door to the third library. David snuck through before the door closed automatically behind him. The third library too had many books that were all copies of the same book. Once Original Turtle stepped into the fourth library, she spoke. 

"Elder Barvatsav, what is so urgent that you decided to sneak behind me like this to talk to me in such a private place?" As she turned around to face David, she was instead greeted by a book flying into her face. Original Turtle fell back from the momentum onto one of the bookshelves, causing a lot of noise as many of the books fell off the shelf, landing onto the sect master. At the distant edge of the room, where a door would usually be located, David instead saw the book the elder used when she trained her QI. Without a second thought, he grabbed the book and slammed it into the picnic basket before grabbing one of the normal books from one of the bookshelves and throwing it in. He slammed the button to open the door and escaped to the third library. He dashed through it while nabbing a book. As he entered the second library, he repeated the action until he finally exited the 1st library. David had five books in his basket as he dashed towards the exit of the sect. 

"HALT!" Despite the shout, David did not halt as he continued to make a run for the exit. Just as David slammed through the doors, he saw a flash pass over his shoulder. "SHIT A FIREBALL!" David took a swift look back and saw that the commotion had already awakened both Elder Barvatsav and Elder Sartatsav, and to make things worse, Original Turtle was hot on his heels too. David dashed towards the nearest road. "Shit, no one's here! I'll have to run it all!" David started dashing towards the direction of the nearest city, despite knowing it would take him many hours to arrive by foot. David's daily runs combined with his great stamina allowed him to continue running, but it seemed that when it came to stamina, the Elders were just as good as him. When David took a quick glance at the second master, he was shocked to see that, despite how Original Turtle's massive breasts got flung around in every direction as she ran, she somehow not only maintained perfect balance but seemed to be the least drowsy of the bunch. "You thief, return me the tome this instant!" "How about no?" "How about a fireball, you bastard!" and the sect master was true to her words as a fireball soon landed near David's feet, with the firey explosion missing him just an armlength away. "System, got any ideas?" "Nope." "Oh, come on, I didn't know they had such great stamina!" "That's on you and your stupid ass plan!" "And you claim to be overpowered!" "I AM!" "Certainly not!"

The argument was soon ended by another near-miss by Original Turtle. "You guys are surprisingly fast for a bunch of turtles!" FUCK YOU, THIEF! Shouted back, elder Barvatsav. Elder Sartatsav shouted something too, but David couldn't hear it. Suddenly, he saw a streak pass above him and land tens of meters in front of him. It was Elder Sartatsav. When David looked back in confusion, he saw Original Turtle tossing Elder Barvatsav towards him too. "OH SHIT SHIT SHIT!" David was now surrounded with the two elders in front of him and Original Turtle behind him. "Give us the tome NOW!" "And what if I don't want to?" "Than you will regret it!" Elder Turtle charged at him from behind with her first raised. David turned around to meet her punch with one of his own *BOOOM* After the two fists met, both David and the members of the TsavTsav sect had their eyes wide open in shock. Original Turtle and the elders were shocked because the sect master was the one who got pushed back. Meanwhile, David was shocked too, as he thought to himself. "Shit, her physical might is at least two-thirds of mine, and she can shoot fireballs."

The two elders soon narrowed their eyes as they charged at David together. David charged back at them, aiming a fist to both their faces. *BOOM* This time both sides flew back from the impact. "looks like each of them is slightly weaker than half my strength. But before David could regain his balance, he heard fire from behind him. He ducked to the side just in time to not get burned alive by another fireball. "You should rename yourself to Original Fire!" 

Despite David's jovial attitude, he was far from calm inside. Original Turtle fired another fireball at David, who promptly dodged. However, he didn't see Elder Barvatsav coming from behind until it was too late. David's elbow took a direct punch from the elder, almost getting dislocated from the blow. David Counter attacked with a punch to the eldest chest, causing him to roll backwards like a ragdoll, but the damage had already been done and David's arm was impaired. Luckily for David, the attack missed the basket that was on his other shoulder. Just at the edge of his eye, David saw it. HOPE! A lone truck was driving north from the road. David charged towards Original Turtle. She tried to stop him by shooting water at the ground in front of him, but David jumped over the water and aimed a flying kick towards Original Turtle. She dogged aside, but she was never his target. David landed on the roof of the truck, almost sliding off its edge. The sect leader fired a fireball at the truck, causing its driver to panic and almost go off-road. The elders gave chase to the tuck that was now speeding away. The elders were fast, but not as fast as the tuck. Finally, David could catch his breath enough to shout again: "Sorry for stealing your books, but I really do need them or I'll die. I never intended to fight you guys. See ya!"