Chapter 349: Sand Ninja - Gaara

Charles continued, "Of course, such beings being referred to as gods in the perspective of ordinary people is quite normal."

Coulson nodded thoughtfully, somewhat agreeing with Charles's statement.

As Nick Fury's right-hand man, Coulson was responsible for special projects, holding information that others were unaware of.

For instance, the corpse on Tahiti Island indicated that there were beings beyond Earth, living on other planets. However, Earth's current technology didn't allow for interstellar travel or visits to other life-bearing planets.

Charles continued, "As for the organization and strength of the Asgardians."

"Asgard is ruled by Odin, the god-King of Asgard, who unified the Nine Realms a long time ago."

"This includes Earth, which is entirely under their control."

"What? Earth is under their control? That's impossible! We won't accept it, nor will we compromise!"

Seeing Coulson getting increasingly agitated, Charles didn't immediately explain. Instead, he continued, "The Asgardians possess formidable power, including energy weapons capable of annihilating stars and a Bifrost Bridge for interstellar transportation."

"In terms of individual strength, even the weakest Asgardian soldier surpasses the most elite soldiers on Earth."

"And the most powerful Odin, the god-King, has the power to destroy worlds, easily obliterating a planet with full force."

Charles briefly described the lower and upper limits of Asgard's strength.

Hearing Charles's account, Coulson was left dumbfounded.

The fact that the Asgardians possessed weapons of star-annihilation caliber and a powerful king capable of planet destruction left Coulson wondering how SHIELD could resist.

"Even so, Earth won't accept the rule of other forces, even if they are 'gods'."

Charles played with a hint of a smile, "So, what's your plan?"

"Are you going to war with Asgard?"

Looking at Charles's playful smile, Coulson said, "Mr. Charles, I'm sure you have other information to share with me."

"Asgard has ruled the Nine Realms for countless years, and for them, Earth is just in name under their rule. After all, in those days, Earth had no power to oppose Odin's rule."

"And for over a thousand years, the Asgardians haven't actually appeared on Earth to enforce their rule."

In fact, there was something Charles didn't mention—it was only earth where Odin hadn't stationed any troops, but for other realms, he had regularly dispatched warriors from Asgard to guard and stay there.

Hearing Charles's explanation, Coulson pondered. It was like having a yard; even though you managed your own home, the ants living underground might reside within your territory, but you wouldn't manage or control their lives and development.

However, the children of the homeowner might come with a kettle of hot water to pour over the anthill, just like the Destroyer that descended upon New Mexico. While Thor prevented Loki's attack, neither Loki nor Thor took responsibility for the destruction of the small town.

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Although the final result was not as cruel as Coulson had initially thought, it still remained highly dangerous. He said, "I understand."

Seeing that Coulson understood his intentions, Charles continued to answer the remaining questions.

"As for the reason for Thor's arrival on Earth this time, it's just a trial set by King Odin for Thor. It just happened that the chosen location for the trial was Earth."

Listening to Charles's casual explanation, Coulson's brain paused for a moment. He had considered many possibilities, and SHIELD's think tank had various speculations, but they hadn't anticipated that it would be a test and trial set by the king for his prince.

Charles tapped the table lightly with his index finger and then spoke with a calm expression, "Your intelligence requests have all been fulfilled."

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Charles."

"These pieces of information are crucial for us."

Afterward, Coulson lightly tapped the Bluetooth earpiece in his ear. The agents stationed outside the Agency opened the doors of the escort vehicle and carried twelve briefcases down.

Guided by the staff, they quickly arrived at the conference room.

The SHIELD agents placed all twelve briefcases in front of Charles.

"Mr. Charles, each box contains 50 energy blocks, exactly 600 in total—the payment for this intelligence request."

Charles looked at the neatly arranged briefcases and nodded in satisfaction.

"Now that the items have been delivered, I'll take my leave."

After saying this, Coulson left the agency with the SHIELD agents, boarded the vehicle, and immediately said, "Back to Triskelion!"

Coulson and his team returned to SHIELD headquarters at a faster pace than when they arrived.

