The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Kiharu Yuno didn't feel any sense of mutual appreciation, nor could she perceive any good intentions. She just kept glancing at Jiang Hang in the passenger seat out of the corner of her eye, seemingly pondering the simple yet complex philosophical question of 0 and 1.

But she still wisely chose to keep quiet.

They set off in the morning and drove from Tokyo to Nagano Prefecture, arriving around noon. However, after entering the area mentioned on the invitation, the navigation became almost useless. Yuno Kiharu had no choice but to find a gas station in this sparsely populated area to ask for directions to the Twilight Villa.

While refueling her car, Muchun Yuno also went to ask the gas station attendant if he knew the location of Twilight Villa. Jiang Hang, on the other hand, felt a bit bored after staying in the car for several hours, so he got out and walked around.

After living in a big city for a long time, it feels good to occasionally go out for a stroll.

But his gaze swept over the gas station attendant, and he couldn't help but curl his lip.

The waiter seemed to sense Jiang Hang's gaze, his body stiffening slightly. He then quickly told Muchun Yuno the correct address of Twilight Villa before returning to the service counter inside the gas station.

After refueling and clarifying the exact location of Twilight Villa, Koharu Yuno walked back and saw Jiang Hang heading towards the service desk.

"Jiang Hang, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to buy something. Wait for me a moment."

Jiang Hang waved to Mu Chunyuno and then walked into the gas station.

This gas station, located in a rather remote area, seemed to sell some snacks and convenience foods. Jiang Hang casually grabbed some snacks and drinks to fill his stomach, and while paying, he glanced at the waiter with a subtle expression.

"Why did you suddenly decide to come here and disguise yourself as a waiter? You're not planning to pretend to be my assistant and come with me to the Twilight Villa, are you?" he teased in a low voice.

With Hawkeye's ability, Jiang Hang could easily see the red light emanating from the other party.

Aside from him, there aren't many people on the Conan set with such makeup skills, and apart from Kid, they're mostly women, so it's really easy for Jiang Hang to recognize Kid.

Hearing Jiang Hang's teasing, Phantom Thief Kid's face darkened slightly.

He had been in a bad mood these past few days. After all, the people who had stolen his name in the past were mostly in Tokyo, so it wasn't too difficult to deal with them. But this time, the people who stole his name were actually in Nagano Prefecture, so he had to take leave from school to come and investigate the situation here.

Then Jiang Hang actually received an invitation from the person impersonating him. It's estimated that the other party thought that Jiang Hang had been touted as the nemesis and rival of Phantom Thief Kid on the internet for the past few months, so he simply invited Jiang Hang as well.

Knowing that Jiang Hang was coming, Kaito Kid was a little nervous, but unexpectedly, Jiang Hang said that he was there to help him. It seems that Jiang Hang is not going to expose his disguise this time.

After receiving Jiang Hang's reply, Phantom Thief Kid made his plans, but he didn't expect that before he could see the person he was waiting for, Jiang Hang, the guy he least wanted to see, appeared in front of him first.

The thought of what Jiang Hang and Suzuki Jirokichi had done online using trolls over the past few months felt like a nightmare to Kaito Kid.

Heaven knows who created those strange doujinshi featuring Hawkeye Detective x Phantom Thief Kid on the internet, and yet they've remained incredibly popular for months, even showing signs of being exported overseas. Even his childhood friend, Aoko Nakamori, the daughter of Inspector Nakamori who's been relentlessly pursuing Phantom Thief Kid, knows about these things.

If he could do it all over again, Phantom Thief Kid swore he would never again provoke Jiang Hang, who could see through his disguise at a glance, or that rich and capricious Suzuki Jirokichi.

If this continues, Kaito Kid feels that his reputation is about to be completely ruined by these two guys.

Now, he has run into Jiang Hang again, and Jiang Hang still sees through his disguise at a glance. The disguise skills that he is so proud of and has been practicing like crazy recently seem like child's play in front of the other party.

