Exiting the ninja recruitment interface, Charles directly opened his ninja roster.
At this moment, three ninja avatars were illuminated in the roster: A-rank Terumi Mei, A-rank Sarutobi Asuma, and B-rank Haku.
All three ninjas were incredibly powerful, but Charles calculated that to manifest them all, he would need more battle slots which would cost nearly 200,000 gold coins.
Thinking about this terrifying amount of gold coins needed, Charles felt a headache coming on. He decided that next, he would visit Asgard to complete his mission assignments.
Hopefully, he could exchange a treasure to recharge and thus generate a large amount of gold coins.
Looking at the three ninjas before him, Charles's gaze first fell on Haku, from weakest to strongest.
Haku was somewhat unfortunate in the Naruto series, kind-hearted and unwilling to kill, yet possessing great strength and potential. He appeared in the series at the age of twelve, displaying impressive one-handed seals.
Even Zabuza admitted that he wasn't Haku's match in ninjutsu, and Kakashi, upon their first meeting, also conceded that he might not be Haku's opponent. Haku had already reached the level of a Jonin.
If Haku were to continue growing, relying on his Ice Release Bloodline Limit, he could even reach the level of a Kage.
Clicking on Haku's avatar, Charles was met with his information.
B-rank Ninja: Haku, Fragments 41/40, recruit?
Recruit!
Ding · Congratulations, Charles Doyle for successfully recruiting two-star B-rank ninja, Haku.
The next moment, an image appeared before Charles. Haku stood in place, wearing the Mist Village forehead protector, holding the mask of the Mist Village Anbu in his hand, gazing into the distance.
Looking at the beautiful face and the long hair, Charles couldn't help but wonder: was Haku a male or female?
Opening the ninja details, Charles first confirmed Haku's ninja skills.
Haku: B-rank Ninja
Star Level: Two Stars
Normal Attack: Thousand Ice Release!
Substitution Jutsu: Wood Substitution
Skills: Secret Technique - Thousand Killing Water Soaring, Ice Release - Ice Pillar Swallow, Secret Technique - Magic Mirror Ice Crystal.
Secret Technique - Thousand Killing Water Soaring: Form a huge ice pillar in front after forming seals, then detonate it to attack enemies. (Note: There's a chance of freezing enemies during the attack, and you can also enter the ice pillar to move.)
Ice Release - Ice Pillar Swallow: Leap into the air and throw ice spikes at the ground. The ice spikes form an ice pillar, freezing enemies upon impact. After a period of time, it explodes, causing damage to enemies again. (Note: You can enter the ice pillar to move.)
Secret Technique - Magic Mirror Ice Crystal: Form a large number of ice mirrors after forming seals, then stealthily move through them, continuously cutting enemies by reflection, and finally detonate all ice mirrors to kill enemies. (I'm stronger than you because there's something in my heart to protect!)
Looking at Haku's three skills, Charles was quite satisfied, especially with the Secret Technique - Magic Mirror Ice Crystal.
It was said that during the launch process, Haku's attack speed reached the speed of light, making it extremely powerful. As long as he didn't hold back, he could kill a large number of enemies instantly.
Ice Release Bloodline Limit, if cultivated well, would make him a formidable ninja.
Clicking to claim the ninja, Charles's chakra capacity increased by another 5 points, reaching 161 points. At the same time, the wind attribute chakra and water attribute chakra within his body began to merge, creating a new Bloodline Limit within his body, and Haku's ninja knowledge was also implanted into Charles.
After recruiting Haku, Charles's gaze fell on Sarutobi Asuma, the son of the Third Hokage, the husband of Kurenai, and the leader of Team 10. (I possess the Will of Cigarettes!)
Clicking on Sarutobi Asuma's avatar, Charles was met with his information.
A-rank Ninja: Sarutobi Asuma, Fragments 42/40, recruit?
Recruit!
Ding · Congratulations, Charles Doyle, for successfully recruiting two-star A-rank ninja, Sarutobi Asuma.
The next moment, an image appeared before Charles.
