The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

However, this was on the street, and he was accompanied by several elementary school students. He had no intention of showing off his lock-picking skills in front of them.

Let's be a little more formal at this point.

Eagle Eye - Reveal, Unveil.

Jiang Hang has used this function many times. The reason why he has been able to find lost items so accurately during this period is entirely due to this skill.

Although the effective range is not long, almost all information within this area will be visible to him.

He can clearly discern the fingerprints left by someone touching the ground, the footprints left by someone walking on it, and even how many times the artist has painted over the bottom of an oil painting during its creation, all through his ability to reveal them.

It's a pity that Jiang Hang, a commoner with no artistic talent whatsoever, has absolutely no interest in the antique industry and no knowledge of it whatsoever. Otherwise, with his Eagle Eye ability, he could easily make a cameo appearance in the antique appraisal circle.

He quickly discovered the secret of the villa. Although he couldn't scan the entire villa from a distance of ten meters, he could see almost everything around it. Combined with the normal long field of vision of an eagle eye, the villa no longer held many secrets.

To be honest, the assassin's eagle eye isn't very useful for those far-fetched cases because it can't help Jiang Hang deduce the killer's methods. Only detectives like Conan, who rely on hard skills, can grasp the killer's psychology, deduce their methods, and find the killer.

But in cases that aren't particularly complex, a single eagle eye is enough for him to know everything.

This villa really does have some interesting things; the teenage daredevils are indeed impressive.

Although the situation inside was still uncertain, Jiang Hang regretted agreeing to bring them along.

He glanced at Conan, who was still feeling helpless about having to come along to explore this "haunted house."

He felt he should adopt Conan's mindset.

You were trying to trick me, weren't you? Well, I'm going to trick you back now and show you what real acting is all about.

"There's definitely something wrong with this villa." He muttered to himself deliberately in front of Conan.

Conan paused for a moment, then looked at Jiang Hang, who was resting his chin on his hand, seemingly deep in thought.

Judging from their appearance, it seems like they really are here to solve a case and find clues?

Conan immediately focused his attention, seemingly wanting to know what Jiang Hang had just discovered that led him to say such a thing.

However, there really weren't any useful clues at the entrance. Conan stared at it with his big eyes for a long time but couldn't figure out anything.

What exactly did this guy discover?

At this moment, Jiang Hang walked directly in another direction.

That was the alley between two villas, now overgrown with weeds. It seemed the owner of the other villa was unwilling to clear the weeds; five years was enough time for them to grow up to knee-high.

"Just as I expected, I'll go inside and take a look. Don't come in yet, in case there are snakes inside."

As Jiang Hang said this, he stepped into the alley.

There were no snakes around, of course, but his rudimentary camouflage skills made him feel he should put on a little act.

Soon, he found the small wooden door, which was only about a meter high and hidden by weeds, and then the other kids from the "Teenage Reckless Kids" also came over.

"I see, I understand now." Jiang Hang deliberately said this again in front of Conan.

Conan felt that Jiang Hang's actions were forcing his obsessive-compulsive disorder to surface.

He examined the wooden door, which resembled a dog hole, closely; it turned out to be an important clue.

The door doesn't look very old. Judging from the hinges, it was probably installed within the last few years, no more than five years ago...

No, Ayumi said that after the murder case five years ago, the original owner of this villa moved away, so the villa should be uninhabited now.

Besides, most people wouldn't deliberately put a wooden door on the dog hole side, would they? This is clearly something prepared specifically for people...

In other words, people have actually been living in this villa all these years?

Could it be that a homeless person found this villa, knew it was a haunted house and that no one usually goes near it, so they moved in and installed a hidden wooden door for easy access to prevent being discovered?

But he always felt that Jiang Hang was referring to more than just these things.

So what exactly did you figure out?! Just tell me!

Chapter 36: This is basic reasoning (just kidding), my friend.

Having successfully manipulated Conan's mindset, Jiang Hang casually sent a message to Yuno Kiharu.

"There are no ghosts in the haunted house, but there might be cases. Would you like to come and broaden your horizons?"

After teasing Conan and then taking a jab at Yuno Koharu, Jiang Hang felt much better.

We entered the long-abandoned villa through the wooden door.

"When we go inside, remember to follow me and don't get lost. This house is so big and hasn't been maintained for so long; there might be some danger inside."

He didn't want the group of reckless individuals to go wild and run around as soon as they entered, only to be handed over to the person hiding in the house one by one. He was all too familiar with this pattern; even though he had no recollection of the case, he felt that this was how it would unfold.

Enter the villa through the side door that faces the small wooden door.

Seeing that only one person's fingerprint was highlighted on the doorknob, Jiang Hang said nothing.

He tried to find the power switches nearby, but the circuit breakers were probably all turned off, since the people living here didn't want to be discovered. However, the faucet itself was well hidden, so there was no need to worry about being discovered. Jiang Hang tried it, and sure enough, there was water in the faucet.

