Forging a Reputation

Lance Hunter didn't waste any time. He gave a few instructions to the agents at the temporary base, telling them to continue their previous work, and then took Pakura directly to the airport. They boarded S.H.I.E.L.D..'s private plane and flew towards New York.

On the airplane.

Seeing that Pakura was still looking at the world history book with maps, Lance Hunter started chatting, "I wonder how long you'll be staying in New York this time. Ms. Pakura must miss the cherry blossoms of her hometown."

Upon hearing Lance Hunter's words, Pakura thought for a moment and then said, "Cherry blossoms? There are no cherry blossoms in my hometown."

"No cherry blossoms? Whether it's Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka, or anywhere else in the Japan, there should be cherry blossoms."

"Could it be that Ms. Pakura's hometown isn't on this Japan?"

Pakura shook his head. "My hometown isn't here; oases in the desert aren't suitable for this plant to grow."

Lance Hunter took Pakura's words to heart. It seemed that Sunagakure wasn't in Japan; there were no deserts here.

"Is there a lot of desert in Ms. Pakura's hometown?"

Pakura considered the environment of the Land of Wind. Although the Land of Wind was the largest of the Five Great Nations in terms of land area, it was also the place with the worst environment. Deserts covered most of the land. The annual rainfall was also very low. The people built villages in oases in the desert and lived there.

"Yes, the desert covers most of our land, and it's chronically short of water there."

Lance Hunter thought to himself: No wonder it's called Sunagakure, the Sand Ninja Village. It turns out they're Chunin village living in the desert. He then silently considered the world's ten largest deserts: the Sahara Desert, the Arabian Desert, the Libyan Desert, the Australian Desert, the Gobi Desert, the Patagonian Desert Rub' al Khali Desert, the Rub' al Kalahari Desert, the Great Sandy Desert, Taklamakan Desert, trying to guess which desert Sunagakure was hidden in.

"I wonder where Ms. Pakura's ninja village is. I've always admired the strength of ninjas and hope to have the opportunity to visit and pay homage to Sunagakure."

"Experience the power of the Sand Ninja."

Upon hearing that the other party wanted to go to Sunagakure, Pakura smiled. In the Ninja World, an ordinary person would have the opportunity to travel to the Land of Wind, or even to Sunagakure for a mission. But this is a completely different world; how could they go?

You can't go.

Lance Hunter wasn't bothered by the rejection of his request to visit. Although Pakura didn't specify the exact location, knowing it was an oasis in the desert gave him a search area.

After all, there are only a few regions on Earth with large areas of desert, and every single desert has a record.

Later on the plane, Lance Hunter kept chatting with Pakura, trying to extract information he thought was useful. Pakura was fully aware of Lance Hunter's attempts to extract information.

However, he did not interrupt the other party. Instead, he obtained a lot of information from the other party, learning how many ninjas had come to this world and gaining a clearer understanding of the situation in this world.

The two of them each had their own ideas, so they began to probe each other's intentions.

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On the other side.

Jotunheim.

After Charlotte's Wood Release Clone left the underground cavern, she discovered that she no longer had Merlin's Robe and had directly lost her ability to fly. Although her Scorch Release could make her float, and the Cursed Seal of Heaven could even make her grow wings, she gave up on that because it would be too conspicuous.

He was somewhat helpless about this result, since although the Wood Clone would replicate the outfit worn at the time of its creation, it could not actually copy all the magical equipment.

Since there's no way to find targets from the air, the only option is to activate the Byakugan for reconnaissance and perception.

Charlotte (Wood Clone) activated her Byakugan, expanding her perception range to ten kilometers, and then chose a direction and started running quickly.

As Charlotte moved quickly, other life forms soon appeared within her perception range, but they were not the Frost Giant or Mountain Giant she was looking for, but rather some animals that lived in Jotunheim.

After searching for hundreds of kilometers, Charlotte still hadn't found her target, which left her somewhat frustrated. She then sped up and continued searching in more distant areas.

Several hours passed before Charlotte finally spotted a Frost Giant within her perception range, and it seemed to be searching for something as well.

As Charlotte drew closer, she confirmed that there were no other Frost Giant around, only this one. With a series of Body Flicker Technique, Charlotte quickly brought the giant into her sight.

Sharingan - Awaken!

Charlotte immediately gained access to the memories within the Frost Giant's mind by using her Sharingan Genjutsu.

He learns that he and Thor are wanted by the Frost Giant King and the Mountain Giant King, who are searching for them all over the world. He also learns from their memories that the new Frost Giant King is named Farbauti, the wife of the previous Frost Giant King, while the Jotun Mountain Giant King is Jotun, a king named after Jotunheim.

"I didn't expect that the Frost Giant had already joined forces with the Mountain Giant."

"That destroyed camp turned out to be the last one that hadn't had time to regroup. It seems this battle is getting complicated."

"Eight Frost Giant Commanders, Twelve Mountain Giant Commander."

"There are actually twenty more of that level of strength, plus the even more powerful Frost Giant and Mountain Giant kings."

"Looks like this is going to be a fierce battle!"

Having obtained the information she wanted, Charlotte immediately killed the Frost Giant in front of her. Then, to confirm the accuracy of the information, she searched for several more lone Frost Giant and Mountain Giant.

Once the intelligence was confirmed to be accurate, they disbanded their unit and relayed the information back.

Inside the underground cave, Charlotte, who was refining Chakra, suddenly had a new memory appear in her mind, and she immediately stopped cultivating.

"Thor, I already know their location."

Thor was puzzled when Charlotte suddenly said she knew the information; he hadn't seen that clone return.

"According to the information we just gathered, the forces of the Frost Giant and Mountain Giant have all converged near the Jotun Royal Court."

"There are a total of 8 Frost Giant commanders, 12 Mountain Giant Commander, countless warriors, and the kings of both races."

Thor paid no attention to the number of the enemy, but asked with some surprise, "Who is the new king of the Frost Giant?"

"Farbauti, Laufey's wife, is now the Queen of the Frost Giant."

Thor recognized the name and said thoughtfully, "So it's her. It seems we don't need to worry about the Frost Giant anymore."

"Women are nothing to worry about."

Charlotte didn't say much, thinking to herself that she could say the same thing when she met her sister.

"Currently, both groups are searching for our traces in Jotunheim."

Thor stood up and stretched, then looked at Charlotte and asked, "What are your plans?"

"Should we wait for the main army to arrive, or should we go and give it a try?"

Charlotte thought of her unused A-rank Ninja Random Trial Card, and stood up, unleashing a terrifying aura.

"Let's go and wipe them out!"

Charlotte was preparing for this battle, using the kings of the Jotunheim race to directly establish his own name as Prime Merlinian.

Hearing Charlotte's domineering words, Thor laughed and said, "Alright, let's go and wipe them out."

Let them forge our glory!

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I recommend a friend's excellent book, a lighthearted one: <I Can Summon Historical Meows>.

Lighthearted cat-themed story~