Chapter 65 – The Magic City and the Great Detective
“Huh? The Magic City and the Great Detective? Where did you see this?”
Seong-il looks at the game blankly and then fumbles through it.
“Ah! It was this game! Adventure game?!”
In a city where magic is developed like science, a young girl from a rich family reads a popular mystery novel and is impressed. .
Despite being a female lead, several attractive women appear. It was a game that was treated as a masterpiece because it had various progress routes such as battle progress, dialogue progress, and reasoning progress.
‘This game.. Couldn’t you learn magic?! You don’t have to study for that?!’
An idea flashed in Seongil’s mind like lightning.
‘Okay! Is it possible to avoid battle in this game?’
‘In addition, if you use the 『Magic Imprint』 System that exists in the game, you can use magic without effort!! As a bonus, if I succeed in connecting with a magical engineer with special abilities in the middle, I might be able to get a low-end artifact?!’
‘Besides… If you break the detective route, it will go well with my 『Emotion』… This game might really go well with me!’
Seong-il was excited about the appearance of 『The Magic City and the Detective』 As a suitable game for his current situation.
‘Before that… Let’s look at the points first.’
User: Seongil Han
1. Current World: Reality
2. Possessed Abilities: Sensation, Game Master
– Sensitivity LV.1: Use electronic products to quantify and understand the abilities of people and items.
– Game Master LV.2 :
1) You can enter the world in the game.
2) You can check the quest from the person in the game.
(ON/OFF possible with a click)
– Cheonji Yin-Yang Bridge 3 Stars: It is an unmanned weapon with internal power.
3. Abilities
– Agility: 10
– Strength : 10
– Intelligence: 5
– Stamina: 11
– Magic attribute: 10
4. Points: 13,200 points (+2,000)
5 State: Color ball polishing (side effects exist)
※ Overall Review: Isn’t it time to clear the game at this point?
“…Is this bastard?”
Seong-il gets annoyed when he sees the overall review written while looking at Game Master.
‘The Game Master’s general review is that he secretly scratches people to the point of pissing off…’
However, at the same time, the general review made Seongil deeply troubled.
‘But I’m not saying it’s not exactly wrong… To be honest, if I had played the standard game, I might have already beaten some C-level games.’
After thinking about it deeply, Seong-il thought it was worthy of criticism. He reflected on his actions and thought about how to attack the game more carefully.
‘First of all… Why do I often encounter crises? Lack of fighting power…?’
I thought about it and shook my head.
‘No. That’s too one-dimensional thinking. It’s true that I lacked combat power in-game, but it’s true that there were many colleagues who could solve that problem.’
‘Isn’t the reason why I’m struggling because I overused the game’s information in the early stages, distorting the contents of the game, and failing to properly use my greatest strength, 『Information』?’
Seong-il carefully contemplates his hypothesis.
“Um… There are a lot of variables to say 100%, but… I don’t know! It’s just a hypothesis once!”
Seong-il muttered that, and started making plans to play as hypothesized.
‘First of all… Let’s not touch the story as much as possible. It’s a crisis situation, but it can’t be helped. Other than that, I won’t touch it. And let’s just support the main character while playing mainly on quests! Then wouldn’t there be fewer unexpected situations?’
After making a short plan like that, Seong-il nodded and tried to enter the game world by purchasing 『Magic City and Detective』 From Game Master.
Seong-il arrived, feeling the entry he had become accustomed to.
He could make sure he was sitting in an old, messy room.
“Uh…? What kind of situation is this again?”
A dirty bed and an old table and chair. And when I arrived at the hanger, Seong-il thought.
‘Um.. Is it a poor setting?’
Seongil thought so and started checking the Game Master status window and quests.
“What settings do you think are set in this game…”
User: Seongil Han
1. Current World: Magical City and Detective
2. Possessed Abilities: Sensation, Game Master
– Sensitivity LV.1: Use electronic products to quantify and understand the abilities of people and items.
– Game Master LV.2 :
1) You can enter the world in the game.
