The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

He was genuinely afraid that if he said too much about this, Conan would notice something was wrong and then use his deduction skills to uncover his true nature.

For this reason, Jiang Hang didn't tell Yuno Kiharu and Shizuka Sakaki about these things, to avoid Conan, that overly suspicious kid, trying to get any information out of them.

As for the hidden blade, he had long since put it away. Even Yoshino and the others only knew that he had prepared a weapon for self-defense, but Jiang Hang had never let them touch it.

After these kids had thoroughly explored Jiang Hang's office, and seeing that their innate mischievousness was about to kick in, Jiang Hang quickly had Muchun Yuno drive them to the best restaurant nearby that sold eel rice, in order to prevent his office from suffering a major disaster.

The group of kids didn't complain about Jiang Hang's AE86. After all, only Jiang Hang would treat the 86 as a sentimental car. Conan didn't care much about the car either. After all, the Japanese automotive industry is highly developed, and every car model must have its own loyal fans. He just regarded Jiang Hang as a loyal fan of the AE86, a classic car.

It was a bit cramped for seven people to squeeze into one car, but four children could squeeze in without any problem. Soon, Yoshino Kiharu drove to the entrance of a nearby upscale restaurant.

After a lot of fuss, Genta finally got to eat his favorite eel rice, and it was the highest quality eel rice, a big bowl full of fresh and delicious eel, dipped in a special sauce, on top of premium rice. Just smelling the aroma, the chubby boy seemed to be intoxicated.

Conan, on the other hand, kept observing Jiang Hang from the side.

But... no matter how you look at it, the other person seems very ordinary... A typical detective would pay extra attention to everything around them, but Jiang Hang focused his attention entirely on the super expensive premium eel rice after entering the restaurant, and seemed to have completely ignored his surroundings.

He didn't seem like a particularly skilled detective at all. Although he was certainly more reliable than the detective in his family, he was still quite a distance from the level he had imagined.

He recently overheard Xiaolan chatting at home that Jiang Hang was exceptionally skilled at finding lost items; he could basically find someone's lost things just by asking a few questions and taking a few glances.

Conan believed he could do this easily too, but he still wanted to test Jiang Hang himself.

Watching the other person devour the eel rice, eating no better than Genta, Conan rubbed his forehead and then, using his recently honed skill of feigning childishness, glared at Jiang Hang and asked, "Brother Jiang Hang, I know you're a great strategist. I recently lost one of my favorite pens. Can you help me find it?"

He had already figured out how to answer Jiang Hang's questions about pens, and what kind of inference traps he should set in his words.

If someone is a novice detective, they will naturally be misled by the traps in his words. Only truly skilled detectives can see through the essence at a glance and deduce the most likely location where the item fell.

Hearing Conan's deliberately childlike voice, Jiang Hang couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

He then looked at Conan.

You little brat, are you trying to test me?

"Conan, what kind of pen did you drop? After we finish eating, I'll take you to buy a set of the same ones, how about that?"

He didn't even know if the pen in Conan's mouth actually existed, and he had no interest in playing that kind of trick with him.

To be honest, Jiang Hang was quite careful when going out with Conan. Although he was busy with the eel rice in front of him, he was actually using his Hawkeye ability every now and then to keep an eye on the situation in the restaurant.

He didn't want to take Conan out for an eel rice meal, only to run into some other messy incident.

Chapter 34: Can You Get Stronger by Spending Money?

Hearing Jiang Hang's coaxing words, which sounded like he was talking to a child, Conan's lips twitched slightly. He seemed completely surprised that Jiang Hang's first reaction after hearing his request was to buy him a pen.

No, if we do that, we won't be able to test the other person's reasoning ability.

So he continued to speak in a child's voice, saying, "Brother Jiang Hang, but the pen I dropped was a very limited edition, and you can't buy it anymore... Could you help me think of where I might have dropped it?"

How disgusting! Seeing Conan pretending to be a child in the anime is quite amusing, but seeing it happening to someone who knows Conan's true nature makes Jiang Hang feel goosebumps.

Jiang Hang wiped his mouth with a napkin and then took out his phone.

