The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Conan is alright, after all, he's a child and he's not likely to offend anyone.

But when Hattori Heiji went to ask the owners of the old bookstores and antique shops, things were fine at first. However, as Hattori Heiji asked more questions, the owners became less willing to talk.

Although Hattori Heiji has a father who is the head of the police department, and he himself will have to take the professional exam after graduating from university, in the eyes of most police officers, Hattori Heiji can be considered a member of the police force. However, he is not a police officer yet, and these bosses have no obligation to answer his questions.

In comparison, Shizuka Sakaki, with her intelligence-gathering abilities, seems more suited to the current situation.

With her beautiful appearance and excellent acting skills, she always wears a comfortable smile when facing anyone. In most cases, Shizuka Sakaki is able to get what she wants to know from the people she asks.

Even Heiji Hattori couldn't help but sigh, wishing he had an assistant too.

However, even though Shizuka Sakaki increased her charm level, it didn't help much in this case.

Antique markets are basically no different from any other place in the world.

Jiang Hang, who has the skills to forge items, can also be considered a semi-connoisseur. Even without his eagle eye, he can stand in the antique market and spot more than half of the fakes at a glance. Then, if he looks closely at the remaining half, he can find that more than half of them are fakes.

However, this is Kyoto, an ancient city with a history of over a thousand years, and it is also the largest antique and used book market in Kyoto. It is not like in second- or third-tier cities, where it is not easy to find even a few genuine items in an antique market.

If Jiang Hang is interested, he could take his time wandering around this antique market and pick up a few bargains to take back to his own art museum for exhibition.

Jiang Hang wasn't really interested in finding bargains, since he figured that even if he spent several days wandering around these antique markets, the bargains he found would definitely not be as much as what he could earn by casually completing a few commissions outside.

Moreover, as long as he upgrades the museum's level, his system will send him a batch of precious antiques as background, so he doesn't have to worry about the exhibits at all.

Even if he really wanted to, he could simply find a workshop to retreat to for a few weeks and hold a fair showcasing genuine and counterfeit artifacts in an art museum, which would attract more attention.

He just happened to be here, and when he saw something interesting, he would ask a few questions. As long as the price wasn't outrageous, he would usually buy it, since he wasn't short of money anyway.

Watching Jiang Hang buy his way from one end of the antique market to the other, Conan couldn't help but retort, "Do you think you're shopping in a supermarket? You've already bought more than ten items, and you must have spent millions of dollars!"

Because Jiang Hang bought a lot of things, he simply asked them to pack them up and deliver them directly to their hotel.

Hearing Conan's complaint, he waved his hand dismissively: "Actually, it's already over ten million. These are just small trinkets, otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to get them for ten million."

"When the time comes, we can take it back and put it in an art museum for exhibition, or put it in our own home as a decoration, or even give it away to others without any problem."

With Jiang Hang's keen eye and professional skills, it's impossible for him to make a mistake. The antiques he bought were all genuine. The shorter ones were items or paintings by famous people from the Edo period to the early 20th century, while the longer ones could be traced back to the Heian period, which is more than a thousand years ago. To be honest, Jiang Hang actually found some bargains. If he finds a suitable buyer, it wouldn't be a problem to sell these antiques for double the price.

If someone could actually make a fake that could fool Hawkeye, Jiang Hang would actually prefer to acquire the convincing fake rather than the real one.

Ten million yen is actually only a few hundred thousand RMB. On average, an antique is only worth tens of thousands of RMB. Thinking about it this way, it's not a particularly large number.

As for the more valuable antiques, the antique shop owners weren't fools, so they naturally wouldn't let Jiang Hang snag a bargain so easily. After testing the waters a bit and realizing that he definitely wouldn't find a bargain, he gave up on buying those more valuable antiques.

Jiang Hang's gaze fell on the antique shop owners who were looking at him with gleaming eyes: "Besides, isn't this a good thing? These owners all think I'm a fat sheep, and it's easier for them to ask us what we want to know when they're serving us."

Ten million yen is just the reward for a two-star case for Jiang Hang, whose detective agency has been upgraded to level three and whose monetary rewards have increased fourfold. Once Jiang Hang's detective agency is upgraded to level four, he can easily earn nearly ten million yen for a one-star case.

However, since he transmigrated to the present, apart from buying a house and a company, Jiang Hang has never spent so much money on things in one go like today.

If Jiang Hang were to describe it himself, it would be that "the happiness of the rich is indeed unimaginable to ordinary people."

He even encouraged Conan from the side: "You've come all this way, haven't you thought about bringing something back for your Ran? With me here, you don't have to worry about buying fakes. If you don't have enough money, I can lend you some."

