With the successful recruitment of the young Sannin, Charles's chakra quantity increased by another 3 cards, reaching a total of 355 cards.
Due to the addition of young Tsunade, his Senju genes also received some supplementation.
However, it still fell short compared to the Uchiha genes. After all, including Shisui and the merged cards, he had recruited 8 Uchiha members, while there was only one Senju member, Tsunade.
But Charles wasn't worried. He knew that in time, he could recruit Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama to further enhance his own bloodline.
As for the new jutsu skills of the young Sannin, the only notable addition was young Jiraiya's ability to summon Gamabunta. This added a significant piece to Jiraiya's summoning capabilities.
However, it was a pity that Orochimaru still couldn't summon Manda.
It seemed that Charles would need to purchase Manda as a summoning beast separately since the known ninja cards didn't include the ability for Orochimaru to directly summon Manda yet.
As for Tsunade's new jutsu, Charles took a quick look but didn't pay much attention. Orochimaru's new skills included Twin Snakes Mutual Death, Speed Burst, and Master and Apprentice.
However, the Master and Apprentice jutsu might not see much use, considering it merely summoned a shadow clone of Hiruzen Sarutobi, which only contributed a single powerful attack. This attack's power was likely less than Orochimaru's own capabilities.
After quickly reviewing the young Sannin's skills, Charles summoned them all and performed card fusion.
After fusing the cards, the Sannin's strength saw only a slight improvement.
Once the fusion was complete and the young Sannin were resummoned, they relived their childhood memories, which played out like a movie in their minds.
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Time quickly passed by a week.
In a forested area outside a Wakandan border city, a twelve-man strike team was searching for something with their instruments.
"Sam, have you pinpointed the signal location?"
Sam, looking at the small computer on his left arm, responded, "The signal source is moving, and it's moving fast."
"Let's go!"
The entire team moved swiftly through the forest, chasing the signal for a full hour.
At this point, the entire team was panting heavily. Sam said, "The signal source has stopped, just 1,200 meters ahead."
The team advanced another 400 meters. The sniper in the team asked, "Sam, report the exact location of the signal source."
"At 35 degrees north latitude, 800 meters from our position."
Hearing Sam's words, the sniper looked at the large tree in front of him, placed his weapon on his back, and began to climb the tree.
Quickly reaching the treetop, he used his sniper rifle to look in the direction Sam indicated. He saw a massive python.
Through the scope, he scanned the area around the target and found no other creatures.
"Sam, there's only a python at this location. Are you sure it's correct?"
Hearing it was a python, Sam nodded and said, "Eliminate the target, but avoid the abdomen."
Upon Sam's confirmation, the sniper aimed at the python's head and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
The bullet flew, and in the next moment, the python's head exploded into a burst of blood.
"Target neutralized."
The sniper climbed down from the tree and asked, "Is the signal still moving?"
"No, it's not moving anymore."
The team advanced to the signal's location and soon found the python.
Sam checked the computer to confirm the signal's position, which matched perfectly with the python.
He drew a knife and cut open the python's belly, searching inside until he found a human torso that hadn't been fully digested. Inside, he found a USB drive with a locator.
Holding the USB drive, Sam said, "Target retrieved. Prepare to return."
The team then orderly withdrew, leaving no trace of their presence.
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In a secret Hydra base-
Alexander Pierce looked at the USB drive in his hand, the only thing they had retrieved from Wakanda.
He inserted the USB drive into a computer, revealing its contents: a series of video files.
Pierce played the videos, which showed two Black Panthers.
Watching the footage, Pierce calmly observed the scenes. As the videos ended, he stroked his chin, thinking deeply.
"It seems the 084 subject Shield is looking for is in Wakanda."
"Black Panther, Vibranium, stealth jets!"
"Wakanda is hiding something big, just as I suspected."
At this moment, Pierce contemplated how to make Nick Fury aware of Wakanda's issues.
He considered that Fury planned to use ninjas to investigate the Black Panther, which might be a good idea.
After knowing Wakanda's strength, Pierce realized they couldn't be easily defeated and would need more forces.
However, his goal wasn't high—he just wanted to obtain some Vibranium. As for Wakanda's advanced technology, there was no need for it. Though their technology is impressive, Hydra's technology wasn't far behind.
If Nick Fury couldn't get the ninjas' help, Pierce planned to secretly leak the information about Black Panther being Wakanda's guardian to let Fury discover it himself.
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