The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Yes, it's that legendary AE86.

For some reason, the AE86, despite being somewhat outdated, has not been discontinued and is still being sold normally.

As an anime otaku, Jiang Hang doesn't really understand the so-called romance of cars. Instead of looking at the various parameters and performance of cars and choosing his favorite, he would rather watch a couple more episodes of the new anime at the agency.

His original plan was to find a car that looked good at the dealership and buy it directly to solve his future transportation problems as quickly as possible.

However, unexpectedly, they found the "legendary car" AE86.

Without a second thought, he bought it and, following the style of Initial D, even put a black sign that read "Pioneer Detective Agency" on the car.

Unfortunately, there is no anime called Initial D in this world, so Yoshino Koharu can't understand why her boss, who clearly has the money to buy a high-end sports car, ended up choosing such an ordinary-looking and rather dated AE86.

Moreover, the lettering on the car looks so cheap. Doesn't Jiang Hangjun find that strange? Jiang Hangjun is really unusual in this regard.

Does this car hold any special significance for Jiang Hangjun?

Yoshino Kiharu couldn't quite understand it, and could only assume that it was Jiang Hang's unique preference.

Soon, Yuno Kiharu drove to the Beika Art Museum.

To be honest, Yoshino Kiharu's driving skills are actually quite good; you can't see any signs of a typical female driver on her.

Jiang Hang thought he was too lazy to take the driving test, so he might as well have Muchun Yuno drive for him from now on.

But thinking about it carefully, I haven't practiced the legendary drainage ditch cornering yet. I really need to get my driver's license during this time. I wonder if the system has any driving-related skills. If I can't be the Akina Mountain racing god, being the Beika Town racing god is still pretty good.

As Jiang Hang got out of the car, he stretched.

At the same time, he glanced at the other side of the parking lot.

With just one glance, Jiang Hang knew he hadn't made a mistake coming to the art museum; barring any unforeseen circumstances, a case was likely to occur here.

If you're wondering why, it's because Conan is here!

Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Hurry up and thank me for not being cuckolded!

Jiang Hang only remembered that there was a murder case in an art museum in the early stages of the Conan anime. However, he only remembered that the perpetrator planned to use armor to disguise himself and commit the murder. He didn't remember the motive or method of the crime.

After hearing the rumors about the walking armor in the art museum, he originally wanted to bring Yoshino Kiharu over to scout the place first, to see if they could find potential suspects in advance.

As for what to do after finding them—whether to advise them to stop or make some other choice—he doesn't know yet.

He just didn't expect that, by sheer coincidence, he had just arrived at the Mihana Art Museum and saw the Conan trio as soon as he got out of the car.

Yoshino Kiharu noticed that Jiang Hang was suddenly staring blankly in one direction, and couldn't help but feel curious.

"Did Jiang Hangjun see someone he knows?"

“Hmm,” Jiang Hang turned his gaze back, “I saw another very capable detective… Mu Chun, are you ready?”

"Prepare...? Jiang Hang-kun, you didn't tell me what I needed to prepare. Do you want me to drive back to the agency now to get it?" Kiharu Yuno was actually quite interested in the detective that Jiang Hang had described as very capable.

“That’s not what I meant. I meant that although that detective is very capable, he’s also a notorious ‘jinx.’ Wherever he goes, trouble follows. Now that he’s come to the art museum, what if his jinx tendencies kick in again? Are you prepared to deal with the case?”

Yoshino Koharu's expression suddenly changed.

"Jiang Hangjun...you must be joking with me, right? 'Bad luck' stuff? It's the 21st century now, this is just superstition...?"

Yoshino looked towards the spot Jiang Hang had just been looking at. There was a middle-aged man there, and were his daughter and son next to him?

She didn't know Kogoro Mouri or Conan, but from that direction, only Kogoro Mouri looked like a detective. Even though she didn't really believe Jiang Hang's words, she still silently put this man in the "never get close to" category.

Jiang Hang didn't try to scare the other party any further. He figured the other party would understand his meaning once the case occurred.

"It's just a rumor, Mu Chun, don't take it too seriously. Let's go, shall we go say hello to them?"

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Mu Chun Yuno's good mood, which was originally because she could go to the art museum to get some fresh air, has almost completely vanished.

But she still followed Jiang Hang.

