Chapter 347: Testing the Waters

Time flew by, and another four days passed.

During these four days, Charles successfully completed the construction of the Merlin Array, and the spatial positioning beacon was also set up.

Now that everything was ready with the Merlin Array, Charles could activate the magic circle to return directly to Earth. Just as Charles was about to leave, Thor hurried over.

Since four days ago when Charles asked Thor to seek answers from Odin, he hadn't disturbed him again. Unexpectedly, he appeared just as he was leaving.

Thor descended from the sky, hammer in hand.

"Thor, is there something you need?"

Looking at Thor in front of him, Charles waved his hand and asked.

Seeing Charles, who was about to return to Earth, Thor's face was full of envy. Without hesitation, he spoke, "I don't know if I'll have the chance to return to Earth. Charles, could you take care of Jane for me and ensure she won't be harmed on Earth?"

Observing Thor's serious expression, Charles was momentarily stunned. Is he entrusting his lover to me? Is that really okay?

Seeing Thor's earnest face, Charles pondered for a moment. As Jane would remain safe in Earth without any issues, he did not refuse Thor's request. "Alright, considering our friendship, I will take care of her!"

As Thor saw Charles agree, a smile appeared on his face. With the protection of the Supreme Merlin, Jane should be safe on Earth.

Thor reached behind him and pulled out a small bag, tossing it to Charles.

"I heard this thing is useful for mages. Consider it a gift from me."

Catching the small bag Thor threw over, Charles immediately heard a notification sound in his mind.

Ding! Discovered rechargeable item. Would you like to recharge?

Without opening the bag, Charles directly stored it in his storage space.

"Thanks, I won't stand on ceremony."

Seeing Charles accepting the gift, Thor's smile widened. It seemed that he could stop worrying about Jane's safety for a short period.

With no other matters at hand, Charles waved his hand, bidding farewell to Thor. In the next moment, he activated the Merlin Array, and a burst of light flashed as Charles disappeared from Asgard.

In the palace within Asgard, Odin, who had observed Charles's departure, did not pay it much attention.

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New York, the Continental Hotel-

Charles's figure appeared in the top-floor conference room. As she returned, Charles felt weak in the knees, nearly collapsing on the ground.

During the instantaneous teleportation, his chakra had been completely depleted, leaving only a bare minimum of energy, barely enough for a single use of the Body Flicker Technique.

The conference room was empty. Charles took out a bowl of delicious ramen, quickly restoring his Chakra. Once his chakra recovered, he pushed open the door and left the room.

Exiting the conference room, Charles went straight to Winston's office.

Though Winston was somewhat surprised by Charles's sudden appearance, he quickly remembered the return of Tony and the others before, and his surprise faded.

"Elder, you're back."

"Yeah, anything special happened recently?"

After a moment of contemplation, Winston spoke, "Elder, nothing special has happened recently. But Miss Ginny mentioned that once you return, you can go directly to the agency; it's already been repaired."

"Repaired?"

Charles was momentarily surprised. Considering the time spent in the magical world, he had only been away for about ten days. Was the destroyed agency already restored?

"Indeed, Boss."

Top of Form

"We have confirmed that the agency has indeed been restored."

"How long was I away?"

"Ten days."

"Okay, got it!"

After obtaining the answers he wanted, Charles didn't linger at the Continental Hotel. He took the car arranged by Winston and returned to the Agency.

After Charles left in the car, Winston took out his phone and sent a message to Ginny: Lord Charles has returned.

The Rolls-Royce drove all the way and quickly arrived at Charles Agency.

Looking at the now restored office, Charles's Sharingan spun in his eyes. The magical array inside the office was fully revealed, blocking his prying eyes.

Seeing this change, Charles understood.

To be able to restore a building that was bombed into ruins, it seemed that some of the magic in the magical world was not as bad as he thought, and it was quite practical.

Thinking that these arrangements were likely made by teacher Balthazar and others, considering that, apart from them, other magicians should be unaware of these details. When he left, he had mentioned these things to only his subordinates.

After getting off the car and letting the driver go, Charles looked at the sign hanging on the door that said "Temporarily Closed" and casually took it down, then pushed open the door and walked in.

Walking in, the staff greeted Charles respectfully when they saw him. "Lord Charles!"

Charles nodded and looked at these unfamiliar faces, silently coming to the front desk.

Selene respectfully said, "Lord Charles, you're back."

"Have all injuries healed?"

"Thank you for your concern, Lord Charles. The injuries have completely healed."

"Who is in the Agency?"

"Lady Shizune and Lady Tsunade are in the laboratory. The others are all out on missions."

Charles nodded. "Okay, I understand."

Without lingering in the hall, Charles went directly to his room.

Returning to the room, Charles sat on the bed and began to check his recent gains.

During the seven days of drawing the magic array, he obtained 50 servings of delicious ramen, 200 Ninja Beads (double rewards for reaching VIP level 4, including 200 extra Samsara Stones), 200 Samsara Stones, 300 Prestige, 8 Ninjutsu Scrolls, and 1 Ninja Recruitment Scroll (double rewards for reaching VIP level 5, including an extra Ninja Recruitment Scroll), and another 50 servings of delicious ramen.

By the time of his return to Earth, Itachi, Yamato, and Iruka completed one bounty mission each day at the Continental Hotel. Over the seven days, they completed a total of 21 D-rank missions.

It gained 4200 Prestige points and 105,000 copper coins as rewards.

Since all the missions were D-rank, Charles was somewhat disappointed, but considering the strength of the opponents they faced, it was reasonable for the tasks received to be D-rank.

However, these gains were not the most important for Charles; it was the magical materials obtained, as they were all rechargeable items.

