Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

Tohru Tono turned his gaze to Ayumi, who was happily flipping through the bookshelf.

I remember you were the culprit who turned on the light and attracted the curator here.

......

Toru Tono quietly left the reading room, first anonymously calling the First Investigation Division, and also telling the police the location where the body was hidden.

Then he went to the electrical box on the second floor and took out his EMP lighter.

"Snapped"

The flames flickered in mid-air, and electric sparks leaped from the gap in the electrical box next to it, followed by a soft "sizzle".

Toru Tono tried to turn the switch on and off, but there was no response at all, so it was obviously unusable.

Get it done.

Tohru Tohno put away his lighter, glanced out the window, and hurriedly chased after the librarian before he had gone far.

Stepping out the gate and looking at the dark building behind him, Toru Tono couldn't help but sigh.

"I am truly the Batman of the night."

......

Tohno Toru followed closely behind the curator and soon arrived at a dark alley.

A van was parked in the alley, with two men in black standing beside it. The library director was talking to one of the men, who was carrying a briefcase, while the other man, holding a pistol, was looking around; he was clearly a bodyguard on guard.

Tohru Tono quietly withdrew his peeked-out head.

Not long after, the curator exchanged briefcases with the man in black, shook hands, and walked back out of the alley, looking quite experienced.

Toru Tono secretly pulled a well-made baseball bat from his pocket.

[Electrically Stimulated Baseball Bat: This baseball bat is made using a special process. After successful fingerprint verification, the bat will generate an electric current strong enough to make an adult male dizzy. It is safe to use for 10 minutes; exceeding this time will result in the same paralyzing current being generated.]

Anticipating that this action might trigger a battle, Toru Tono rushed to make this baseball bat while he was home that night.

It was somewhat different from what he had expected, and perhaps because his modification skill level was too low, the modified baseball bat, like the previous lighter, inevitably had some limitations.

It's usable, but barely.

......

As soon as the curator stepped out of the alleyway, he felt a gust of cold wind blow against the back of his head. In a good mood, he didn't react for a moment.

Then I felt a sharp pain in my head.

Stand and pounce.

Tohru Tono quietly dragged the still trembling curator to the side of the trash can and hid him. Then he heard the roar of an engine coming from the alley.

He looked inside and saw that the bodyguard who had been standing there earlier had gotten into the car and was warming it up, while the man in charge of the transaction was still standing there with his suitcase, looking down at his phone.

good chance!

Toru Tono rushed forward and swung his baseball bat.

The man in black reacted quickly, raising his head alertly when he heard the sound of wind breaking.

Then I saw a baseball bat getting bigger and bigger in my eyes.

! !

The man in black was startled and instinctively reached out to meet him.

The moment he touched the bat, he felt as if he had been electrocuted; his body convulsed violently, his vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground.

The bodyguard in the driver's seat noticed that his companion hadn't gotten into the car yet, realized something was wrong, quickly turned off the engine, drew the pistol from his waistband, and cocked it with a "click".

With the pistol in hand, he felt a sense of security and opened the car door, cautiously peering at the rear of the vehicle.

"when"

The baseball bat struck the top of the head with a crisp sound.

The bodyguard's consciousness went blank for a moment, and he followed in his companion's footsteps, collapsing to the ground with a thud.

Get it!

They turned out to be a few newbies.

Toru Tono walked around the front of the car, picked up the pistol that had fallen to the ground, and then searched the bodyguard's body, finding quite a few bullets.

"From now on, we'll be a gun-owning family too."

Tohru Tono threw everything into the system space.

He then wiped away any fingerprints that might have been left at the scene, and made an anonymous call to summon the police to handle the aftermath.

"Huh? What's this?" Tohno Tohru passed by the man in charge of the transaction and happened to see something displayed on the screen of his phone.

It looks like a website.

Tohru Tono picked up her phone through her handkerchief and looked at the content on the website.

"So it's the dark web of the underworld." Toru Tohno nodded. He was quite familiar with this thing, having come into contact with it frequently in his previous life.

He noted down the website's URL and login method, then deleted the webpage and put his phone back where it was.

After inspecting the scene and confirming that nothing was left behind, Tohru Tono left in a dashing manner.