"Little Conan, your big brother is going to tell you something today: spending money is the most important way to become stronger. As long as you have money, you can definitely find any rare or limited edition item online. This is Amazon's second-hand market. What kind of pen did you drop? I'll help you find it."

Is it really okay for you to say these things to a little kid?

Conan mentally scoffed, but he wasn't ready to give up yet, so he quickly shook his head "pitifully" again.

"No, that pen was a gift from Sister Xiaolan. She would be sad if she knew I had lost it."

Keep fooling me, now you're even dragging your little Lan sister into fooling me, huh?

Jiang Hang thought to himself, then straightened his expression and used his hands, which he had just wiped with a napkin but were still a little greasy, to rub Conan's head.

"Since it's something so important, there's nothing we can do."

Conan was quite disgusted by Jiang Hang's hands, but he still forced himself to endure it.

"Really? Thank you so much, big brother!"

"Go apologize to your Ran-neechan, Conan. This is something Ran-neechan gave you. If you accidentally lost it, just go and apologize to her. I believe Ran-neechan won't be sad about it after hearing your apology. She might even be happy that you've grown up, Conan."

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Conan looked at Jiang Hang with a puzzled expression.

Jiang Hang cut off everything he was about to say. The pen he was talking about didn't even exist. Although Xiao Lan had prepared stationery for him, it was just an ordinary pen that could be found anywhere. If Jiang Hang were to drag him to apologize to Xiao Lan, wouldn't that give them away?

His expression became somewhat subtle: "But I feel there might still be a chance to find the pen; maybe I just forgot I put it somewhere..."

"Then you should try to remember carefully. I believe in you. You can definitely find the pen on your own. If you still can't find it, then go and apologize to your sister Xiaolan."

Meanwhile, the Junior Detective League kids overheard Jiang Hang and Conan's conversation.

"Conan, did you lose something? Do you want us all to help you find it?" Ayumi asked Conan kindly.

Seeing that these kids were about to get involved, Conan had a bad feeling.

"No need, no need. I just thought about it carefully and came up with a few places that I might have missed. I'll go back and look for them again to see if I can find them. If I really can't find them, I'll go apologize to Sister Xiaolan."

He quickly changed the subject.

"Oh, right, Ayumi, didn't you say we were going to explore a haunted house together? How about we go check out that haunted house you mentioned after we eat eel rice?"

"Hey, shall we go to the haunted house after we finish our eel rice?" Genta, whose face was practically buried in the bowl of eel rice, suddenly perked up. "Sure, sure! I just finished my eel rice and I'm bursting with energy. Let's all go on an adventure to the haunted house together!"

"A haunted house...?" Jiang Hang was a little curious. Was this another dangerous adventure for the Junior Detective League?

Ayumi also looked at Jiang Hang and explained to him.

It wasn't a haunted house in an amusement park, but rather a house that Ayumi had passed by a few nights ago and saw strange will-o'-the-wisps inside. She then asked her parents and learned that someone had died in that haunted house five years ago and it had been abandoned ever since.

Moreover, there are rumors that terrifying noises can be heard in that haunted house at midnight.

They had originally planned to go on an adventure today, but Conan suddenly mentioned the eel rice in Jianghang. Between the eel rice and the haunted house, they ultimately chose the delicious eel rice.

Conan had originally planned to gloss over the haunted house incident, but Jiang Hang suddenly threw him into a panic, and he subconsciously brought up the haunted house incident again.

There was nothing that could be done about it, but since there were adults present, they would definitely stop them. Conan was quite pleased with his quick thinking.

"I brought you here to eat eel rice, so your parents should know you're with me, right? If I let you go to the haunted house and something happens, that's my responsibility..." Jiang Hang stroked his chin and said.

Both Yoshino Koharu and Shizuka Sakaki are adults now. They may have liked to act recklessly when they were young, but they can't anymore. Yoshino Koharu is also trying to make her voice gentler.

A murder case from five years ago, a haunted house, screams at night—it sounds terrifying, doesn't it? She was already exhausted after witnessing a murder case just a few days ago and had no desire to accompany a group of children on an adventure to that haunted house.

"After we finish eating, I'll take you to the park. I'll drive you home in the evening. We can go to the haunted house another time. What do you think?"

Ultimately, why would a group of children go to explore a place they knew had been the site of a death? Are kids these days really that brave?

