Special Grade Chef Fujino

Fujino, frail as he was, had expanded Sato Miwako's worldview, and in turn, Sato Miwako's formidable combat prowess had once again expanded Fujino's.

From Fujino's perspective, Sato Miwako was a solid B!

Following the guidance of Conan and a group of other "flying" elementary school students, the police successfully located the stolen Maple Leaf Gold Coins on the building's rooftop.

The case was thus closed.

After giving his statement at the Metropolitan Police Department and receiving one million Yen in cash, Fujino was escorted home by Sato Miwako.

Fujino stood on the balcony, gazing at the Mazda disappearing into the night.

Suddenly, a system prompt sounded in his ear:

[Congratulations to the host for completing the Italian Robbery Case mission, gaining fifty Detective Reputation and a bounty of one million Yen.]

[Current system balance: Three point three million Yen.]

[Current reputation required for host's Detective profession upgrade: Two hundred and fifty reputation points.]

"Two hundred and fifty?"

Fujino stared intently at the points needed to upgrade his Detective profession and muttered, "What auspicious numbers!"

Afterward, he turned his attention to the system's professional orb exchange interface.

Nine hundred thousand Yen for a ten-pull!

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Temporary Ability Boost Card (Strength, Perception boost; limited to one minute) x4, Genuine branded handbag x1, Soccer ball x1, Yu Xiang Rou Si self-heating rice x1, Pineapple buns x3.]

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Damn it!

Fujino stared at the items he had drawn, his eyes suddenly widening.

If there was any word to describe his current mood, it would be incandescent rage.

"Why is this damn system acting up again?"

Fujino took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and stopped arguing with the pay-to-win system produced by Tencent.

He then took out his cigarette case, pulled out three cigarettes, and placed them on the balcony railing.

After bowing towards an ancient Eastern great nation, he performed another ten-pull.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Fisherman's Fishing Hat (Purple), Temporary Ability Boost Card (Strength, Perception boost; limited to one minute) x2, Mobile POS machine (Blue) x1...]

As expected, metaphysics works!

Fujino automatically ignored the other items that hadn't even reached blue quality, focusing his gaze on the Fisherman's Fishing Hat he had just drawn.

[Fisherman's Fishing Hat: A fishing hat blessed by the "Fishing Bro" online community. When wearing this hat while fishing, you can catch anything except fish.

Abilities: Enhances the wearer's defense by 50%; 50% chance to force the culprit to reveal their identity (Note: Head attraction +50%)]

Fujino took out the fishing hat and stared intently at the black fishing hat in his hand, a twitch forming at the corner of his mouth.

Good heavens, forcing the culprit to reveal their identity.

"Fishing Bro" truly can catch anything but fish.

Fujino put on the fishing hat and stood in front of the mirror. He gazed at himself in the mirror, wearing black-rimmed glasses and a black fishing hat on his head, and couldn't help but zone out for a moment.

Am I myself "Fishing Bro"?

With a sigh, Fujino put the fishing hat away.

Although the hat had some pretty big side effects... like doubling the chance of his head being attacked, the effect was still quite decent in return.

Enhancing defensive capabilities, that was exactly what he needed right now...

Recalling the robbers he had previously beaten into the hospital by Sato Miwako, he couldn't help but shiver.

The combat power in the Conan World was far more outrageous than he had imagined.

Putting his thoughts aside, and while the momentum was still fresh, Fujino returned to the balcony. While the cigarettes hadn't finished burning, he bowed towards the ancient Eastern great nation, the direction of the Mori family opposite.

Then, he performed another ten-pull, anticipating what other good things he might draw...

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Red scarf x1, Reaction Ability Enhancement Card (Purple), Purple Profession Card (Special Grade Chef), Happy Cola for Otakus (Blue)...]

"Chef?"

Fujino frowned, looking at his newly acquired profession, and was momentarily stunned.

Then, he opened the system interface:

[New Sub-Profession:

Chef: Beginner (One hundred proficiency points required for next level.)

New Profession Skill:

Special Grade Chef (Beginner: Any food made by the host has a 5% chance to gain a random enhancement.)

Current remaining money: Six hundred thousand Yen.]

"Special Grade Chef?"

Fujino looked at his newly acquired skill, his expression turning peculiar.

Honestly, the "Chef" skill didn't seem very useful for someone like Fujino, who couldn't cook. But then again...

Having more skills never hurt, and more professions were always better.

Who knew when a certain profession might come in handy?

Putting his thoughts aside, Fujino nodded in satisfaction.

Although his first ten-pull didn't yield anything great, the subsequent two, with the help of mysterious buffs, made the 2.7 million Yen feel worthwhile.

He got five items of blue rarity or higher in twenty draws. While it wasn't as amazing as the gold and purple items from his previous ten-pulls, it was acceptable.

At least it was slightly better than some gacha game's drop rates.

A moment later.

Feeling hungry, Fujino prepared a self-heating rice meal of shredded pork with garlic sauce, intending to experience a taste of home. Suddenly, Fujino was stunned.

As the lid was lifted from the self-heating rice, it inexplicably began to emit a golden light...

Accompanying the golden light, a powerful and inexplicable BGM started playing from somewhere.

"What the hell?"

Staring at the shredded pork with garlic sauce self-heating rice that was emitting golden light and surrounded by a strange mist, Fujino's chopsticks trembled in his hand.

At this moment, a system prompt appeared on the self-heating rice:

[Special Grade Chef Enhancement: Minor improvement to host's physique (Effective for: twelve hours)]

It was clear that this was the skill effect of "Special Grade Chef," which could provide bonus effects to the food prepared.

This profession was worth it for the special effects alone!

The next morning.

"Ring ring!"

The ringing of the phone once again interrupted Fujino's sleep.

He got up groggily, stretched, and then answered the call.

"Fujino-senpai, today is the weekend."

Sato Miwako's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Did you oversleep?"

"Today is the weekend?"

"Yesterday was Saturday, so of course today is the weekend!"

Sato Miwako's matter-of-fact voice replied from the other end.

Hearing this, Fujino, who was still stretching, felt a bit puzzled.

Yesterday was Saturday, and today is the weekend?

Something felt off.

This wasn't Conan-esque!

The disrupted timeline suddenly becoming normal made him feel a slight discomfort.

"Fujino-senpai!"

Fujino drove his Ford Taurus to Ran's house. As soon as he stopped the car, he saw Ran coming down from upstairs.

Today, Ran was wearing a dark red sweater, a bright red blazer, a goose-yellow short skirt, and gray stockings on her thighs.

Erm...

He could only say that in this era, Ran's fashion sense was indeed uniquely stylish.