Detective Level Up

"Oh?"

Ochiai said, surprised.

He asked Sonoko, "Is it reliable?"

"Of course it's reliable!"

Sonoko proudly patted her chest. "Ran's mother, Eri Kisaki, the undefeated queen of the legal world!"

"If that's the case..."

Curator Ochiai bowed deeply to Ran. "I hope this young lady can help contact that lawyer!"

"Curator Ochiai..."

Ran felt a pang of sympathy seeing Curator Ochiai's demeanor.

She then gave Eri Kisaki's contact information to Ochiai. "I don't know if it'll work, but if it's my mom, she probably can..."

"Thank you very much!"

And so, the Museum Case was smoothly resolved.

At least, it was smoothly resolved for Fujino.

He had done all he could, fulfilling his obligations.

Honestly, it was only because Ochiai was old and it wouldn't be easy for him. If it were someone else, he would have seized the opportunity to charge a hefty commission...

But Fujino didn't lose out. With this mission completed, he would receive five hundred thousand Yen, along with a random purple Profession Level Up Ticket.

Purple items were comparable to a million Yen.

After sending Ran and Sonoko home, Fujino returned to his room. He went to the balcony, lit a cigarette, and opened the system interface:

[Congratulations to the host for completing the Museum Mission, the Ghost Story Murder Case, and achieving Mission Option One]

[Five hundred thousand Yen and fifty Detective Reputation points have been issued]

[A random Profession Level Up Ticket has been issued]

[Detective Level Up: Beginner Two Star]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Detective Profession Skill: Detective Aura]

"Detective Aura?"

Staring at the new skill obtained after his Detective Level Up, Fujino, with a cigarette butt in his mouth, couldn't help but question it.

Then, with a sense of curiosity, he opened the system profession interface:

[Name: Fujino

Current Professions:

Main Profession Detective: Beginner Two Star (400 Reputation points remaining until next promotion)

Profession Skills: Full-time Detective (Receive bonus bounty reputation for solving cases and completing requests)

Detective Time (Beginner: For one minute during deduction, no one can interrupt your deduction: can be upgraded)

Detective Enhancement: (Beginner: Enhances the host's physical abilities: can be upgraded)

(Time Beginner One Star: Enhancement lasts for two minutes: can be upgraded)

Detective Aura: (When the host triggers a detective effect, automatically exerts an aura of pressure on suspects. The level of pressure depends on the situation. Combat power is reduced by 10% during the pressure state)

Current Profession Points: 1

Secondary Professions:

Student: Intermediate (50 proficiency points needed until next promotion)

Professional Swordsman: Intermediate (500 proficiency points needed until next promotion)

Bomb Expert: Beginner (100 proficiency points needed until next promotion)

Current Remaining Money: Two million fifty thousand...]

"So, this is just a taunt... a weakening skill?"

Judging by the system's description, this skill seemed to be like a weakening aura.

It was a passive skill.

The combat power in the Conan World has always been a mystery.

It gets stronger when facing stronger opponents and weaker when facing weaker ones. The strong can blow up satellites with a single kick, while the weak can be beaten by an old man wielding a golf club.

Therefore, Fujino guessed that combat power is actually related to one's aura.

Much like plot armor.

"This is a pretty good skill..."

Pulling his thoughts back, Fujino couldn't help but sigh.

He immediately opened the system's warehouse.

The items in the system slots were dense, all of them drawn from the professional balls.

Among them, the purple random professional upgrade voucher was particularly conspicuous.

Fujino's mind moved, and he used it.

[Random Upgrade Voucher has been used for the host]

[Bomb Expert profession level has been upgraded, current level is Intermediate]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Bomb Expert profession ability: Desperate Genius]

[Bomb Expert: Intermediate (Requires two hundred proficiency points for the next upgrade.