Sarutobi Asuma wore the ninja outfit, tightly gripping the chakra weapon, assuming an attacking stance.
Opening the ninja details, Charles first confirmed Asuma's ninja skills.
Sarutobi Asuma: A-rank Ninja
Star Level: Two Stars
Normal Attack: Taijutsu attack combined with using Wind Style Chakra Blade to attack enemies!
Substitution Jutsu: Wood Substitution
Skills: Fire Release - Ash Pile Burning, Dual Blades - Close-Range Slash, Chakra Blade - True One-Word.
Fire Release - Ash Pile Burning: Spits out a high-temperature smoke ash forward. The smoke ash will cause high-temperature damage to enemies upon releasing, and explode after a period of time.
Dual Blades - Close-Range Slash: Rush forward and launch a continuous wide-range chakra blade attack.
Chakra Blade - True One-Word: Send chakra to the hand blade, generating two highly powerful chakra double blades, and conduct a wide-range continuous slashing attack forward.
Looking at Sarutobi Asuma, Charles suddenly had an idea. He wanted to establish a Twelve Guardian Ninja team responsible for protecting him.
However, it remained uncertain whether he could recruit the original Twelve Guardian Ninjas.
As for whether he truly needed protection was not important; every Kage had their own guard team, and this was a matter of prestige.
Regarding Sarutobi Asuma's three ninjutsu, Charles wasn't as interested as he was in Haku's Bloodline Limit. However, they still supplemented his attack capabilities, with the most important aspect being the increase in his chakra capacity.
Clicking to claim the ninja, Charles's chakra capacity increased directly by 15 points, reaching 176 points. At the same time, Sarutobi Asuma's ninjutsu knowledge was also implanted into Charles's body.
In the ninja roster, there was still one A-rank ninja left to recruit: Terumi Mei.
Clicking on Terumi Mei's avatar, Charles was met with her information.
A-rank Ninja: Terumi Mei, Fragments 43/40, recruit?
Recruit!
Ding · Congratulations, Charles Doyle, for successfully recruiting two-star A-rank ninja, Terumi Mei.
The next moment, an image appeared before Charles.
In the mist-filled Mizukage Building, a huge scroll was placed on the offering platform, with the two characters "Ninja Path" hanging on the wall.
At this moment, Terumi Mei walked over with graceful steps, then pulled out a water whip from her mouth and struck it on the ground.
Looking at the tumultuous Water Demon Princess - Fifth Mizukage, Terumi Mei, Charles sighed with emotion: finally, a Kage from one of the Five Great Ninja Villages came out. This was not easy.
Opening the ninja details, Charles first confirmed Terumi Mei's ninja skills.
Terumi Mei: A-rank Ninja
Star Level: Two Stars
Normal Attack: Water Release Ninjutsu attack or use Water Whip for an attack!
Substitution Jutsu: Wood Substitution
Skills: Lava Release - Lava Monster Technique, Vapor Release - Clever Mist Technique, Lava Release - Dissolving Explosion.
Lava Release - Lava Monster Technique: Terumi Mei uses her own Bloodline Limit, Lava Release, to spit out highly corrosive acid from her mouth, which can be used over a large area. (The attack range is determined by the amount of chakra used.)
Vapor Release - Clever Mist Technique: Terumi Mei combines the fire and water nature chakra in her body, spitting out boiling high-temperature mist from her mouth, with adjustable acidity. (Terumi Mei can gain invisibility in the mist.)
Lava Release - Dissolving Explosion: Terumi Mei sprays a certain amount of lava acid on the ground, then uses high-temperature vapor release to detonate the acid, instantly dissolving the enemy's defense and causing massive damage.
Clicking to claim the ninja, Charles's chakra capacity surged by another 15 points, reaching a total of 191 points. This increase of 35 chakra points in a row caused Charles's recent meticulous chakra control improvements to plummet once again.
However, with the explosion of chakra, the aura on Charles's body became even stronger.
In Orochimaru's laboratory, he looked towards the direction where Charles was in the base, sighing in his heart, "Lord Charles's power has become even more terrifying."
