The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Jiang Hang thought to himself, then looked around at the several famous detectives inside the house.

Everyone here is a renowned detective with years of experience; they obviously wouldn't give themselves away at a time like this.

"Uncle Mori, you stay here. I'll go out and see if Hakuba and the others have found any bombs. If there are any, I know a little about bomb disposal and can help." Jiang Hang said this, and Gunda Ikumi also stepped forward.

“I’ll go out with you. I’ve studied bomb disposal before.”

Jiang Hang agreed. Before leaving, he carefully instructed Muchun Yuno not to touch anything in the restaurant, and to use the powerful stun gun he had gotten from Professor Agasa if any emergency occurred.

Just like Kogoro Mouri repeatedly told Conan not to wander around during the cases, but Conan still ignored him and continued to collect clues at the crime scene, ultimately solving the case with a tranquilizer dart.

This time, Conan, under the watchful eyes of Kaito Kid and Ran, successfully sneaked to the outside of the mansion with Jiang Hang and Ran.

As the season slowly enters late autumn, it gets dark earlier. Although it is only six o'clock in the afternoon, it is already dark outside the mansion because of the gloomy weather and the recent rain.

Upon seeing Jiang Hang and Gunta Ikumi emerge from the mansion, Mogi Harufumi, standing outside, waved to them, signaling them not to approach.

"It's dangerous here. We don't know when bombs were planted in any of our cars. They're going to detonate in an hour. We're trying to remove them now."

“I know a little about bomb disposal techniques, and I have specialized bomb disposal tools in my car,” Jiang Hang said, glancing at the cars parked outside the mansion.

Besides him driving his 86 and Kogoro Mouri who rented a car, the other cars parked outside were all luxury vehicles, such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Ferrari.

Now, bombs have been planted on the chassis of these luxury cars. If Da Shang Zhu Shan hadn't warned them, these luxury cars would probably be heading to the junkyard in a while.

Chapter 280: Chapter 278: Your bomb disposal skills are pretty good, want to come to the United States with me to take on some work?

"You carry these things with you when you go out?" After Jiang Hang took a box of police-grade bomb disposal tools from the trunk of the car, Mogi Harufumi muttered with some concern, "You didn't plant these bombs, did you?"

"Then you detectives can go ahead and look for evidence," Jiang Hang said with a smile, seemingly unconcerned.

He was already suspected by Senma Kazuyo while he was in the mansion. Now that he has taken out bomb disposal tools, he will definitely be suspected again. After all, ordinary screwdrivers or wrenches are quite common, but such specialized tools are rarely seen.

But Jiang Hang, being an honest guy, had never done anything wrong, so he wasn't afraid of being suspected. His timid and hesitant tone suggested that it would be better to just take down the bombs quickly.

Moreover, even if Jiang Hang wanted to hide this matter, the people currently in this mansion are all famous detectives. His deliberate concealment might only increase the suspicion surrounding him.

“As a detective, you never know when you might encounter danger. I only bring this as a precaution, since I’ve encountered some bomb-related cases recently,” Jiang Hang glanced at Mogi Harufumi, “And aren’t you the same? Aren’t you wearing a light bulletproof vest?”

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Mogi Harufumi couldn't help but look down at the underwear inside his suit that looked no different from an ordinary shirt.

“You’re right. We detectives never know when we’ll run into trouble. It’s always good to be prepared. A few days ago in Chicago, I survived from those Chicago mobsters thanks to this new type of bulletproof vest,” he said, adjusting his suit to hide the vest. “But you have a really sharp eye. Apart from being a little heavy, I didn’t feel anything special when I wore it. How did you know it was a bulletproof vest?”

Jiang Hang, who noticed something amiss with the underwear worn by the other person through his eagle eye, gave this detective, who probably gets into heated gunfights every now and then in the US, a polite smile. Then he took his tools and began to examine the bomb planted under the car.

Of course, before that, he had to check how the drug-induced mechanism he had set up was triggered by that Da Shang Zhu Shan.

Only Jiang Hang himself knew the intricate design of these sleeping potions, so he now had two ideas in mind:

The first one is Ogami Shuzen, who is innocent. After discovering that a bomb had been planted in his car, he instinctively ran to other vehicles to check. In the process, he accidentally triggered a mechanism on Jiang Hang's car. Relying on his physical strength, which is much better than that of ordinary people, Ogami Shuzen forced his way back to the mansion. Before losing consciousness, he told Gunda Ikumi and the others about the bomb.