"Conan, are you going to the art museum with your family today?"

Jiang Hang walked up to Kogoro Mouri and his two companions, and greeted Conan, whom he had already met before.

Of course, Yoshino Kiharu could never have imagined that the amazing detective Jiang Hang was talking about was actually this first-grade elementary school boy.

"You are..." Kogoro Mouri had never met Jiang Hang before and asked with some curiosity.

"Oh, it's Mr. Jiang Hang. I'm so grateful for your help with the trouble Conan caused before." Ran Mouri had met Jiang Hang before. After all, in the Maple Leaf Gold Coin case, the Junior Detective League kids were all taken home by their parents by the police. Ran Mouri was the one who came to pick up Conan. So the two knew each other back then.

Ran Mouri knew that Jiang Hang was a detective, but his agency was several streets away from hers. In addition, she had heard rumors about Jiang Hang's helpfulness in the shopping district, so she had a pretty good impression of him.

She briefly introduced Jiang Hang's identity to Kogoro Mouri, but after learning that Jiang Hang was also a detective, Kogoro Mouri's expression was not so friendly anymore.

Even though the agencies were separated by two streets, he always felt that the other detectives were coming to steal his business.

"Miss Mori, you flatter me. This must be the famous Detective Mori. I've heard so much about him. Seeing is believing."

Jiang Hang could naturally see the changes in Kogoro Mouri's expression, so he simply started by praising Kogoro Mouri.

He was actually quite curious about Kogoro Mouri. Before he traveled through time, there were many Conan fans on various forums who, besides hurting each other in the Shinichi & Ran and Conan & Ai pairing battles, also speculated about Kogoro Mouri's conspiracy theories, saying that he had known Conan's true identity all along but had just been cooperating with Conan.

Otherwise, it would be unbelievable that someone could have thousands of needles stuck in the back of their neck and then inexplicably solve a bunch of messy cases without realizing it.

To be honest, this setting is a bit unrealistic, and Jiang Hang has complained about it a few times, but ultimately it's just a setting in the animation.

In reality, you can never truly know what kind of person Kogoro Mouri is without interacting with him personally.

However, on the surface, Kogoro Mouri does indeed appear to be a fool who gets carried away by a few words of praise.

After hearing Jiang Hang's praise, Kogoro Mouri's attitude towards Jiang Hang immediately brightened up again.

He even patted Jiang Hang on the shoulder affectionately, saying that Jiang Hang was a really good guy and that if he worked harder, he might become a famous detective like him.

Jiang Hang responded that he would work hard.

But let's forget about the detective stuff; it just sounds like setting a bad flag for myself, which is too unlucky.

After finishing his business flattery with Kogoro Mouri, Jiang Hang looked at Conan, and as expected, the other man had a look of utter despair on his face.

As expected, Conan's emotional intelligence is lacking.

No matter how much you disdain Kogoro Mouri's reasoning abilities, he is, after all, your future father-in-law. As his son-in-law, don't you know how to flatter your future father-in-law regularly?

It's also because Detective Conan is a mystery anime, and Gosho Aoyama is a staunch supporter of childhood sweetheart romances, that Shinichi Kudo was able to stay with Ran Mouri until the end.

If you remove the word "puzzle" from "mystery anime" and turn it into "that kind of anime," cough cough, this thing can't be written anymore.

Jiang Hang is a staunch Shinichi x Ran supporter, and has absolutely no feelings for Ran. Otherwise, if he flattered Kogoro Mouri more, or even directly became his apprentice to help him solve cases and attributed all the credit to him, the chances of him accepting him as his "future son-in-law" would be quite high.

As for Ran, if he were to choose to interfere with the main storyline of Conan, preventing Conan from ever turning back into Shinichi Kudo, Ran wouldn't be able to wait for Shinichi indefinitely. Readers might enjoy such a plot, but in reality, achieving this wouldn't be so easy.

Six months is acceptable, a year is acceptable, but what about longer, five or even ten years?

By then, Conan himself will probably give up on Ran.

If Ran were to remain single until Conan grows up again and becomes Shinichi once more, Jiang Hang would feel that he, as a time traveler, would be a complete failure.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hang couldn't help but rub Conan's head, which made Conan very uncomfortable as he broke free from Jiang Hang's clutches.

