One week later.
Sector 11 , District 5
Max Detective Agency
This was the place Max bought with his compensation money and got it renovated. It was a three story building with the office on the second floor and the residence on the third floor.Meanwhile Max opened a cafe with his remaining money on the first floor and hired two employees to take care of it.
Surprisingly the business had been pretty good in the cafe since the past few days. Although the business of the agency itself wasn't going good yet, Max believed that it will also be a hit sooner or later. After all he was still just an ordinary detective . Once he solves a few more cases and becomes a bronze level detective, the number of case will naturally increase. In this way it won't take long to become a silver, then gold, then Platinum and ultimately a Diamond level detective.
It is worth mentioning that there is a Detective Association in this world that presides over all the matters related to detectives. After these few days Max has also learned about a few differences this world has compared to his previous world. First of all there is no country in this world, only different cities whose size and population can be compared to medium size countries from his last life.
The second is the difference in the status of the detectives. In this world, detectives have a very distinguished status, even higher than police. In fact most of the cases are solved by detectives, instead of police except some clear cases in which not much investigation is required. The police in this world are only responsible for catching the criminals and things like manpower, searching, forensics, etc. Meanwhile the reasoning part is left to the detectives.
After a detective solves a case successfully, the police department sends a detailed report of the case to the Detective Association which further analyses the difficulty and importance of the case. Then it gives that detective suitable case solving fee and detective points. These points are used by the detectives to rise in rank which are - bronze , silver, gold, platinum and diamond. The higher the level , the more benefits you receive. And naturally you will be able to charge more for your services.
Although Max was only a newbie detective right now without any rank but he had full confidence in himself. What's more, he still had the Super Detective system. As long as he solves more cases, he will get more rewards and his case solving abilities will also increase. This will be virtuous circle.
After the renovation of the building was over , Max simply hired a professional company to help him buy and fully furnish the office and his residence on second and third floor respectively.
" Although it was pretty costly and took almost all my compensation money , but at least I have a place to call home in this foreign world. Now I don't have to worry about setting down anymore. "
For the next two months Max didn't receive any good case. In fact he didn't receive many cases at all. Even the few he received were mostly about finding a cat, investigating their wife or husband's extramarital affairs and so on.
Even when Max settled the completion of these cases at the end, the maximum rating he got was a C or D rating. And in the system, only if your rating is S level or above S level will you receive a skill as reward. As for those missions whose ranking is below S level , one only gets lottery points.
•A level = 8 lottery points
•B level = 4 lottery points
•C level = 2 lottery points
•D level = 1 lottery points
Every time you collect 100 lottery points they can be used to conduct a lottery. Next it all depends on your luck. You can draw a beginner skill or may be a God level skill, anything is possible. Currently Max has managed to collect 57 lottery points over the past two months with his hard work.
Today was no different from any other normal day either. Max was currently lying on the sofa watching television while waiting for the case to arrive.
* Ding dong * ding dong *
Suddenly the sound of bell ringing came from the front door startling Max.
" Aaah it seems that finally there is a case. Please wait a second. I am coming. "
Next after checking his dress and removing some unrelated stuff from the table Max went out and opened the door while greeting the client. What came into his view was a middle aged woman most probably in her thirties.
" Hello, it's the Max detective agency and I'm the owner Detective Max here. Nice to meet you. "
" Hello detective Max. I am happy to make an acquaintance of you. Today I am actually here to hire you for a case . I don't know if you are free. "
The woman said while shaking his hands.
"Well if that's why you are here then you are at the right place . Here , come in. Let's discuss the case inside. "
"Thank you very much. "
After saying that the lady entered the agency . Just when she was passing by the bookshelf she saw a mystery novel called Jennifer's Death placed in it .
" Aaah , you also read this novel. This is my favorite one till date. "
The lady said trying to start the conversation.
"Well , I read it just some time ago when I was bored. And besides sometimes reading mystery novels sharpens your creative thinking. "
Max replied.
Next Max led her to the sofas and both of them sat opposite each other.
" You see detective Max, my friend is actually a past client of yours and she is the one who recommended you to me. But before that I want to ask you something. Do you happen to know Victor Hart by any chance? "
"Ummm , by any chance you don't mean the famous builder Victor Hart right?"
"Yes he is the one. Then do you know his wife? "
" Well actually, I only know that his wife has been to a world trip to try to expand his business overseas from the newspapers. "
" Well Mr. Max, let me introduce myself first. I am Maggie Hart , Victor Hart's wife. Just recently I received an information from one of my friends that my husband might be cheating with another women behind my back. That's why I secretly returned back from my trip just three days ago. Just when I was looking for a detective to investigate him one of my friends suggested that you are an expert in this type of cases. "
Hearing this Max didn't know whether to take it as a praise or sarcasm. In the end he can only attribute it to his intermediate level tracking skills making him a professional in this.
"Well Mrs. Hart , I don't mind taking up your case. But as you also know that Mr. Victor is a very influential man and is always protected by his bodyguards thus increasing the difficulty . So the fees for this case will be slightly higher. "
" You don't have to worry about money. This is $ 1000 in advance. So you can start your investigation without any worries. "
After Max asked some details about Victor's schedule and other useful things they ended their discussion.
"I'll come back again next Tuesday. Good luck with your investigations detective. "
After that Maggie stood up and walked towards the door and Max also stood up to see her off. After some little chit chat Max was finally left alone at the agency again.
" Well I guess it's time to start the investigation. "