The first rays of sunlight in the morning shone on Charles's face, and he felt a slight headache in his half-asleep state.
Rubbing his throbbing head, Charles recalled the events of last night. He couldn't believe he lost in a game of rock-paper-scissors and had to drink with Tsunade. It was simply unbelievable.
How could that big gambler win? After all, isn't she notorious for losing every gamble?
Maybe my luck in gambling is worse than Tsunade's?
Impossible, impossible...
Charles shook his head. He absolutely refused to believe that. Perhaps it was because they were betting with drinks, not money, and that didn't trigger Tsunade's passive effect.
Yes, that must be it.
Having understood the cause and effect of the situation, Charles didn't dwell on it. At the same time, he planned to take Tsunade out today and test his luck. He wanted to see if things were really as he thought.
Check-in!
Ding! Check-in successful, earned 300 reputation points!
Seeing his check-in reward, Charles didn't have any special feelings. He then entered the system space to check today's updates in the system store and see what new ninjas were available.
Opening the ninja section of the system store, four ninjas appeared on the screen.
Rock Lee Fragment: Daily limit 0/4, 60 coins/1 piece!
Kisame Hoshigaki Fragment: Daily limit 0/4, 300 coins/1 piece!
Itachi Uchiha Fragment: Daily limit 0/4, 520 coins/1 piece!
Uchiha Shisui Fragment: Daily limit 0/4, 420 coins/1 piece!
Looking at the refreshed ninjas, Charles felt a bit conflicted.
There is no need to buy Itachi Uchiha since it's part of the limited-edition recruitment. Purchasing fragments individually isn't cost-effective.
As for Rock Lee and Kisame, they were definitely worth buying. One was so cheap that not buying it would be a loss, and the other needed to be collected in the system shop. So, there was no need to hesitate about them.
However, these four fragments of Uchiha Shisui made Charles somewhat conflicted. At 420 coins each, the price wasn't cheap.
But the Uchiha Shisui possessed, especially the most potent illusion, the Tsukuyomi with the Mangekyo Sharingan, was like a game-breaking bug.
Moreover, Uchiha Shisui's various techniques were cool, and the power was enormous. There were also matching swordsmanship and instantaneous techniques.
Thinking about his current coin balance and the blood cores Iruka handed him yesterday, Charles bit the bullet and bought the fragments of all three, spending a total of 3120 coins.
After buying the fragments, Charles exited the system space.
Waking up, he freshened up a bit. Charles took out all the blood cores given to him by Iruka from his storage space and poured them onto the table.
Among the 89 blood cores, one of them was significantly larger, about three or four times the size of the others.
Taking out the largest blood core, Charles examined it. "This should be Marcus's blood core. I wonder how much it's worth."
Recharge!
As Charles confirmed the recharge, the blood core turned into a red stream of light, merging into his body.
Ding! Recharge successful, received 500 coins!
Ding! First recharge of 500 coins, received double first recharge bonus, obtained 1000 coins!
Seeing that Marcus's blood core brought him a total of 1000 coins, Charles was quite satisfied.
He is truly the ancestor of this vampire lineage, the value is indeed considerable.
Then Charles placed his palm above the other blood cores, and the system immediately prompted him.
Ding! Detected special items that can be used for recharge. Do you want to recharge?
Without hesitation, Charles directly chose to recharge.
Ding! Recharge successful, received 5280 coins!
This bag of blood cores brought Charles 6280 coins, bringing his total coin count to 13,804.
Ding! Congratulations to Charles Doyle for reaching VIP level 6, receiving the following rewards:
1. Free recruit VIP6 privilege ninja – Hyuga Neji.
2. Receive a privilege package: Copper coins 20,000, Reputation 200, Ninjutsu Secret Scroll x3, Ninja Recruitment Scroll.
Upon hearing that he had reached VIP level 6 and received a free recruitment opportunity, Charles was momentarily stunned. He immediately entered the system space to check.
...
While Charles was checking the rewards for reaching VIP level 6 in the system space, at the Triskelion Building-
Agent Coulson, holding a file, hurriedly walked towards Director Nick Fury's office.
Pushing open the door, Coulson quickly approached Nick Fury and placed a tablet on his desk.
"Director, this is the latest intelligence from Mexico. We may have found ninjas from another faction!"
Nick Fury, who was sipping his coffee, put down the coffee cup upon hearing Coulson's words and opened the tablet to play the video.
In the video, Temari wielded her massive Seven-Star Fan, knocking out two thugs who were approaching with malicious intent and scaring off another.
Seeing this scene, Nick Fury frowned slightly, and Coulson quickly swiped to the next video.
In the video, a group of Mexican gangsters, including the one who escaped earlier, was shown.
Time goes back to two nights ago.
Temari was teleported by Charles to the outskirts of Mexico City, feeling a bit lost in this unfamiliar world.
She quickly received instructions from Charles to go to the Charles Agency at 71 Forrest Hills Avenue, Queens, New York.
However, Temari had no idea where she was. After blindly walking for a while, she finally saw three strangers on the outskirts.
Temari immediately ran to them and asked, "Hello, can you tell me where this is?"
However, in the nighttime outskirts of Mexico, where there would be no people casually strolling, the three gangsters looked at the golden-haired girl speaking English and immediately had bad thoughts.
After exchanging glances, they revealed a meaningful smile and pounced towards Temari.
But their behavior immediately angered Temari. Just with a light swing of her Seven-Star Fan, not using much strength, she directly killed two of them on the spot.
Seeing the results, even Temari herself was stunned for a moment, muttering, "Is this a staged accident?"
"Why are the people in this world so weak?"
It should be noted that in the Land of Wind, facing such thugs, at most, her previous strike would have caused injuries, but not necessarily death. Typically, it would result in a simple bone fracture.
Little did Temari know the vast difference between ordinary people in these two worlds. In that moment of her confusion, the remaining thug rolled, crawled, and fled into the darkness.
Seeing the fleeing person, Temari had no intention to chase. Instead, she squatted down to check the two she had just killed.
"The physical strength of people in this world is lower than I imagined..."
Realizing that she didn't become stronger after coming to this world and that it wasn't a staged accident, Temari did not linger. She headed towards the brightly lit urban area in the distance, with a large sickle-wielding Kamatari following behind in the darkness.
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