Detective Level Up

Chapter 30: Detective Level Up

"Oh?"

Ochiai uttered in surprise upon hearing this.

He looked at Sonoko and asked, "Is she reliable?"

"Of course she's reliable!"

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

"If that's the case..."

With that, librarian Ochiai bowed deeply to Ran. "I hope this young lady can help me get in touch with that lawyer lady!"

"Librarian Ochiai..."

Seeing Ochiai like this, Ran felt a bit unable to bear it.

Then she handed Eri's contact information to Ochiai. "Although I don't know if it will work, if it's my mom, it should be fine..."

"Thank you very much!"

Just like that, the museum case was successfully resolved.

At least for Fujino, it was successfully resolved.

Having done things to this extent, he had also done his utmost.

To be honest, this was only because Ochiai was getting on in years and had it rough; if it had been anyone else, he would have seized the opportunity to fleece a hefty commission fee...

Still, Fujino at least didn't lose out. Completing this mission would net him five hundred thousand yen, along with a random purple professional level-up ticket.

A purple item was something comparable to a million.

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

Congratulations to the host for completing the museum mission, Ghost Story Murder Case, and achieving mission option one.

Five hundred thousand yen and fifty points of detective reputation have been issued.

The random professional level-up ticket has been issued.

Detective level up: Junior Two-Star.

Congratulations to the host for acquiring the detective professional skill: Detective Aura.

"Detective Aura?"

Staring at the new skill acquired after the detective profession leveled up, Fujino puffed on the cigarette butt, unable to help uttering a puzzled question.

Then, with a curious mood, he opened the system profession interface:

Name: Fujino

Current profession:

Main Profession: Detective: Junior Two-Star (four hundred reputation remaining until the next upgrade)

Professional skills: Full-time Detective (solving cases and completing commissions grants additional bounty reputation)

Detective Time (Junior: within one minute during reasoning, no one can interrupt your reasoning; upgradable)

Detective Enhancement (Enhancement Junior: enhances the host's physical abilities; upgradable)

(Time Junior One-Star: enhancement lasts for two minutes; upgradable)

Detective Aura (When the host triggers detective effects, it automatically suppresses suspects with an aura, with the suppression level varying depending on the situation; under the suppression state, the opponent's combat power is reduced by 10%)

Current professional points: 1

Secondary professions:

Student: Intermediate (fifty proficiency points still needed until the next upgrade)

Professional Swordsman: Intermediate (five hundred proficiency points still needed until the next upgrade)

Bomb Expert: Junior (one hundred proficiency points still needed until the next upgrade)

Current remaining money: Two Million Five Hundred Thousand...

"So this is a taunt... debuff skill?"

Judging from the system's evaluation, this skill should be something similar to a weakening aura.

It is a passive skill.

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

Strong when meeting the strong, weak when meeting the weak; the strong can kick a satellite to pieces with one foot, while the weak can be beaten to a pulp by an old man wielding a golf club.

Therefore, according to Fujino's guess, combat power is actually related to aura to a certain extent.

Much like the protagonist halo.

"This is a pretty good skill..."

Pulling back his thoughts, Fujino couldn't help sighing.

He then opened the system inventory.

The items in the system slots were densely packed, full of various items drawn from the profession balls.

Among them, the purple random professional upgrade ticket stood out particularly.

With a thought in Fujino's mind, he used it.

The random upgrade ticket has been used for the host.

Bomb Expert profession level up, current level: Intermediate.

Congratulations to the host for acquiring the bomb expert professional ability: Desperate Genius.

Bomb Expert: Intermediate (two hundred proficiency points still needed until the next upgrade)

Master Demolitionist (Junior: bomb dismantling success rate increased by 10%; note, the dismantling success rate for the same bomb cannot be stacked; upgradable)

Master Demolitionist (Junior: bomb making success rate increased by 10%; note, cannot be stacked when making the same bomb; upgradable)

Desperate Genius (Junior: when a bomb is about to detonate, buys the host a certain amount of reaction time; current bomb detonation halt time: five seconds)

Current professional points: 1

"It actually upgraded the Bomb Expert?"

Fujino shook his head, feeling a bit regretful. "Why do I feel like this professional upgrade ticket was completely wasted... How great it would have been if it had enhanced the detective profession..."

With a sigh, he stopped thinking about it and allocated all the professional points for the detective and bomb expert professions.

Master Demolitionist (Intermediate: bomb dismantling success rate increased by 20%; note, the dismantling success rate for the same bomb cannot be stacked; upgradable)

Detective Enhancement (Enhancement Junior One-Star: enhances the host's physical body capability by 120%; upgradable)

This time, Fujino didn't go to increase the duration of Detective Enhancement; instead, he boosted the effect of Detective Enhancement as well.

His combat power was still somewhat insufficient right now. Although stacking all the buffs had already reached C-rank, it was still somewhat lacking...

Puting away his thoughts, Fujino cast his gaze toward the profession ball exchange interface and spent nine hundred thousand yen on a ten-consecutive draw.

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

"Holy shit!"

Staring intently at the system prompt, Fujino blinked in disbelief, pinched his own arm, and felt a wave of pain surge into his brain.

Only then did Fujino realize he wasn't dreaming and that he had truly drawn a golden legend.

Small Portable Space: capable of storing items inside it at any time, current space size (0.5x0.5x0.5m). Note: can be upgraded, current upgrade requires: One million five hundred thousand Yen.

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

It was just that upgrading it required one million five hundred thousand yen—wasn't that a bit too ruthless?

Subsequently, he turned his gaze to the Physique Enhancement Fruit on the other side.

Physique Enhancement Fruit: can permanently enhance the host's physique to a certain extent.

"A purple item, the Physique Enhancement Fruit?"

Fujino took out the enhancement fruit and examined it.

After a moment, he made his decision and swallowed the pinky-finger-sized fruit in one bite.

Shortly after, a warm current gradually spread throughout his body.

"As expected of a purple item!"

Feeling the changes happening in his body, Fujino couldn't help sighing emotionally, "Truly a good thing!"

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

Even the root cause of his cold had improved a lot.

This was a root cause of illness that even modern medicine couldn't cure...

One can only say that as expected of a metaphysical system even less scientific than science.

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

Thinking of this, Fujino impatiently activated Detective Enhancement.

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

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

A one-minute true man!

Even if he encountered a powerhouse like Sato Miwako going all out right now, he would have the strength to fight her within one minute!

"Ding! Detected that the host's level is Junior Two-Star, the Detective Bounty Mission has been issued!"

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

"A bounty mission?"

Fujino uttered in surprise, then quickly opened the system mission 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 rewards: Bounty of two million yen, one hundred detective reputation, random equipment pack.

"Numabuchi Kiichiro?"

"I remember he's a ruthless guy who escaped from the alcohol company..."

Fujino looked over the system's bounty mission, his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Could it be...