Upon returning to headquarters, Coulson immediately reported the obtained intelligence to Nick Fury.

After hearing Coulson's report, Nick Fury's face showed no surprise. He calmly said, "Alright, I understand!"

As Coulson left, Nick Fury's inner thoughts were not as calm as he appeared.

Charles knowing the identities of Thor and the others, as well as being aware of Asgard's strength, didn't surprise Nick Fury. He already suspected all these things.

But learning the purpose of Thor's appearance on Earth was a different matter.

After all, Thor had only been on Earth for a short time, and this incident had occurred not long ago.

The fact that a king had sealed his son's powers and thrown him onto Earth for training was undoubtedly a highly confidential matter. For Charles to know this so quickly indicated a close connection between the ninja forces and Asgard.

Moreover, the relationship between the two must be very close. Otherwise, such information would not be revealed so clearly and quickly. After all, even after Thor had returned, such things wouldn't be widely known.

It seemed that the situation with the ninjas was even more complex than Nick Fury had initially imagined.

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Charles Agency-

In the meeting room, after seeing Coulson leave, Charles threw the signed mission scrolls into the mission collection point to claim rewards.

"Ding! Congratulations on completing the A-rank mission. You have earned 5,000 reputation points, 500,000 copper coins, and -"

With a skeptical attitude, Charles submitted all the remaining mission scrolls to the mission collection point.

"Ding! Congratulations on completing A-rank mission. You have earned 5,000 reputation points, 500,000 copper coins, and a beautiful treasure chest!"

"Ding! Congratulations on completing A-rank mission. You have earned 5,000 reputation points, 500,000 copper coins, and a beautiful treasure chest!"

"Ding! Congratulations on completing A-rank mission. You have earned 5,000 reputation points, 500,000 copper coins, and a beautiful treasure chest!"

"Ding! Congratulations on completing A-rank mission. You have earned 5,000 reputation points, 500,000 copper coins, and a beautiful treasure chest!"

"Ding! Congratulations on completing A-rank mission. You have earned 5,000 reputation points, 500,000 copper coins, and a beautiful treasure chest!"

Five consecutive A-rank mission rewards surprised Charles. He hadn't expected such high ratings for intelligence on extraordinary powers in the mission collection hall.

Thinking about how Jiraiya sacrificed his life for intelligence in the original work, Charles realized he had undervalued himself with how much intelligence he possesses.

Looking at the twelve briefcases in front of him, Charles emptied all the energy blocks onto the ground. The 600 energy blocks piled up like a small mountain, emitting a blue glow that tinted the entire meeting room.

"Ding! Discover rechargeable items. Would you like to recharge?"

Recharge!

With a confirmation sound, all the energy blocks in the meeting room were absorbed by Charles's palm, leaving behind twelve empty briefcases.

"Ding! Recharge successful. Earned 108,000 gold coins!"

For the first time, Charles received a six-digit amount of gold coins. A smile appeared on his face; it seemed he wouldn't be short of gold coins for a short time.

With so much gold, it looked like he could directly spend it on characters in Akatsuki!

"Ding! Congratulations, Charles Doyle, VIP level upgraded to level 9!"

Received VIP9 privileges:

When purchasing ninjas in the item shop, each showcase can be bought nine times per day!

VIP9 Gift Pack: 26,000 copper coins, 350 reputation points, 4 ninja recruitment scrolls, and 50 delicious ramen!

"Ding! Congratulations, Charles Doyle, VIP level upgraded to level 10!"

Free recruit VIP10 privileges for the ninja Gaara!

VIP10 Gift Pack: 28,000 copper coins, 400 reputation points, 5 ninja recruitment scrolls, and 50 delicious ramen!

Staring at the screen, Charles was a bit stunned. He didn't expect such substantial rewards this time, especially getting Gaara, a strong character, and he was rated as a B-rank ninja.

Without hesitation, Charles immediately entered the system space!

As he entered the system space, two massive fireworks rose in the sky, turning into subtitles.

Congratulations, Charles Doyle, VIP level reached level 9!