"That won't be necessary. Ran isn't interested in these antiques." Although Conan said this, he seemed somewhat tempted after hearing Jiang Hang's encouragement.

After all, to be honest, he hadn't really given Xiaolan many gifts. Now that he'd come all the way to Kyoto for a trip while Xiaolan was still in Tokyo, it would seem a bit unreasonable not to bring her something back.

Seeing that Jiang Hang and Conan seemed to be neglecting their duties, and that Hattori Heiji was being looked down upon, he couldn't help but complain.

"Hey, hey, hey, why did you two go shopping? Don't forget we're still investigating the case!"

"Don't worry, I've been keeping an eye on the items in these shops. If anything seems off, I'll let you know," Jiang Hang patted Hattori Heiji on the shoulder.

Hattori Heiji had some doubts about Jiang Hang's words.

However, they had now entered another antique shop, and Hattori Heiji didn't say much.

The owner of this antique shop was about fifty years old, wearing glasses, and had a very typical businessman's demeanor.

He had already seen Jiang Hang's shopping spree at the antique market and knew that Jiang Hang was a wealthy tourist. So when Jiang Hang and his companions entered, he went straight up to Jiang Hang and started promoting the antiques in his shop with a big smile.

Jiang Hang's gaze fell upon this antique shop.

Placed in an antique market, this is just an ordinary shop, with a style that seems no different from other shops. Less than 30% of the items are genuine, mixed in with other items throughout the shop.

Jiang Hang scanned the area with his eagle eye but found nothing wrong.

However, this shop owner clearly knew about the Genji Hotaru thief group, because when Sakaki Shizuka asked him about some antiques and artifacts that Genji Hotaru had stolen, the shop owner's attitude changed subtly.

Are you investigating something?

After spending almost two hours browsing this antique market, they finally found someone who seemed to know something, and Conan and Heiji Hattori both seemed to perk up considerably.

"We're detectives, investigating this group. Boss, do you know anything about it?" Hattori Heiji patted his chest and announced his name.

It seems that Heiji Hattori's name is quite useful; the shopkeeper seemed to have heard of him before: "Are you that famous detective?"

"Are you all detectives?" His gaze fell on Jiang Hang again, as if he wanted to know who this person, who was walking with the famous detective, was.

“I’m his friend. I came to Kyoto for tourism this time, so I asked him to be my tour guide and help him solve the case,” Jiang Hang said without revealing his identity, while carefully observing the boss.

The boss didn't say much, but looked at Hattori Heiji again: "If I'm not mistaken, you should be investigating the 'Genji Firefly' right now."

Hattori Heiji stared at the shopkeeper and asked, "Boss, do you really know something?"

The boss quickly waved his hand: "No, no, I've only paid attention to this matter, I haven't dealt with them."

He hesitated for a moment, then whispered to Hattori Heiji, "Actually, it's a temple I used to frequent. One of their centuries-old Buddha statues was stolen by that group of people. And recently, the abbot of that temple received a rather strange letter, which is why I have some recollection of this matter."

"Buddha statue?" Hattori Heiji quickly recalled the Buddha statue that Genji Hotaru had stolen, and then hurriedly said the names of several temples, seemingly trying to confirm the name of the temple.

However, the shopkeeper denied all the temple names Hattori Heiji mentioned, which puzzled Hattori Heiji: "Strange, these should be the only temples whose Buddha statues were stolen by Genji Hotaru. Have I forgotten them?"

Heiji Hattori immediately wanted to take out his phone to watch it again.

Jiang Hang noticed that the boss only had a smile on his face.

He seemed to be waiting for something and didn't seem inclined to reveal the name of the temple.

With just one glance, Jiang Hang understood what the boss meant.

He simply picked up a small, antique-looking item from the side and asked the seller about its price.

Since the price wasn't outrageous, Jiang Hang simply paid for it and bought it.

Sure enough, after Jiang Hang paid, the boss's smile became even brighter, and he immediately said the name of the temple.

"It's Sanonji Temple, about a 30-minute drive from here. If you want to go there, I can drive you there."

Chapter 351: Chapter 349: The Strange Letter from Saneng Temple

Neither Jiang Hang nor Conan reacted when they heard the name Saneng Temple from the shop owner.

After all, they weren't very familiar with the temples in Kyoto; they were more familiar with the shrines, though.

Jiang Hang still has some impression of shrines like Fushimi Inari Taisha and Yasaka Shrine.

Shizuka Sakaki took out her phone to check the exact location of the temple.

