Tail and Reconnaissance

As her consciousness entered the System Space, Charlotte immediately opened the System Shop interface and began to check out the Ninja Fragment that had been updated that day.

Upon opening the Ninja interface in the System Store, the portraits of four ninjas come into view.

Deidara Fragments: Daily purchase limit of 0/9, 480 Gold Coin /1 fragment!

Mitarashi Anko Fragments: Daily purchase limit of 0/9, 180 Gold Coin /1 fragment!

Itachi Uchiha Fragments: Daily purchase limit of 0/9, 520 Gold Coin /1 fragment!

Naruto Shippuden - Kankuro Fragments: Daily purchase limit of 0/9, 80 Gold Coin /1 fragment!

Charlotte was somewhat disappointed upon seeing the four newly appeared ninjas. As expected, no fragments of the S-rank Ninja Jiraiya appeared; instead, it was Itachi Uchiha Akatsuki's Vermilion Bird's Itachi Uchiha, whom she had already recruited.

To upgrade Itachi to 3 stars, 60 fragments are needed. Charlotte was a little surprised when she saw this result. Although she had barely reached six figures in Gold Coin, it was not enough to actually upgrade him. After thinking about it for a while, she decided to give up on it for the time being.

Charlotte clicked on Deidara's portrait and found that she had already collected 21 fragments. With these 9 more, she would have 30 fragments, and she was only 2 more chances away from recruiting him with 40 fragments.

Thinking of Deidara, whose Art is an Explosion, and Patrick Star's explosion, Charlotte was somewhat looking forward to his appearance. It seemed that the Akatsuki would soon have another member.

Without hesitation, Charlotte spent 4,320 Gold Coin to purchase 9 fragments.

Charlotte then clicked on Mitarashi Anko's Ninja Card, which showed 0. Seeing the number 0, Charlotte was stunned for a moment. It seemed that she had not obtained any fragments from the other party before. After glancing at the price of 180 Gold Coin, she thought for a moment and then spent 1620 Gold Coin to obtain 9 fragments.

Skipping over the fragments of Itachi Uchiha, Charlotte activated the Naruto Shippuden - Kankuro Ninja Card, seeing that she already possessed 11 fragments, and glanced at the price of 80 Gold Coin.

It's practically free! Collecting 40 fragments only costs 3200 Gold Coin, which is cheaper than the direct purchase event. Without a doubt, I spent 720 Gold Coin to buy them all, bringing my total number of fragments to 20.

After completing her purchases at the Ninja Store, Charlotte exited the shop and went directly to the Deployment Slot.

After glancing at his Gold Coin, which amounted to 95,536, he clicked the plus sign next to the Deployment Slot.

Ding! Do you want to use 42,000 Gold Coin to unlock a Deployment Slot?

Upon hearing the system's prompt, Charlotte, who was well-prepared, did not hesitate at all and immediately selected "Yes".

With the deduction of 42,000 Gold Coin, Charlotte gained another battle slot.

Looking at the remaining Gold Coin, Charlotte thought for a moment and decided not to continue opening them. Instead, she placed Hanabi Hyuga's Ninja Card in the Deployment Slot.

Ding! Please select the position of the 1-star C-rank ninja: Hanabi Hyuga.

A: Within three meters of Charlotte Doyle.

B: Immediately manifests.

Choose A directly.

Following Charlotte's choice, Hanabi Hyuga appeared before Charlotte.

"Red Queen, notify Neji Hyuga and Hinata Hyuga to come over here."

However, after Hanabi Hyuga out, Charlotte exchanged a few words with her and then handed her over to her older brother and sister.

Charlotte then instructed Ginny to come and collect the metal materials in the room and to forge Ninja Blade according to her specifications.

After finishing all this, Charlotte went to the base's Dining Area and put all the food and drinks he needed for the morning into his Storage Space. Then he chatted with the other ninjas in the base, waiting for the evening banquet to begin.

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Iraq

By this time, military personnel had already secured the coffin in the cave and used a helicopter to lift it up, beginning the process of pulling it out from the dark underground.

During this period, large numbers of Crow appeared around the village, perching on the rooftops and the ground.

Nick frowned as he looked at the enormous number of Crow. Even if many militants had died in the previous battle, it shouldn't have attracted so many Crow.

Inside a room, Itachi Uchiha stood by the window, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan now activated.

He looked at the suspended coffin and frowned slightly.

The Sharingan doesn't have the ability to see through objects, which prevents him from seeing what's inside or whether it's a living thing.

But he had just sensed a faint Genjutsu at the bottom of the cave.

It was a kind of Genjutsu, but its power was very weak. It was just a tiny Genjutsu fluctuation. If he hadn't been proficient in this art and had the Mangekyō Sharingan, he wouldn't have been able to detect it at all.

By this time, all the soldiers inside the cave had evacuated; they needed to leave before the storm arrived.

"Santai, you keep an eye on these helicopters and don't let them out of sight. I'm going into the cave to investigate."

After speaking, Itachi Uchiha used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear from Hidan's sight and reappear inside the cave.

Upon entering the cave, Itachi Uchiha surveyed his surroundings. Ancient Egypt statues and inscriptions indicated that this was an ancient place.

Itachi Uchiha ventured deeper inside, where he saw Ancient Egyptian Guardian Statue, corpses lying in the cave, and gold ornaments adorning the bodies. Clearly, these soldiers hadn't had time to collect these antiques.

Itachi Uchiha checked the area but found nothing unusual. Even the jewelry was just ordinary gold ornaments, without any energy fluctuations.

The six guardian statues didn't possess any special abilities, but the Mercury Dungeon still gave him pause for thought.

"Was it the coffin that was taken away that triggered the Genjutsu fluctuation just now?"

After checking and finding nothing else, Itachi Uchiha left the cave and returned to Hidan's side.

Hidan looked at the helicopter flying into the distance high in the sky and asked, "What did you find?"

Itachi Uchiha looked at the hanging coffin and the Crow flying around it, and said:

"There's nothing unusual inside the cave, the only problem is that coffin."

"Let's follow from a distance and see what the problem is."

Hidan and Itachi Uchiha were hiding in the sandstorm, and the convoy and two helicopters ahead did not spot them.

Soon the helicopter and convoy arrived at a temporary military camp, where a huge transport plane was parked.

However, the military wanted to use this transport plane to move the Ancient Egypt coffin away.

Jane instructed the soldiers to handle the artifact with utmost care during the transfer, as it was a 5,000-year-old relic.

As Nick, Vail, Ginny, the Colonel, and others boarded the plane, it quickly took off and flew into the distance just as the sandstorm was approaching.

On the plane, Vail, who had been bitten by a spider, did feel unwell and slapped his cheeks.