When Yamato heard Charles asking how Tsunade got her money, Yamato's usually calm expression showed a trace of strangeness.
"According to what I found out, part of it comes from Tsunade-sama's salary, another part is provided by Secretary Ginny and Lord Orochimaru."
"However, these only account for half. The other half seems to come from S.H.I.E.L.D."
Hearing Yamato's words, Charles's expression also became strange. Half, meaning S.H.I.E.L.D provided more than hundred millions of dollars in gambling funds to Tsunade, wasn't this a lost cause for them?
Charles thought about it. Maybe it's not necessarily a loss. Perhaps Tsunade left right after losing, and S.H.I.E.L.D. swooped in to take advantage, making a tidy profit from the situation.
"Besides Tsunade, have other ninjas had strangers deliberately approach them?"
Yamato thought about it and then answered, "When they go out for activities, people do try to approach them. Naruto is the only one who is not cautious, while others haven't had much contact."
"Based on my investigation, most of these contacts are related to S.H.I.E.L.D."
Hearing this, Charles realized that S.H.I.E.L.D. wouldn't just ignore so many ninjas; Moreover, it's not just S.H.I.E.L.D. that is interested in ninjas, but others as well.
However, apart from Naruto, other ninjas don't interact much with ordinary people in this world. Just like in Konoha, ninjas wouldn't frequently interact with civilians.
Naruto is indeed an easy target to approach. Despite being in this world, his inner desire for recognition and acceptance remains.
But here, people don't despise Naruto as the villagers of Konoha did. Instead, they admire him because of his ninja identity.
However, the malicious people here will find it impossible to turn Naruto against Charles.
Charles only needs to pay a little attention to the ninjas. Although each one has different personalities and habits, there aren't major issues because the recruited ninjas are trustworthy.
Instead, it's his secretary Ginny whose safety requires more attention.
"I'm giving you a task: protect Ginny in secret."
"Yes, Lord Charles."
Charles sighed internally. As his chief of logistics, Ginny had received the body enhancement serum, improving her strength to handle most ordinary enemies. But if someone with ill intentions were to target her, she could still be captured.
Even the evolved Selene and Michael were captured and nearly killed several times. Compared to them, Ginny's strength still has some level of risk.
With Yamato's protection, he can trust Ginny's safety outside.
After receiving the order, Yamato vanished from the conference room.
Looking around the now-empty conference room, Charles checked the time. It was just 9 a.m., leaving him plenty of time before the 2 p.m. transaction.
Charles returned to his room to perform ninja card fusion.
He then contacted Temari regarding the S.H.I.E.L.D. 084 object trade and asked her to return to her room. Charles was aware that S.H.I.E.L.D. was probably intercepting their communications.
Once Temari returned to her room alone and closed the curtains, Charles immediately entered the system space and removed current C-rank Temari's ninja card from the deployment slot.
With Charles's actions, Temari, who was in the room, instantly disappeared without a trace.
Charles took out the current C-rank Temari and new C-rank Temari ninja cards, and immediately received a notification from the system.
Ding! Would you like to merge current Temari and new Temari ninja cards?
Yes!
Upon Charles's selection, the two ninja cards flew out of the card panel, began spinning rapidly in the sky, and merged into one ninja card with a burst of light.
Charles examined the merged ninja card.
C-rank: Temari (Merged), Star Level: 2 stars.
He took a look at the skills section, which now contained six skills and enhanced ninjutsu abilities.
Once the ninja card fusion was confirmed, Charles placed the newly fused ninja card back into the deployment slot.
Ding! Choose a deployment location for C-rank Temari (Merged).
A: Within three meters of Charles Doyle.
B: Random deployment.
C: Last known location before recall.
Charles chose option C without hesitation.
With Charles's choice, Temari, who had disappeared from the room earlier, reappeared in the room.
At that moment, Temari opened her eyes and felt the changes in her body. She exclaimed:
"This—how is this possible? My chakra has doubled!"
Previous Temari and the new Temari were both from the same period during the Chunin Exam in Konoha, and their abilities were quite similar. With the fusion, Temari's chakra doubled.
Temari clenched her fists and was excited to discover that not only had her ninjutsu been restored, but her overall power had also significantly increased.
Temari thought about the call she received from Lord Charles earlier and realized that all of these changes were due to him. She silently praised, "Praise be to Lord Charles."
On the other side, after dealing with Temari's situation, Charles thought about trying his luck and performing some ninja recruitment now that he was back on Earth.
Bringing in the Mist Village ninjas earlier could also strengthen his power.
He checked his ninja recruitment scrolls and found he only had five. Charles then spent 2,520 gold coins to purchase 15 more scrolls, making a total of 20 scrolls.
After purchasing the scrolls, Charles exited the system space, bringing his consciousness back to his main body.
Charles found a few Merlin spells that increase luck and immediately cast them on himself to enhance his luck with a buff.
After casting the spells, Charles refrained from exploiting Merlin or the Ancient One and instead began thinking about an idea. If he eventually becomes a high-ranking multiverse figure, could he bless himself?
Perhaps he could borrow from his future self?
Thinking of this possibility, Charles immediately began to act.
"Ninja Immortal from another era;"
"Supreme Merlin, master of magic;"
"The one who travels the stars - Charles Doyle;"
"I pray for your attention;"
"I pray for you to grant good fortune;"
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