After wrapping up the costume purchases, Charles exited the ninja shop. This spree had cost him over 140,000 gold coins, leaving him with 457,190 coins.
He then opened his ninja roster. This time, he had acquired a total of 10 ninjas, the most he had ever obtained in one go.
However, only two of them required additional battle slots, so Charles unlocked two new slots at the cost of 146,000 gold coins.
With everything set, Charles began recruiting ninjas:
He started with the C-rank ninjas: Konohamaru, Cheongsam Tenten, and Rookie Sakura Haruno.
After recruiting them, Charles gained 3 chakra points, though he didn't pay much attention to their abilities since they were relatively weak.
Next were the B-rank ninjas: Shippuden Chōji Akimichi and Shikamaru Nara.
With their recruitment, Charles gained a deeper understanding of the Akimichi clan's Expansion Jutsu and the Nara clan's Shadow Techniques. His chakra pool increased by 10 points, reaching 576 chakra points.
Finally, he recruited the 5 summer-themed ninjas: Swimsuit Ino Yamanaka, Swimsuit Sakura Haruno, Energetic Hinata Hyuga, Swimsuit Anko Mitarashi, and Swimsuit Samui.
This boosted his chakra pool by 35 points and slightly enhanced his Hyuga bloodline.
However, Charles decided against using their techniques in battle. It would be awkward to pull out a ninja who suddenly used a surfboard in combat or threw one onto the opponent's head.
Still, these summer-themed ninjas inspired him to plan a summer beach event, perhaps taking the ninjas to Hawaii for a vacation.
With 10 ninjas recruited, Charles decided to pause further recruitment. The Rage Mode Obito recruitment required Jiraiya's fragments to be completed, which would take another two days to collect. Charles was willing to wait.
After leaving the system space, Charles arrived at the location where Mabui and Two-Tails Yugito were studying in the summoning realm.
He re-entered the system space and materialized Konohamaru and Samui. During Samui's materialization, Charles glanced at her figure.
"Hmm… not as big as Tsunade's. Also, she doesn't quite have the same aura."
Before Samui woke up, Charles quickly averted his gaze and took a large women's trench coat from his storage space to give to her.
After all, staying in a swimsuit wasn't very appropriate, even if he personally didn't mind.
"Samui, here's some clothing for you," he said as she woke.
"This area contains information about this world as well as the ninjas who have arrived before you. Make sure to record your details as well so future arrivals will know which ninjas from Kumogakure have joined."
"Once you've familiarized yourself with the knowledge here, you can head to the Kumogakure outpost."
"Oh, by the way, the houses in this area should have some clothes that fit you. There's also food available, and supplies will be replenished regularly by other ninjas."
Hearing Charles Doyle's words, Samui calmly looked at him, then accepted the trench coat he handed over and said, "Thank you, Lord Charles."
Charles glanced at her briefly and then left the summoning realm directly.
…
Upon returning to the Konoha base, Charles went straight to find Asuma Sarutobi, materialized Konohamaru in front of him, and said, "This is your nephew. I'll leave the Sarutobi family matters to you."
With that, Charles disappeared from the scene.
Konohamaru, staring at Asuma in front of him, paused for a moment and then exclaimed, "Uncle Asuma!"
At that moment, Kurenai pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing Konohamaru, she smiled and said, "Asuma, it seems Lord Charles has brought your nephew here."
Asuma picked up Konohamaru, smiling, "Yes, the Sarutobi clan is no longer just me here now."
…
After entrusting Konohamaru to Asuma, Charles Doyle headed to Warehouse No. 3 and began retrieving supplies from his storage space. Before long, Warehouse No. 3 was full, so he moved on to Warehouses No. 4, No. 5, and so on.
Eventually, even the underground warehouse was nearly full. Charles finally emptied his storage space of materials, although he refrained from taking out certain items like helicopter carriers or naval aircraft carriers.
However, he did release other S.H.I.E.L.D. equipment such as armored vehicles, Quinjet fighters, tanks, and armed helicopters.
"Red Queen!"
"At your service, Master."
Seeing the holographic projection of the Red Queen appear, Charles issued several commands:
"Compile a list of all the materials I retrieved today and hand it over to Ginny."
"You can allocate any supercomputers or data storage centers here as you see fit for your needs."
"As for the data storage devices, some contain S.H.I.E.L.D. information. Cross-check them for anything useful to me."
"Additionally, there are some 084 objects among these items. Check S.H.I.E.L.D.'s data to see if there are records of their functions, and label any that you find information on."
"Finally, inform Ginny and all the ninjas that there will be a meeting in the conference room in three hours."
"Also, notify the kitchen to prepare for a banquet. With such a great haul, we're going to have a big party to celebrate!"
Following his orders, the Red Queen replied, "Master, the meeting notifications have been sent."
"Once the inventory is completed, I will report to Secretary Ginny."
Charles nodded in satisfaction and turned to leave.