Ambush

2024-04-25

Author: Pencil Dancing

At The Continental Hotel, Charlotte Doyle opened the Naruto interface and checked in for the day, receiving 30,000 copper coins.

Upgrade to the prestigious VIP2 user status and enjoy double check-in rewards?

Looking at the recharge invitation that had popped up again, Charlotte felt somewhat helpless.

It was not that he wanted to be a freeloader; he genuinely had no idea how to top up, so he could only close it helplessly.

After obtaining John Wick's Blood Pact Badge, Charlotte Doyle went to The Continental Hotel's service desk, checked out, and left the hotel.

Seeing that night had already fallen, Charlotte Doyle did not go to his own Agency. Umino Iruka was in charge there, so there was no need to worry for the time being. If he encountered any troublesome assignments, Iruka would contact him. Although Iruka had only been a teaching Chunin in Naruto, taking on a few jobs was still very easy before the major Marvel World events began.

Instead, he drove his beloved Mercedes-Benz 300SL to 405 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, New York. He had rented a two-hundred-square-meter penthouse apartment in the Chrysler Building for his daily residence.

Charlotte had actually looked for Starlight Tower on Fifth Avenue before. Mainly because the building's clause prohibiting Africans from renting or buying there appealed to him. To be honest, an apartment without Africans was quite attractive to him.

He had also wanted to see whether he had arrived in the Marvel World where those people lived. The result was that there was no apartment called Starlight Tower on Fifth Avenue, and naturally no sign of those people either. To be honest, he felt a trace of disappointment.

At the same time, he had avoided the issue of competing on the same stage as those transmigrator predecessors.

Finally, before night fully fell, Charlotte drove from Fifth Avenue to Lexington Avenue and slowly entered the Chrysler Building's underground parking garage.

At that moment, the security guard in charge of the building's underground parking saw Charlotte Doyle's car from afar and immediately raised the barrier, smiling as he saluted.

The main reason was that Charlotte Doyle's Mercedes-Benz 300SL was too distinctive. The 1954 Mercedes-Benz gullwing sports car was highly recognizable, and among all the building's residents, only Charlotte was willing to drive such a valuable vintage car on the road.

That was right. The Mercedes-Benz 300SL produced in 1954 was indeed a genuine vintage car. Charlotte had bought it from a bankrupt wealthy man. At the time, it had only been driven a little over two thousand kilometers, and its owner had maintained it exceptionally well, with nothing preventing it from being driven on the road.

In Charlotte Doyle's eyes, cars were meant to be driven. Keeping one in a garage forever as an exhibit had never been his intention.

After passing through the barrier, he slowly drove into the underground garage and reached his parking space. Charlotte parked the car, but the moment he stepped out, he sensed Killing Intent.

A gunshot rang out. In a Lightning Flash, Charlotte pulled a Kunai from the Naruto space and slashed at the incoming bullet.

Clang!

With a crisp impact, Charlotte Doyle split the bullet apart.

The next moment, Charlotte threw a Shuriken, which lodged directly in the shooter's neck and killed him instantly.

Yet as he fell, his finger did not release the trigger. Because it was automatic fire, the Assault Rifle sprayed bullets toward the cars beside Charlotte.

Bastard!

Charlotte cursed under his breath, but his hands did not stop moving. He knocked every incoming bullet aside and finally saved his car's life.

All of this happened in a Lightning Flash.

He had just saved his beloved car and had not even caught his breath when four more gunmen appeared and furiously pulled their triggers at Charlotte Doyle.

A barrage of bullets poured forth, forming a rain of lead.

Fortunately, the instant Charlotte spotted the gunmen, he rapidly formed hand seals and used the Substitution Technique in time, evading the bullet storm.

His beloved car behind him, however, was instantly riddled with holes.

When the four gunmen saw Charlotte Doyle before them abruptly turn into a wooden log, they all froze. Even their fingers stopped pulling the triggers without them realizing it.

At that moment, Charlotte, who had appeared to the side through the Substitution Technique, spun sharply.

With a whoosh.

He arrived before one of the gunmen. His Kunai swept across the man's throat, killing him instantly as he collapsed limply to the ground.

Only then did the other three gunmen react and immediately turn their guns toward him.

Unfortunately, before the three could even turn around, Charlotte appeared before them like a ghost and instantly slit all three of their throats with his Kunai.

As all five gunmen died, the underground parking garage fell silent at once.

No other gunmen emerged. Charlotte Doyle walked over to his beloved car and saw the dense bullet marks across its body, his heart aching instantly.

This was an antique car he loved dearly. He did not know whether it could still be restored.

No longer looking at the battle-damaged Mercedes-Benz 300SL, Charlotte wondered which reckless bastard had dared to attack him.

Charlotte Doyle approached the gunmen and discovered that they were all Russian. He immediately guessed that this had all been done by that bastard Viggo.

Damn you, Viggo!

During that battle this morning, he had not retrieved his Shuriken. Instead, he had left it at the scene as a mark, telling Viggo that Ninja Charlotte had rescued the man.

He had intended to intimidate Viggo, but things had gone against his wishes. Instead, Viggo had sent his men straight to his door.

Now that he knew who the target was, the rest was easy to handle.

Charlotte Doyle took out his phone and dialed a number. The call was answered quickly.

"Charlie, Chrysler Building parking garage. Dinner for five."

"Yes, right now."

He had just hung up when his phone rang again shortly afterward.

Charlotte Doyle glanced at the caller ID and pressed the answer button.

"Charlotte, is that you?"

"John, it's me."

On the other end of the line, John Wick sounded sorrowful as he said in a low voice, "I should have killed Viggo. That bastard had my old friend Marcus killed. Marcus saved me at The Continental Hotel yesterday."

"Charlotte, Viggo may come after you too. Be careful."

Charlotte Doyle looked at the five corpses on the ground and said, "He already has."

"What?"

"Viggo's men already came for me. I've killed them all."

After hearing that Charlotte Doyle had killed everyone Viggo sent, John Wick said, "I'm glad you're all right. I'm going to settle accounts with that bastard Viggo now. We'll talk afterward."

With that, John Wick hung up.

Listening to the busy tone from the phone, Charlotte Doyle knew that John was going to avenge his old friend.

He looked once more at his beloved car and muttered, "Since someone wants to kill you, I won't steal this kill from you. But this debt will be charged to your Russian mob."