Over the past week, Charles had confirmed several times that Orochimaru was entirely immune to Lorelei's influence, but the other males in the base lacked such resistance.
Additionally, her powers were ineffective against Shadow Clones.
Charles also discovered that his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan rendered him completely resistant to her enchantments.
With these results in mind, Orochimaru set Lorelei with a sealing device to suppress her voice and throat, then escorted her to his laboratory.
His excitement over the prospect of studying an Asgardian with a lifespan of at least 5,000 years was intense.
…
It had been a month since Charles's last ninja recruitment. Now, the time had come to prepare for another summoning session.
Charles retrieved 20 magical artifacts from the magical realm and began the recharge process.
System Notification:
"Detected rechargeable items. Proceed with recharge?"
"Recharge!"
"Recharge successful! You've received 60,000 gold coins!"
Charles was pleasantly surprised by the boost in coin value. Previously, each magical artifact had been worth only 2,000 coins, but now they had increased to 3,000 each.
This indicated improvements in magical artifact crafting or the use of higher-quality materials—either way, a win for Charles.
Next, he retrieved 13 084 items obtained from the recent Hidden Mist and S.H.I.E.L.D. trade.
At the same time, he also thought about Terumi Mei sending Ao to S.H.I.E.L.D. as an instructor, fully agreeing with her intention to capitalize on the chaos.
Charles remained skeptical of Nick Fury's efforts to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D.
Despite acquiring numerous body-enhancement serums, the loyalty of those using them was questionable—most might secretly be Hydra agents.
Charging the 13 items brought in another 30,000 gold coins.
Total Coins Earned: 90,000 gold coins
After these transactions, Charles's total coin count reached 264,930 coins, enough for new ninja recruitments and unlocking additional deployment slots.
Charles assessed his resources: 110 recruitment scrolls (100 from the previous session and 10 from daily sign-in rewards).
Confident in his preparations, he exited the system interface and began setting up his blessing ritual.
Using magic, Charles inscribed a Merlin blessing array on the ground. From his storage space, he placed powerful relics at each corner: the Space Stone, Reality Stone, Loki's Scepter, and the Dragon Ring.
In the center, he lit a single candle.
With the ritual items matching last time's quality, Charles was confident the blessing would last through a 100-pull summoning.
Standing before the array, he invoked his prayer.
Once the familiar sensation of divine favor descended upon him, Charles wasted no time entering the system space to begin summoning.
…
In the system space-
Charles navigated to the recruitment interface. Three options were available:
Summon Once, Summon Ten Times, Summon One Hundred Times.
Without hesitation, Charles chose:
"Ninja Recruitment: 100-Pull. Begin!"
A swirling Uzumaki symbol appeared, radiating brilliant light. After a dazzling display, the results of the 100-pull recruitment materialized before Charles.
As expected, the blessing effect dissipated immediately after the summoning session, consistent with previous rituals.
Charles examined the results closely, hoping to secure key ninjas.
After analyzing the results of the 100-pull ninja recruitment, Charles tallied the gains:
Recruitment Results:
A-Rank Ninja:
Berserk Obito: 5 summons → 20 fragments.
Shippuden Cursed Seal Sasuke: 5 summons → 20 fragments.
B-Rank Ninja:
Shippuden Naruto Uzumaki: 3 summons → 12 fragments.
Shippuden Sakura Haruno: 3 summons → 6 fragments.
Shippuden Sasuke Uchiha: 5 summons → 10 fragments.
Asura Path Pain: 4 summons → 8 fragments.
Shippuden Neji Hyuga: 3 summons → 6 fragments.
Animal Path Pain: 8 summons → 30 fragments.
Gaara: 1 summon → 4 fragments.
C-Rank Ninja:
Hanabi Hyuga: 5 summons → 10 fragments.
Mabui: 5 summons → 6 fragments.
Ino Yamanaka: 6 summons → 9 fragments.
Ninja Trainee Naruto Uzumaki: 5 summons → 5 fragments.
Shikamaru Nara: 2 summons → 4 fragments.
Hayate Gekkō: 6 summons → 8 fragments.
Shino Aburame: 1 summon → 1 fragment.
Kosuke Maruboshi: 4 summons → 4 fragments.
Naruto Uzumaki: 2 summons → 2 fragments.
Sakura Haruno: 4 summons → 7 fragments.
Iruka Umino: 1 summon → 1 fragment.
Shizune: 1 summon → 1 fragment.
Sasuke Uchiha: 2 summons → 2 fragments.
Tenten: 2 summons → 2 fragments.
Rock Lee: 2 summons → 2 fragments.
Unlike the last session, this time all rewards were fragments instead of full ninja cards. Nevertheless, the pull resulted in significant progress, allowing Charles to unlock several ninjas:
S-Rank: Tsunade.
A-Rank: Shippuden Cursed Seal Sasuke.
B-Rank: Animal Path Pain.
C-Rank: Mabui.
Charles was satisfied with these results, although it was a pity that fragments for Berserk Obito fell slightly short.
Charles also wondered whether the memories of different Pain Paths (Asura and Animal) would be shared. If so, it would save time in skill synchronization.