Gaara followed behind Parker and traveled through the night. Finally, they exited the desert and arrived at the border of some country.
Because Parker was leading the way, there was no consideration for borders and entry issues. They simply continued straight ahead.
At the border, a group of soldiers was conducting routine patrols. Due to the ongoing war in neighbor region, there were people attempting to cross the border regularly. The soldiers' task was to drive away those attempting to illegally cross.
Gaara's figure gradually appeared in the eyes of the border soldiers as they approached.
"Someone is coming, be on guard."
The leading captain shouted.
A soldier looked in Gaara's direction and saw a child accompanied by a dog, which eased their tension.
"Captain, it's a child."
"Probably just ran over with a pet."
The captain picked up binoculars, observed Gaara and the dog beside him, and then shouted, "This is the border, no one is allowed to approach or attempt to cross illegally."
However, the captain's words entered Gaara's ears as complete gibberish, making no sense at all.
Seeing that multiple warnings were ineffective, the patrolling soldiers aimed their guns at the ground near Gaara and fired. Bullets hit the ground near Gaara.
Observing this scene, Gaara frowned slightly, waved his hand, and several grains of sand shot out, swiftly knocking down the soldiers. He continued towards the direction of his destination.
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Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, Charles gained 400 reputation points (double rewards for VIP level 6 and above), 200 Ninja Points, 5000 Copper Coins, 8 Ninjutsu Scrolls, 300 Ninja Points (double rewards for VIP level 7 and above), 50 Delicious Ramen, and 50 Gold Coins (double rewards for VIP level 8 and above) through daily check-ins with the system.
In these seven days, Charles devoted himself entirely to Ninjutsu training and mastering Chakra control, enhancing his strength.
During this time, the agency, under Ginny's arrangement, temporarily suspended its operations and began the relocation process.
The underground vault, weapons, and supplies were the first to be moved. As for the medical laboratory equipment, it remained untouched, and a new set was provided in the base for Tsunade.
Previously, some large medical equipment and experimental supplies that had no place to store were now fully equipped in the base's laboratory. As for experimental specimens and data, they were prepared for transfer in advance.
The two ninja teams dispatched were all back at the agency, even Gaara, who was searching for Temari and Kankuro, had returned.
Gaara's search for Temari encountered no major obstacles. When Temari and others located the target using the ninja dog, they learned from Parker that Gaara was also on his way to them.
Using Reverse Summoning and Summoning Jutsu, they transferred Gaara directly to their location through the Summoning World.
Gaara's sudden appearance startled Neji and Hinata, but once they learned about Gaara's mission, they were at ease.
Seeing Gaara's condition, it delighted Temari and Kankuro. Due to the inability to undergo Tailed Beast transformation, Gaara's insomnia issues have been temporarily resolved. Having rested well in this world, Gaara's attitude towards his family has also improved.
With Gaara's arrival, the 4-person team has become a 5-person team. After completing their mission, they all returned to the New York Agency. Upon their return, Gaara began learning the knowledge of this world under Shizune's guidance.
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At this moment, Charles sat in a Rolls-Royce, with John in charge of driving, heading to the newly built base.
In the car, Ginny took out a set of photos of the storefront and spoke, "BOSS, the place you asked me to find has been arranged."
"This house is about the same size as our previous agency, located in the Brooklyn area, which is the area with the most Chinese population. It is close to the Brooklyn Bridge."
"Alright, this looks good. It should help them adapt."
"When the time comes, transfer ownership of this property to Temari and let them handle it. Also, allocate a separate account for them and deposit 100 million US dollars into it."
Ginny looked at Charles, not asking the reason behind this decision, but nodded, "Understood."
Soon, the car arrived at the entrance of the base. The entire base appeared to be enclosed, with a three-meter-high wall surrounding the entire area to prevent outsiders from entering at will.
The car stopped at the gate, and the guards saw the arrival of the BOSS. The gate guards immediately opened the gate.
As the gate opened, aside from the road leading directly to the base, there were green lawns on both sides. The main building of the base was still in the distance.
John drove the car inside, and the entire convoy followed, entering the base together.
The car was driven directly to the underground garage of the base, and Charles went straight into the base.
Upon entering the interior of the base, Ginny began to introduce the various areas to Charles.
The entire base was divided into several zones, including a dedicated rest area for accommodation, training areas for the ninjas with three outdoor training grounds and two indoor training rooms.
The indoor training rooms were made of titanium alloy and were protected by magic arrays, eliminating concerns about easy destruction during training.
The research area was divided into five laboratories, including a medical laboratory specifically prepared for Tsunade, a laboratory for Orochimaru, and a reserved puppet laboratory. The remaining two laboratories were temporarily vacant, to be assigned based on future needs.
The base had all the necessary facilities, including a dining area, meeting room, medical room, weapon storage room, and Charles's specially reserved collection room called the Treasure Vault.
The Treasure Vault was a separate building, and at this moment, it was empty with only transparent display cabinets waiting to be filled with various items.
Charles and Ginny, along with others, arrived at the Treasure Vault. Charles remained silent until they reached the Treasure Vault, where he finally spoke.
Waving his hand, a simple-looking billy club appeared, which was nothing other than Stick's weapon.
"Place this in the first display cabinet."
Two henchmen behind immediately picked up the club and placed it in the first display cabinet, standing it upright. Afterwards, Charles took out Mark I and Mark III from the storage space.
The Iron Man Mark I, collected by him and Mark III, a gift from Tony with no weapons, specifically designed for Charles to experience flight.
Looking at the two Mark armors released by Charles, the expressions of high-ranking ninjas like Tsunade, Kakashi, Itachi, and Yamato didn't change much. After all, dealing with Tony at this point was not a big issue for them.