As for the second one, Da Shang Zhu Shan is probably the one who invited them here. For some reason, he either wanted to cut off their escape route or to silence them. In any case, he wanted to trap them here. So, under the pretext of preparing dinner, he naturally avoided appearing in the lounge. After he finished preparing dinner, he came here to plant bombs in their cars. However, he did not expect that Jiang Hang, that old schemer, would be among the people who came to the party this time. The Ferraris and Porsches were fine, but the cheapest 86 was the one that got bombed.

After realizing he had been tricked, Da Shang Zhu Shan understood that if he collapsed at the scene, he would not only become the prime suspect, but he might even be killed by the bomb he had planted. So, before he completely lost consciousness, he ran back to the mansion and bumped into a group of people heading to the restaurant. At the last moment, he revealed the bomb to avoid being suspected.

After Da Shang Zhu Shan said those words, not only would everyone's attention be focused on the bomb, but some suspicion might also be shifted to Jiang Hang, the person who planted the drug in his car. After all, Jiang Hang did leave the lounge to go to the toilet in the afternoon, although it was only for a short time, he would still be a suspect.

If Jiang Hang had to choose, he would naturally choose the latter possibility. However, after checking it in his car, he seemed somewhat hesitant.

Because the trap he placed under his car was not triggered, the person who planted the bomb was very lucky. The location where he placed the trap was slightly different from the location where the bomb was placed, so he didn't trigger the trap. The trap that Da Shang Zhu Shan triggered was near his trunk.

Looking at it this way, the suspicion of Da Shang Zhu Shan has become much smaller.

Jiang Hang also felt it was a bit of a pity that, because it had just rained, even with his Eagle Eye technique, he had difficulty finding footprints or fingerprints at this open-air crime scene.

The only good news so far is that the bombs planted on their vehicles are relatively easy to disarm, unlike those movies where you have to choose between cutting the red wire or the blue wire, which can be a real headache.

Of course, having been killed by bombs so many times in the training space, Jiang Hang's mind is now somewhat able to react to these bombs. As long as he tries to choose to attack in places where he doesn't feel dangerous, there is basically no chance of an immediate explosion.

With Jiang Hang, a skilled bomb disposal expert, here, while the others were still struggling and carefully defusing the bombs in the two cars, Jiang Hang had already removed all the bombs from the other cars and put them together.

“Your bomb disposal skills are pretty good. Are you interested in coming to America with me? You can’t get any big jobs in a small place like Japan. There’s a lot of black market arms dealing in America. Your skills will definitely be popular there,” Mogi Harufumi, who had been watching Jiang Hang’s actions, extended an invitation to him.

"Let's talk about it another time if we have the chance," Jiang Hang changed the subject. Of course, he couldn't tell Mogi Harufumi that apart from Chinese, Italian, and Japanese, which the system had given him, his English vocabulary was pitifully small, as he had no talent for languages.

"The bomb has been defused now. Let's go back to the mansion. Now that this has happened, the guy who invited us here should show up."

Chapter 281: Chapter 279: On the Importance of the Supporting Role

There were seven detectives attending the party. Apart from Chima Kazuyo, whose car broke down on the way, the other six cars, as well as a car of unknown identity that was very likely the car of the mysterious person who invited them, had all been found to have bombs planted on them after being inspected by Jiang Hang.

The only difference was that all six of their cars had time bombs planted in them, which would explode at 7 p.m., while the other car had a bomb with a different detonation method.

If Jiang Hang hadn't possessed an eagle eye and keenly spotted the hidden bomb under the front seat, most people, after confirming there were no bombs in obvious places like under the car or on the hood, would have assumed the car belonged to the mysterious person and therefore wasn't bombed. They might even have deliberately gotten into the car to try and start it, and if that person had detonated the bomb, it could have killed everyone inside.

They returned to the restaurant with the seven defused bombs. Nothing seemed to have happened, but Ishihara Aki, the mansion's maid, appeared somewhat nervous.

After all, she only came to try the job because she saw that the salary offered by the Western-style mansion was very good, and she didn't care about the bad rumors.

