Sherlock Holmes is not a warp god.

Step out of the room and leave the hallway.

When Furen arrived at the second-floor lobby, he was met with a rather eerie scene.

A bird stands on a piano, turning the pages of a sheet music with its beak. The black and white keys behind it and the pedals below are pressed down by an unseen force, producing melodious sounds.

To be honest, in Fren's opinion, the bird played quite well.

I wonder what level of intelligence this bird has.

"Godfather, are you satisfied with the wake-up service?"

Fren saw obsequiousness in the bird's feathered face.

"Not bad." Fren nodded. Having an alarm clock like this in the morning was rather elegant.

"I still have to go to work as usual today," Fren told the three beasts to watch the house and not run around, before driving away.

As Fren's car drove away from the manor, the parrot flew to Number 11's head. "Silly dog, come with me!"

"They've really hooked up with a rich guy! There are so many great things around here!"

The parrot knew what it could move and what it couldn't touch, but even so, it was enough to excite him.

Parrots are inherently highly intelligent animals, and the Apple Organization had him read extensively to test Number 4's limits. He knew far more about the mystical side than Fren did.

This manor...

It hides something very deep.

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On his drive to City Hall, Fren pondered another question that concerned him.

Fren believed that Mycroft should know the specific capabilities of the animals in the laboratory.

These abilities overlap somewhat with those that Fren already possesses.

Endurance enhancement, muscle enhancement, sensory enhancement.

These three abilities are necessary for becoming a Level 3 [Runner], and Furen happens to possess all of them. Although the abilities of muscle enhancement and sensory enhancement are copied by Furen, they lack both the spiritual seal and the mark from the seal. Instead, they are more like byproducts of [Cellular Manipulation], which can be classified as innate abilities and would not cause any rejection when used to form a profession.

Originally, Furen planned to learn the basics of [Flame] and [Cutting] in the coming days and become a Level 1 [Chef].

A level 1 chef requires two abilities, while a level 3 runner only needs three. This shows how demanding the chef profession is.

Mycroft's plan suggests he believes the profession of runner would be very useful to Fren. In that case, Fren could test the waters as a runner before becoming a chef.

This profession, somewhat similar to The Flash, is pretty good.

......

Good morning, Miss Joel.

Good morning, Mr. Freun.

After exchanging a routine greeting and admiring Miss Joel's stockings for the day, Floren returned to his office. Having easily finished his work, Floren locked the door and, now a little green man, went to the window to continue sunbathing.

The [Refinement] experience points that were stagnant yesterday have started to increase again.

It's slower than eating, but it's more sustainable.

Feeling the efficiency at this moment, Furen calculated that if he sunbathed all day and used all his energy to improve his physical body, he should be able to increase his spirit attribute experience by 6 points.

It will take about three days to reach [Refined: lv3].

Maybe then we'll be able to see Joel's movements more clearly?

Furen shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and lay down in the chair to begin trying out the job of [Runner].

The professions in this world are not like those in "The Lord of Best Friends". No magic potions or complicated rituals are required. As long as you gather the basic extraordinary abilities, you can be ready to take up a job at any time.

However, whether or not one succeeds depends on the individual.

Muscle strengthening, endurance strengthening, sensory enhancement.

The spirituality of the three abilities intertwined, stirring something in the subspace.

That was the first [Runner]'s reflection left in the subspace.

To successfully land the job, you need to feel the will within the reflection of the [Runner]. If you cannot resonate with this will, it means you are not a good match for the [Runner] profession.

Only by achieving resonance can one be qualified to master the exclusive power of the runner's profession.

Fren's thoughts drifted to the reflection of the runner in the warp, his mind largely unmoved. Without real experience, it was difficult for him to truly empathize.

Even when he personally experienced the hardships, he could only experience a part of them.

To expect him to resonate with something just by looking at a reflection would make Furen's will far too weak.

Just like the nobles of this world, who find it difficult to take on the profession of "wanderer," the same applies to Fren; his mindset is incompatible with any profession.

"It shouldn't be like this."

Suddenly, this idea popped into Fren's head.

A profession is a profession. If I want to, I can become a waiter, a driver, an entrepreneur, or anything else anytime. Instead of this situation, where I need some bullshit resonance.

There were no roads in the world originally, but as more people walked on them, they became roads.

The unique strengths of any profession are also the achievements of the first professional.

If they can do it, why can't I?

Feeling out of place between himself and his reflection, Fren ignored the incongruity and focused his attention on the reflection itself.

"Hang it up!"

[Occupation: Runner]

[By sensing speed, one can perceive the changes around them, while simultaneously accelerating or slowing down their own changes, thereby engaging with the realm of time.]

The Heavenly Eye did not disappoint Furen, and it uncovered the truth behind the [Runner] ability.

Looking at the time field behind him, Furen was somewhat surprised; in this way, he looked even more like the Flash.

After identifying the entry, Fren saw more.

The illusion of the reflection was erased, revealing its true nature to Furen, who saw lines of text.

Perhaps every profession is like this, a long treatise written in a special language.

This was exactly what happened; Furen's greatest strength was his memory.

All the information about the "Runner" was recorded by Freun.

After a brief digestion, Fren realized he had fallen into a trap.

People in this world call this a profession.

However, in Furen's view, this was just a higher level of supernatural ability. He felt that the profession could perhaps be called magic, Taoist arts, or supernatural powers.

According to Fren's summary, the core of "The Runner" is "acceleration".

Accelerate itself, and even accelerate time.

Leaving the reflection in the subspace, Furen felt the changes within himself. Originally, based on the content of his memories, even if the resonance was successful, he would only gain low- to mid-level "reading permissions" for the [Runner] class, which could be used for identification and disregard for other things, revealing everything to Furen.

In Fren's view, the other professions should be the same; they can all skip the description of the profession and be summarized as simple special abilities.

The leap from three flesh-based abilities to a concept-like ability like "acceleration" is quite significant.

"From ordinary abilities to 'concepts,' is this the truth of a profession?" Furen murmured.