Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

Could it be that……

He got lucky this time and got a skill upgrade point?

If I remember correctly, that probability is only 0.1%. Lu Ren always thought that as far as his luck was concerned, this thing only existed in legends.

【Lu Ren

Status: Healthy (APTX enhanced)

Skills: Introduction to Foreign Languages, Fighting Master, Writing Master, Firearms Specialization (former Master), Profile Specialization (Advanced +1)

Special skills: immersive deduction (gold), luck (gold), imagination (gold), mental awareness (gold)]

So far, Lu Ren has mastered nine skills in total. In addition to the master-level skills that have reached the top and the special skills that cannot be upgraded, there are a total of three skills that he can upgrade.

First of all, the entry-level foreign language must be excluded. Even if this thing is upgraded to the advanced level, it is not very useful to Lu Ren.

What remains are specialized firearms and advanced profiles.

Needless to say, the former can greatly enhance personal strength. The latter is of great help in solving crimes.

Lu Ren thought for a moment and finally made a choice. He decided to take his firearms skills to the master level.

Due to the characteristic bonus of master-level writing, profiling is now considered a pseudo-specialty level.

The writing characteristics of the master level are only effective for those below the master level. In other words, even if you use skill points to upgrade profiling from advanced to specialization. In terms of actual effects, there is no change from before.

The only function of this extremely rare skill point is to save yourself time in brushing up on profile progress.

As for working hard on your own to get your profiling to the proficiency level first, and then use skill points to upgrade it to the master level in one step.

It's essentially the same. I'm just saving myself the time to grind progress.

But Lu Ren obviously didn't lack this little time. When he used to play mobile games, he was the more energetic type. Although he can't compare with that kind of liver emperor boss, he still has this bit of patience.

Furthermore, the path to advancement in profiling is very clear, which is to rely on time and progress. You can upgrade when the progress bar is full.

Lu Ren still has no idea about how to upgrade firearms skills.

In fact, based on his current physical fitness, nerve reaction speed, and hand-eye coordination, his shooting performance has surpassed that of some master-level shooters.

It's just that technology can't be upgraded with great strength. Especially when it reaches the level of master, which symbolizes the pinnacle of human skills, it has become a mysterious and mysterious realm.

Once you don't understand it, it's useless to say anything.

After making up his mind, Lu Ren focused on the firearms specialization on the skill panel, and then wrote the upgrade in his mind.

One second, two seconds...

Ten seconds passed, and the skill panel still showed no response.

Lu Ren frowned, something was wrong.

After several more rounds of attempts, Lu Ren finally concluded that what he had just drawn was probably not a skill upgrade point.

But if it's not skill points, what can it be?

First of all, it can be confirmed that what he drew was not a physical prop. If we exclude the physical objects, then wouldn't we be left with just conceptual things like skills and skill points?

Or... did he draw a conceptual item?

If so, what would it be?

In a daze, Lu Ren couldn't help but recall the first day he arrived in this world. At the beginning, he had a hard time trying to figure out his cheating cheat.

The first thing determined at that time was the skill appraisal, followed by the lottery.

No, appraisal is not a skill, appraisal is a system function.

His plug-in has a total of two system functions, one for identification and one for lottery.

Could that be...

After another round of attempts, Lu Ren verified his guess.

The previous wave of draws activated another function of the plug-in system - the mall.

This discovery left Lu Ren with a knot in his throat.

The plug-ins you co-authored are all official versions, but his plug-ins are beta versions? Forget about the beta version, related functions still need to be paid to unlock...

After some cordial greetings, Lu Ren calmed down and started browsing the products in the system mall.

[Restoration Potion], [Peace Talisman Paper], [Nuclear Power Flashlight], [Drunk Life and Dreams of Death (Imitation)], [Causal Extinction Bomb]...

After scanning the products roughly, Lu Ren was a little disappointed. There are not many products in the system mall, but without exception, they are all items he has drawn before.

The most powerful evidence is the basic physical enhancement potion. There are only series one to three in the mall.

The subsequent potions will probably have to wait for him to draw them through a lottery before they can be displayed in the mall. The same goes for other items.

Overall, the future is promising.

Now, all we can do is keep working hard.

ps: The funeral is over, thank you for your concern. (End of chapter)

Chapter 558: The Human Heart is Hard to Predict

"Long time no see, Kiel."

Lu Ren opened the door of a vintage car, sat down next to Kiel, and greeted her with a smile, his posture and expression as if he had met a good friend whom he had not seen for many days.

"Well... long time no see."

It's a pity that compared to Lu Ren, Kil's reaction seemed a little dull, far less calm and enthusiastic than the former. She just pulled the corners of her mouth and revealed a smile that looked very stiff.

Lu Ren felt a little bit sorry about this, but he could understand it. After all, only a small number of people could remain calm when a gun was pointed at their heads. Especially when the person holding the gun was Gin.

Seeing that Gil was getting more and more uneasy, he, who was always considerate, gently advised Gin: "Okay, Gin, put the gun down. She can't get away with me here."

Gin put away his pistol as he was told, but Gil's expression did not improve at all, and the smile on his face even showed signs of getting worse.

Lu Ren glanced at her and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He just thought she hadn't recovered yet and it would be fine after a while. The last thing they lacked was time.

It was already noon the next day. Lu Ren took a taxi to the mission location according to the text message sent by Gin.