Master Demolitionist (Beginner: Bomb defusal success rate increased by 10%; Note: Success rate for the same bomb cannot be stacked; can be upgraded)

Master Demolitionist (Beginner: Bomb making success rate increased by 10%; Note: Success rate for the same bomb cannot be stacked; can be upgraded)

Desperate Genius (Beginner: Grants the host a certain reaction time when a bomb is about to detonate. Current bomb detonation stop time: five seconds)

Current Profession Points: 1]

"It actually upgraded Bomb Expert?"

Fujino shook his head, feeling a bit regretful. "Why does it feel like this professional upgrade voucher was wasted... It would have been great if it had enhanced the Detective profession..."

Sighing, he stopped thinking about it and allocated all his profession points for Detective and Bomb Expert.

[Master Demolitionist (Intermediate: Bomb defusal success rate increased by 20%; Note: Success rate for the same bomb cannot be stacked; can be upgraded)]

[Detective Enhancement: (Enhanced Beginner One Star: Enhances host's physical abilities by 120%: Can be upgraded)]

This time, Fujino didn't increase the duration of Detective Enhancement; instead, he increased its effect.

His combat power was still a bit lacking. Although his buffs stacked to C-class, it was still not enough...

Putting away his thoughts, Fujino turned his gaze to the professional ball exchange interface and spent nine hundred thousand Yen for a ten-pull.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Strength Enhancement Card... Physique Enhancement Fruit, Small Portable Space (0.5x0.5x0.5m) Quality: Gold]

"Holy crap!"

Staring intently at the system prompt, Fujino blinked in disbelief and pinched his arm, feeling a sharp pain surge into his brain.

Only then did Fujino realize he wasn't dreaming; he had actually drawn a legendary gold item.

[Small Portable Space: Can store items within it at any time. Current space size (0.5x0.5x0.5m). Note: Can be upgraded. Current upgrade cost: 1.5 million Yen]

Fujino was no stranger to portable space; most transmigrators had this.

However, needing 1.5 million Yen just for an upgrade seemed a bit too greedy, didn't it?

Afterward, he turned his attention to the Physique Enhancement Fruit on the side.

[Physique Enhancement Fruit: Can permanently enhance the host's physique to a certain extent]

"A purple item, Physique Enhancement Fruit?"

Fujino took out the enhancement fruit and examined it.

After a moment, he made up his mind and swallowed the thumb-sized fruit in one gulp.

Immediately, a warm current gradually spread throughout his body.

"As expected of a purple item!"

Fujino felt the changes happening to him and couldn't help but exclaim, "This is truly a good thing!"

The moment the fruit digested, he felt his physique had been enhanced to a certain extent.

Even the root of his chronic cold seemed to have improved significantly.

This was a persistent illness that even modern medicine couldn't cure...

It truly lived up to being a metaphysical system more unscientific than Conan World's "Kexue."

"Since my physique has been enhanced... has my combat power also been strengthened?"

Thinking of this, Fujino eagerly activated Detective Enhancement.

In an instant, he felt a sense of fullness spread throughout his body.

At this moment, he could feel that his combat power had reached a height previously unattainable.

A one-minute man!

Now, even if he encountered someone as strong as Sato Miwako at full power, he would have the strength to fight for a minute!

"Ding! Host level detected as Beginner Two Stars. Detective Profession Bounty Mission has been issued!"

At this moment, the system's prompt sound suddenly interrupted Fujino's thoughts.

"Bounty mission?"

Fujino exclaimed in surprise, then immediately opened the system task interface:

[Detective Bounty Mission: Arrest Numabuchi Kiichiro

Mission Objective: Arrest Numabuchi Kiichiro

Mission Location: Kyoto (indicated by system icon)

Mission Time Limit: Three days

Mission Reward: 2 million Yen bounty, 100 Detective Reputation, Random Equipment Gift Pack]

"Numabuchi Kiichiro?"

"I remember him being a tough guy who escaped from the liquor factory..."

Fujino studied the system's bounty mission, his mind racing with thoughts.

Could it be