After collecting the commission fee, Fujino drove to a convenience store.
He bought some daily necessities, then drove home.
[Detected Host completion of Detective Profession Task: SPIDER]
[System Task Reward: 1,000,000 Yen, +100 Detective Reputation Distributed]
[Detected Host completion of one commission]
[System Bonus Reward: +50 Detective Reputation]
[Current Detective Level: Intermediate One Star (500/1000)]
[Current Balance: 4,200,000 Yen]
"Four million?"
Fujino sat in the driver's seat, looking at the system interface.
Four million yen might have seemed like a lot to his former self.
But for his current money-strapped self, it wasn't that much.
Opening a shop required three to four million yen.
His Fighter profession proficiency was maxed out, requiring three million yen to break through.
He hadn't drawn from the Primary Gacha recently; his stock of enhancement cards was likely running low.
Upgrading the primary enhancement cards he drew also cost money.
He currently had 4.2 million yen in his system account.
And 500,000 yen cash on hand for daily expenses.
After all, he was supporting two girls at home. Although daily costs weren't high, it was better to have some savings just in case.
As for where this 500,000 came from...
Don't ask. Just know that the Beika Batman performed acts of chivalry, robbing the wicked to aid the poor.
Those people were locked up anyway; they wouldn't need the money.
"The need for money is growing everywhere..."
Parking the car in the underground garage, Fujino walked out, looked up at his four-story small building.
Calling it a small building wasn't quite accurate.
Compared to the Mouri family's three-story building, his four-story one was significantly larger.
Each floor had two rooms, each over 100 square meters. The exterior was painted gray, giving off a modern feel.
The lights on the third floor were off; it seemed Miyano Akemi and Ai Haibara were asleep.
Through the moonlight, on the window to the right of the second floor, the words 'Fujino Detective Agency' could be faintly seen, mirroring the Mouri agency across the street.
Although it gave off a sense of rivalry,
since his transmigration, Mouri-san hadn't shown any particular dislike towards him.
Sometimes he even acted as a middleman, introducing one or two infidelity or lost pet cases.
Of course, he refused all those commissions.
Infidelity and pet-finding cases usually paid only tens to hundreds of thousands of yen and often took several days, offering a low rate of return.
Averting his gaze, he walked slowly upstairs.
Just as he pushed open the door to his fourth-floor bedroom, Fujino saw two large bowls covered with plastic wrap on the table.
Next to the bowls was a note: "Thanks for your hard work! ૮₍⑅˶•▿•˶⑅₎ა"
It seemed Ai Haibara and Miyano Akemi had made dinner for him since he returned so late.
Removing the plastic wrap revealed stewed beef and rice.
Fujino picked up chopsticks and ate heartily.
The taste was a bit bland; seemed like Ai Haibara was the main cook.
It had been some time since he transmigrated to this world. From saving up one million over half a year originally, to now earning one million from a single task, Fujino had experienced much.
His physique was no longer the sickly state it once was; his strength had improved.
His path as a detective grew wider; he was now a fairly renowned famous detective.
The empty four-story building gradually felt less empty, no longer just him alone.
He gained a pseudo-sister who handled housework and a little loli who could cook.
Although it was an illusion built on falsehoods,
it still felt a bit like home.
After dinner, Fujino took the dishes to the kitchen, washed them, sat on the sofa, opened the system interface, and started pulling from the Primary Profession Orb gacha.
His current stock of enhancement cards was running low.
At this rate, he would run out soon.
He needed to pull some enhancement cards to replenish his supply.
Leveling up the Fighter profession and opening the shop weren't urgent.
But he couldn't be without enhancement cards.
After all, they were the cheapest and most convenient way to rapidly increase strength in a short time.
Eight hundred ninety thousand yen, pull!
[Congratulations Host for obtaining:
Primary Reaction Enhancement Card x3,
Primary Perception Enhancement Card x1,
Beverage Knowledge Book x1 (Blue),
Primary Strength Enhancement Card x3,
Shennong Oral Liquid (Blue) x1,
Advanced Strength Enhancement Card x1]
"Got two blue items?"
Fujino's fingertip tapped, opening the system inventory to check the details of the two blue items:
[Beverage Knowledge Book: Contains recipes and techniques for making various beverages. With this book, you'll never need to buy drinks outside again!]
[Shennong Oral Liquid: An oral liquid made from traditional Chinese herbs. Tastes somewhat bitter, but contains nothing strange, truly all Chinese herbs; single-use item, can rapidly heal the user's injuries, recovery speed depends on the severity of the injury.]
"Something for rapid injury recovery, and a beverage knowledge book?"
These two items felt alright to him.
He wasn't sure about the use of the beverage knowledge, but it might be useful for the shop later.
As for the Shennong Oral Liquid...
Although he didn't think he'd encounter anyone capable of inflicting severe trauma on him, it was better to be prepared.
Having it was better than not having it.
Closing the system interface, Fujino opened the Magic Lovers Alliance chat room, beginning his nightly pre-sleep routine from his past life: browsing the group chat.
Although it was already night, the chat group, despite having only a few members, was still lively.
Upon entering, Fujino saw discussions about himself.
Not about his username 'Sun Xiaochuan',
but about him as a detective.
[Phantom]: Did you guys hear? It seems Kaito Kid was repelled again by that detective named Fujino.
[Ikasama Doji]: The high school detective, right? I've heard of him.
[Silent Ventriloquist]: My ten-year-old daughter is also a fan of his detective work.
Fujino looked at the chat messages about himself, a slight smile curling his lips, feeling a strange sense of amusement.
But soon, his subtle feeling of pride was utterly destroyed by two trolls.
[Escape King]: Is he really that good? How come I've never heard of him?
[Vanishing Pani]: Seriously, what are high school students doing meddling in those things instead of studying properly? If you ask me, they just don't have enough homework.
[Vanishing Pani]: The Japanese police are hopeless. Now they even need high school students to help catch a petty thief (lol)
[Escape King]: And even with a high school detective helping, the thief still got away. Is that detective too useless, or is Kaito Kid too strong... But this isn't the first time. The Japanese police are doomed sooner or later.
Staring at the computer screen, Fujino's face gradually darkened.
Taking a deep breath, he rubbed his head.
Internet trolls, huh?