However, for lower-ranking ninjas like Naruto, their interest was piqued. The Mark armors could fly, which was fascinating for many people, especially for Kankuro, who enjoyed playing with puppets.
His eyes were filled with the desire to explore.
Apart from them, Orochimaru was also curious about all of this.
After arranging these two Mark armors, Charles pondered for a moment. In his storage space, there was still the corpse of Abomination.
However, it wasn't suitable to display here. He planned to hand it over to Orochimaru later for research or keep it for making human puppets for Sasori in the future.
Besides, there was something else in Charles's storage space that wasn't suitable to be taken out – the captured aircraft carrier of Alexander. This mobile base, he still hadn't figured out how to use it and had kept it in the storage space all this time.
After placing three items, Charles then took out a vampire blood core and placed it in the collection room. However, he didn't include the werewolf's head among the displayed items.
Considering that Ginny's subordinates had already accepted 300 wolfmen who surrendered, it wasn't appropriate to place the head of the werewolf progenitor William here.
After placing four items in the collection room, Charles stopped. All the magical items of the Evil Wizard were absorbed by him, leaving no collectibles. As for the bodies, Charles had no intention of collecting human corpses.
As for the attack in Hell, due to the final move of Tobirama, there was nothing left to collect, or else his Treasure Vault could have been better filled.
"I hope future harvests will fill this Treasure Vault."
After seeing Asgard's treasury, Charles was also filled with interest in filling his own vault.
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Just as Charles sighed, John's earpiece received a message. He then approached Charles and said, "BOSS, Mr. Stark has arrived."
"Ginny, you continue to familiarize everyone with the base and allocate rooms for them."
After saying this, Charles walked out with John, arriving at the entrance of the base. There, he saw Tony and Happy getting out of the car. Happy was holding a briefcase in his hand.
At this moment, Tony, with thick black circles under his eyes, yawned and said, "Buddy, your base is not bad."
Seeing Tony's appearance, Charles felt somewhat helpless. He grabbed Tony's arm and let his chakra flow through Tony's body using the Healing Jutsu.
"Tony, don't tell me you haven't rested since you came back?"
"How could that be? I managed to get three hours of sleep in two days."
"Your medical ninjutsu abilities are amazing. I feel re-energized."
Charles shook his head and then said, "This just alleviates your fatigue. In reality, you still need rest."
Tony remained silent for a moment before speaking, "Charles, you know, the pressure from those overwhelming enemies is too much for me since I came back. Maybe after I upgrade the armor, my condition will improve."
"Take me to your control center. I need to install artificial intelligence for you."
"Follow me; I'll take you to the control center."
Happy, holding the briefcase, observed quietly all the way. He didn't speak during their conversation, walking behind their boss alongside John without saying a word.
They quickly arrived at the underground data center.
Entering the data center, Tony took the briefcase from Happy and opened it, revealing a motherboard inside.
After glancing at the equipment arrangement in the data center, all designed according to his specifications, Tony directly inserted the motherboard into it. Then, he operated the console.
While operating, he spoke, "This is the artificial intelligence I designed specifically for you. It's not named yet, but it can take over the mission center of your agency and even manage the mission database of the Continental Hotel."
"Tony, the data of the High Table is mainly in hard copy, not entered into the computer."
"Primitive thinking, but it can indeed avoid hacker intrusions."
"By the way, are you really not planning to shut down the Continental Hotel? If it goes bankrupt one day, it won't be a good thing for you."
"Tony, the darkness controlled by someone is relatively restrained. Otherwise, if the underground world falls into chaos, the harm will be enormous."
Tony shrugged, not very concerned. "As you wish; I don't pay much attention to those things."
"But with your constraints, it should be a bit better."
Tony also knew that the darkness in the underworld was endless. He was a superhero, but not a street-level hero. When he encountered criminals, he would extend his righteous iron fist, but he didn't exist to solely fight those things.
As the two conversed, the progress bar on the console finally reached one hundred percent.
"All right, buddy, come over. I'll authenticate you now."
With Tony's operation, Charles was set as the first authorized person for the artificial intelligence, and the necessary data such as palm prints, pupils, and voice were entered.
"All done. I haven't named this little guy yet. You can give it a name."
Charles thought for a moment but couldn't think of any particularly meaningful name. However, considering the impact of the Red Queen, the artificial intelligence in the Resident Evil series, he decided to name it as such.
"How about calling her Red Queen?"
"OK, let's call her Red Queen!"
With Tony's input, the name of the artificial intelligence was confirmed.
"All right, all set."
"You can try starting her now."
Listening to Tony's words, Charles nodded.
"Red Queen."
"Master, I'm here."
Suddenly, a cold, mechanical synthesized sound echoed from the console.
"Take over the data center and electronic devices of the base!"
"Yes."
After a few seconds, the mechanical electronic synthesized sound rang again.
"All devices have been successfully taken over."
Tony, on the side, spoke, "You can set the voice of the artificial intelligence yourself, choose a voice you like."
"Of course, if you're willing, you can also set her appearance yourself as well."
"My task is done; the rest is up to you. I have to go back to research the armor."
"By the way, I'll take Parker with me. You promised me last time that you would lend him to me for a month."
Hearing that Tony was rushing back to study the armor, Charles didn't try to persuade him. After summoning Parker, he instructed him to protect Tony for a month and return to the Summoning World when the time was up.
Holding Parker, Tony showed a slight smile on his face. He missed this ninja dog a bit, and it was a good way to relax and relieve fatigue while researching.
After seeing Tony off, Charles headed to the conference room in the base.
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