Congratulations, Charles Doyle, VIP level reached level 10!

Without paying attention to the fireworks rising in the sky above the Naruto wall, Charles directly opened the ninja tab.

Immediately, he saw the rewards for the VIP levels.

Gaara's avatar lit up, and below it was marked with "Fragment 40/40—Recruitment!"

Seeing that the free recruitment had turned into 40 fragments placed in his ninja list, Charles didn't hesitate and clicked on recruit.

With a burst of radiance, a new screen appeared in front of Charles.

It was the appearance for participating in the Chunin Exam, with the Sand ninja headband worn diagonally across the waist and a huge sand gourd on the back. On the head, the character for "love" was carved!

Congratulations on recruiting B-rank two-star ninja—Gaara!

After successfully recruiting the ninja, Charles immediately checked Gaara's skills.

B-rank: Gaara

Normal Attack: Control sand for medium-range attacks.

Skills: Sand Burial, Sandstorm Rain, Sandfall Wind Hell

Sand Burial: Creates a moving sand mass on the ground, which, upon hitting enemies, forms quicksand to lift and crush them, ending with a sand explosion that deals a fatal blow.

Sandstorm Rain: Summons sand material from the ground that briefly hovers in the air before turning into falling sand stabbing forward. Enemies hit will be killed. (When summoning sand material, the exploded sand will damage and lift nearby enemies.)

Sandfall Wind Hell: Lures out a large amount of sand from beneath the ground and forms a powerful tornado storm with chakra. Enemies within the sandstorm will suffer destructive blows and ultimately be killed in mid-air.

With the successful recruitment of the ninja, Charles's strength increased again. Chakra increased by 5 cards, and he now controlled Gaara's sand control abilities and skills.

Looking at Gaara's ninja introduction, Charles frowned slightly. As he guessed, the Gaara he recruited couldn't transform into a tailed beast.

In terms of overall strength, it was not much different from his performance during the Chunin Exam, except that he lacked the ability to transform into a tailed beast.

Only by recruiting more Gaara could he obtain the ability to transform into a tailed beast. The overall strength would also greatly improve after the two were combined.

Just like Naruto at this moment, he was more powerful than when he participated in the Chunin Exam after fusing with his academy student self.

Although it couldn't reach the most perfect state, Charles could still accept it. After all, recruiting Gaara didn't cost any money; it was a free ninja given by the system. With the addition of title rewards for the battle position, this move could be considered a big win.

Thinking that he now had three Sand Village ninjas in his team, consisting of Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara, the idea of opening their own base and sending them for missions could be implemented.

A team composed of Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara was more than enough to execute missions for the base, even though there was no high-level Jonin to oversee the entire situation. However, with Gaara's current strength, he could handle it.

Having made plans, Charles believed that the development of the base would inevitably provoke the probing of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra.

However, he was unsure of how much resources he could deceive from them using that base. In any case, he needed to inform the three of them in advance.

With his plan in mind, Charles directly placed Gaara's ninja card into the battle position.

Ding! Please choose the position for B-rank ninja Gaara.

Within three meters of Charles Dahl.

Random location.

After a moment of contemplation, Charles chose a random location. However, he also included a segment of his memories for Gaara!

With Charles's choice, suddenly, the World Tree of the Nine Realms appeared before Charles, and nine planets appeared in his eyes.

This sudden change startled Charles, as the images of the nine planets flashed by. Eventually, it locked onto Earth and gradually zoomed in, finally settling in a desert area in Afghanistan, revealing Gaara.

Appearing in the desert of Afghanistan, Gaara was currently absorbing the memories Charles provided in his mind.

Learning that he had come to a strange world and that his sister and brother had also arrived, he understood Charles's order. According to his instructions, he needed to find Tenten and Kankuro first, and then return to Charles.

Gaara, who had just experienced the failed invasion of Konoha, had a completely new understanding of his ninja path. He had abandoned his initial brutality. Thinking about the mission in his mind, a smile appeared on his lips.

"A mission to find family members?"

"Interesting!"

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