Just as Yoshino was thinking that Jiang Hang had made the right decision this time, Jiang Hang suddenly changed his mind again.

"However, I am somewhat interested in that murder case from five years ago. Ayumi, do you know who the murderer was in that case five years ago?"

"Um... I'm not too sure about that either, it seems like she wasn't caught..." Ayumi said hesitantly.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hang felt that it was a good idea.

The murderer in the murder case five years ago has not been caught, and no one knows why, even though it happened in Beika Town and must have caused quite a stir back then, Conan, who is still Shinichi Kudo, has not solved the case in the past five years.

After thinking about it, Jiang Hang could only think of the phrase "for the sake of the plot." Perhaps it was because the time was not right back then. Although Shinichi Kudo went there, he did not find any special clues and thus forgot about the case.

In short, the Junior Detective League's daily acts of recklessness, coupled with the fact that cases have occurred in the places where they are about to commit these acts, basically mean that there is a case waiting for Conan.

Of course, now we also need to add Jianghang.

"Let's go check out that haunted house then. I'm quite interested in haunted houses and such, but you guys can't wander around," Jiang Hang decided immediately.

Chapter 35: Playing the Conan Mindset Trick

Upon hearing about the haunted house adventure, the two adult girls, Yuno Kiharu and Shizuka Sakaki, immediately backed down.

Jiang Hang didn't force them and said that after the haunted house adventure was over, he would just take a taxi to send the kids home.

Of course, according to Jiang Hang's estimation, if things go smoothly, he won't need to call a taxi; he can just ask Inspector Megure to take them back.

However, the two girls weren't that cowardly. They could skip the haunted house, but they could find a coffee shop or something at the end of the street and wait for Jiang Hang and the others to find out.

Moreover, Yoshino Kiharu found a good reason for their cowardice—off-field support, although this support was of no use to Jiang Hang.

Jiang Hang's mood brightened after glancing at the particularly gloomy Conan.

Although my reasoning skills are not as good as yours, and my IQ is probably not as high as yours, you are still too green to try to outsmart me.

Kiharu Yuno mustered her last bit of courage and drove Jiang Hang and Conan's group to the vicinity of the haunted house, while also secretly glancing at what the haunted house actually looked like.

These streets are surrounded by villa and mansion areas, and people who can afford to buy villas here are obviously not poor.

The so-called haunted house is located in the middle of the street and has a small garden attached, showing the prosperity of the family who lived there five years ago.

Five years have passed, and the villa has long lost its former luster. Ivy has almost climbed up to the roof, and the roof has been overgrown with weeds due to years of neglect.

Even from the outside of the villa, you can feel the desolation and decay of this "haunted house".

Jiang Hang didn't find anything terrifying about it. After seeing the villa, he just thought to himself that no matter how much money he had in the future, he would never buy a villa. It would be too troublesome to maintain, and it would take several minutes to run from the bedroom to the living room every morning to eat breakfast. For a lazy person like Jiang Hang, it would be a nightmare.

My own firm is still the best; it's not small, and more importantly, it's comfortable to live in.

However, for Yoshino Kiharu, this villa seemed rather frightening.

In addition, it was already sunset, and as the red sun was setting in the distance, casting a long shadow on the side of the villa, Yoshino couldn't help but imagine a flock of crows circling above the villa and cawing mournfully.

This is way scarier than the haunted houses in amusement parks!

Goodbye, farewell.

She barely dared to linger in the area, immediately reversing and leaving the street. Before leaving, she pretended to be calm and told Jiang Hang, "If anything happens, just call us."

Even if something really happens, you wouldn't dare come over if I called you, so I might as well contact the police directly.

Jiang Hang mentally grumbled to himself before walking to the front of the villa.

Unsurprisingly, the main entrance was locked.

"The door is locked. It looks like we'll have to look for other entrances."

Jiang Hang muttered this to himself, while Conan muttered something to himself.

"You know how to pick locks, right? This kind of lock shouldn't be a problem for you."

That's to be expected. Five years can turn a once tidy villa into a dilapidated one, but it's far from enough to make the door lock rust. Besides, this kind of door lock isn't particularly high-end. With Jiang Hang's basic lock-picking skills, he can open it in a little while.