### Chapter 121: Feels Like Picking Up a Housekeeper

After solving the bizarre murder case, Fujino hopped on his beloved scooter and headed back to his home in the Fifth District.

Parking his scooter in the underground garage, he glanced at the Ford Taurus parked next to it.

Just as he took a couple of steps, the system's notification sound rang out:

**[Congratulations to the host for completing: The Bizarre Suicide Case]**

**[System Mission Reward: One million yen, 100 Detective Reputation points, and 1 All-Profession Point have been issued]**

Listening to the system notification, Fujino opened the system interface with a slight shift in his thoughts.

**[Current Balance: 5.2 million yen]**

"520, huh?" Fujino muttered with a peculiar expression as he glanced at the system balance.

#### Fourth Floor Bedroom

"You're back," Akemi Miyano greeted Fujino, holding a large black garbage bag.

"Yeah... I'm back," Fujino replied after a moment of surprise.

Such a scene should be quite common in the homes of the neon people. However, ever since his parents passed away a year ago, he had never heard such a warm greeting when returning home...

The sudden warmth felt somewhat unsettling.

Snapping out of it, Fujino noticed the garbage bag in Akemi Miyano's hand.

After glancing at the clean and tidy bedroom, he asked in confusion, "Did you clean my room, Akemi-san?"

"Yes," Akemi Miyano wiped the sweat from her temple. "Your room was really messy, so I cleaned it up a bit."

"Thank you so much, Akemi-san."

As the owner of this more than 100 square meter bedroom, Fujino naturally knew the weight of the "a bit" she mentioned. It was quite the understatement!

"It's no trouble," Akemi Miyano smiled gently. "After all, I'm staying in your house, so I should do something in return."

"Looks like I won't have to do housework anymore," Fujino leaned against the balcony, watching Akemi Miyano leave, and chuckled. "Why do I feel like I've picked up a housekeeper?"

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#### Late Night, Atop a Large Bridge

Amuro Toru parked his Mazda nearby and leaned on the railing, editing a text message on his phone:

**[Based on recent observations, Fujino Toji is just an ordinary high school detective. He has not shown any special actions nor has he detected the existence of the organization - Bourbon]**

After ensuring the accuracy of the message, Amuro Toru sent it to an anonymous mailbox.

Having done that, he looked up, gazing at the distant city lights.

Lately, he had been ordered by the organization to observe a high school detective named Fujino Toji.

Initially, he had been skeptical about the organization's order. Typically, anyone targeted by the organization would soon be dead if still alive.

Surprisingly, this time, the organization wasn't in a hurry to eliminate him but instead wanted to see if he had discovered the organization's existence. This puzzled him.

He had even tried to use police resources but found nothing.

That's right, absolutely nothing. Other than Fujino's parents suddenly appearing twenty years ago, there was nothing else...

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#### The Next Morning

Fujino woke up slowly from his slumber. With no annoying phone calls disturbing him, he had a rare, natural wake-up.

He stood up from the bed, stretching lazily.

As he glanced around, he saw Akemi Miyano sleeping on the sofa.

Despite having an eight-room, four-story house totaling over 100 square meters, only the detective agency on the second floor and the current bedroom on the fourth floor were in use.

The other rooms were still in their bare-bones state, with just wallpaper and otherwise empty.

For the past few days, Akemi Miyano had been sleeping on the sofa in this bedroom.

As for why she didn't sleep in the bed, well, Fujino was sleeping in it. Even Akemi Miyano couldn't make him give up his bed.

"Looks like I need to set up a room for her soon..." Fujino murmured, pulling out his phone to check the date: May 3rd. After that, he put on his suit and headed to the furniture store where he had previously purchased furniture for the detective agency.

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#### Afternoon

"Boom!"

As Fujino was returning home after buying furniture in his Ford Taurus, a loud explosion sounded in the distance.

"An explosion?" Fujino hit the brakes and looked towards the source, seeing a mushroom cloud rising in the distance.

"No wonder this city is known for its peaceful customs, casually growing mushrooms in broad daylight," Fujino remarked as he observed the mushroom cloud. 

Suddenly, the system notification sounded again:

**[New system profession mission detected. Please check!]**

"A system mission?" Fujino opened the system interface:

**[Detective Profession Mission: Serial Bombing Case]**

**Mission Objective: Capture the serial bomber**

**Mission Reward: One million yen, 200 Detective Reputation points**

**Mission Location: Displayed on the HUD]**

"Serial bombing case?" Fujino was surprised. "Does that mean there are more bombings to come?"

Before he could finish, another system notification rang out:

**[Bomb Expert Profession Mission: Serial Bomb Disposal]**

**Mission Objective: Defuse bombs in the serial bombing case at the Loop Line, Moriya Teiji's house, Beika City Hall...**

**Mission Reward: One million yen, 200 Bomb Expert Profession Skill points**

**Mission Location: Displayed on the HUD]**

"Nested missions?" Fujino was astonished by the new profession mission.

"But now that I think about it, this feels familiar..." After pondering for a moment, Fujino recalled, "Isn't this the plot of the movie 'The Time-Bombed Skyscraper'?!"

The Loop Line and Beika City Hall, if Fujino remembered correctly, were part of the storyline from the movie.

Architect Teiji Moriya was a lunatic. Unable to stand that his works weren't symmetrical, he single-handedly raided the Toyo Gunpowder Depot.

Afterward, he somehow made a bunch of bombs to destroy his asymmetrical creations.

But his main goal was to get revenge on Shinichi Kudo.

As for the reason for revenge... It was all because Shinichi Kudo solved the hit-and-run case of Mayor Okamoto of Nishi-Tama City, leading to Okamoto's imprisonment.

Because of Okamoto's imprisonment, Moriya's urban renewal plan in Nishi-Tama City, which he had designed, fell apart. Unable to achieve his design ideals, he harbored a grudge against Shinichi Kudo and launched this series of retaliations.

In his final stages of madness, he even planned to blow up Ran in Beika City Hall.

**(End of Chapter)**