After Charles announced the mission rewards, Umino Iruka placed a short sword and a handful of shurikens he had obtained from the Hand's members in front of Charles and asked, "Lord Charles, do this world have ninjas as well?"
As Iruka's words fell, everyone turned their attention to Charles, and only Ginny was interested in the implication of Iruka's question.
Charles didn't pay much attention to the short sword but took a look at the shurikens. They closely resembled the shurikens from the Naruto world.
He turned them around in his hand and then set them down, saying, "Iruka, in this world, only we are true ninjas with the ability to manipulate chakra, which makes us fundamentally different from other organizations' so-called 'ninjas.'"
"You can think of them as a variation of the samurai in this world."
Upon hearing Charles's explanation, Iruka and the others understood. They stopped worrying about the Hand's ninjas, focusing instead on Ginny, who had taken note of the word "chakra."
Through Charles's explanation, Ginny realized that Charles's ninja abilities were related to chakra and set him apart from other ninja organizations.
With the ninja discussion wrapped up, it didn't take long for Charlie from the corpse collection team to arrive.
Charlie entered the room, removed his hat, and greeted, "Respected Elder Charles."
Charles took out a gold coin from his pocket and handed it to Charlie, saying, "The Continental Hotel must be quite busy today."
Charlie accepted the coin, a smile on his face, and replied, "Business has been booming today. The cleanup team is swamped. Many customers brought their targets here for unified processing."
Charles nodded and watched as Charlie loaded Madame Gao's corpse onto the vehicle, signaling for Iruka to follow.
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Meanwhile, on the other side-
After finishing his call with Charles, Kingpin looked out at Hell's Kitchen, which was now shrouded in darkness, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Is this the strength of High Table and Charles?"
"In less than half a day, the New York branch of the Hand has been completely wiped out. Even Madame Gao, one of the Five Fingers, has met her demise."
Thinking about everything that had happened today, Kingpin gained a more profound understanding of this organization, which was composed of global criminal syndicates and controlled 80% of the world's assassins.
If possible, Kingpin also wanted to become one of the organization's higher-ups.
As Kingpin was lost in thought, someone knocked on his office door.
Hearing the knock, Kingpin said, "Come in!"
The office door was pushed open, and Bullseye walked in.
Kingpin saw that it was Bullseye who entered, and then asked, "What's going on?"
Bullseye had a smile on his face and was holding a set of photos. He excitedly said, "Kingpin, take a look at this."
Kingpin took the photos from Bullseye, and as he flipped through them, the first showed Daredevil lying on the ground with blood coming from his mouth and nose. The second photo revealed his unmasked face.
After examining the photos, a rare smile appeared on Kingpin's face. This outcome was unexpected. It was truly a double blessing today.
He then said, "I didn't expect that our Daredevil was none other than the famous blind lawyer from Hell's Kitchen. This is a major scoop!"
"Hey, Bullseye, do you know who took care of this trouble for us?" Kingpin asked.
Bullseye didn't hide anything and replied, "Daredevil died outside the building where Madame Gao was staying. Based on the information I've gathered; he was killed for interfering with the people who took Madame Gao away."
"Ah, hahaha!"
Hearing this news, Kingpin burst into laughter. He exclaimed, "Charles is truly my lucky star. Not only did he eliminate Madame Gao for me, but he also took care of Daredevil, who was causing problems."
"I should gather some good whiskey and properly thank Charles. I heard he's interested in whiskey!"
Seeing Kingpin in such a good mood, Bullseye couldn't help but smile too.
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On the other side-
Back in his villa, Tony Stark felt the small-scale Arc Reactor on his chest. He realized that when he had fallen from the sky in the Mark I suit, one of the copper wires had come loose due to the impact and had caused a minor short circuit with the socket.
He needed to create a new version of the Arc Reactor for replacement because the manufacturing conditions and materials at that time couldn't compare to what he had now.
Thinking about his abduction, the subsequent rescue by Charles, and his miraculous abilities, Tony Stark said, "J.A.R.V.I.S., display all the information you have on Charles."
"Of course, sir. All available information on Charles has been compiled."
Tony Stark examined the information projected in front of him.
"Wow, he's actually an orphan adopted and trained by assassins."
"The Continental Hotel, an interesting place. A safe zone?"
"New York's top assassin, nicknamed 'Ninja Master.'"
"He's actually a ninja. That's not what I expected. I thought he was a brilliant biologist like me."
"He founded his own agency, taking various missions, and eventually became an elder of the High Table."
After learning more about Charles, Tony Stark furrowed his brows slightly. He had just announced the closure of his weapons manufacturing division, and now the person who had saved him turned out to be a notorious assassin.
While he didn't only take assassination contracts and handled other types of jobs as well, he had become an elder of the High Table, indicating his high status within the assassin community.
He probably wouldn't be directly involved in assassinations anymore, but this revelation was different from what Tony had imagined.
Thinking about Charles's various extraordinary abilities, his talking ninja dog Parker, and the swift blue snake he rode, Tony Stark muttered to himself, "I make friends based on character, not their identity. If someone helps me, I owe them a debt of gratitude."
"Yes, I owe him a debt of gratitude. It's definitely not because of that talking ninja dog or that lightning-fast serpent."
"J.A.R.V.I.S."
"Yes, sir, how can I assist you?"
"Remove all negative information about Charles from the internet."
"Sir, are you referring to all the records of negative information on the internet?"
Tony Stark pondered for a moment and then said, "Yes, all negative records on the internet."
"Very well, sir. I will proceed with the operation."
After giving his instructions to J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark started working on creating his latest model of the Arc Reactor.
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