Three days later-
Konoha Base-
All the ninjas who had been out raiding S.H.I.E.L.D. bases had returned, bringing back an incredibly abundant haul.
A massive sealing scroll placed before Charles could barely contain all the scrolls and resources—so much that even an entire room couldn't hold them all.
In just these few days, Charles's ninjas had barely visited one-tenth of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s bases, not even counting medium and small bases, various relay stations, and mobile bases.
As for facilities like treehouses or safe houses, there were countless numbers of them.
Even so, Charles Doyle's gains were monumental. Of course, apart from the ninjas, governments worldwide and other intelligence agencies also reaped significant benefits.
One could say, with S.H.I.E.L.D. falling, everyone feasts.
…
In the Summoning Realm-
On a vast, open field, Charles used the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu to swiftly extract items from the sealing scrolls.
With the help of numerous shadow clones, all the materials were quickly taken out. However, not every scroll contained 084 objects, and not every base had such items.
But, as the saying goes, since we're here, we might as well take something.
If the ninjas didn't find 084 objects, they would simply loot valuable items, such as weapons in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s armories, experimental super-soldier equipment, Quinjets, tanks, armored vehicles, attack helicopters, missiles, medical pods, medical supplies, large-scale computer systems, supercomputers, data storage centers, and mechanical devices.
Anything the ninjas deemed valuable was packed into sealing scrolls and brought back.
After all, many of them had even eliminated quite a few HYDRA agents on these missions—there was no way they'd return empty-handed.
Thanks to this, while the ninjas took a lot, it also inadvertently helped S.H.I.E.L.D. recover some of its bases more quickly, making Coulson's rebuilding efforts much easier compared to the original timeline.
However, as Charles opened one sealing scroll, he suddenly froze in shock.
"What the...?"
"Which genius brought this back?"
What Charles had just retrieved wasn't an ordinary item—it was a small, aircraft-mounted nuclear warhead.
The nuclear symbol printed on it was glaringly obvious. Although it wasn't a massive bomb, its destructive power was not insignificant. Most alarming of all was the radioactive contamination it could cause.
If this bomb went off, it could turn a small city into a dead zone.
In fact, even a hundred years later, that area would still be uninhabitable.
The explosion itself might not be as catastrophic as some Tailed Beast Bombs, but its potential for contamination was equally terrifying.
Without hesitation, Charles immediately stored the dangerous object in his personal storage space for isolation.
Although he knew that, under normal circumstances, it wouldn't detonate—even if tipped over—it was better not to take any risks.
As Charles continued unpacking items with the help of his shadow clones, he finally finished extracting all the materials from the sealing scrolls.
The 084 items were placed together in marked crates, while other resources were piled separately in another area.
Looking across the vast field, the non-084 materials stretched out endlessly, as if they went on forever.
Charles extended his chakra, gathering all the non-084 items and storing them in his personal storage space. If not for the system's enormous storage capacity, ordinary storage equipment would never have been able to hold so much.
Now, facing the hundreds of crates marked with 084 items, Charles began opening them one by one and "recharging" them into the system.
"Golden Chalice, Ark of the Covenant, Burning Feather, Dark Bible, Solar Codex..."
"Interesting. S.H.I.E.L.D. really collected quite a few treasures."
Among the items, some Charles recognized and others he didn't. Those that could be converted into gold coins were recharged, while the rest were set aside.
For the unidentified items, Charles planned to have Red Queen cross-reference S.H.I.E.L.D.'s archives to identify their origins and functions.
Usable items would be put to good use, while the rest would be added to his personal collection as trophies.
After recharging everything that could be converted, Charles gained a total of 130,000 gold coins. In addition, two artifacts were unlocked: the Banana Palm Fan and the Amber Purifying Bottle.
This brought Charles's collection of artifacts to five in total. With these additions, the six path artifacts were nearly complete, though they were still in their basic forms and required upgrading and inscription to unlock their full potential.
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Over the past four days, Charles had also been purchasing Jiraiya fragments, spending a total of 27,200 coins to acquire 40 pieces. After recharging the newly acquired items, he still had 180,730 coins left.
Charles was quite satisfied with the results, feeling that the resources gained from this operation were not only substantial but also pleasantly surprising.
It was worth noting that the main 084 items stash was located in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Cold Storage and Headquarters.
In the original timeline, Garrett had taken some of the thousands of 084 items from Cold Storage, leaving the rest for S.H.I.E.L.D. to recover.
As for S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, it was taken over by Colonel Talbot, who seized over a thousand 084 items from the facility, earning himself a promotion to Brigadier General.
Charles was now eagerly anticipating the results from the other ninja villages. He didn't have to wait long. Soon, Kabuto Yakushi arrived in the Summoning Realm with the Sound Four, heading straight to Charles's location.