The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Author: Auditore

Project Description:

I've traveled through time, and now I have a system.

But the system was a rip-off; it was supposed to take Jiang Hang to the world of Assassin's Creed, but instead it took him to the world of anime.

Jiang Hang's first opponent was the legendary elementary school student Conan, the Grim Reaper.

After several crashes, the original Assassin System was forcibly renamed the Detective System.

Jiang Hang thought, "Fine, I'll change my name then." But when he looked at the system rewards, they were still the same as the Assassin's.

Assassin's footsteps, concealment of presence, hidden blade assassination, mastery of poison, Spartan kick, Mystic Eyes of Death Perception... something seems off.

Although he really wanted to complain about this terrible clone system, after seeing that the system had deposited 100 million yen into his account as a settlement fee and that he would receive a reward of over a million yen for completing any case, Jiang Hang decided to become a positive-energy detective.

Using the skills of an assassin, wearing the guise of a detective, and doing the most positive things.

In short, this is probably just a story about a detective's daily life in a crossover anime world.

Volume 1: Volume One

Chapter 1: The Terrible System

Even though it was late at night, Tokyo still looked quite lively when viewed from above.

The office workers, exhausted from finishing overtime, head towards the subway entrance; the middle-aged men wandering in the red-light district; and the delinquent youths gathering in secluded, deserted alleys.

In this megacity with a population of over 30 million, all sorts of joys and sorrows occur almost every moment.

Standing atop a tall building, Jiang Hang, who had completely encompassed the surrounding area within his detection range, let out a sigh.

"Is this Hawkeye's ability...? Even skyscrapers made of reinforced concrete can't completely block Hawkeye's detection. Although Hawkeye is already overpowered in the game, it's really exaggerated in reality."

As a transmigrator, Jiang Hang has been in this world for a week, but this is the first time he has used Eagle Eye to observe the city at night since he obtained the "Legendary Assassin System".

The Eagle Eye he now possesses was obtained through the system's "initial reward".

To be precise, his body is no longer that of an ordinary person, but that of a true assassin who has inherited the bloodline of the Forerunners from the Assassin's Creed.

Hawkeye is just one of the abilities his body possesses.

Besides Hawkeye, there's also the classic Leap of Faith—as long as there's water or a haystack below, he won't get hurt no matter how high he jumps. However, he hasn't found an opportunity to use this ability yet, and even an idiot knows how foolish it is to try to find a haystack in a city like this. A garbage dump would be more like it, but even if he did find a garbage dump, Jiang Hang probably wouldn't have the courage to jump.

The system seems pretty good so far, but from the first day he transmigrated to this world, Jiang Hang knew that the system he had was a complete rip-off.

After giving him the initial reward, the system inexplicably gave him a task to "get to know Ezio," leaving Jiang Hang looking completely bewildered.

However, Jiang Hang quickly realized that his system seemed to be preparing to send him to the era of Assassin's Creed 2. However, he didn't know whether he bought the wrong time travel ticket or something went wrong in the middle. In any case, he was sent to modern Japan.

The difference between the two is significant. After discovering a major error in the world it had traveled to, this seemingly unintelligent system crashed for most of the day before finally rebooting.

Fortunately, after the system restarted, Jiang Hang's identity and language issues in this world were resolved by the system, which also gave him a considerable amount of living expenses.

Then the system went silent for a whole week. No matter how Jiang Hang asked, it didn't make a sound. Even Jiang Hang began to suspect that it had run away.

It wasn't until tonight that the system, which had been dormant for a week, finally made a sound again.

"The system has been upgraded. Considering the historical context, the 'Legendary Assassin System' has now been upgraded to the 'Legendary Detective System.' The system has restarted... System startup successful. Welcome to the Legendary Detective System. This system will train its host to become a legendary assassin... a legendary detective. The initial mission has been issued. Please complete the initial mission as soon as possible."

Jiang Hang, who was drinking water, immediately spat it out upon hearing this.

You've been playing dead with your system for a week, turns out you were just messing around with changing your name... And you almost misspoke just now, didn't you?!

Jiang Hang clearly sensed a strong sense of perfunctoriness from his system, as if it had been forced into this situation and had no other choice but to forcibly change its name to Detective System.

