Chapter 122: New Goals (Patreon)

Thinking about the security force, Charles thought to himself, "This is relatively simple. I can recruit some assassins under the High Table to work as security."

This could be easily solved, but recruiting ninjas was giving Charles a headache.

With his current amount of gold coins, recruiting a few ninjas wouldn't be a problem. However, using them to open additional slots for battles would require more gold coins than he had.

It seems that money does buy happiness. Charles started thinking about other items he could recharge with. The Ark Reactor had already been ruled out, so what else was there?

"How about Heart-Shaped Grass?"

Charles wondered whether this item had inherent mystical energy or if it had been empowered by the Panther god worshiped by Wakanda.

Charles decided he would find an opportunity to try it in Wakanda to see if it had any effect. He could also test whether Vibranium had positive effects on chakra attachment, conduction, or amplification, similar to Chakra Metal.

If it had the same effects as Chakra Metal, Charles planned to collect more of it for crafting weapons for himself and his subordinates.

After all, no ninja could refuse a weapon made of Chakra Metal. Even the Third Hokage's son had only crafted a pair of Kunai, indicating the preciousness of the material.

Besides Heart-Shaped Grass, were there any other unique items on Earth?

After some contemplation, Charles thought of another item: Pym Particles.

These particles allowed for size-changing, quantum realm traversal, and travel to parallel universes. It was hard to say if they could be used for recharging.

Charles could conduct a test to see if recharging with Pym Particles was possible and, if so, estimate the manufacturing cost.

However, obtaining them wouldn't be easy. That stubborn old man, Hank Pym, would require a good plan to be successfully convinced.

Apart from these two items, Charles considered what was left and realized that the only other option for recharging was the Infinity Stones on Earth.

One of them was in the possession of the Ancient One. Charles thought about acquiring the Time Stone from her but found it to be a more challenging task, so he decided not to attempt it for now.

As for the other Infinity Stone in the possession of S.H.I.E.L.D., Charles rubbed his chin, thinking that there might be an opportunity.

The Battle of New York would be a perfect time. If Infinity Stones could be used for recharging, then the energy blocks derived from them should also work.

After considering various unique items on Earth, Charles found that there were still several items available for recharging, but they would require the right opportunity to get.

The remaining unique items would require a visit to Asgard. Odin's treasure vault had plenty of good stuff.

After weighing his options, Charles realized that Pym Particles and the energy block derived from the Infinity Stone were the most promising entry points. It seemed like he needed to come up with a good plan.

With a clear goal in mind, Charles entered the system space to open all the treasure chests he had obtained. He didn't plan to continue saving them.

Checking the number of treasure chests, he had thirteen regular ones and one exquisite one.

Regular treasure chests could randomly yield copper coins, reputation, gold coins, C/B ninja fragments, or recruitment scrolls, one of these items.

Exquisite treasure chests could randomly yield reputation, gold coins, summoning scrolls, or A/B ninja fragments, one of these five items.

He opened 14 treasure chests and decided to start with the exquisite one to try a single draw.

Click to open the exquisite treasure chest.

The exquisite treasure chest emitted a dazzling light, and after a burst of radiance, the results of the chest opening appeared before Charles's eyes.

Ding! Obtained A-ranked ninja, Hidan fragment 1!

Seeing that he got Hidan fragments with a single draw, Charles nodded in satisfaction. It seemed like he was having good luck today!

Charles put his hands together and chanted, "May the blessings of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Sovereign be with me, bringing me continuous good fortune."

In his heart, he hoped to get more ninja recruitment scrolls or ninja fragments.

"Regular treasure chests, ten in a row, open!"

However, just as Charles was muttering to himself, the Supreme Sorcerer practicing on Kamar-Taj suddenly opened his eyes, holding the Eye of Agamotto in his hand.

"Who are these 'Xuanhuang Heavenly Sovereign' and 'Yellow-Black King of Good Luck' he's mumbling about? I've traveled through so many dimensions, but I've never heard of any of them. Is this little guy making them up?"

Shaking her head, the Ancient One started using the Eye of Agamotto to peer into the future. Lately, she had developed a fondness for observing the future.

She had noticed an increase in future changes, some good and some bad.

Back to Charles, the treasure chest emitted a dazzling light, and after a burst of radiance, the results of the chest opening appeared before his eyes.

Ding! Obtained C-ranked ninja, Ninja Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto fragment 1!

Ding! Obtained a ninja recruitment scroll!

Ding! Obtained C-ranked ninja, Ninja Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto fragment 1!

Ding! Obtained C-ranked ninja, Ninja Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto fragment 1!

Ding! Obtained 10 gold coins!

Ding! Obtained C-ranked ninja, Ninja Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto fragment 1!

Ding! Obtained C-ranked ninja, Ninja Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto fragment 1!

Ding! Obtained a ninja recruitment scroll!

Ding! Obtained B-ranked ninja, Young Kakashi Hatake fragment 1!

Ding! Obtained C-ranked ninja, Ninja Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto fragment 1!

Looking at the messages displayed one after another on the screen, Charles glanced over them and found a bunch of fragments of Ninja Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto.

Why were there so many Naruto fragments?

He had six fragments in total now. With the ones he had previously acquired, he was just one fragment short of recruiting Ninja Academy Student Naruto's fragment.

Furthermore, he noticed two ninja recruitment scrolls and an additional fragment of Young Kakashi Hatake!

Charles was extremely excited.

Taking advantage of this momentum, Charles didn't hesitate and instantly opened the remaining three treasure chests.

Ding! Obtained 200 reputation points!

Ding! Obtained 200 reputation points!

Ding! Obtained C-ranked ninja, Ninja Academy Student Uzumaki Naruto fragment 1!

Charles even sat up excitedly on the bed. This was unbelievable; it seemed like he had indeed disturbed Naruto's nest. All the fragments were his!

Although Naruto, as a student, wasn't a powerful ninja, he was still Naruto Uzumaki, the unexpected No. 1 ninja. Despite his weak student phase abilities, his chakra reserves were immense.

As the saying goes, education starts from a young age. Charles didn't hesitate and directly opened his ninja interface.

Seeing Ninja Academy Student Naruto's icon with ten fragments, available for recruitment, he didn't hesitate any longer and clicked on "Recruit."