Client Attraction Talisman
Late at night.
The stars in the Tokyo sky twinkled intermittently like grains of rice, and the evening breeze blew onto Fujino's face through the open French windows of the balcony.
"My detective level has increased by one level from five stars. What level is it after intermediate? I wonder if I can break through. If I can, I should get a significant boost."
"But there's no use thinking about it now. I haven't even broken through to the intermediate level yet, who knows how much it will cost to break through to my main profession... It's still too far away..."
Fujino pondered to himself, shook his head, put his thoughts aside, stood up from the sofa, stretched, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
"Splash..."
After leaving the bathroom, Fujino wrapped himself in a bath towel, dried himself, put on his pajamas, and then slowly walked to the refrigerator next to the kitchen. He opened the refrigerator door, which was filled with Green Tea.
He reached out, pulled out a bottle of green tea he hadn't finished yesterday, unscrewed the cap, and drank it down in one gulp. Then, he put the Green Tea back in its place, and with a slight wave of his hand, brought up the system item interface, turning his gaze to the Pocket Dimension upgrade option:
[Small Portable Space: Allows you to put items in and take them out at any time]
Current space size: 2x2x2 (meters)
The current upgrade cost is: 5 million yen.
Fujino stared at the upgrade options, his gaze lingering for a moment.
The "Pocket Dimension" was the first golden item he obtained after transmigrating.
Gold items, which defy common sense, are always particularly convenient to use.
After using it for so long, he has also developed a little dependence on his Pocket Dimension.
Most of their daily necessities, as well as captured firearms, bulletproof vests, bombs, and the like, are simply thrown inside.
Therefore, although he had upgraded his [Pocket Dimension] twice, and its size had increased from half a meter to two meters, making it comparable to a storage room, the originally ample space was becoming increasingly cramped.
So much so that now, let alone putting a motorcycle in, even putting a person in is a bit of a struggle.
If you want more space, you'll have to spend five million to upgrade.
He currently has a system balance of 4.56 million yen.
Upgrading your Pocket Dimension is sufficient with the system discounts.
It's just unnecessary.
After all, life goes on.
You can't just empty your entire balance just to upgrade your Pocket Dimension, can you?
Fujino closed the system interface and sighed softly.
The road to making money never ends...
After a moment of reflection, he immediately activated his [Pocket Dimension].
Since I don't have enough money to spend on in-game purchases, I can only settle for a thorough cleaning.
There are quite a few useless items in the Pocket Dimension, taking up a large portion of the space.
For example, the instant noodles, coffee cake, self-heating rice, individual rations, soccer ball, designer bags, and the captured pistol that he won a long time ago were gifts that Akemi Miyano prepared for Shiho Miyano a long time ago.
After glancing around his Pocket Dimension, Fujino took out the bag that took up the most space and placed it on the coffee table, examining it closely.
The designer handbag is a large shoulder bag with a soft, luxurious grey leather interior. It's printed with ginkgo leaf patterns and looks incredibly valuable.
"A designer handbag from Fusae?"
Fujino had seen this style of bag before when she went shopping for clothes with Ai Haibara, and the shop assistant had also mentioned it, so she recognized it at a glance.
Fusae bags are usually printed with a ginkgo leaf logo.
As for the price... it generally ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yen.
Even more expensive ones, some costing several million yen.
However, that's not the point.
The key point is that Fujino remembers that the owner of this Fusae had a past relationship with Professor Agasa.
Fujino pondered, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes. "I should be able to earn a huge commission fee... Perhaps helping Fusae's boss make connections and getting Professor Agasa to have a 'golden age romance' isn't out of the question..."
Fujino thought about it and decided that it was feasible.
But of course, not now.
After all, he remembered that part of the story should happen much later.
After a quick tidying up, Fujino threw away or organized the useless items, and the space inside his [Pocket Dimension] immediately became much more spacious.
After organizing his Pocket Dimension, Fujino took out Client Attraction Talisman from it.
"Can you attract high-value clients to your door?"
Fujino examined the Client Attraction Talisman in his hand, a hint of anticipation appearing in his eyes.
According to the system's description, the [Client Attraction Talisman] is a conceptual item that allows high-value clients to come to you and offer high commissions.
Whether or not I solicit passengers is irrelevant.
All you need are high-value clients.
"The method of use... should be to light it with fire."
Fujino recalled the instructions for use, and then, following the system's prompts, took out a lighter from his Pocket Dimension.
He paused, then flicked the lighter and held the flame towards the Client Attraction Talisman.
The yellow talisman burst into a dazzling light the instant it came into contact with the flame.
A moment later, the light faded.
The talisman that Fujino had been holding had long since turned into black dust, slipping from between his fingers and falling to the ground, disappearing with the wind.
[The Client Attraction Talisman has been used]
[Please be aware of high-value clients in the coming days!]
The system's notification sound echoed in my ears.
"The next few days?"
Fujino dusted off his hands and muttered to himself.
The effect of the Client Attraction Talisman was pretty much what he expected.
I just don't know how much commission this so-called "high-quality" client can bring him...
However, it seems he'll have to stay at the detective agency for the next few days.
After all, missing out on high-quality clients would be disastrous.
At night, the Fujino family.
"Have high-value clients not come knocking yet?"
Fujino stood in front of the small building, gazing at the car that had driven away from his client. He glanced at the high-value client notification that had not yet disappeared, and his mind was filled with a myriad of thoughts.
Four days have passed since he used the Client Attraction Talisman.
These past few days have coincided with two school days and two holidays.
Fujino did receive some clients, one for investigating infidelity and another for finding someone, totaling 500,000 yen.
The high-value tags haven't disappeared yet, so it's clear that neither of those two people are high-value clients.
Thinking of this, Fujino sighed and took out her phone to check the time: 7:30.
Is it lunchtime yet?
Fujino murmured to himself, then walked toward the bedroom of Akemi Miyano and Ai Haibara on the third floor.
This has almost become a habit.
Dinner is usually prepared by Ai Haibara and Akemi Miyano.
If he has time, he will personally cook dinner and teach Ai Haibara how to cook.
After receiving guidance recently, the clever and quick-witted little girl's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
Although it still retains some healthy attributes such as low salt and low oil.
But now Fujino has conditioned his tastes to be acceptable.