On the contrary, when Hattori Heiji heard the name of the temple, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

He quickly pressed the boss for answers.

"Sanonji Temple, wait, are you sure it's that Sanonji Temple?"

As Hattori Heiji said this, he even demonstrated the writing of the characters for "Sannoji" to the shop owner. After confirming that there was no second Sannoji in Kyoto, Hattori Heiji's expression began to become subtle.

“I remember clearly that there doesn’t seem to be a record of thefts by Genji Hotaru over the years. Can you be sure that Genji Hotaru did it?”

When asked about this, the boss scratched his head and said, "Actually, I've only heard the monks at that temple mention this matter a few times. I haven't asked about it in detail. If you want to go there, I can take you there now."

Jiang Hang just bought a small gadget casually. For him, he could buy about seven or eight of these things by doing just one commission.

But for him, who was an antique shop owner, this was almost several days' worth of income from his shop's normal operation. So when he saw that Jiang Hang had paid, he generously offered to take Jiang Hang and his group over.

Jiang Hang was originally thinking about whether to continue to encourage Conan to bring back some souvenirs for Ran, but now that new clues have emerged in the case, Conan, the reasoning fanatic, naturally put everything else aside.

Sitting in the antique shop owner's car, Jiang Hang noticed the strange expression on Hattori Heiji's face. He asked Hattori, "Hey, is Sannoji a famous place, or is it a temple you've visited before?"

Hattori Heiji glanced at his boss, who was driving, and then whispered to Jiang Hang what was going on.

"Saneng Temple is where I met my first love eight years ago. I've been sneaking around there almost every year for the past few years, but I've never heard of any thefts at Saneng Temple."

Upon hearing Hattori Heiji's explanation, even Conan, who was sitting next to Jiang Hang, couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

Jiang Hang had never told Conan about Heiji Hattori's first love, so he was quite surprised to hear about it.

Jiang Hang briefly explained the situation to Conan, and then muttered a complaint to himself.

This plot is just too dramatic!

However, he should have been able to think of it beforehand. In the Conan series, whenever multiple seemingly unrelated cases occurred at the same time, in most cases, these cases had some overlap, and some cases were even committed by the same person.

Moreover, this incident has even brought up Hattori Heiji's first love. If this were in an anime, it would probably take at least the length of a theatrical film.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hang subconsciously glanced at the tallest building in the vicinity... No, this is Kyoto, an ancient city with a thousand-year history. Even if those skyscrapers are bombed, they can be rebuilt, but these ancient buildings with hundreds of years of history are gone forever.

Although Jiang Hang wouldn't care if these places were blown up, it would be best to try to stop it if possible.

As for Hattori Heiji's so-called first love.

Following the usual formula in anime, Hattori Heiji should be able to discover the true identity of his first love either at a crucial moment in the case or after the case is over.

At the same time, considering that Heiji Hattori already has Kazuha Toyama as his childhood friend, this so-called first love is either a stranger who won't cause any conflict, or that so-called childhood friend is actually Kazuha Toyama, but because Heiji Hattori bumped his head at the time, his memory is hazy and he couldn't recognize her.

Just as Jiang Hang was thinking about how the story would unfold, the antique shop owner had already driven his car to the vicinity of Shanneng Temple.

Upon seeing the familiar scene, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but stand at the temple entrance and sigh.

"It's still the same as when I came here before, except that back then it was spring when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, while now it's late autumn with the mountains covered in red leaves."

"Is this Shanneng Temple?" Jiang Hang first used Eagle Vision to quickly scan the entire temple, then muttered to himself, "It doesn't look very big."

Sannoji Temple is naturally not comparable to those famous shrines and temples in terms of size and incense offerings. However, according to the owner, this temple has a very long history, dating back to the Heian period, making it a thousand-year-old temple.

After they entered the temple, a middle-aged monk soon came out.

The monk clearly recognized the antique shop owner, so he quickly greeted him: "Mr. Sakura, you have so much free time today. Why didn't you tell me before you brought your friend? I could have made some preparations."

His gaze then fell on Hattori Heiji. It seemed he had a slight impression of Hattori Heiji, who would come once or twice a year. However, Hattori Heiji would only stay for a short while each time he came and would not interact with the monks in the temple, so his impression was only vague.

However, he still smiled and bowed to Hattori Heiji as a greeting.

Sakura Seizo is the name of the antique shop owner. After the monk greeted him, he introduced the monk to Jiang Hang and his group: "This is Ryuen, a monk from Saneng Temple. I met him when I was practicing kendo at a dojo nearby. After that, I often came here to worship."