But being a detective is fine. After all, it's a normal profession, much better than being an assassin. At least you don't have to worry about what to do if the system decides to make you a legendary assassin in the modern world and issues you an assassination mission.

In short, the system has officially started. Its system interface is not complicated, and it is not much different from the interface of a mobile game. It has a personal attribute interface, an inventory and equipment interface, and a final quest interface.

Aside from the initial rewards the system gave him, he didn't have anything particularly special about him. The assassin bloodline only made his body slightly better than a normal person's. He then looked directly at the more important mission interface.

"Initial mission: As a detective, you should naturally have your own agency. Please open your detective agency within one week. Mission reward: Meditation (Beginner)."

This task is quite normal, but in addition to this initial task, there are actually several "exploration tasks" in the task interface.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step: As a detective, you must have a thorough understanding of the city you live in. Leave your footprints in every corner of this city. Reward for completing the first stage of the mission: Assassin's Footsteps (Beginner)." "Hint: Taking a bird's-eye view from the viewpoints marked by the system will greatly increase the mission completion rate."

"Shining Feathers: As a detective, you must possess keen eyesight. Scattered throughout the city are many feathers that only you can spot. Collect these feathers to complete your challenge. Reward for completing the first stage of the mission: Physical Enhancement (Beginner)." "Hint: In Eagle Vision, the feathers will emit a golden light; please discern them yourself."

After seeing these two exploration tasks, Jiang Hang still had a lot to say.

Although it's now the Legendary Detective System, the rewards are practically identical to those in Assassin's Creed. You could at least change the name of something like "Assassin's Footsteps." And this Feather Collection quest is a complete copy of the achievement quests from Assassin's Creed!

Well, turning an assassin system into a detective system is quite a challenge for the system itself. In any case, let's just make do with it for now.

But despite the complaints, we still need to collect the mission rewards. There's no time to go to the detective agency right now, but we can still go out and explore.

So that night, Jiang Hang ran up to the nearest vantage point marked by the system, which was the top of a building, and prepared to explore the area around his home.

Just now, he tried out the Eagle Eye effect that the system had given him.

The effect was quite good. After activating Eagle Eye, he could easily see the situation below from a building hundreds of meters high. The perspective effect of Eagle Eye was also particularly amazing. With the addition of the overlooking point, his line of sight was almost unobstructed within a kilometer.

Nothing can escape his sight if he wants to.

However, after holding Hawkeye for a few seconds, he felt his eyes become sore and strained. He felt better after canceling Hawkeye, but he couldn't activate it again for a while.

"Right now, I can only activate Hawkeye for a maximum of ten seconds... After that, I have to rest." He had already tested the effect of Hawkeye at home a few days ago. At first, it only lasted for a short moment, but now being able to last for ten seconds is already a great improvement. As the bloodline in his body is activated step by step, the effect of Hawkeye will definitely continue to improve.

He was just overthinking things, thinking he could use Hawkeye to do something despicable.

“If I’m not mistaken, I think I saw something over there,” he said.

In those few seconds of eagle-eyed observation, he spotted a golden light atop a villa in the distance. Although it was far away, the light was exceptionally dazzling. According to the mission instructions, that should be the feather he was supposed to collect.

"Let's go and collect that feather first."

Chapter 2: On the set of Bleach Elementary School?

The weather really can change in an instant.

Everything was fine just a moment ago. Jiang Hang simply went downstairs, and then it started raining without warning.

Fortunately, the rain wasn't heavy, and judging from the situation, it would probably stop soon, so Jiang Hang didn't bother going home to get an umbrella.

Braving the light rain, I jogged towards the spot where Eagle Eye had spotted the golden light.

His physical condition improved considerably after acquiring the assassin's bloodline.

Of course, it's only slightly better. Even an assassin who stays home all day playing games and watching anime won't magically become healthier.

Looking at the golden light from the building, it seemed not far away, but once you started running on the road, it was actually quite a distance. When Jiang Hang arrived at the street where the villa was located in the light rain, he was panting heavily.

The system seemed to have noticed Jiang Hang's physical limitations, and immediately popped up another training task.