2) You can check the quest from the person in the game.
(ON/OFF possible with a click)
– Cheonji Yin-Yang Bridge 3 Stars: It is an unmanned weapon with internal power.
3. Ability:
– Agility: 10
– Strength : 10
– Intelligence: 5
– Stamina: 11
– Magic attribute: 10
4. Points: 3,200 points (-10,000)
5 State: Color ball polishing (side effects exist)
※ Overall Review: Poor lower-class people who make a living by working hard day by day. He is scheduled to interview for an assistant at Moriarty’s Detective Agency.
“Uh?”
Seong-il is taken aback by the word ‘I’m going to have an interview’.
‘Am I replacing the partner of the original protagonist?! By the way, if it’s an interview, where on earth and what time do I have to go?’
Seong-il panics and rushes through his smartphone to search for quest items.
“There is!”
[ Quest list ]
Main Quest (1/?)
– Get a job at the Moriarty Detective Agency
– **** ***Energy
– To *********
‘But I don’t have anything to say, I’m going crazy..’
Seong-il sighed at the list of unkind quests and went outside.
“First. Let’s go around.”
Fortunately, the address of Moriarty’s detective office was outlined in the game world, so Seong-il was able to get there by asking a passer-by for directions.
“Huh?”
A poster pasted in front of the office I arrived at.
[ Recruitment of detective work assistants! ]
– Weekly wage: 5 shillings (negotiable)
– Qualifications: Strong men (those who are capable of martial arts are preferred)
– Main duties: errands, personal protection, companions, etc.
– What I want to say: We are looking for assistant detectives to work with Charlotte Moriarty, who will become a famous detective in the future! We are looking for talented people to join the future detective who will become the most famous in the kingdom!
“…”
Seong-il thought after reading the recruitment announcement calmly.
‘It was written really badly… By the way, five shillings is a good salary?’
In that world, the monthly wage of an ordinary person was about 10 shillings, so a weekly wage of 5 shillings was almost twice the amount of an average person.
‘Hmm… If it’s double the average salary, the competition will be fierce… What is it?’
I thought about it for a while, but Seong-il, who couldn’t come up with a solution, knocked on the door of the detective office and muttered.
“I don’t know. What I should do is say that it is possible to negotiate a salary at 1/3.”
Seong-il muttering that while opening the door, and the voice of an attractive woman greets her.
“Who are you?”
“Ah! Hello! I saw the recruitment notice and came for an interview for an assistant detective.”
“Ah~ You’re aspiring to be an assistant detective! Welcome! But the interview started at 12:00.. You came late?”
“Ah…”
Seong-il looked at his watch blankly and could see that it was already five in the afternoon.
“Hmm… It’s difficult… Actually, there’s already someone named ‘Alfred’… That’s about to be confirmed.”
‘Alfred?!’
When the name of her original detective’s assistant came out of her mouth, her last name hurriedly begged her.
“Detective! I apologize for being late for the interview!
Seongil bowed her head to her urgent heart and knelt down on her knees.
Surprised by his appearance, Charlotte responded by standing up Seongil.
“That… That’s why you’re going to kneel down…!”
“No! If you’re really desperate, you should do this much! Not long ago, I read the novel Detective Moriarty and saw Moriarty & Lupine duo defending justice, I knew this path was my dream! Please give me a chance to become Miss Charlotte’s Lupine. Please!”
Charlotte expresses a puzzled look at the words of such a holy day.
However, her expression was shaken by his earnest words, and she sighed and answered her Seongil.
“Huh… I get it! It’s embarrassing as a detective to throw away such passion without even going through an interview!”
‘Whew… I’m glad.’
Even before the start of the game, Seong-il broke into a cold sweat at the risk of being stranded. Taking him with her, Charlotte moved to her own office.
“Would you like to sit here?”
“Ah! Yes!”
Seong-il sat in the chair Charlotte had designated.
As he sat down in her chair, Charlotte moved to the fancy desk across from her and then she sat down in her chair and she asked him a question.
