Chapter 22: Bomb Expert

"Ahem… Let's not talk about that for now."

Seeing Sato Miwako looking at him with the caring gaze of an understanding big sister, Fujino lightly coughed.

Then he pulled out a cassette tape, a sheet of paper, and a photo of a sheet of music from his pocket, handing them over to Inspector Megure while explaining:

"These are the pieces of evidence I collected on Tsukikage Island this time. They document the drug trafficking organization composed of the island's richest man Kawashima Hideo, the village head Kuroiwa Tatsuji, the village head's secretary Hirata Kazuaki, the crazy Nishimoto Ken who withdrew from the business two years ago, and another member, Kameyama Isamu, who's already dead. There's also the suicide note left by Keiji Asou twelve years ago, who was burned alive for refusing to help them smuggle drugs."

"I see."

Inspector Megure accepted the evidence, and a deep sense of bitterness welled up in his heart.

Since when did the police start relying on a frail high school student for help…

Suddenly, he felt that the evidence this seemingly good young man had risked his life to gather was unusually heavy.

After nodding vigorously, he said earnestly to Fujino, "Don't worry, Fujino. Our police will never allow these people to escape justice!"

After that, he picked up his walkie-talkie and shouted into it, "Notify Superintendent Matsumoto, we've gathered the evidence, the hostage is safe, and the police outside the island can move in to assist!"

"Um…"

At that moment, Asai Narumi suddenly spoke, "I know where those people live. If possible, please allow me to help guide the way!"

"You are…?"

Inspector Megure looked Asai Narumi up and down in surprise. The voice was clearly male, but the appearance was unmistakably female.

This person's a woman… no, wait, that voice is male?

"Ahem."

Fujino coughed lightly and said, "This is Keiji Asou's son, Narumi Asou, the one whose father was burned alive by that group twelve years ago."

"His son?"

Inspector Megure frowned deeply, thoroughly confused.

This is a man?

Doesn't seem like it…

Fujino gave him a meaningful nod, then explained further, "Two years ago, he disguised himself as a female doctor and infiltrated Tsukikage Island to investigate the truth behind his father's death… I came here this time because he hired me."

"I see."

After pondering for a moment, Inspector Megure said, "In that case, Mr. Asou, please help guide our officers!"

Having handed over the evidence to the police, the rest of the matter no longer concerned Fujino.

With Asai Narumi guiding the way and the police in charge of the arrests, it didn't matter whether Fujino went or not. Not going was safer.

Besides, as someone recovering from illness, what good would he be on the scene? Better to stay put and let the professionals handle it.

And so, under the guidance of Doctor Asai, hundreds of fully armed police officers swept past the doors of every household on Tsukikage Island, advancing rapidly toward the nearby luxury villas.

The residents of Tsukikage Island, having never seen such a spectacle before, thought a war was breaking out. They shut their doors and windows tightly, not daring to peek outside.

This grand operation continued well into the night.

As for how much the police gained after mobilizing such a large force…

Let's just say, the chief of the Narcotics Division was grinning from ear to ear.

Just the amount of drugs seized on Tsukikage Island that day alone was enough for their narcotics unit to not have to worry about meeting quotas for the whole year.

The other officers involved in the case also received corresponding merit for their participation.

After all, this was counted as assisting in a major case.

And so, with Fujino's behind-the-scenes efforts, the twelve-year-old case was finally overturned. By the time night fully descended, the series of cases on Tsukikage Island had finally come to an end.

…

[Congratulations to the host for completing the "Tsukikage Island Moonlight Sonata" case. You have earned 100 Detective Reputation Points.]

[Special task detected completely. Rewards and bounties will be distributed together.]

At night, with the sea breeze blowing—

Fujino sat on the patrol boat escorting the criminals back to Tokyo, listening to the system notifications ringing in his ears, feeling a deep sense of satisfaction in his heart.

—

With the bounty from solving this case combined with Narumi Asai's commission fee, Fujino had earned a total of 1.5 million yen!

1.5 million yen—and it had only taken less than two days.

The money wasn't the important part. What truly mattered was the random profession reward sphere from the system.

That was the real treasure!

Thinking of this, Fujino focused his mind and opened the system inventory.

As he glanced at the list of items in the inventory, his eyes were quickly drawn to an icon resembling a professional sphere.

[Random Profession Sphere: Grants a random profession upon use.]

After reading the description, Fujino decisively activated the random profession sphere.

A flash of purple light shimmered.

The next moment, a system notification echoed in his ears:

[Congratulations, Host has obtained the profession: Bomb Expert]

"Egg… Expert?" Fujino frowned slightly, muttering to himself, and then opened the system's profession panel.

[New Sub-Profession Added:

Bomb Expert: Beginner (Requires 100 proficiency points to advance to the next level)

New Profession Skills:

Bomb Disposal Specialist (Beginner): +10% success rate when disarming bombs. Note: Success rates do not stack on the same bomb.

Bomb Maker (Beginner): +10% success rate when making bombs. Note: Success rates do not stack for the same bomb.)]

As the name implies, Bomb Expert was a profession that dealt with making and disarming bombs.

Making bombs was straightforward: it reduced the chance of duds or accidental explosions during assembly.

Though bomb-making wasn't particularly useful to Fujino, the disarming skill was a different story—it was immensely practical.

Disarming bombs… if done well, you'd just be covered in soot. If done poorly, you'd become soot.

And in the world of Conan, there certainly were plenty of bombing cases. Being able to boost the success rate by 10% could easily be the difference between life and death.

Still, he'd have to learn how to disarm bombs first…

Setting aside his thoughts, Fujino once again turned his attention to the system lottery.

Now holding a fresh 1.5 million yen, he was itching to gamble.

950,000 yen. Let's go!

[Congratulations, Host has obtained:

100,000 yen ×2

Large Nail Clippers (Blue Quality)

Temporary Ability Enhancement Card (Effect: Strength; Duration: 1 minute) ×2

Delicious Cream Pudding

Appearance Change Card (Effect: Transform into any appearance; Duration: 10 minutes) ×2

Encyclopedia of Bomb Knowledge

Visual Enhancement Glasses (Blue Quality)]**

Why is it all blue again?

The corner of Fujino's mouth twitched, and the cold he had almost recovered from flared up again out of frustration.

This damn system! Still stingy with the good loot!

Sighing, Fujino decided to stop overthinking it and instead inspected the three unfamiliar items he had just drawn.

[Large Nail Clippers: These clippers can cut through any electrical wire, but cannot cut anything except electrical wires.]

[Appearance Change Card: Allows the user to transform into any desired form. Please do not use this for any perverted purposes.]

[Visual Enhancement Glasses: Wear these glasses to receive a 50% boost to perception and reaction abilities, along with greatly improved vision. Features include recording and zoom functionality. Again, please do not use it for any perverted purposes.]

"Who the hell would use these things for anything perverted?!"

Fujino silently complained in his heart.

(End of this chapter)