Shadow Assassin Set

"So, let's continue our game... Choose one of those options."

Fujino continued to pat the dog's head affectionately, and even offered his own advice. "Personally, I would recommend the 1000-7, it's more fun."

Bomb Maker: "..."

Do you think I have a choice?!

Kidneys were chopped, subjected to slow slicing, and then executed by firing squad.

Can that 1000-7 thing even be good?!

Realizing that the other party wanted to torture him to death, the Bomb Maker simply stopped lowering his stance.

He suddenly stood up, just about to retaliate.

But Xiao Hei kicked him to the ground. "You have a way to heaven but you won't take it. You insist on making me play the strong one. I'm laying my cards on the table today. You have to play whether you want to or not!"

"Help!"

The Bomb Maker scrambled toward the warehouse door.

"Hehehe!"

Fujino grabbed his collar, pulled out Wooden Sword, and smashed it down hard. "Go ahead and scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your lungs out!"

"The game begins! What is 1000 - 7?"

"Ya-mei!"

A mournful cry emanated from an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Tokyo.

The sound seemed to come from hell, chilling and terrifying.

He only stopped making any noise when his voice became hoarse.

"Snap!"

Fujino crouched down in front of the Bomb Maker, then broke off one of his fingers, sighing regretfully, "No more reaction..."

The Bomb Maker was lying on the ground, bound tightly with red rope, blood dripping from his wounds, and his ten fingers twisted in different directions.

This scene should be familiar to those who frequently eat kidneys.

It's obvious that the nerves were paralyzed due to a prolonged and excessive experience of pain in a short period of time.

Commonly known as: It's been ruined.

Fujino had thought he'd have to torture Xiao Hei for a few more rounds before the guy was worn out, but he hadn't expected it to happen so quickly...

"What a piece of trash."

Fujino spat and kicked hard. "The game is over now, you can leave."

"Walk...?"

The Bomb Maker was kicked didn't feel any pain. He was stunned for several seconds before he came to his senses. He looked over with lifeless eyes and asked in disbelief, "Can I really leave now?"

"Of course, I'm not a person who goes back on his word."

Fujino's lips curled slightly. "Or do you want to play with me a little longer?"

"No, no, no!"

The Bomb Maker quickly shook his head. "Enough, enough! I don't want to play anymore!"

"Tsk..."

Fujino clicked his tongue and took out a box tied with a ribbon from his pocket. "But before I leave, to thank you for playing games with me for so long, I plan to give you a gift."

"Gift?"

"That's right!"

Fujino threw the box on the ground. "This is a bomb remade using the materials from dismantling your bomb-making process. The countdown is set to thirty seconds. As long as you dismantle it, you'll be safe. I think you should be able to do it easily, right?"

With that, Fujino turned around, pushed open the warehouse door, and locked it from the inside. "Good luck now, Mr. Bomb Maker!"

"Beep beep beep..."

Inside the empty, abandoned warehouse, a series of buzzing countdown sounds echoed.

The Bomb Maker stared blankly at the box in front of him, then laboriously moved his body and unpacked it.

At a glance, I saw the words: "[20 seconds remaining]".

He instinctively wanted to defuse the bomb.

But when he raised his hand and looked at his twisted fingers, he could only put it down with tears in his eyes.

Lying on the ground, he looked through the roof of the abandoned warehouse at the perfectly round moon that day.

In a daze, I seemed to see my great-grandmother's kind face...

"BOOM!"

A violent explosion rang out, and a tongue of fire shot into the sky from the abandoned warehouse, engulfing the surrounding area in flames.

The Bomb Maker didn't even have a chance to raise his middle finger and maintain his last shred of dignity before being blown to pieces by the shockwave of the explosion.

Those fragments, along with the flames rising in the darkness, burned to ashes along with the warehouse.

A white figure walked slowly without looking back, gradually disappearing into the shadow of the firelight.

5-chome, Beika Town.

"It's over..."

Fujino leaned against the edge of the balcony, silently watching the night sky turn red in the distance. He took a sip of the bottled Green Tea in his hand, and a thought flickered in his eyes, "In that case, I guess this can be considered revenge for you two?"

As Bomb Master, he still held respect for those who died in the line of duty while defusing bombs...

It is precisely because we understand that we can appreciate the dangers involved.

In his view, everyone who chooses bomb disposal as a profession possesses extraordinary willpower and courage far exceeding that of ordinary people.

Defusing a bomb without any external assistance is truly a matter of facing death for survival.

And all he can do is probably drag the criminals out of the distorted legal system, punish them vigilantes, and prevent this 'mentally ill' person from escaping the judgment of justice.

"The System Task (12 million hostages)."

"System reward has been issued!"

Suddenly, a voice echoed in Fujino's ears.

Fujino looked away and saw the system interface for mission settlement appear in front of him:

[System Rewards: 15 Detective Coins, 15 million Japanese Yen, 500 Bomb Master Experience Points, 500 Assassin Experience Points, and 500 Detective Reputation Points have been issued.]

Main Profession: Detective (Advanced: 4500-5000 Reputation)

[Secondary Profession: Bomb Master (Level 3: Breakthrough) 450|1000; Current Allocable Points: 2]

[Secondary Profession: Assassin (Advanced: 963|1000)]

Current balance: 70 million yen

[Detective Coins Remaining: 25]

"Twenty-five Detective Coins, that's quite a lot this time."

Fujino looked at the system interface in front of him and rubbed his chin.

He's currently more interested in the Detective Coins.

It can only be said that he doesn't like money; he's not interested in it.

Money is just a string of numbers to him...

Perhaps its biggest use is to exchange for Detective Coins?

Or perhaps it's used to upgrade certain professions or something.

However, for him, his current strength, after being enhanced along with the Detective Enhancement, is already sufficient.

Improving combat effectiveness can be slowed down.

He turned his gaze away and instead focused on the Item Fusion interface.

"Twenty-five Detective Coins are still plenty. I can try to fuse something."

Fujino rested his chin on his hand, his gaze rapidly scrolling through the fusion list, finally settling on the [Assassin's Robe] and [Batman's Cloak].

After he drew it, he casually installed it on his Assassin's Robe.

Although it can withstand large-caliber machine guns.

However, this thing is mounted on the back, so by the time the other side fires, it will have already hit the front...

Aside from its limited hang time, it's pretty useless.

"However, if they were combined, perhaps the Assassin's Robe could gain bulletproof capabilities?"

Fujino pondered for a moment and then chose two items to fuse together.

Assassin's Robe + Batman's Cloak = [????? ]

[Fusion probability 30%]

[Requires 5 Detective Coins]

Fujino glanced at the fusion probability, then decisively threw out two Special Grade Advanced Enhancement Gem and two Beginner Enhancement Gem, choosing to fuse them.

100% success rate

[Equipment requires 5 Detective Coins]

[Congratulations, host, you have successfully fused with the up!]

[Acquired new item: Shadow Assassin Set]