To her surprise, she still hasn't seen the mansion owner in person, and a bomb even appeared at the gathering. This makes her, the only person who can contact the mansion owner, feel uneasy, as if she is worried that she will be suspected by these famous detectives.

"Seven bombs. It seems the owner of this mansion is indeed up to no good," Qianjian Jiangdai said in a low voice as she sat on a chair beside Jiang Hang after hearing his description.

She closed her eyes, seemingly reflecting on the events that had transpired.

"Damn it, who would do this?" Kaito Kid, disguised as Kogoro Mouri, tried to mimic Kogoro Mouri's absent-minded style.

Meanwhile, Hakuba Saguru looked at the mannequin with a microphone on its head in the restaurant: "Although I've had my suspicions from the beginning, I'm pretty sure now that the person who invited us here really did use 'that guy's' name to lure us here."

"That... guy?" Kaito Kid feigned ignorance and asked Hakuba Saguru in confusion.

Jiang Hang looked at this guy with an extremely strong desire to perform and couldn't help but slightly curl his lips.

However, these so-called detectives are actually a bit like the straight man in a crosstalk performance. No matter how strong a detective is, if there isn't a slightly less intelligent straight man to chime in for him, it just doesn't feel right.

For example, Inspector Megure usually supports Conan, the main character. Whenever Conan expresses his opinion, Inspector Megure will make a bewildered expression and say, "What's going on?" so that Conan can give a reasonable explanation.

Without Inspector Megure's diligent "straight man" persona, the current situation of a group of famous detectives gathered together would be like a group of comedians telling their own jokes. For example, when they first met in the afternoon, no one could speak properly, and all sorts of probing made it seem like they were playing a riddle game.

Now that Kaito Kid has started playing dumb, it seems that this group of famous detectives has finally found their usual rhythm again.

"It's clearly written on the invitation, doesn't the famous Mr. Mori notice it before coming over?" Ikumi Gunta said with a hint of sarcasm.

As if they had rehearsed beforehand, the group of detectives explained to the real Phantom Thief Kid, one by one, why the person who invited them was "Phantom Thief Kid".

“When I first saw so many famous detectives here, I thought he wanted to have a special competition with us detectives, but that’s not Kaito Kid’s style,” Hakuba Saguru said, looking at the crowd in the restaurant. “I’ve dealt with Kaito Kid many times. If it really was him, and someone had disrupted his plans, he should have shown up or made some new moves by now.”

His gaze remained fixed on the mannequin as he spoke: "Such a poorly made mannequin is definitely not something a 'narcissistic' guy like him would do."

Jiang Hang could clearly notice that when Hakuba Saguru said something like "extremely narcissistic," a speechless expression flashed across Kaito Kid's face.

"Let's figure out what this guy who invited us here is up to first. Have you listened to the recording on this mannequin?" Ikumi Gunta asked the others who had stayed in the restaurant.

“Not yet. Ms. Chiyo found the recording switch on this mannequin, and she told us to listen to it together when you get back,” Yoshino Kiharu explained to Ikumi Gunta.

"Let's hear what that guy has to say." Mogi Harufumi, a cigarette dangling from his lips, casually sat down on a chair at the dining table, glancing at the somewhat overly reserved maid beside him.

"Miss Maid, it should be lunchtime now. You should serve us dinner soon. I've been playing mahjong all afternoon and then I was busy defusing bombs outside. My brain and stomach have been protesting the whole time."

Ishihara Aki quickly bowed and apologized, "No, I'm sorry, I'll go get dinner right now!"

Seeing the maid hesitantly trying to leave, Phantom Thief Kid stood up and said quite gentlemanly, "I'll go with you; it'll be safer that way."

After Kogoro Mouri and Aki Ishihara left the restaurant together, Kazuyo Senma looked at Harufumi Mogi with a calm gaze: "It can be said that all of us, including the unconscious Ogami Kisuke and that maid, are potential suspects. Aren't you worried that the food we're going to eat might be poisoned, or can you be sure that the food we're going to eat won't be poisoned?"

“Grandma Chiyo, you’re as suspicious as ever. Are you doubting me?” Mogi Harufumi spread his hands, then looked at Jiang Hang. “Then I’ll just use what this young man just told me: we’re all detectives, ‘If you have doubts, just show the evidence.’”

