### Chapter 2: The Violent Beauty Teacher

The next morning, Fujino woke up early, washed up, and styled his hair neatly. He was ready to embrace his school life in order to earn his 100,000 yen... I mean, to attend school. But just as he was about to change into his school uniform and leave, he suddenly realized something.

Where was his school uniform?

It seemed he had sold it to a junior for a few thousand yen as a backup.

Darn!

Left with no choice, in the silent morning, he put on his usual suit vest, habitually said "I'm heading out" to no one, and drove his inherited Ford Taurus to school.

"Ah! I'm late!"

As he parked his car in the parking lot and was about to step into the school gates, he heard a hurried female voice from behind.

Turning around, he saw a girl with shoulder-length brown hair running towards him.

Before he could react, they collided head-on.

"Ouch! What's going on?"

Fujino rubbed his tailbone, wincing in pain.

Looking up, he saw the girl already standing up, bowing and apologizing to him. "I'm sorry, Hiratsuka-sensei!"

"Huh?"

Fujino was puzzled, finding the girl somewhat familiar... Suzuki Sonoko?

"Wait, wait, wait!"

Suzuki Sonoko looked around in confusion before finally realizing, "You're not Hiratsuka-sensei!"

"Of course not!"

Fujino retorted, then added playfully, "But you can call me Fujino-sensei if you like!"

"Oh, oh, oh!"

Suzuki Sonoko nodded vigorously.

After taking a closer look at Fujino, she found him somewhat handsome and couldn't help but ask, "Fujino-sensei, are you a new teacher? How old are you? Where do you live? Do you have a girlfriend?"

Fujino, looking exhausted, indeed appeared older than his eighteen years, perhaps looking like he was in his twenties.

"What are you two doing here?"

A commanding voice came from within the school gates.

Fujino turned to see a woman in a suit vest, wearing a red tie, walking towards them.

She questioned Suzuki Sonoko, "Suzuki-san, are you late again?"

The teacher named Hiratsuka interrupted Sonoko's curiosity.

Sonoko had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

After Sonoko left, Hiratsuka Shizuka turned to scrutinize this young man who seemed like a colleague.

Dressed in a black suit vest and red tie, wearing glasses, and looking a bit haggard, Hiratsuka almost mistook him for a new colleague!

And they were even wearing similar outfits!

Impressed by his taste, she finally spoke, "So, you must be Fujino-kun, the one who hasn't shown up in half a year?"

Fujino nodded, unsure of what to say.

She asked, "Where's your school uniform?"

Fujino replied calmly, "I was going to say I lost it, but to be honest, I sold it."

"Huh?"

Hiratsuka was momentarily stunned, her eyebrow twitching as she suppressed her anger, her face darkening as she clenched her fists. "I didn't expect you to be so honest. I thought you just didn't want to come to school, but you even sold your uniform... Follow me to the faculty room, Fujino-kun."

"Yes, ma'am!"

And so, Fujino was taken to the faculty room by this violent beauty.

In the faculty room.

"So, this is your reason for not coming to school? You ran off to be a detective? At your age, you should be focusing on your studies."

Hiratsuka Shizuka, with a cigarette in her mouth, was about to light it but couldn't find a lighter...

Then, with a click, Fujino handed her a lighter.

Hiratsuka was momentarily surprised, then lit her cigarette and asked in astonishment, "Why do you have a lighter?"

Fujino: "..."

Seeing Fujino's silence, Hiratsuka rubbed her forehead, took a deep drag, and instinctively lectured, "I don't know what you're thinking, skipping classes to mess around. Don't you feel guilty towards your parents who are supporting your education?"

Fujino's face twitched... Did she not do any background check before lecturing?

With a long sigh, he calmly said, "Actually, I'm an orphan."

Hiratsuka: "..."

Her eyes widened slightly, and the cigarette slipped from her fingers, scattering sparks on the table... After a moment, she hastily picked it up.

"I'm sorry..."

After extinguishing the cigarette, she apologized softly.

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

Fujino said with a smile.

In the end, feeling deeply guilty, she patted Fujino's shoulder. "If you have any difficulties, come to me."

And so, Fujino managed to deal with this strange Japanese literature teacher.

After Fujino left, Hiratsuka Shizuka found Ran and inquired about Fujino.

"Are you talking about Fujino-senpai, Hiratsuka-sensei?"

Ran thought for a moment, then slowly said, "Fujino-senpai probably doesn't come to school because of what happened to his parents a year ago. His grades used to be very good, but after that incident, he started missing classes and got held back, so he rarely comes to school now."

"Yesterday, when I went to his house, he seemed troubled by some case."

"I see..."

It seemed she understood now.

If this boy was an orphan, everything made sense.

Skipping school to work and earn a living... He must be living a difficult life, possibly even being bullied by delinquents...

Thinking about this, she felt deep guilt for her previous remarks.

For some reason, she felt like she had become an unforgivable villain.

After Ran left, she held back tears and, with a determined voice, shouted, "I absolutely won't let you get expelled!"

In the classroom, Fujino sat by the window, listening to the middle-aged teacher on the podium babbling in bird language, and couldn't help but sneeze.

"Feels like someone is cursing me."

Fujino muttered to himself. Before he could react, a voice sounded in his ear, "Ding! Detected that the host has completed the task. The system reward has been issued!"

As the words fell, Fujino understood that he had finally escaped expulsion.

It seemed it was thanks to that woman named Hiratsuka.

Nodding, he thought to himself.

Although she smoked and liked to poke at people's wounds, she was indeed a good person.

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Then, he opened the newly bound profession system.

The silent light screen floated before him, displaying the basic attributes of his profession.

**Name: Fujino 

Current Profession:**

**Main Profession: Detective (Junior) (100 points of reputation required for the next level)**

**Sub-profession: 

None 

Professional Skills: 

Full-time Detective (Solve cases and complete commissions to earn extra rewards and reputation) 

Detective Time (Junior: During reasoning, no one can interrupt your deduction for 60 seconds) 

Current Money: 1,053,100 yen (can be exchanged for ten profession balls)**

From the description, it seemed to be a simple system.

Using money, he could obtain profession balls, which contained various professions and strange items.

Binding a profession would grant him exclusive professional skills, and by completing related tasks and missions, he could gain reputation. Once reputation reached a certain level, he would gain profession points, which could be used to enhance professional skills.

As for the profession balls, they came in different qualities: white, green, blue, purple, and gold. A profession was guaranteed in a purple profession ball or higher.

Currently, one profession ball cost 100,000 yen, and out of a hundred profession balls, at least one reward would be of purple quality or higher.

In summary, this system required spending a lot of money!

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(End of Chapter)