When Charles saw that he had recruited a B-rank ninja and it was none other than Rock Lee in his Gate of Limit state, he felt extremely pleased.
This was his first B-rank ninja recruit, and it was much stronger than any C-rank ninja. Moreover, Lee in his Gate of Limit state could unleash the power of a jounin.
Charles's joy wasn't just about obtaining a powerful B-rank ninja; it was also because this B-rank ninja wouldn't occupy his battle slot. He could fully integrate Lee with his existing C-rank Lee, effectively allowing him to summon this ninja in the real world.
Charles first checked the ninja's abilities.
Rock Lee - Gate of Limit (B-rank ninja)
Abilities: Meteor Fist, Leaf Hurricane, Hidden Lotus.
1. Meteor Fist: Rapidly shuttle back and forth for attacks and then leap into the air, striking down at enemies on the ground with a powerful punch.
2. Leaf Hurricane: Charge forward along the ground, sweeping the legs around rapidly, then quickly stand up and perform another sweeping attack.
3. Hidden Lotus - Secret Technique: Strike the opponent at speeds exceeding sound, delivering a series of rapid blows, and finish by binding the opponent with bandages and slamming them into the ground with a powerful punch.
When he saw the description of the Secret Technique, Charles knew that once he activated the Gate of Limit state, his speed would surpass the speed of sound. At that point, even bullets wouldn't be able to match his swiftness.
Speed is the key to invincibility in martial arts.
This recruitment had greatly boosted Charles's and Rock Lee's power. At this point, Charles Doyle could not only contend with seasoned elite Jonin but was also much stronger than your average Jonin.
Upon claiming the ninja, Charles's chakra capacity doubled, which was five times that of a C-rank ninja. This showed that becoming a Chunin-level ninja (in terms of chakra) was just around the corner.
The significant increase in chakra would improve his overall physical attributes, including endurance, strength, recovery, and defense. His body would gradually improve under the nurturing effect of the abundant chakra, making him more robust.
Moreover, Charles now possessed the skills of Rock Lee: Meteor Fist, Leaf Hurricane, and Hidden Lotus, as well as knowledge about the first five of the Eight Inner Gates.
From now on, Charles Doyle could be called a Taijutsu specialist, and the title of Doctor of Ninjutsu of the Third Hokage was within his reach. After all, with the system's support, Charles was bound to learn more powerful ninjutsu in the future.
After receiving the ninja, Charles shifted his attention to the ninja fragments he had obtained from the recruitment.
With the recruitment rate as it was, perhaps a few more ten-consecutive recruitments, and a member of the Akatsuki organization would be recruited soon.
This time, in a ten-pull recruitment, Charles obtained 27 fragments in total, consisting of 8 A-rank, 8 B-rank, and 11 C-rank ninja fragments, plus a B-rank ninja. It was a substantial gain.
After collecting all the recruited ninja fragments, Charles didn't immediately initiate the fusion process with Rock Lee.
He knew that Lee was currently exchanging information with Shizune and the others, and abruptly recalling him wouldn't be appropriate. Charles wanted to be considerate.
Charles then checked the Ninja Recruitment menu to see what changes would occur after 60 recruitments.
Upon entering the Ninja Recruitment interface, Charles received a system message the next second.
Ding: Charles Doyle has successfully performed 60 Ninja Recruitments and can initiate a recruitment update. Do you want to proceed?
Charles didn't hesitate and selected "Yes."
The Ninja Recruitment interface then closed, and the update process began. Instead of exiting the system, Charles entered the training ground to experience the power of the Eight Inner Gates.
In the training ground, Charles first experimented with Rock Lee's three abilities. After trying them out, he realized that even without opening the Eight Inner Gates, he could use these three abilities. However, their power was significantly weaker in this state.
As the system was present, Charles Doyle, someone who had never practiced the Eight Inner Gates, could smoothly progress from the Initial Gate all the way to the Gate of Limit, stabilizing himself at the Gate of Limit state.
With Charles's chakra already being quite substantial, opening the Gate of Limit led to a tremendous increase in strength. However, once the Gate of Limit was released, he experienced even more intense muscle soreness than Rock Lee did.
Through experimentation, Charles realized that as his physical qualities and strength continued to improve, the power of the Eight Inner Gates would also become stronger.
In the training ground, Charles practiced opening the Gate of Limit and using Rock Lee's three techniques multiple times, savoring the satisfying feeling of hitting hard blows.
During these continuous exercises, Charles Doyle's strength slowly increased. After mastering the three techniques, he decided to leave the training ground.
Charles then reopened the Ninja Recruitment interface, which had already indicated that the update was complete.
The recruitment interface had transformed from a single screen to two: Ninja Recruitment and VIP Recruitment.
Upon selecting the VIP Recruitment tab, Charles involuntarily twitched his lips.
What was this?
On the screen was none other than Gaara, the Sand Siblings, an exclusive VIP 10 ninja.
Additionally, there was a message stating, "VIP level insufficient, please upgrade VIP privileges."
He had just been excited for nothing. This game's nature remained unchanged. Charles was only VIP 3 now, and he didn't even know when he would reach VIP 4, let alone VIP 10.
He switched to the Ninja Recruitment page and realized that it had undergone a transformation.
The background, which was originally the Uzumaki clan's symbol, had been replaced by an image of a ninja, one that Charles Doyle greatly admired: Tsunade (one of the Legendary Sannin).
In the background, Tsunade was wearing battle armor, and her title as one of the Legendary Sannin was clearly displayed.
It was an image from the Second Great Ninja War, the battle against Hanzo the Salamander, when she had earned the title of Legendary Sannin.
Charles did some calculations. Tsunade was born in Konoha 12 year, and she received the title of Legendary Sannin at Konoha 36 year.
At this moment, Tsunade was around 24 years old. Quite an age difference, to say the least, making her a "cougar."
In Charles Doyle's memory, Tsunade had only proposed the idea of assigning a medical ninja to each ninja team after becoming one of the Legendary Sannin (assuming this timeline).
With these thoughts in mind, Charles carefully examined the recruitment interface.
The single draw didn't change, and there was no sign of a free recruitment or countdown timer.
Under the 10-consecutive draw option, there was a new feature: "Change Rewards."
1. Recruit 10 times, guaranteed to receive a ninja.
2. Recruit 10 times, guaranteed to receive S-rank ninja fragments.
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