Gin's old car was parked in the alley diagonally opposite the Imperial Bank. Vodka was in charge of driving, while he sat in the back seat to monitor and control Kiel.

The whole process went quite smoothly, and Kiel was very cooperative. Even when a gun was pointed at her head, she was able to handle it with ease, and even laughed out loud with a relaxed expression. She responded to Gin's questions in a clear and meticulous manner.

Well…everything until Glenfiddich came aboard.

When Kiel's former partner opened the car door and sat down next to her, Gin keenly noticed that Kiel's body suddenly tensed up, and the smile that he couldn't hide in time seemed to be frozen on his face.

Even with a gun, his deterrent power is not as strong as that of Glenfiddich with empty hands.

This discovery made Gin feel a little complicated. He wanted to put some pressure on Gil by interrogating her at gunpoint, and then see if she would reveal her true colors.

But even he had never thought of putting such great pressure on Kiel.

Gin could see that from the moment Glenfiddich got on the car, Kiel had been in a state of high pressure.

The words she said in this state no longer have any reference value.

Just as the saying goes, "Truth comes out when drunk," consuming a certain amount of alcohol will indeed make people let down their guard and speak their mind.

But if the alcohol intake is too large, the thoughts and rationality have been completely destroyed, and the final result is just a few "nonsense".

Gin even suspected that if admitting that he was a traitor could mean not having to stay in a confined space with Glenfiddich, most of the employees in the distillery might choose the former.

Admitting that he was an undercover traitor would only mean death, but if he fell into the hands of the latter, then...

At this point, Gin simply gave up on observing Gil. The results would be out in a while anyway, so there was no need to rush.

He looked at Lu Ren and explained the general deployment of the plan in a hoarse voice, "Chianti is in place at the sniper point, and Cohen is investigating the situation in the mall."

Lu Renshen thought it was important: "As long as we find out that the suspicious person in the mall is Akai Shuichi, we will send them both off together."

"No, not so fast. We need to report the situation here to that adult first and wait for his next instructions."

"Um……"

Waiting for instructions? This was quite different from the past. In the past, Lu Renke had never seen anyone asking for instructions before doing anything at the winery.

Always report the results after the work is completed.

Lu Ren pondered for a moment and gradually came to his senses.

The decapitation operation they organized before successfully "killed" Akai Shuichi, removing the biggest threat to the boss, and received the praise and affirmation of that adult.

Now a dead person comes back to life.

From Gin's perspective, if Shuichi Akai is really still alive, then their previous actions are undoubtedly a lie about their achievements.

It is true that Kiel was the one who did it, but as the main person in charge, Gin must also bear part of the responsibility.

No wonder he is so cautious now and wants to report first before taking any action.

The efficiency is lower, but at least there will be no more mistakes. After all, the current decisions are made by that adult.

But how to explain this matter? If he, Lu, was in Gin's position, then there would be no news of "resurrection from the dead" from the beginning.

Since Shuichi Akai's death has been confirmed before, he can only be a dead man from now on, and must be a dead man.

No, that's not right. The intelligence team, the organization's intelligence team...

Lu Ren suddenly realized that with the organized intelligence team there, he couldn't hide the news regardless of whether Gin had intended to conceal the truth or not.

It turns out that those two street urchins and riddlers who seemed to have nothing to do all day actually had so much power in their hands.

As members of the intelligence team, they are not only responsible for gathering information from external organizations such as the FBI and CIA, but are also responsible for monitoring everything internally.

Gin is the knife in the boss's hand, and they are his eyes.

Doesn't this mean that compared to gin, bourbon is more trusted by that gentleman?

An undercover agent is more valued than a loyal dog like Gin...

Thinking of this, Lu Ren couldn't help but laugh.

"why are you laughing?"

Gin stared at Lu Ren and subconsciously put his hand into his arms again.

If he had only felt a little disgusted by Glenfiddich's smile before, then at this moment, this discomfort had reached its peak. It was no longer disgust, but disgust.

This feeling has no reason, but Gin chooses to believe in his own consciousness. There must be some malice hidden in that inexplicable smile!

Lu Ren noticed Gin's little action, but he didn't take it seriously.

He continued to smile and replied: "Just thought of something interesting."

During the brief period when Gin touched the gun, Lu Ren's thoughts diverged again and he thought of more.

From Gin's perspective, this suspected "resurrection" happened because there was a mistake in his previous work.

What about from that adult's perspective?

Lu Ren knew very well that the adult had been an insider of the matter from the very beginning.

In other words, Bourbon's action plan was carried out under his instructions.

Since the adult knew all this, when faced with Gin's report, he did not immediately tell Gin that this was part of his plan.

So what exactly is his intention?

Of course, part of the reason must be a show for other undercover agents who may exist within the organization.

What about the others? Is it possible that the adult still has the intention of hitting Gin?

The superior...haha.

"Interesting thing?"

"Yes."

Until today, Lu Ren's attitude towards the winery has been very cautious and even conservative.

In his opinion, there are indeed many undercover agents in the winery. But it is impossible to bring down the winery, a behemoth spanning multiple countries, with just these undercover agents. Otherwise, the CIA would have taken action long ago.

The undercover traitors are one group, and the others are another.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all.

Even for a capable leader of the organization like Gin, that adult could not fully trust him, and he even had other plans.