Bomb Expert Breakthrough

"The world's greatest detective?"

Conan frowned upon hearing this. The world's greatest detective should be Sherlock Holmes!

What kind of detective are you, Batman?

What's more, he's just a Beika Batman!

How dare this Beika Batman be so shameless!

As he pondered, Conan's dissatisfaction grew stronger.

It's decided!

He was determined to kick all those Beika Batman masks off.

The reason was simple: he wanted to see just how thick-skinned the person behind that bat mask really was!

"Shinichi really didn't come?"

Ran sighed softly, "We had already made plans, and today is his birthday."

"Oops!"

When Conan saw Ran sighing and looking dejected, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

After successfully escaping the scene by using his "urine escape" skill, he ran to the side and took out his phone to contact Ran.

"I have to go now, Ran, I still have a case to handle!"

A moment later, Ran received a call from Kudo Shinichi and chatted with him for a while before the call was abruptly ended.

"What?!"

Ran put her phone in her pocket. "We had made plans, but they stood me up again."

After thinking for a moment, she sighed softly, "He hasn't even given me the gift yet."

"But speaking of which, what cases could he possibly need to handle so late at night?"

Recalling Kudo Shinichi's dismissive words, Ran's expression gradually turned strange. "It's almost one in the morning..."

Fujino family.

I returned home from the Beika City Hall.

As soon as Fujino got home, he collapsed onto the big bed and complained, "So tired..."

At that moment, he felt completely drained.

It's like...

Cough cough, it's just like a mesmerizing advertisement from a past life.

The reason is simple: it's all because of mental exhaustion.

That's right, it's mental power.

It's not anything strange or weird.

In fact, controlling Soul Puppet is not without its costs.

The cost is a significant increase in mental energy consumption.

The mental energy consumed during normal activities might be one unit, but when manipulating the Soul Puppet, the mental energy consumed becomes two or three units.

Fortunately, the cost isn't too high; it's much better than risking your life.

Thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, when controlling the Soul Puppet, Fujino is essentially controlling two bodies, so his attention and mental strength are naturally split in half.

Being able to control another body without affecting one's own concentration is already incredibly powerful.

If nothing were consumed, then this world would be truly wonderful.

Take a short rest and try to lift your tired eyelids again.

Fujino opened the system interface.

Turning our attention to the job description for the Bomb Expert:

[Bomb Expert: Top Tier (Requires 3 million yen to break through)]

Master Demolitionist (Advanced: Increases bomb disposal success rate by 30%; Note: Success rate for the same bomb cannot be stacked)

Bomb Master (Beginner: Increases bomb-making success rate by 10%; Note: This skill cannot be stacked when making the same bomb)

Desperate Genius (Beginner): Buys the host some reaction time when the bomb is about to detonate. Currently, the bomb stops detonating in five seconds.

Number of points available: 2

The total points allocated to all professions is 1.

Current balance: 6.66 million yen

"A career breakthrough?"

Fujino glanced at the breakthrough options on the system interface and muttered to himself.

To be honest, he didn't really understand the concept of a "career breakthrough".

What exactly constitutes a career breakthrough?

From Bomb Expert to Bomb Master?

Or is it a bomb maniac, or a suicide truck?

The lack of clarity is secondary; the main reason is that breakthroughs are too expensive.

If it were a million yen, he probably wouldn't even consider it.

But three million yen? That's something to think about carefully.

After all, three million yen is equivalent to half of his current total balance.

You get three chances to draw ten times in the beginner lottery, and three chances to draw in the intermediate lottery.

But upon closer reflection, spending three million to upgrade the Bomb Expert profession is actually quite reasonable.

After all, once Bomb Expert reaches the pinnacle of their career, they need to break through to reach a new level.

So, other professions should logically follow the same principle.

Each breakthrough requires an investment of three million yen.

"Hopefully it'll be worth the price!"

After much deliberation, Fujino stopped thinking about it.

He chose to pursue a career breakthrough as Bomb Expert.

Since dying sooner or later is inevitable, I might as well spend three million yen now to break through to the Bomb Expert profession.

This is a good opportunity to test the waters in other professions.

[Two million seven hundred thousand yen has already been consumed for the host]

The Bomb Expert profession has been upgraded.

[The new class, Bomb Master, has been assigned to the host's system interface.]

"The Bomb Master?"

Upon hearing this, Fujino exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, you've gone from expert to master?"

Immediately, Fujino opened the system interface and began to check:

[Bomb Master: Level 1 (0|500; One Million Yen)]

Bomb Master: (Possesses unique insights into the field of bombs and has extensive knowledge about bomb making and defusing.)