"After all, someone borrowed my identity, so of course I have to find out what happened," Phantom Thief Kid replied to Jiang Hang with a rather unpleasant expression.

His gaze fell on Yoshino Kiharu in the car not far away.

"I have indeed prepared a disguise for your assistant. If you don't mind, I can make my move now."

“If you dare to lay a hand on my assistant, I’ll be watching every time you go on an operation,” Jiang Hang responded to Phantom Thief Kid, a smile appearing on his face as he watched the other’s angry but speechless expression.

Kaito Kid stared at Jiang Hang's face and found that it seemed as if the words "go all out" were written all over the other man's face.

Chapter 273: Chapter 271: Arrival at the Twilight Villa

Jiang Hang didn't ask Kaito Kid about his next plans, but it was clear that Kaito Kid was also eager for him to get away as soon as possible.

After saying goodbye to Twilight Villa, Jiang Hang took a bunch of snacks and returned to the car, where he and Muchun Yuno set off again for Twilight Villa.

I don’t know if Kaito Kid is deliberately messing with him. The map he provided shows three routes to Twilight Mansion. Two of them require a long detour, and it would probably take another three or four hours to get there. The only shortcut, although it can shorten the journey by about an hour, is almost entirely a narrow mountain path that can only accommodate one car at a time.

Driving on this kind of road is not only slow, but also extremely bumpy, and this kind of road lasts for more than ten kilometers, taking more than half an hour to get back to the normal road.

If it were a car with better shock absorption, it might be tolerable, but Jiang Hang was driving a stock 86 without any modifications. This kind of car is just an economy car, so there's not much to say about its comfort.

Normally, it wouldn't have much of an impact in the city, but on a mountain road, not to mention the girl, Koharu Yuno, even Jiang Hang, whose physique is far superior to that of ordinary people, felt that it was really a kind of torture.

Even Jiang Hang couldn't help but mutter that after returning this time, besides asking a big shot in the automotive industry to help modify his 86, he would really need another off-road vehicle.

"Phew... Is that the Twilight Villa?" Driving on the winding mountain road, Kiharu Yuno breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the magnificent Western-style mansion on another mountain. If the map was correct, that should be their destination.

It was sunny when they left Tokyo in the morning, but after driving for several hours to get here, the weather started to turn gloomy, and it seemed like it could rain heavily at any moment.

Under the gloomy weather, the mansion, which clearly had a history of several decades or even longer, looked particularly eerie from a distance.

"Jiang Hang... I have a bad feeling again. If a house like this appears on TV, it's basically either going to die or it's haunted," Mu Chun Yuno said to Jiang Hang with lingering fear. She was now thinking about those ominous rumors about the Twilight Villa again.

Jiang Hang still wanted to tell his little assistant: Yes, your idea is right. If nothing unexpected happens, someone will definitely die in the Twilight Villa.

However, considering that Yoshino's delicate heart might not be able to handle it, Jiang Hang changed to a more tactful way of saying it: "Don't worry, even if someone does die, it definitely won't be us."

"Jiang Hang, don't talk about dead people so casually!" Mu Chunyuno couldn't help but complain, but after seeing Jiang Hang's relaxed expression, Mu Chunyuno's emotions gradually calmed down.

In her mind, with Jiang Hang, the sleeping Kogoro, and even the Phantom Thief Kid possibly coming to the banquet, and supposedly many other famous detectives as well, there shouldn't be any problems with so many big names gathered together... probably.

After driving along the winding mountain road for another ten minutes and crossing an old wooden bridge, they finally arrived at the Twilight Villa.

Before Jiang Hang arrived, the four cars parked in front of the villa indicated that there must be at least four people inside.

While Kiharu Yuno parked the car, Jiang Hang took a picture at the main entrance of the Twilight Villa after getting out of the car.

Is this the Twilight Villa, built entirely of gold and of immeasurable value, and directly linked to the distillery boss, Karasuma Renya?