“First… Could you introduce yourself?”
“Yes! My name is Han Seong-il! I live in the slums doing manual labor, but I had the experience of learning martial arts before my parents passed away! I’ve heard many people say that I have good observation skills!”
“Huh.. Really? You said it was martial arts, but what is it?”
“Ah.. It’s a home appliance martial art. Shall we practice it here? There are two martial arts, swordsmanship and martial arts..”
“Oh!!!”
Charlotte is delighted with Seongil’s words. She said to Seong-il in a slightly excited voice.
“Then, would you like to practice martial arts?!”
“Yes!”
At her words, Seong-il got up from his seat, removed his chair, and unfolded the bankan priesthood he had been practicing so far.
‘Huh… I’m glad the leader told me so hard.’
Even though he had just learned martial arts, Seong-il’s form of Basan Shin-gong was quite cool because he was directly taught martial arts by Jin Chun-hwi, one of the best martial arts masters.
As he splendidly performed the first step of the bankrupt new art, Charlotte clapped her hands and shouted.
“Awesome! Does it look very strong?”
“It doesn’t look strong, it’s actually pretty strong!
“Eh? How are you going to prove that?”
Charlotte, with a slightly puzzled look on her face.
Looking at her like that, her Seong-il replied.
“Miss Charlotte, are there any metal items on the desk that can be broken?”
“Huh?”
Charlotte is taken aback by Seongil’s unexpected question.
However, she soon regained her composure, and she handed a metal tumbler to Seong-il.
‘Oh.. There was a tumbler in this world too..’
Seong-il takes over the tumbler while thinking useless thoughts.
Then, when she took over her tumbler, Seong-il held it in her hand and brought it in front of Charlotte’s face.
“Would you like to take a look?”
After saying that, Seong-il circulates the inner energy through the entire body. As soon as he felt that the inner energy was enough to turn his body, he squeezed the tumbler with strong force in his hand.
Wow!
Then, the tumbler collapsed like a paper cup. Charlotte opened her mouth in admiration at Sungil’s strength.
“Wow!! Have you ever imprinted strength magic?”
“No. I’m poor, so I don’t have any magic imprints. You can just regard it as my pure strength.”
“Great!!”
Charlotte exclaims in admiration for Seongil’s strength.
Looking at him like that, Seong-il replied.
“When combined with my martial arts, I can be proud of being even more amazing! In that sense, Miss Charlotte! Please accept me as your Lupine!!”
“Yeah.. But the conversation with former Alfred-san is almost finished…”
“Two shillings a week!”
“!!”
“I’ll only accept two shillings a week! And I will absolutely obey Miss Charlotte’s orders! Please, how can I not? If you’re really unreliable, I can volunteer for a month without pay!!”
“!!!!!”
Charlotte is taken aback by Seong-il’s sincere words.
Eventually she let out her drool and began to worry about her.
‘Phew… It works…’
Seong-Il swallows dry saliva and waits for her choice.
After standing there blankly for a while, she carefully opened her mouth.
“Um… Actually, I liked Alfred, but Seongil-nim speaks so passionately that I’m shaken too. What should I do…”
Her holy day shouted at her like that.
“Miss Charlotte! Did you know that Moriarty’s partner, Lupine, has black hair?!”
“!!”
“As you can see, I have black hair, which is rare in this country! Don’t you think this is destiny?”
“Hmm!!”
“Miss Charlotte! Besides, your last name is ‘Moriarty’! This is a revelation of destiny for the two of us!”
“Oh oh!!”
“Please be my partner! I’ll be your eldest daughter.. Not Lupine!!”
“Great!!!”
Charlotte approaches Seong-il with her face flushed and snorting. She said, waving her Holy Day’s hand.
“Passed! You have such a great mindset, how can I let go! I’m sorry Alfred, but let’s work together with Sungil!”
“Thank you!!”
“Oh ho ho!”
Two men and women screaming in the office.
Seong-il, who had been excited for a while, said with a breath.