Charles waved his hand, and all the magical materials he had stored in the storage space were taken out. Looking at the room filled with magical materials, Charles extended his palm to recharge.

His palm seemed like a space that devoured everything, and all the magical materials were sucked into it, leaving no trace behind.

Ding! Recharge successful. Accumulated recharge: 6038 gold coins!

Seeing that he had only recharged 6038 gold coins, Charles's brows furrowed slightly. It seemed that so many magical materials had only resulted in this amount. Shouldn't the materials for the magic array cost around 12 or 13 thousand gold coins?

It appeared that these items were not as much worth as Charles had initially thought. Of course, it wasn't because these magical materials were not actually valuable. After all, they were all rare materials, making them extremely valuable throughout the universe.

However, after recharging these items, their value was not reflected.

Charles then took out the Radiant Stone, and without any hesitation, he proceeded with the recharge. After all, these precious items were not worthwhile as an accessory to his own strength.

Ding! Successful recharge of 3280 gold coins. Achieved first recharge double reward, an additional 3280 gold coins.

Seeing another 6560 gold coins added to his account, Charles nodded in satisfaction.

With two consecutive recharges, Charles's gold coin count had been restored to 13,260. Considering the price of additional combat slots, Charles took out the Soul Stone that Thor had given him.

Taking out the Soul Stone, Charles immediately felt the stability in his soul, as if everything was no longer as rushed.

Feeling the effects of the Soul Stone, Charles hesitated for a moment and finally proceeded with the recharge.

Ding! Successful recharge, obtained 6480 gold coins!

With the recharge prompt, Charles sighed. As expected, the Soul Stone had the highest value, reaching a price of 6480 gold coins.

Considering that the origin of this item was the Hell Dimension, Charles couldn't help but harbor some resentment as Mephisto and creatures from Hell came to make trouble and attacked the magical world.

Once he became stronger, he would lead his subordinates in a counterattack against the Hell Dimension, plundering all the useful treasures and, if necessary, cultivating a divine tree in the Hell Dimension to drain it completely.

He wondered if the fruits produced by a divine tree cultivated in the Hell Dimension would have different effects.

After recharging all the items that could be recharged, Charles's gaze fell on the Matryoshka doll. After seven days had passed, he could open another layer of the nested doll.

Without hesitation, Charles took out the doll and began to unlock the seal.

As Charles's magic power surged in his hand, one layer of the nested doll was unlocked, and a flash of light revealed a wicked witch in the room.

Without giving the witch a chance to speak, Charles's hand flashed with lightning. Chidori pierced through the witch's chest from behind, and the witch, who had just left the seal, died on the spot.

After taking the magical equipment from the witch's body, Charles proceeded with the recharge and received an additional 2000 gold coins.

Looking at the witch lying on the ground, Charles pressed the service bell and called the agency staff.

"Send this corpse to the medical laboratory!"

"Yes, Lord Charles!"

Soon, two staff members carried the witch's body away, and the room was cleaned by the other staff.

With all the gold coin recharge work now completed, Charles's gaze turned to the combat slots. He went straight to the system's upgrade page and began to increase the number of combat slots.

Ding! Will you spend 18,000 gold coins to add one combat slot?

Yes!

With the deduction of 18,000 gold coins, Charles added another combat slot. Looking at Sakura Haruno, who had not yet been added in the ninja list, Charles didn't hesitate. He placed Sakura's ninja card directly in the combat slot.

Ding! Please choose the position of the revealed C-rank ninja Sakura Haruno.

Within three meters of Charles Doyle. Randomly.

Considering Sakura Haruno's current strength, personality, and experience, Charles didn't dare to randomly reveal her. He was afraid of placing her in the wrong location, leading to her being captured by the Hydra and used for experiments.

Without hesitation, he chose to reveal Sakura within a range of three meters from himself.

In the void, Sakura Haruno's figure slowly materialized like an illusory dream, finally becoming a tangible body.

As soon as Sakura appeared, she immediately pulled out her kunai and assumed a defensive posture.

Seeing this scene, Charles nodded.

As Sakura saw Charles Doyle in the room, she retracted her hand holding the kunai and respectfully bowed, "Lord Charles!"

Observing Sakura's short hair, Charles knew that this girl had likely just completed the Chunin exams, and her attitude was much more serious than when she had just graduated.

Charles then began to introduce Sakura to the knowledge of this world.

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On the other side-

Inside the Triskelion-

When Coulson heard the report from his subordinates, learning that Charles Doyle had appeared at the agency's door and even removed the closed sign personally, he didn't delay any further.

He immediately assembled a team of agents, took an energy block suitcase, and went to gather information.

In his office, Nick Fury received the news of Charles Doyle's appearance. Simultaneously, he also received the report that Coulson had collected an energy block suitcase.

In fact, Nick Fury had already obtained all the information about Asgard, Thor, and others through the Skrull people parked in near-Earth orbit.

However, this information was Nick Fury's independent intelligence source, and he hadn't shared it with Coulson and other agents.

Instead, he let them go to Charles to check the information, wanting to see how much the intelligence ninjas behind Charles understood about the Asgard.

If they knew nothing, then Nick Fury would have to reevaluate the weight of the ninja force. If the ninjas knew more about Asgard than the Skrull people, then Nick Fury also would have to reassess the strength of the ninja force.

If they were well-informed about Asgard, this could mean that the ninjas had encountered Asgardians who had visited Earth before or that they possessed the ability to travel between star systems.

Regardless of whether it was cross-star communication, the ability to fly with a physical body between planets like Carol Danvers, or having a spaceship capable of interstellar travel, all of these factors would significantly raise the danger level of the ninja force in Nick Fury's eyes.

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