This was the first time Jiang Hang had ever seen the entire house enveloped in golden light from an eagle-eye perspective, and the dazzling light almost blinded him.

Such special effects forced Jiang Hang to turn off his Eagle Vision.

Previously, Jiang Hang's eagle eye could only identify a backpack or a suitcase as an important whole. He never expected that his eagle eye would one day encounter such a situation, directly marking the entire mansion as valuable items.

However, after considering the value behind this mansion, Jiang Hang felt that he could still accept it.

However, the golden light emanating from all directions was severely affecting his ability to observe other things, and it seemed that he could only use his limited Eagle Vision here.

Following Yoshino Kiharu, Jiang Hang pushed open the door of the villa and first took a good look at the interior of the mansion.

The interior decorations of the mansion were clearly quite old, and the person who invited them had obviously only cleaned the main areas; the less noticeable places were still covered in dust.

Even in those cleaned areas, a lot could still be seen after Jiang Hang activated the Eagle Vision.

For example, bloodstains left decades ago that have not been cleaned up to this day.

It seems that Karasuma Renya killed quite a few people in this place back then.

Thinking back to what Suzuki Jirokichi had mentioned about Karasuma Renya, Jiang Hang couldn't help but wonder if the bloodstains in the mansion were left behind when Karasuma Renya played the "game of life" with those young people back then.

However, at least the interior of this mansion was connected to modern water and electricity, but the mobile signal was still as bad as ever. However, Jiang Hang already knew that in Japan, after leaving the city, the signal in most mountain villages and rural areas was quite poor.

After Jiang Hang withdrew his gaze, a woman dressed as a maid walked up to them somewhat awkwardly.

"Um...excuse me, are you Detective Jiang Hang?" After Jiang Hang nodded, she led Jiang Hang and Muchun Yuno to a resting area.

While Jiang Hang was still examining the bloodstains throughout the house, his assistant, Mu Chun Yuno, began asking him about the Twilight Villa on her way to the lounge.

To Yuno Kiharu's slight disappointment, the maid named Aki Ishihara had only passed the interview with the owner of the house more than half a month ago to become a maid in this mansion, and even now, she had not actually met the owner of the mansion.

Chapter 274: Chapter 272: The Blood-Stained Mansion

"It was a very strange interview..." Ishihara Aki knew that the people invited this time were all famous detectives, and every detective who came to the mansion would ask her about the mansion. Ishihara Aki, who also had questions about the mansion's owner, naturally wanted to rely on these famous detectives to find out who had hired her.

“I live in a nearby town. A month ago, this job posting appeared in our town. Although it was for maids at this Twilight Villa, the pay was very high, so many people in our town wanted to give it a try.”

"But the interview process was just in a room, where I answered some questions on a computer, and then the computer showed that I had been accepted. The invitation letter was sent to you by me according to the owner of the mansion. However, until now, I have only communicated with the owner of the mansion via email and have never actually met him in person."

Ishihara Aki also looked somewhat worried. After passing the interview, she received a deposit, but because the owner of the mansion had not yet appeared, she was still worried about whether she would be able to receive the rest of the payment.

An ordinary person who has never even met the owner of the mansion and is simply following his instructions would naturally have no idea why the other party invited such a group of famous detectives.

Yoshino Koharu seemed somewhat disappointed.

However, she did manage to get some useful information, such as the names of the famous detectives who were invited this time.

Besides Kogoro Mouri, whom Jiang Hang already knew, there was also Senma Kazuyo, known as the "Armchair Detective," Ogami Nobuyoshi, the "Gourmet Detective," Gunta Ikumi, a former forensic pathologist, Mogi Harufumi, a former police investigator in the United States who also ran a detective agency in Hollywood, and Hakuba Saguru, the son of the Metropolitan Police Department's Superintendent General, who was a high school detective and had just returned from studying in the UK earlier this year.

