After returning home, Fujino deposited the six hundred thousand yen he had just received into the system.
He then opened the system interface and looked over the 2.25 million yen balance in his account, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
"This money came fast!"
After sighing over it, he opened the system's Profession Ball exchange and went straight for a ten-pull.
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: a teapot that could pour black tea at any time (blue), 100,000 yen in cash, an infinitely reusable Red Rope (blue quality), instant noodles capable of filling your stomach in one serving x3, Temporary Ability Boost Card (Effect: Strength 100%; Duration: one minute) x3, Temporary Ability Boost Card (Effect: Reaction Ability 100%; Duration: one minute) x2
"Damn!"
Fujino looked at the things he had pulled into the system inventory, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Nine hundred and fifty thousand yen, and all he got was endlessly refillable black tea and an endlessly reusable rope. What the hell was he supposed to do with those?
Was this shitty pay-to-win system deliberately giving Fujino a hard time?
Why didn't it just rob him outright?!
It reeked of one of those Tencent games!
Fujino let out a long breath, shook his head, and went to the bathroom to wash his face.
He then went to the balcony. He had intended to light some incense, only to discover that he had none.
So he took out the cigarettes meant for entertaining guests. After lighting three cigarettes in the direction of a certain mysterious Eastern superpower, he opened the system interface again.
Luck wouldn't save the unlucky, and spending wouldn't change fate. Keep pulling!
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: Temporary Ability Boost Card (Effect: Strength 100%; Duration: one minute) x2, Temporary Ability Boost Card (Effect: Reaction Ability 100%; Duration: one minute) x2, delicious coffee cake x1, Complete Book of Rope Art Knowledge, Complete Book of Sword and Saber Techniques (blue quality), Purple Profession Card (Swordsman)
"Swordsman?"
Studying the profession description, Fujino froze for a moment and muttered in confusion, "Could superstition actually work?"
In any case, he did not know whether superstition had really worked or whether his luck had suddenly exploded.
But nine hundred and fifty thousand yen had indeed gotten him a profession that looked pretty damn impressive: Swordsman.
Fujino pondered for a moment, then opened the system profession interface:
New secondary profession: Professional Swordsman: Beginner (100 proficiency points required for the next upgrade) New profession skill: Wanderer's Sword Heart (When the Host uses any saber or sword-type weapon, he will be especially adept with it)
This skill was not particularly powerful, but it was not too shabby either.
For Fujino, who possessed a Wooden Sword that could grow and shrink, this skill was just right.
With his slight build, even after activating Detective Enhancement, he was only half again as strong as an ordinary person.
But if he could wield the Wooden Sword with ease,
then the result would be entirely different.
And the system had also given him a Complete Book of Sword and Saber Techniques.
Thinking of that, Fujino hurriedly took out the book and began reading it.
When he opened the first page of the sword technique book, what greeted his eyes was a table of contents with what looked like several hundred chapters... The text was written in an obscure, difficult script.
Yet Fujino was able to understand its meaning.
Even more astonishingly, a passage written in that script contained the equivalent of several hundred Chinese characters.
In other words, the contents of this book were comparable to an encyclopedia.
The system truly was terrifying.
It always managed to give him little surprises that were neither scientific nor Conan-like in places he never expected.
Late at night, inside the bedroom.
With the learning ability of a genius top student, Fujino had mastered half the moves in the system's Complete Book of Sword and Saber Techniques by one or two in the morning.
At that moment, Fujino was swinging the Wooden Sword in his bedroom, continuously unleashing all sorts of techniques.
"Draw Slash!"
"Cross Slash!"
"Mountain-Shattering Strike!"
"Twin Dragon Flash!"
Though his movements were rather awkward, they were genuinely intimidating.
But with the passive boost from the system's Wanderer's Sword Heart, he would no longer suffer the embarrassment of nearly smashing a plasma TV with one strike or almost throwing the wooden sword through the window and down to the street below.
Panting heavily, Fujino put away the Peach Wood Sword. By then, he was drenched in sweat.
Yet the exhaustion did not seem to cover up the excitement in his heart.
If he had guessed correctly, this Complete Book of Sword and Saber Techniques was a masterpiece that gathered the strengths of countless sword and saber styles!
The book recorded many different schools of sword and saber techniques!
Everything found in ordinary books was here, and everything not found in ordinary books was here as well.
Some lost inheritances had even been brought over by the system through some unknown means.
It was practically a martial arts manual recording the sword and saber techniques of every school!
Did this thing really belong in the blue category?
Fujino could not help doubting it.
None of that mattered. What mattered was that he believed that as long as he learned every move in the entire book, given time, he would definitely become someone at the level of a Kendo Master!
"Ring, ring, ring!"
Early the next morning, Fujino was awakened by his phone alarm before he had fully fallen asleep.
"Who is it?"
Fujino dragged himself resentfully out of bed. After answering the call, he asked the other party irritably.
"There's a letter in front of your door. Go take a look."
The moment the words fell, the caller hung up.
Listening to the indistinct voice on the other end, whose gender he could not make out, Fujino could not help feeling annoyed.
After staring blankly for a moment, he got dressed and went to the door.
When he opened it, there was not a single person in sight.
Only an envelope lay alone on the ground before the door.
"A letter?"
Fujino murmured in confusion and looked around, only to find no one.
His mind racing, he bent down and picked up the envelope.
The envelope was made of ordinary paper, except for a heart in its upper-right corner.
Fujino's mouth twitched when he saw that heart.
Who would send him a letter... Could it be a love letter?!
That did not seem right either.
He did not even have a childhood sweetheart he knew.
With his doubts unresolved, Fujino took the envelope back into the room and opened it.
"Moonlight Island?!"
Fujino stared wide-eyed at the words pasted together from newspaper clippings inside the envelope.
"New Detective Profession Mission detected. Please check it!"
At that moment, the system notification abruptly interrupted Fujino's astonishment.
Opening the system interface, he saw a new mission displayed before him:
Detective Profession Mission: Moonlight Island, Moonlight Sonata Mission Objective: Uncover the truth behind Aso Keiji's murder many years ago. Mission Time Limit Countdown: Three days Mission Reward: 1 million yen bounty Special Mission: Send the Moonlight Island drug trafficking group to prison Additional Reward: Random Profession Ball Note: The special mission reward carries a certain degree of danger. Please consider carefully whether to complete the special mission.
"So it really is the Moonlight Island Moonlight Sonata murder case?"
Fujino frowned and stared at the system interface as he muttered.
But if he remembered correctly, this incident should have taken place some time later... He did not know exactly how long.
But it was definitely not now.
And besides, the client back then had not been him, but Mori Kogoro!
But since the system had issued the mission, Fujino naturally had no reason to refuse it.
Setting aside the special nature of this case,
the system was offering far too much this time!
One million yen, plus a random Profession Ball. Although he needed to complete the special mission to obtain it, that was a Profession Ball that even one million yen might not be enough to pull!
In other words, if he completed this mission, he could freeload at least two million from the system!
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