You dare to hide? You should hurry up and thank me for not cheating on you.

Chapter 22: Nothing to my name, whatever.

After learning from Jiang Hang that he had come specifically to investigate because of the recent rumors about the art museum's armor, Xiao Lan immediately showed great enthusiasm and even invited Jiang Hang and Mu Chun Yuno to visit the art museum with them.

Clearly, Conan and his friends came here entirely because of Ran's curiosity.

However, under the resentful gazes of both Kogoro Mouri and Conan, Jiang Hang eventually gave up on this plan.

Conan was drawn to Ran's enthusiasm, while Kogoro Mouri... was drawn to Yoshino Koharu, who was following Jiang Hang.

Although he appreciated Jiang Hang's flattery, Kogoro Mouri's attitude towards Jiang Hang subtly changed after learning that a novice detective like Jiang Hang had hired such a beautiful girl as an assistant.

Damn it, I also want a beautiful female assistant to help me with my cases!

That's what Kogoro Mouri was thinking.

After entering the art museum, the two went to different areas according to their own preferences.

After separating from Conan and his group, Jiang Hang looked at Yoshino Koharu and jokingly asked her a question.

"So, how about that? You're quite the detective when it comes to understanding the other person's feelings, aren't you?"

Koharu Yuno responded to Jiang Hang with a pessimistic look.

"Judging from his appearance, he doesn't look like the legendary detective at all. He just seems like an ordinary lecherous middle-aged man... Is he really the super-skilled detective that Jiang Hangjun was talking about?"

"So you can't judge a book by its cover. Have you forgotten that case from a few days ago so quickly? The person who looked like the murderer was the victim, while the perpetrator was the seemingly refined company president. You can't become a good detective by only looking at outward appearances."

But that's enough to be a qualified detective's assistant—after all, to show a detective's prowess, it's not enough to just be good at solving cases; you also need a less quick-witted straight man, no, an assistant, to fully support him.

Gongsun Ce next to Bao Zheng, Li Yuanfang next to Di Renjie, and of course, Sherlock Holmes and Watson.

Even in the Conan manga, Kogoro Mouri can tell who the culprit is just by opening his mouth, right? This kind of "sense of smell" that can almost always avoid the real culprit is extremely useful as an assistant.

However, since Yoshino Kiharu isn't even a beginner in deduction yet, she should just stick to being his driver for now.

With this in mind, Jiang Hang led Mu Chunyuno around the art museum.

After all, it's just a museum in a town, and there aren't any particularly valuable works in it. Although it does have some works by famous people, they are just the less well-known pieces among their works.

However, for Jiang Hang, who has no artistic talent whatsoever, seeing these works would only evoke thoughts completely devoid of any deeper meaning, such as "Ah...this painting is quite good," "this sculpture is quite realistic," and "this specimen is quite interesting."

On the other hand, Yoshino Kiharu knows much more about this than Jiang Hang. According to her, she took some elective courses in art appreciation in college. Although she doesn't have much creative talent, she still has basic appreciation skills. However, after graduation, this knowledge was completely useless in the job search process.

After walking a short distance, Yuno Kiharu suddenly said to Jiang Hang, "I just looked up some information about this art museum, and I heard that it will be demolished and renovated in a while."

Jiang Hang was somewhat surprised, not expecting that Mu Chunyuno hadn't forgotten to look up information about the art museum while visiting it.

This assistant is doing a pretty good job; he just underestimated Yoshino Kiharu.

"Speaking of which, today is a rest day, right? Generally speaking, art galleries or museums should be at their peak tourist season on rest days. And there have been rumors about the armor here recently. However, it doesn't seem like many people are visiting the art gallery on rest days. At this rate, the art gallery can't even keep up with its daily operations. It's no wonder it's being sold."

Jiang Hang said this, then scratched his chin.

Even knowing that a case was going to happen and receiving this news, he was still able to come up with some ideas based on the detective dramas he had watched in the past.

The art museum is about to be sold, but the person who is going to buy it plans to do something bad to the museum or the works inside, which causes the museum staff to resent the big spender, leading to a murder.

There might be some discrepancies in the details, but the logic should be correct.

Having watched so many episodes of Detective Conan and recently catching up on so many mystery anime set in this world, I'm bound to have some sense of déjà vu regarding this situation.