Charles completed recruiting ninjas, but then his gaze fell on his current gold coins, which totaled 76,175. Seeing this number made him realize that he had a significant gap to fill.
He immediately opened the battle column and clicked on the plus sign.
Ding · Would you like to spend 42,000 gold coins to purchase a battle slot?
Yes!
Immediately, Charles's gold coins were deducted by 42,000, and he gained an additional battle slot.
Ding · Congratulations to Charles Doyle for accumulating one million gold coins in expenditure and obtaining the title "Wealthy Leader"!
Reward: Direct Ninja Purchase Store opened!
Ding · Direct Ninja Purchase Store opened. Ninja recruitment updated, system undergoing maintenance. Please exit the system space.
Hearing the consecutive prompts from the system, Charles was stunned. He hadn't expected the system to require an update. This was the first time he encountered such a situation.
During the system update, the system couldn't be used, except for the storage function. Other functions, including mission gatherings, ninja recruitment, recharge, and shopping mall, couldn't be accessed.
However, it didn't affect his use of acquired items.
Charles then immediately exited the system space. At the same time, he instructed Red Queen:
"Red Queen, inform all ninjas except for Team Kakashi to temporarily suspend missions at the Continental Hotel."
"Yes, Master!"
Soon, the ninjas executing missions outside all received a text message. After completing their current tasks, they temporarily stopped accepting missions at the Continental Hotel.
Charles left the room and headed to the training room. He needed to reacquaint himself with his skyrocketing chakra. He didn't want his control over chakra to diminish.
...
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days had passed. Charles had returned to Earth for a month, but it was already time to go to Asgard.
Charles checked his Golden Finger and found that the update progress was only forty percent. Seeing this speed, it would take quite some time to complete the update. Unfortunately, he couldn't know the rewards for S-rank missions for the time being.
Without further delay, Charles directly activated the Merlin Array, confirmed the coordinates of the teleportation array to stay in Asgard, and teleported himself over.
...
Asgard-
A burst of light flashed, and Charles arrived in Asgard. He appeared in a huge palace, where a guard wielding a sword stood inside. It had a bit of the feeling of the Rainbow Bridge teleportation point.
Glancing at the Merlin Array under his feet, he realized he hadn't come to the wrong place.
Seeing Charles's arrival, the guard respectfully asked, "Are you Supreme Merlin – Charles Doyle?"
Charles nodded, "That's me!"
"Lord Charles, His Royal Highness Thor and the Others have returned to Asgard. Your heroic deeds have already spread widely."
"The Divine King has instructed that you can go directly to the court to see him after you arrive."
Charles nodded and smiled, "Thank you, I understand!"
The guard watched Charles leave and couldn't help but sigh. This adult was so powerful yet so gentle.
Charles walked out of the room and looked back. On the empty ground from two months ago, a large palace had been built. Even a stone path leading directly to the court had been built outside the palace.
Stepping on the stone bricks under his feet, Charles found that they weren't ordinary bricks but a type of hard cosmic ore.
Charles immediately used the Body Flicker Technique and appeared outside the court. After being reported by the guard, he entered the court.
Seeing Charles's arrival, King Odin spoke, "Mage Charles, I am very grateful for your contribution this time, which led to the swift end of the rebellion in Jotunheim."
Charles's expression was serious as he replied, "Since I accepted your mission, I will definitely not disappoint my employer."
"The completion rate of missions from my agency is one hundred percent!"
Hearing Charles's words, Odin smiled and said, "I wonder, Mage Charles, which item in the treasury have you set your eyes on, or would you like to go and pick one now?"
Hearing about the mission reward, Charles fell silent for a few seconds. He was very interested in the items in Odin's treasury, but he didn't know the value of the items for recharging.
After thinking for a moment, he decided to choose a treasure containing immense energy, which would surely not be cheap for recharging.
"The Casket of Ancient Winters!"
Hearing Charles's request, Odin thought of Loki and fell silent for three seconds before saying, "Alright!"
Then, Odin extended his right hand, and the Casket of Ancient Winters appeared directly in his palm.