Chapter 16: Professional Swordsman Fujino

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After returning home, Fujino deposited the 600,000 yen he had just received into his system account. Then, he opened the system interface and looked at the balance of 2.25 million yen, with a slight smile on his face.

"This money comes really fast!"

He sighed with satisfaction and then opened the system’s professional skill draw, opting for a ten-pull.

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining: a teapot that can pour tea anytime (blue), 100,000 yen in cash, an infinitely usable red rope (blue quality), three instant noodles that can fill you up, three temporary ability enhancement cards (effect: 100% strength; duration: one minute), and two temporary ability enhancement cards (effect: 100% reaction ability; duration: one minute).ã€'

"Damn!"

Fujino's mouth twitched as he looked at the items he had drawn from the system.

He spent 950,000 yen, and all he got was a teapot that can refill endlessly and an infinitely usable rope. What's the use of that?

This damn gacha system seems to be playing tricks on him!

Why not just rob me instead!

Fujino let out a long breath, shook his head, and went to the bathroom to wash his face.

Then he went to the balcony, intending to light some incense, but found he didn't have any. So he took out his guest cigarettes, lit three of them in the direction of a mysterious Eastern country, and opened the system interface again.

Luck didn't save him last time, so let's continue drawing!

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining: two temporary ability enhancement cards (effect: 100% strength; duration: one minute), two temporary ability enhancement cards (effect: 100% reaction ability; duration: one minute), one delicious coffee cake, a complete guide to rope artistry, a complete guide to sword techniques (blue quality), and a purple professional card (Swordsman).ã€'

"Swordsman?"

Looking at the profession description, Fujino was stunned and muttered, "Could it be that luck really works?"

Anyway, whether it was luck or a sudden burst of fortune, 950,000 yen actually got him a seemingly high-end profession: Swordsman.

Fujino thought for a moment and then opened the system profession interface:

【New sub-profession:

Professional Swordsman: Beginner (requires 100 experience points for the next upgrade)

New profession skill:

Ronin's Swordsmanship (when the host uses any sword-type weapon, it will feel particularly handy).ã€'

This skill is not too strong but not too weak either.

For someone with a wooden sword that can change size like Fujino, this skill is just right.

With his small build, even after activating detective enhancement, he was only slightly stronger than an average person. If he could handle a wooden sword proficiently, the effect would be different.

Moreover, the system also provided a comprehensive guide to sword techniques.

Thinking of this, Fujino quickly took out the book and started reading.

Opening the first page of the sword technique guide, he was greeted by a table of contents with hundreds of chapters... written in an obscure and difficult language. But Fujino could understand it perfectly.

Even more miraculously, a single sentence written in this language could convey the meaning of hundreds of words.

In other words, the content of this book was equivalent to an encyclopedia.

The system is indeed formidable.

It always manages to bring him small, unscientific surprises in unknown ways.

Late at night, in the bedroom.

With the genius scholar's learning ability, by one or two in the morning, Fujino had already mastered half of the moves in the system-provided comprehensive guide.

At this moment, Fujino was in his bedroom, swinging his wooden sword and constantly performing various moves.

"Draw Slash!"

"Cross Slash!"

"Mountain Breaking Strike!"

"Double Dragon Flash!"

Although the movements looked awkward, they were quite intimidating.

However, with the passive support of the system’s Ronin's Swordsmanship skill, he no longer made embarrassing mistakes like almost slashing the plasma TV or accidentally throwing the wooden sword out of the window.

Panting heavily, Fujino put away the peach wood sword, now drenched in sweat.

But the tiredness didn’t overshadow the excitement he felt.

If he guessed correctly, this comprehensive sword technique guide should be a compilation of the best of various swordsmanship schools!

The book recorded many different styles of swordsmanship!

Everything found in regular books was here, and what wasn’t in regular books was also here.

The system even managed to compile some lost traditions.

It was practically a compendium of various swordsmanship schools!

Should this even be classified as blue quality?

Fujino couldn’t help but doubt.

None of this mattered, though. What mattered was that he believed that if he could master all the moves in this book, with time, he would surely become a swordsmanship master!

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"Ring ring ring!"

Early the next morning, Fujino, still not fully awake, was jolted by the sound of his phone alarm.

"Who is it?"

Fujino grumbled as he got out of bed, answered the phone, and grumpily asked the caller.

"There’s a letter at your door, go check it out."

Before the words were even finished, the other end of the line hung up.

Fujino, listening to the indistinct voice that was hard to tell if it belonged to a man or a woman, felt a bit irritated.

After a moment's hesitation, he put on his clothes and went to the door.

When he opened the door, there was no one there.

Only a letter lay lonely on the ground in front of the door.

"A letter?"

Fujino muttered, glancing around but seeing no one.

Puzzled, he took the letter back into the room and opened it.

"Tsukikage Island?!"

Fujino's eyes widened as he read the cut-out newspaper words inside the envelope.

"New detective profession task detected, please check."

The system prompt interrupted Fujino's surprise.

Opening the system interface, a new task was displayed:

【Detective Profession Task: Tsukikage Island, Moonlight Sonata Murder Case

Task objective: Solve the case of Keiji Aso's murder from years ago.

Task deadline countdown: Three days

Task reward: 1 million yen

Special task: Take down the Tsukikage Island drug trafficking gang

Additional reward: Random profession ball

Note: Special task rewards come with certain risks; please consider carefully whether to complete the special task.ã€'

"So, it is the Tsukikage Island Moonlight Sonata Murder Case?"

Fujino frowned, staring at the system interface and muttering.

However, if he remembered correctly, this should happen some time later... he didn’t know exactly when.

But it certainly wasn’t now.

Moreover, it wasn't he who was commissioned back then, but Kogoro Mouri!

But since the system issued the task, Fujino naturally had no reason to refuse.

Aside from the special nature of this case, the rewards from the system this time were too generous!

One million yen, plus a random profession ball, although it requires completing the special task to obtain it, but that's something a hundred million yen might not even draw!

In other words, if he completed the task, he could earn at least over two million yen from the system!