Mei Terumi, the Water Enchantress

Charlotte considered the ninjas of Kirigakure and found that there were many who could be recruited, including the Second Mizukage Gengetsu Hozuki, the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Ao, Chojuro, and even Zabuza, Haku, and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Utakata, to form the core of the group.

If necessary, Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu combined with Transformation Jutsu can be used to impersonate a ninja army. Instantly, a plan concerning Kirigakure, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, appeared in Charlotte's mind.

Charlotte glanced at the remaining 32,654 Gold Coin and knew that this Gold Coin was far from enough to secure her position. Not to mention recruiting other Mist Ninja, it would be insufficient even to recruit the Mizukage.

It seems that Hidan's S.H.I.E.L.D.. needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Only after experiencing the harsh realities of life and feeling the pain firsthand will it be easier to empty S.H.I.E.L.D..'s Energy Block for future use.

Taking a deep breath, Charlotte glanced once more at the stunningly beautiful and mature Mei Terumi Mei Terumi, the Water Enchantress, before resolutely exiting the recruitment interface.

Just as Charlotte exited the ninja recruitment interface, a system notification sound suddenly popped up.

Ding! Limited-time ninja recruitment events are now open for the third consecutive time! The Ninja Costume Store is also open!

Upon hearing that it was a ninja outfit, Charlotte didn't immediately understand, wondering what it was for, but she still opened the outfit interface according to the prompt.

There was only one piece of equipment in the fashion shop at the moment: Itachi Uchiha's Weaving Reality.

Upon clicking on Itachi Uchiha's "Weaving Reality," Charlotte discovered that Itachi Uchiha, wearing a straw hat and Black Cloak with Red Clouds from the Akatsuki, was Hand Seals and using Ninjutsu under the moonlight. Next to him were several large characters: A-rank ninja: Weaving Reality and Illusion - Itachi Uchiha.

Below is a line of small text. "After fully equipping the costume, your aura increases by 20 and your attack effect increases by 5%!"

Upon seeing the words above, Charlotte recalled a meme from her past life: the Akatsuki's " if you take off your clothes, you die" rule. Could it be that their strength decreased because they removed their hats and clothes?

Clicking on the price, it was 1800 Gold Coin, not an expensive price. Considering the 5% increase in strength, it was already quite high. Although it was only one outfit, and only A-rank ninjas were qualified to have outfits, I still bought it directly for Itachi Uchiha.

With Charlotte's successful purchase, the hat called "Weaving Reality" also appeared in Itachi Uchiha's Ninja Tool Pouch.

After doing all this, Charlotte went to the practice field provided by the System Space and began to try to master the skills of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye during Charlotte's training.

During this time, Gaara handed the Werewolf's corpse over to his employer, completing the D-rank mission and marking it as such in his mission log.

As for the riots that broke out in London, HYDRA used its power to suppress them, preventing them from causing the slightest disturbance online.

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Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. Triskelion, Nick Fury asked Coulson, who was standing nearby, "Any new developments? Have you found Hidan yet?"

Coulson shook his head and said, "No, we lost track of him after the last war. We only know that his last known location was in the Red Sea."

"The route Barton provided is also invalid. Hidan didn't show up there, and Africa is just too vast. In just a few days, we simply couldn't find him."

Upon hearing Coulson's report, Nick Fury shook his head. Having manpower now meant they couldn't find their target. The main problem was that there were simply too few areas in Africa covered by the internet and where surveillance was limited. S.H.I.E.L.D.. had been very effective in finding people in the United States and other major countries through methods such as the internet, cameras, phone calls, and wiretapping, but they were powerless in Africa.

"How's the intelligence gathering from the Otogakure going? Our personnel have only just departed for the Japan, and we don't know anything about their situation yet."

Coulson began, "It's difficult. They're very arrogant, some look down on us, and don't want to talk to our people."

"We tried to give them a physical exam, which almost triggered their rage."

"I suspect they were subjected to scientific experiments; the situation in the Sakon and Ukon us can be explained by conjoined twins."

"After all, we have quite a few cases like this here, but none of them have extraordinary abilities. However, that Kidomaru with six arms is really incomprehensible, and he can perfectly control each of the arms."

Nick Fury nodded. "Very likely. Since they're so sensitive about it, it's probably because they have some issues with it."

"After all, if they don't want a medical check-up, they can simply refuse. Their outburst of anger shows that they are very sensitive about this."

"However, during this time of searching for the missing-nin Hidan, we need to cultivate good relationships with them and extract as much useful information as possible. Our understanding of the Ninja World is still too limited."

"Yes, sir!"

The instant Coulson agreed, alarms suddenly sounded throughout the Triskelion, echoing throughout the entire building.

"Yellow alert! Yellow alert!"

"The base is under attack by unknown forces! The base is under attack by unknown forces!"

"All personnel, please prepare yourselves. All personnel, please prepare yourselves."

The two consecutive warnings left Nick Fury and Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D.. looking at each other in bewilderment. Since the organization's inception, no one had ever dared to cause trouble at S.H.I.E.L.D.. headquarters.

Nick Fury immediately went to his desk, picked up a remote control, and pressed it. The next moment, a white wall in the office transformed into a giant display screen, displaying a series of surveillance images.

"The attackers have been located!"

As Nick Fury spoke, the smaller screens on the main screen disappeared, and a surveillance video was zoomed in, showing Hidan wielding his Triple-Bladed Scythe and wreaking havoc.

Coulson exclaimed incredulously, "Hidan!"

He clearly hadn't expected that the person they were searching for on the Africa continent would appear at the gates of their base.

Nick Fury, meanwhile, was pondering how the attackers knew they were the ones responsible for the attack and had located the base headquarters. He wondered if there was something fishy going on before giving his orders:

"Coulson, immediately notify the ninjas of the Otogakure to capture the missing-nin Hidan."

"Since it's come to us, let's not let it get away."

"Yes, sir!"

Coulson didn't linger; he rushed out of the office to immediately notify the ninjas of the Otogakure.

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