Working Part-Time Is Impossible!

One million all-in!

[Congratulations to the host for receiving rewards: Instant Ramen that can fill your stomach x3, Delicious Jelly Pudding x2, Some Raccoon Instant Noodles, Portable Mobile Phone, Toy Bear, Temporary Ability Boost Card (Strength, Perception Boost; limited to one minute), Purple Profession Card (Student).]

Damn it!

Fujino couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth as he looked at the pile of things he'd drawn.

A million Japanese yen, and all I get is a student profession?

With a light sigh, he suppressed his fifty years of high blood pressure and opened the system's profession panel:

[New Sub-Profession:

Student: Beginner (100 proficiency points needed for next level)

New Profession Skills:

Student Discount (Beginner: Enjoy a 5% discount when using any function within the system!)]

Current remaining money: 53,100 Japanese yen]

Good heavens, the student profession skill is quite formidable.

Looking at the Student Discount skill, Fujino couldn't help but exclaim.

A 5% discount meant that from now on, when exchanging profession orbs, a ten-pull would only cost 950,000 yen!

Although it didn't seem like much.

But accumulated over time, it would be a considerable amount.

Moreover, professions could be upgraded. It was hard to imagine how terrifying the student profession would be in the later stages.

In conclusion, although this lottery draw seemed to have yielded a pile of useless items, in reality, a growing student skill alone had made him incredibly rich.

At this moment, on the other side of the classroom, a pair of unfriendly eyes were staring at him.

Sonoko was gazing at Fujino with a lovesick expression, her saliva almost dripping.

"Hey, hey, Ran, is that handsome guy by the window a new transfer student?"

She nudged Ran's back, who was sitting in front of her, and asked.

"Sonoko, it's still class time!"

Ran turned her head and gently complained, then whispered in response, "Are you talking about Fujino-senpai? Sonoko, have you forgotten? He's the repeater who was demoted to our class this year."

"Huh? Then why haven't I seen him before?"

Sonoko was stunned for a moment, looking confused.

"Fujino-senpai is currently working as a full-time detective and rarely comes to school," Ran explained. "Besides, the few times he did come to school, you were on sick leave."

"Another high school detective!"

Sonoko scratched her shoulder-length hair, lamenting, "Could that Fujino guy be a deduction maniac like Kudo Shinichi?"

"No, he's not," Ran waved her hand and explained, "A year ago, Fujino-senpai lost both his parents in an accident. Since then, he's become a full-time detective and seems to be making a living by taking on commissions."

"I see! So, senpai became like this because of circumstances?!"

Sonoko wriggled her hands, regret evident in her words. "If I had known, I wouldn't have taken so much sick leave to go out and play. It's so annoying that I'm only discovering such a handsome guy now..."

"Ha... ha..."

Ran rolled her eyes at this, speechless about her infatuated friend.

"But speaking of which, Ran, how do you know so much?"

Suzuki Sonoko seemed to have suddenly discovered the truth and turned into a gossipy mode, bombarding Ran with questions. "You're usually not interested in these things, and just now you mentioned you even went to his house. Could it be that you've moved on?"

Ran's face immediately turned red, and she quickly retorted, "Sonoko, what nonsense are you talking about? Moved on? I didn't even mention that brat Kudo when I said that." "It's just that Fujino-senpai lives across the street from my house, and the teacher asked me to go and confirm... Besides, Shinichi and I are just childhood friends!"

"Oh, your face is red!"

Sonoko let out a mischievous, gossipy laugh. "And I didn't mention that Kudo brat when I said you moved on."

"In short, in short, it's not what you think!"

Ran was on the verge of going crazy. Honestly, besides Sonoko, no one else could push Ran to this extent.

"Ahem! Quiet!"

The middle-aged teacher on the podium cleared his throat.

Sonoko and Ran immediately sat up straight.

Meanwhile, Fujino continued to study his cheat.

After school, on the way home driving from the parking lot, Fujino, who had finished a day of torment, felt exhausted both physically and mentally.

But fortunately, the day's busyness had paid off.

That was the student's profession, and the proficiency had reached fifty.

It seemed that different professions had different ways of leveling up.

Glancing at his balance, which was less than fifty thousand yuan, Fujino felt a headache coming on again.

After the hundred consecutive draws on his initial million, only this remained. His money-strapped life had become even more difficult!

Damn pay-to-win system!

Complaining inwardly, Fujino couldn't help but sigh, "It seems the immediate priority is to make money, right?"

As things stood, he only had three ways to make money: working odd jobs, completing commissions, or solving cases.

Working odd jobs was out of the question; he'd rather starve than do that.

As for commissions, that depended on opportunity.

"It seems solving cases is the only path left?"

Fujino rested one hand on the steering wheel, pinching his chin.

With his detective profession attributes, even if the police didn't offer any reward, he could still get a hefty bounty for cracking a case.

It's just that cases were hard to find.

He wasn't like some high school student death god who could stumble upon murder cases just by taking a stroll.

"Detected a new detective profession quest. Please check your notifications!"

Hearing the system prompt in his ear, Fujino quickly slammed on the brakes.

He opened the system interface, and the quest list was displayed before his eyes:

[Detective Profession Quest: Haunted House Murder Case

Quest Objective: Solve the murder case from five years ago at the haunted house.

Quest Countdown Timer: One Hour

Quest Reward: 500,000 Japanese Yen bounty, System Initial Equipment Gift Pack]

"Haunted House Murder Case? 500,000 Yen?!"

Fujino uttered in confusion, then shifted his gaze to the side, where he saw a gloomy Western-style house.

He had a deep impression of this dilapidated mansion, with its fence overgrown with weeds and the Yamada family nameplate hanging on the gateposts.

If he remembered correctly, this should be the crime scene of the haunted house murder case from five years ago. The mother and son who murdered the head of the Yamada family were currently hiding in the basement.

Fujino lowered his head and frowned, thinking for a moment before making his decision to accept the quest.

Parking his car in an open space nearby, Fujino stealthily made his way back to the mansion. Following his memory, he found a secret entrance on the side of the overgrown courtyard wall.

He looked at the small hole, blocked by wooden planks, that only one person could pass through.

Fujino couldn't help but mutter, "Doesn't this feel like crawling through a doggy door?"

Entering the courtyard, he pushed open the old main door, and was greeted by four devil statues.

In the glow of the setting sun, the devil statues looked particularly eerie.

"These statues are probably meant to scare people,"

Fujino mumbled, then continued deeper into the house.

Skipping over the dimly lit corridor, he noticed a clean carpet at the end of the hallway.

If his guess was correct, this should be the secret entrance to the house's basement.

Fujino took a deep breath, clutched the Strength Boost Card in his hand, and lifted the stone slab covering the basement.