After that, Duanmu Huai spent a period of ordinary yet busy days.
The ordinary part was because, after failing three times in a row, the Universe Light cult seemed to think that this year was unlucky and stopped causing trouble. The busy part, meanwhile, was that Duanmu Huai was becoming increasingly active as a detective.
Shionji Yuko did keep her word and applied for detective status for Duanmu Huai, but in truth, she had planned to watch him make a fool of himself. After all, from her previous cooperation with Duanmu Huai, Shionji Yuko had discovered that he was hot-tempered, careless, and not observant enough. Aside from his monstrous strength, he had absolutely none of the qualities needed to be a detective.
Therefore, in Shionji Yuko's eyes, even the simplest case would be enough to make Duanmu Huai embarrass himself horribly. She had already classified Duanmu Huai as someone with well-developed limbs and an underdeveloped brain.
However, the result was completely beyond Shionji Yuko's expectations.
Detectives in this world possessed certain rights, but they also had the duty to complete cases assigned by the Detective Association. Of course, these cases came from clients. The Detective Association ranked them by difficulty, then allowed other detectives to apply for them. If a detective failed to complete a certain number of assignments within a year, their rank would be lowered, or they might even have their detective license revoked.
In Shionji Yuko's view, someone like Duanmu Huai wouldn't even last a year before being kicked out.
However, reality once again went far beyond Shionji Yuko's expectations.
At first, as a detective of the lowest rank, Duanmu Huai received only low-level commissions, such as finding lost cats and dogs or following suspected cheating spouses to take photographs as evidence. These commissions were beneath Shionji