Harufumi Mogi seemed quite relaxed: "If the person who invited us here just wanted to call us here, watch us famous detectives have dinner, and then die, then I can only wait until I die and go to hell to complain about why I'm so unlucky."

Chapter 282: Chapter 280: Karasuma Renya's Former House

As Kaito Kid accompanied Ishihara Aki out of the kitchen, pushing in a dinner prepared by Oogami Kisuke, Senma Kazuyo explained to the group who had just defused the bomb outside: "Before you came back, I washed these dishes again. Of course, if you're not comfortable with that, you can take them to be washed again now."

Just as he had said, Mogi Harufumi remained quite casual at this moment. He wasn't worried at all about the possibility of them being trapped here. On the contrary, he looked at the dishes that the maid brought over with great anticipation: "A foie gras pie with truffles as an appetizer? It seems that Ooue's cooking skills are not bad."

Hakuba Saguru simply wiped the tableware again with his handkerchief as a symbolic gesture.

Jiang Hang, the master of poisons, glanced at the tableware and dinner for the evening. His eagle eye found nothing wrong, and his mind's eye sensed no danger.

Only Ikumi Gunta, a former forensic pathologist, cautiously examined the food and tableware.

Of course, in the end she was still unable to find any problems.

"Now that everyone is seated, I will begin playing the recording that was pre-recorded by the person who invited us here." After everyone was seated, Chima Kazuyo walked behind the mannequin and slowly pressed the play button on it.

Immediately, a clearly processed voice came from the microphone.

"Seven great detectives, welcome to the Twilight Villa. Please take your seats now."

"The reason I've invited everyone here today is to ask for your help in finding the vast wealth that has been accumulating for many years, hidden somewhere within this mansion."

All the detectives present seemed to have already guessed this, so none of them showed any surprise when they heard it.

Even Harufumi Mogi sighed somewhat boredly: "So it really is a treasure trove. This kind of formula would have been interesting a century ago, but now it's really not very exciting."

However, after being given a glare by Chima Kazuyo, he calmed down and continued listening to the recording.

“In the past, when I dealt with police officers and detectives, I was always in the position of being chased, so this time I wanted to change things up and be the chaser.”

“I blew up your car and the bridge you crossed to get here, so you can’t leave now. Of course, there’s no signal here, so it’s no use trying to contact the police.”

"And all you have to do is find the treasure hidden in this mansion before you are killed. I will split the treasure with the person who finds it and will also tell them how to leave. As for the rest of you, you will stay here forever."

"So, are you interested in this game? If so, please have your meal first. I will tell you the detailed rules after this 'last supper'."

Upon hearing this, Hakuba Saguru revealed a disdainful smile: "This is truly the worst imitation of Kaito Kid I've ever seen. I'm sure even the real Kaito Kid would find this laughable."

His gaze swept quickly across the faces of everyone present, as if trying to see if anyone had given anything away.

Of course, Kaito Kid, disguised as Kogoro Mouri, would not reveal any flaws in such a place. In fact, following Jiang Hang's earlier reminder, he quietly lit a cigarette and pretended to ponder what the dummy was saying.

Xiaolan seemed a little worried: "Was there a bomb planted on the other side of the bridge too? Even if the car wasn't destroyed, wouldn't we still be trapped here by that person?"

“My beautiful lady, this kind of thing is actually the easiest to resolve. Compared to this, this guy has already let us eat first. I think we should hurry up and have dinner first.” After seeing that the mannequin had stopped talking, Mogi Harufumi immediately urged the maid to bring out the dinner.

It must be said that Da Shang Zhu Shan, the food detective, has excellent culinary skills. In addition, the ingredients used to make dinner are also of high quality. Even Jiang Hang, who has never been a fan of Western food, was quite satisfied with the meal.

"As expected of a food detective with the skills of a top chef, it's just a pity that he can't eat the dishes he made himself," Gunda Ikumi turned to look at Ogami Shuzen, who was fast asleep beside her.

Jiang Hang, who caused all of this, acted as if he hadn't done anything at all, and simply ate the food in front of him.

In a relatively harmonious atmosphere, the group finished their dinner, and Chima Kazuyo then played the recording from behind the mannequin.