"The system detected that the host's physical strength is in danger. As a detective, one must have a strong body and sufficient stamina to deal with various situations in cases. Even with a system, physical training cannot be stopped. A long-term sign-in task is now issued. Please check the task interface."

"Check-in task 'Daily Exercise': You can check in once a day after completing the following tasks: '10km run', '100 push-ups', '100 squats', and '100 sit-ups'. As the number of check-ins accumulates, you will receive corresponding rewards."

Upon seeing the task titled "Daily Training," Jiang Hang's lips twitched. After all, he was familiar with the famous "Saitama Training Method."

Is this a sign that I should exercise every day, or that I should turn into a bald monster?

However, it's already very late, so it's obvious that today's daily exercise can't be done. Jiang Hang just plans to collect the feathers here and then go back, and start this so-called daily exercise tomorrow.

Eagle Eyes opened again, and in Jiang Hang's eyes, the whole world seemed to become clearly visible, with all sorts of things marked by Eagle Eyes' bright light.

The area around ordinary people was emitting a gray light, while some objects emitted a blue light.

Jiang Hang didn't know what these items emitting blue light in his line of sight were, but in the game, anything that glows is usually an important clue. Perhaps these glowing items are something important to someone else.

Among these lights, the most eye-catching was the dazzling gold on the roof of the villa not far away, where the feather was clearly located.

What caught Jiang Hang's attention was that when he looked at that spot, a striking red light suddenly appeared in his line of sight.

In the week since he acquired Hawkeye, he had used it dozens of times, but this was the first time he had ever seen anything emitting a red glow.

No, after Jiang Hang focused his gaze on the red light, he quickly realized that it was actually the figure of a child who was about six or seven years old.

"What does that red light represent?" Jiang Hang's attention was instantly drawn to it. He wondered to himself, "Could it be one of those 'assassination targets'?"

Feathers and such can be collected anytime, but if Jiang Hang doesn't figure out that person's identity, he probably won't be able to sleep tonight.

After deactivating Eagle Vision, Jiang Hang approached cautiously and soon spotted the child marked in red by Eagle Vision.

“This child…” Jiang Hang immediately noticed the child’s unusual features.

His face was dirty and he looked rather disheveled. The clothes he was wearing didn't seem to fit him well, as if an elementary school student was being forced to wear high school clothes.

"Is he a homeless child?" Jiang Hang thought to himself as he looked at the child loitering in front of the villa. But if that was all, there didn't seem to be anything special about the child. At least Jiang Hang felt that his eagle eye wouldn't deliberately highlight a homeless child.

This child may still hold some secrets.

Jiang Hang wasn't a cold-hearted person, so he decided to go over and ask the child if he needed help.

However, as he approached, the child seemed to notice someone getting close and immediately looked at Jiang Hang warily.

Upon discovering it was an unfamiliar face, the child ran away in fright before Jiang Hang could even speak. Jiang Hang was about to chase after the child and grab him when his attention was instantly drawn to something else.

The sight of the nameplate bearing the words "Kudo" at the entrance of the villa where the child had just been wandering felt like a bolt of lightning had struck Jiang Hang's heart.

Almost instantly, Jiang Hang remembered.

On a rainy day, there's a strange child dressed in adult clothes, Kudo, and the sign "Mihana-cho" that I saw at the street corner before I arrived.

Damn, this looks like the set of Bleach Elementary School!

He had been wondering why the system had been pretending to be dead for so long, but suddenly it came back to life tonight and even created a detective system for him.

After all, while being a private investigator is a respectable profession, in reality it's mostly about trivial matters like "finding cats and dogs" and "investigating infidelity," which are not exactly respectable. Even if you become a legendary detective, it doesn't seem like anything special in real life.

However, if this were placed in an anime like Detective Conan, where the detective is the main character, the detective's status would be completely different.

As a high school detective, Shinichi Kudo not only has the title of "Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era" but also the reputation of "savior of the Japanese police." Even Inspector Megure, a police inspector, has to speak to him politely in order to get his help.

In a world rife with murders, an excellent detective can obviously achieve a very high social status.

"System, system, come out here! I need an explanation!"