"Lord Charles, this lady visited the agency this afternoon and assigned a mission, but now it seems she might have been here for reconnaissance," Shizune explained.
Hearing that she had come for reconnaissance, Charles looked at the woman in red who was now on the ground and murmured to himself, "Erica, in red?"
After thinking for a moment, Charles realized that this was none other than the disciple of Stick. She must be here for revenge, but unfortunately, her strength was still too weak.
"Iruka, cancel the mission request directly. This is Stick's disciple; execute her immediately."
"Yes!"
Iruka didn't hesitate at all. If someone was an enemy, they should be executed, regardless of their gender or appearance. The fate of an enemy should be hell, nothing else.
Moreover, Iruka didn't find Erica's appearance particularly remarkable.
Without any hesitation, Iruka threw a shuriken that severed Erica's neck while she lay on the ground. This self-proclaimed most beautiful female assassin in the Marvel Universe didn't even have a chance to show her abilities before meeting her demise.
Seeing Erica had been executed, Charles formed hand seals and tapped the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
In a puff of smoke, the handsome ninja dog, Urushi, appeared.
"Lord Charles, how can I assist you?" Urushi asked.
Seeing Urushi's stylish appearance with a spiky hairdo resembling a hedgehog, Charles couldn't help but find him rather cool, with a somewhat rebellious handsomeness.
Upon seeing Urushi, Charles thought of someone else – Kakashi Hatake.
Charles opened one of the boxes in front of him, revealing a section of Dragon Bone, and said, "Urushi, try to see if you can detect any scent from this."
Urushi approached and sniffed the Dragon Bone, then leaped onto a rooftop to begin distinguishing the scent.
After a few seconds, Urushi jumped down from the rooftop and returned to Charles, reporting, "Lord Charles, the scent from this bone is very distinct. Apart from this location, there are two other places with this scent, and the other two places are very close, practically next to each other."
Charles nodded and then turned to Iruka, saying, "Iruka, follow Urushi and retrieve the other two portions of Dragon Bone for me."
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission."
Iruka immediately responded loudly when he saw that Charles had entrusted him with such an important task.
"Go quickly and return swiftly. If you encounter other hand leaders on the way, you don't need to bring them back. Just execute them on the spot."
Charles already knew the locations of the Dragon Bone pieces, so there was no need to bring Bakuto and the others back for execution.
"Swoosh!"
The figures of Iruka and Urushi turned into blurs as they disappeared instantly.
At the scene now, only Charles and Shizune remained.
Charles didn't avoid Shizune's gaze. Instead, he picked up one of the Dragon Bone pieces, and the system's recharging sound rang in his mind again.
Ding! Special item detected. Would you like to recharge?
This time, Charles didn't reject it. Instead, he silently thought, "Recharge!"
In an instant, a mysterious radiance seemed to pass through Charles's hands as the Dragon Bone was directly consumed.
Ding! Recharge successful. Received 500 gold coins.
Hearing the result of the recharge, Charles was slightly surprised. It was more than he had expected.
The size of this Dragon Bone was much smaller than the one Charles had obtained before. If size was an indicator, the Dragon Bone he had excavated earlier could yield more than sixteen portions.
Could it be that Dragon Bones could vary in size?
Charles couldn't quite figure it out, but he decided to recharge the Dragon Bone in front of him. It was another recharge worth 500 gold coins.
With this, Charles's gold coin balance broke through the 5000 mark, reaching 5296 coins. This made Charles even more eager for the next two portions of Dragon Bone.
On the other hand, Shizune watched Charles absorb the Dragon Bone with curiosity but didn't ask anything. As a mature ninja, she knew when to inquire and when to remain silent.
After completing the recharge, Charles opened his eyes. What he saw was a ground littered with corpses, with even the asphalt streets stained a dark red. The pungent smell of blood filled the air.
There were over a hundred bodies lying on the streets outside the agency. Just a while ago, Charles had been too busy to notice, but now the scene was undeniably gruesome.
Seeing Charles looking around, Shizune furrowed her brows slightly and suggested, "Lord Charles, maybe you should take a break over there while I clean up the battlefield."
Hearing Shizune offer to clean the battlefield, Charles shook his head and replied, "Never mind, Shizune."
"No need to clean up this area. After we resolve the situation at the Continental Hotel, professional cleaners will come to deal with this."
Charles didn't want Shizune to do this dirty work. He took out two chairs from his storage space and placed them in an empty spot.
"Shizune, come and sit here. We'll wait for them."
Hearing Charles's instructions, Shizune looked around at the scene. She didn't insist on cleaning up either.
Without refusal, Shizune came over to sit in one of the chairs next to Charles.
As they sat there, Charles and Shizune engaged in conversation. Charles asked Shizune about her experiences while traveling with Tsunade, and Shizune shared interesting stories and anecdotes from their journeys.
Both were willing to talk and willing to listen, and they conversed on the quiet street as if they were simply chatting. If there were some snacks and a bit of alcohol, it would have been a very pleasant scene.
However, the two of them chatting amidst a sea of corpses and bloodstained streets was an eerie sight.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Bowery King, accompanied by his top enforcer and a group of henchmen, had approached the restricted area.
Observing the law enforcement officers sealing off the streets with boundary lines, Bowery King gestured and led his henchmen to crawl into an open manhole cover.
They were planning to navigate the underground sewage system of New York to bypass the blockades and go to support Elder Charles.
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