Now, Ooue Ikuzen, Gunta Ikumi, and Hakuba Saguru have arrived at the mansion, and they have all begun to investigate it using their own methods.

Although Jiang Hang had little impression of these famous detectives, who mostly spent his free time playing games and watching anime after completing his cases, Mu Chun Yuno learned about them to some extent after becoming Jiang Hang's assistant.

She flipped through the detective notes she had made some time ago, and then whispered them into Jiang Hang's ear.

“Jiang Hang, I know about those detectives. That Chima Kazuyo is said to be a remarkable person who can solve a case simply by sitting in a chair and listening to the client describe the case. That gourmet detective can find the culprit just by having a meal. Gunta Ikumi is a forensic pathologist who has dissected thousands of corpses, and Mogi Harufumi is said to frequently clash with gangs in the United States, even getting into gunfights. These are all incredibly skilled detectives who have been invited here. It seems like this case is definitely not simple!”

Although Yoshino didn't know much about Hakuba Saguru, with a father who was the Superintendent General of Police, the highest-ranking officer in the Japanese police force, Hakuba Saguru could be considered one of the elite at the top of the Japanese social ladder.

Listening to Yuno Kiharu's explanation, Jiang Hang had a basic impression of the detectives. He hoped that when they met tonight, these famous detectives wouldn't start by playing guessing games with him, otherwise he, the "pseudo-famous detective," wouldn't be able to keep up the act.

The lounge of the mansion is very large, and it is obvious that it has been renovated by the owner behind the mansion. Now there is not only a pool table, but also a special card and chess room. Jiang Hang even spotted a mahjong table placed in a corner of the lounge at a glance.

It's a pity that the detectives who came here all went to investigate other parts of this mansion. It seems they won't be coming back anytime soon. Otherwise, I could have played a few rounds of mahjong with them to improve our relationship.

Finding a comfortable spot, Jiang Hang took out a light novel from his backpack and started reading.

However, Muchun Yuno looked at Jiang Hang with a helpless expression and pulled up a chair to sit next to him. "Jiang Hang, why don't we go and investigate this mansion? I have a feeling that something is off about it."

Jiang Hang glanced at the chair that Mu Chun Yuno was sitting in, and then reminded her, "There is blood on the legs of the chair you are sitting in."

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Mu Chunyuno practically jumped up from her chair.

She quickly crouched down to examine the chair she had just sat on, and sure enough, she saw several clumps of blood that had turned black due to age under the chair legs.

After confirming that it wasn't paint but real blood, Yuno Kiharu couldn't help but gasp.

She instinctively grabbed Jiang Hang's arm: "Jiang Hang, there can't really be vampires in this world, right?"

Regarding the ominous rumors surrounding the Twilight Villa, the fact that the owner of the house has never actually appeared, and the sudden appearance of bloodstains, Yoshino Kiharu couldn't help but start thinking about vampires.

“I noticed bloodstains everywhere in this house from the moment I entered. There’s no need to be nervous; those are traces left from decades ago,” Jiang Hang comforted Mu Chun Yuno. “If you’re really scared, it’s still early. I’ll take you to a nearby town for the night, and I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning.”

Now that she's already here, Yuno Kiharu doesn't want to be asked about her trip by Shizuka Sakaki when she gets back. She'll have no choice but to tell her that she hid in a nearby town because she was afraid of the bloodstains left from decades ago.

"It's not that I'm scared, I just feel a little uneasy. I'd better be careful myself..." Muchun Yuno waved to Jiang Hang, and just then, another female voice came from the door of the lounge.

"Your chair is in relatively good condition now. I just checked the mansion, and there are traces of blood from the main entrance to the walls of some bedrooms, including the floors. Because so much time has passed, I can't determine how long ago the blood was left from the remaining traces."

"But preliminary estimates suggest that more than ten people died in this annex back then."

Following the sound of the voice, Jiang Hang saw a mature woman wearing a white coat.

The other person walked directly to Jiang Hang's side and extended their hand to him.