After five years of taking the civil service exam and failing time and again, Lin Feng keeps getting outperformed in interviews. He thinks he’s hit rock bottom. Then, on his first day working as a security guard at a bathhouse, he hears a strange mechanical voice…
“Grievance levels detected at maximum. Binding conditions met.”
The [Tycoon Detective System] forcefully comes online, but its core mechanics are unbelievably ridiculous: he’s forbidden from reporting crimes himself. A mission only counts as complete if the suspect “comes to him of their own accord” or “has a sudden change of heart and turns themselves in.”
And so the city takes a bizarre turn…
* Faced with a fugitive thief, Lin Feng smiles warmly. “Hey, bro, want a back scrub? I’m a pro!” Three hours later, the fugitive clutches his hand with tears in his eyes. “You’ve been so good to me… I’m turning myself in!”
* A serial con artist poses as a successful returnee from overseas while courting eight middle-aged women at once. Lin Feng turns the tables and arranges for the scammer’s “ex-girlfriends” to run into each other at the bathhouse, creating a chaotic showdown that leaves the con artist collapsing on the spot.
* A highly intelligent criminal lays an inescapable trap. Lin Feng counters by beating him at a game of League of Legends until the guy loses it and cries, “Don’t put me on your team! I’ll turn myself in right now!”
From then on, Golden Bay Bathhouse becomes the safest, and strangest, place in the neighborhood.
The old folks love coming for a soak and a chat, and they even share clues that help solve cases.
Qin Yue, the icy criminal police captain, goes from doubting Lin Feng to becoming his “personal driver” and number-one supporter.
Meanwhile, the cash, property, and skill cards he earns from the System leave Lin Feng constantly bouncing between being a “tycoon” and a “temp worker.”