Bomb Disposal Master (Level 3: Increases bomb disposal success rate by 30%, and provides the host with one trial-and-error opportunity during bomb disposal, reducing the risk of bomb disposal failure)

Bomb Master (Level 1: Increases bomb creation success rate by 10%, provides the host with one trial-and-error opportunity when creating a bomb, and reduces the risk of secondary explosions caused by bomb creation)

Desperate Genius (Level 1: Buys the host some reaction time when the bomb is about to detonate. Currently, the bomb stops detonating in five seconds.)

Number of points available: 2

The total points allocated to all professions is 1.

"An extra chance to try and fail, plus a breakthrough in the skill ceiling?"

Fujino looked at the upgraded Bomb Master and said, "And there's an option to upgrade it for one million yen... No wonder it's a pay-to-win system."

The trial and error of three million has already shown results.

The breakthrough effects for other professional skills should be roughly the same.

The skill ceiling has been raised, and some skill effects have been enhanced.

One chance to try and fail is actually not too bad.

At least I won't have to be so tense when defusing bombs in the future.

Furthermore, in situations where the main body needs to defuse bombs urgently, it can also increase the chance of resurrection.

Putting his thoughts aside, Fujino glanced at the other class skills again:

[Student: Advanced (940|1000)]

[Professional Swordsman: Advanced (960|1000)]

"Looks like I'll have to go to school in the next couple of days, and maybe I can also visit the Konoha Kendo Hall to practice my swordsmanship?"

Fujino murmured as he looked at the two professions that were about to be upgraded.

But then he thought about it again and his headache returned.

Upgrading one costs three million, so upgrading two would cost six million.

With only 3.6 million left in his pocket, he can probably only afford to upgrade one item.

Sure enough, the path to making money always leads back to making money.

In the blink of an eye, a night has passed.

The next day, sunlight streamed through the curtains into Fujino's bedroom.

Akemi Miyano slowly woke up from her dream.

She rubbed her still sleepy eyes and slowly sat up from the sofa.

He glanced at the blanket covering him and stretched.

Fold the blanket neatly and place it on the sofa cushions.

"When exactly did I fall asleep...?"

After doing all that, she glanced at the bright sunshine outside the window.

Thinking for a moment, she turned to Fujino, who had just woken up, and asked, "Fujino- kun, how long have I been asleep?"

"Well, when I got home tonight, you were already asleep, Sister Akemi."

Is that so?

Akemi Miyano rubbed her aching shoulders. "Seriously, how did I fall asleep sitting on the sofa... and my whole body is still sore."

"It might be a side effect of that car accident."

Fujino twitched his chin, pretending to think, "The doctor said that besides amnesia, there might be other side effects for you Sister Akemi."

"Is that so?!"

Fujino blatantly lied and silently nodded.

The addition of car accidents and amnesia is indeed a good choice.

It's incredibly easy to fool people.

Any abnormality can be resolved using a car accident scenario.

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But he always felt like he was some kind of wicked old man who was trying to fool an innocent girl and then plotting something bad.

I took out my phone and glanced at the time: May 4th.

Yesterday was May 3rd, and today is May 4th.

It seems that time is still normal at certain times.

Since it's May 4th, today should be the day we go back to school after a long time.

Having confirmed it was a school day, Fujino washed up, changed into his school uniform, and headed out to school.

Before leaving, Akemi Miyano also wished everyone a safe journey.

This feeling...

It really does feel a bit like home now.

When I went out in the morning, the streets were full of high school students wearing the uniforms of nearby schools.

I don't know what kind of weather or timing it was, but inexplicably, the cherry blossoms bloomed.

Floating and drifting, it always creates a special kind of artistic conception.

Although it was beautiful, Fujino didn't like such flashy things.

If we're talking about beauty, peonies are prettier.

Unfortunately, they are not common.

Motorcycle tires rolled over cherry blossoms that had fallen on the street.

Soon, Fujino arrived at Teitan High School on his beloved black motorcycle.

Students must clock in and sign in for school every day.

"Senior!"

"Senior!"

As soon as he arrived at school, Fujino heard two familiar voices: Ran and Sonoko.

"Ran, how did things go with Shinichi last night?"

After greeting Fujino, the Teitan High School gossip trio reunited, and Fujino Sonoko, with a mischievous grin, asked Ran, "Did you steal his first kiss?"

"Sonoko, don't talk nonsense."

Ran looked shy and explained, "Actually, I didn't see Shinichi at all yesterday."

She paused, then glanced meaningfully at Fujino, giving him an expression that suggested she would absolutely keep the secret.

Fujino was stunned by this, clearly not understanding the deeper meaning in Ran's eyes.

Then, Ran whispered, "And because there was a bomb in that building, I didn't even get to see the movie... and I couldn't deliver the gift either."