Thinking of the bewildered look on the faces of the police when they arrived, he could only sigh inwardly.

You're welcome. Just remember to call me Lei Feng.

......

[Mission Completed: Library Murder Case, Reward: 200 Detective Points]

Tohru Tohno returned home, and the notification sound of mission completion echoed in his mind.

It appears that the police have arrived at the scene and arrested all the unconscious criminals.

Now you have a total of 700 "Detective Points". After completing two more tasks, you should be able to accumulate the remaining 300 points to unlock the next level of skills.

Having unlocked such an awesome skill as [Basic Modification] at level 1, Tohru Tohno is really looking forward to seeing what he'll unlock at the next level.

But putting those future possibilities aside for now, Toru Tono is currently making a difficult decision.

Although Tohno Toru has never done anything to harm society since he transmigrated into this world, and has even saved a trainload of people and cracked a DP smuggling case...

But this does not mean that Toru Tono is a good person in the traditional sense.

Or perhaps because of his past life's work in a certain profession, Tohno Toru himself lacks a strong sense of morality, and the dark side he has been exposed to makes it difficult for him to have any naive fantasies about the world like Conan.

All his behavioral principles stemmed from his own self-interest and his flexible moral bottom line, and had nothing to do with what others considered good or evil.

"However, it seems I promised someone I wouldn't interfere in underground matters anymore..."

Tohru Tohno hesitated for a moment, but quickly put the matter out of his mind.

Those promises were made in a past life, what do they have to do with the present?

Besides, most of the red team members in this world have also been undercover agents for the black team, so he doesn't believe they haven't done anything wrong.

They all peacefully and steadily played the role of positive figures.

Making up a random excuse for himself, Tohru Tono operated the computer and typed the dark web address he had memorized into the search bar.

Make money! Make money!

However, he had previously thought that he would first become known in the normal invention world through Professor Agasa, and then gradually get involved in the highly profitable black market.

I never imagined that I would so quickly stumble into the dark side of the world.

It can only be said to be fate.

Chapter 7 So-called Transactions

With his knowledge of the dark web, Toru Tono found his first buyer for his invention within a few days.

The two parties quickly agreed on the time and place for the transaction, and the negotiation process went unexpectedly smoothly.

The buyer seemed very satisfied with Toru Tono's product, even willing to pay extra to get the product as soon as possible.

It's obvious that there's some ulterior motive.

Tohru Tono didn't care what the buyer wanted to do with his invention, but he also wouldn't ship the goods ahead of time just because of the small amount he was given.

Ultimately, it's because the product he's selling is still just a pie in the sky for buyers; he hasn't even started making it yet.

......

In fact, after a series of in-depth studies, Toru Tono found that the skill [Basic Modification] given by the system was not as useful as he had imagined.

Although one can create products out of thin air without considering limitations such as energy or tool making, the specific internal structure and technical principles still need to be developed by hand.

So here's the problem: it's fine to simply and crudely implant similar functions into lighters, baseball bats, or other products that already have similar functions in other products; he can do that quickly.

However, when it comes to some intricate internal designs or innovative products with prototypes that have never been seen before, Toru Tono's knowledge reserves seem to be somewhat insufficient.

Often, the things I make are far from what I envisioned, and some of them are even completely unusable.

Moreover, apart from products related to electromagnetic force, Toru Tono couldn't come up with anything slightly more advanced, such as those involving nuclear energy or nanotechnology core devices.

It's unclear whether it's because his skill level is insufficient or because he doesn't actually have a systematic understanding of this knowledge.

Perhaps it's a combination of both.

In addition, crafting items requires a rather long loading screen, and if a problem is found during the process, it cannot be modified; the loading screen must be interrupted and started over...

Not to mention that Toru Tono sometimes has to urgently search for information online or consult borrowed textbooks because he doesn't understand some basic principles.

A series of unexpected circumstances combined to make Toru Tono realize that his research path was becoming increasingly difficult.

This led Toru Tono to spend entire days in the underground laboratory in order to meet the deadline for completing his ambitious plans.

Looking at the large pile of failed products that had appeared on the lab table in just half a day, Tohru Tono soon recalled his miserable life as a corporate slave in Kyoto.

Sin ah.

......

Tokyo Bay.