After Uchiha Itachi left, the conference room was left with only Charles and Tsunade.
Tsunade grabbed Charles's arm and said, "Let's spar and see how much your strength has improved this time."
Charles was also quite interested in his own strength improvement. As for the matter of recruiting ninjas, it could wait.
"Sure, let's go to the outdoor training ground."
The two of them arrived at the outdoor training ground and stood facing each other, forming hand seals.
Tsunade said, "I'm going to attack."
Tsunade dove forward, charging towards Charles and swinging her hand in a chopping motion.
However, Charles didn't dodge at all. In his eyes, Tsunade's speed seemed to have lost its original swiftness. Every move was clear to him.
Charles effortlessly grabbed Tsunade's swinging hand.
"Your speed has slowed down."
"There's no need for us to go through this kind of testing."
Tsunade was momentarily surprised by Charles's ease of grabbing her arm. Upon hearing Charles's words, she felt a slight anger.
Was Charles implying that he was holding back or that her strength had weakened?
"Hyaa!"
Tsunade executed a high kick, her foot carrying chakra enhanced force as it aimed for Charles's chin. If the kick landed, it could potentially burst his head.
Charles released Tsunade's wrist, flipped backward, and evaded the attack.
Seeing that the kick missed, Tsunade changed it into a downward chop, hitting the ground.
"Boom!"
The training ground was directly smashed into a large pit, and the sand and stones on the ground splashed towards Charles.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
Charles, agile in his movements, directly caught all the flying stones in his hands and placed them aside.
Seeing Charles's relaxed and comfortable demeanor, Tsunade gathered chakra in her body, and her figure appeared in front of Charles in an instant, throwing a punch.
Charles looked at Tsunade's fist and also used his chakra enhanced strength to meet the punch.
"Boom!"
The two fists collided, creating a shockwave between them. The training ground's soil suffered a blow and was overturned.
Facing Tsunade's unusual strength, Charles was not at a disadvantage, even surpassing her. The two sparred for more than twenty moves, exchanging punches.
The rumbling sounds echoed through the training ground and spread throughout the entire base.
In the other training ground, the werewolves heard the commotion and were astonished. What kind of strength could create such a disturbance?
Other ninjas in the base, who were resting, put down what they were doing and ran towards the third training ground, where Charles and Tsunade were sparring.
In the base, Balthazar and David, who had just been informed by Ginny that Charles had awakened, felt the vibrations.
"Let's go see what's happening. Maybe it's caused by Charles.".
Tsunade saw that she had been attacking for a long time, but Charles was not hurt at all, but she was the one who is injured in the fight between the two.
"The next move will determine the outcome!"
Seeing Tsunade's serious expression, Charles nodded, "Alright!"
Tsunade jumped into the air, and a move with her fist came down from the sky. Charles, standing on the spot, punched upwards. Both of their fists were covered with blue Chakra.
Upon the intersection of their fists, a tremendous explosion echoed in the third training ground. The powerful shockwave completely destroyed the training ground, and the ground Charles stood on collapsed partially.
Tsunade, on the other hand, was sent flying by the enormous impact, descending from the sky like a free-falling object.
Seeing Tsunade not moving while falling from the sky, Charles frowned. Was she injured?
In a flash, Charles appeared beneath Tsunade, catching her in a princess carry.
It turned out that during their exchange of fists just now, Charles unleashed his full strength. His power now surpassed Tsunade's, causing Tsunade to be knocked out by the clash.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
At this moment, all the ninjas ran to the third training ground, marveling at Charles's incredible strength.
Holding Tsunade in his arms, Charles looked at the entrance of the training ground where the ninjas, including Balthazar and David, gathered.
He awkwardly said, "Tsunade and I were just sparring. I didn't expect it to be so loud, and everyone came over."
Balthazar glanced at Charles, then saw Tsunade in his arms and chuckled, "The way young people express their love is different."
Having said that, Balthazar, with David in tow, turned and left. David wanted to say something but was pulled away by Balthazar.
Balthazar's teasing left Kakashi and other ninjas at a loss, not knowing what to say.
Charles called out as Balthazar left, "Teacher, could you help me restore the training ground?"
Balthazar raised his arm high, making an OK gesture, but he didn't stop his steps.
Looking at the ninjas at the entrance and then at Tsunade in his arms, Charles said, "Well, I'll take Tsunade to rest first. She got a bit injured during our spar."
"Go about your own business for now. Let's organize a gathering tonight to celebrate."
Having said that, Charles didn't wait for the reaction of the crowd, carrying Tsunade, he walked towards the rest area.
At this moment, Naruto looked at Sakura and asked, "Sakura, is Lord Charles in love with Lady Tsunade?"
However, Sakura's gaze was fixed on Sasuke, completely ignoring Naruto's words.
As for Sasuke, he looked around and thought, "Where's my brother? Why isn't my brother here?"
Hinata, on the other hand, stood on the side, tapping her index fingers together, whispering, "Naruto-kun!"
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Arriving at the room assigned to Tsunade in the base, Charles placed her on the bed. Watching the pretending-to-be-unconscious Tsunade, Charles coughed.
Tsunade, who had been held by Charles, woke up long time ago. However, sensing a crowd of ninjas outside the training ground, she chose not to wake up immediately.
Feeling a bit embarrassed about the situation, Tsunade decided to continue pretending to be unconscious, not wanting to face the embarrassment of being seen like this by everyone.
At this moment, hearing Charles's cough, she knew that he had discovered her act. She sat up on the bed, and the two of them stared at each other.
After about three seconds, Tsunade spoke first, "·······"
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