He had assumed the people living here had dug their own wells for water, but it seemed they hadn't quite managed to do that yet.

He glanced at Conan.

Very well, this guy is probably starting to wonder who lives here.

However, he didn't intend to let Conan continue. After all, he came here to complete the case. After entering the villa, the system had already given him a notification that this was the scene of a crime.

If Conan solves the case first, then his trip will have been in vain. After all, from Conan's eagle-eye perspective, there are highlighted clues everywhere in the house. With Conan's intelligence, he could probably solve the case just by seeing a few of them.

Jiang Hang led several children deeper into the villa.

These kids, who were originally quite reckless, wanted to explore the villa on their own, but after being caught red-handed by Jiang Hang several times, they had no choice but to obediently follow him.

He naturally didn't want to bring the kids to such a dangerous place. If he could, he would rather send these guys home now and come alone to explore the villa.

But now, who knows what dangerous things these reckless kids might do?

Even though the teenage daredevils in the anime have been courting death for years without getting into trouble, now that this 'butterfly' has appeared, even a simple flap of his wings could put them in danger, which is definitely not what Jiang Hang wants to see.

Therefore, he could only keep a close eye on these people, ensuring their safety as long as they were near him, while also using his eagle eyes to keep them from running into the so-called "villa ghost".

As they ventured deeper into the villa, the sky gradually darkened. Coupled with the fact that this area was already difficult for sunlight to penetrate, it easily gave people an eerie, chilly feeling.

Despite how brave Genta and his friends are when they're outside, once they experience this empty and eerie atmosphere firsthand, they realize they're still just a group of six or seven-year-old kids, so it's perfectly normal for them to be scared.

I don't know when it started, but apart from Conan, these kids started clinging tightly to his clothes and pants.

After deliberately finding a few obvious clues along the way, Jiang Hang felt that the haunted house adventure game should come to an end, so he headed to the most hidden place shown in the eagle eye view.

After walking for several more minutes, he suddenly stopped as if he had noticed something.

After checking the surroundings and then stomping on the spot with a little force, he finally confirmed his suspicions.

"Let go of me for a moment, there seems to be something here, let me check."

As Jiang Hang said this, the children quickly hid behind him.

He bent down and quickly found a barely noticeable groove on the floor.

This is the handle of a hidden door. And judging from the area around the groove, it's the kind that's frequently used.

"It really is a secret passage. Do all rich people like to dig secret passages in their homes?" Jiang Hang remarked, then used some force to lift up the hidden door of the secret passage that was concealed in the ground.

Below was a bottomless staircase, but he certainly knew what lay at the bottom.

"I think it's best if you guys don't go down into these places. According to the tropes in those stories, there might be countless imprisoned corpses buried down there, you know?"

Seeing the kids showing interest in the stairs below the hidden door, Jiang Hang didn't take them down. Instead, he closed the hidden door again.

The group of people who were initially curious about what was down there suddenly started trembling again.

"All he does is scare children. What a nasty guy," Conan thought helplessly as he looked at Jiang Hang scaring the kids.

However, what he cared about was not that, but how Jiang Hang found the hidden door, and what secrets were hidden beneath it. Although he had followed Jiang Hang around the villa for a long time, he only had a vague idea, and he did not yet have the decisive evidence for that idea.

He knew very well that Jiang Hang had led them directly this way at the end, barely stopping at any of the side passages they encountered along the way. It was highly likely that the other party had discovered the secret passage shortly after they entered.

"How did you find such a well-hidden door, big brother?" In order to find out the reason, Conan did not hesitate to act cute again, hoping to get an answer from Jiang Hang.

"This is basic reasoning, Conan, kid." Jiang Hang once again played the Conan mindset trick.

What kind of basics are these? You're clearly just using Sherlock Holmes lines to show off!

Although Conan couldn't understand how Jiang Hang found the hidden door, he quickly remembered that Ran had mentioned that Jiang Hang was very good at finding things.

Conan had to admit that, in terms of finding things, Jiang Hang's abilities, demonstrated during their several meetings, were indeed far superior to his own.

At that moment, to Conan's astonishment, Jiang Hang took out his phone.

He had originally planned to call Inspector Megure, but after thinking about it carefully, although he was now basically certain of the murderer in the case five years ago, it had only been two or three days, and Jiang Hang felt that calling Inspector Megure again was a bit too frequent.

So he decided to call Takagi.

Actually, he just felt that Takagi was easier to talk to, unlike Inspector Megure who would ask all sorts of questions on the phone.

"Hey, this is Jiang Hang. Takagi-kun, you shouldn't be busy right now, right?"

"Eh...are you having dinner with your uncle? I'm sorry, if you're off today, I'll call Inspector Megure instead."

"Are you alright? Are you really alright? Let me briefly explain the situation to you. You can bring people over to search the place. Anyway, no one has been here for years, so searching shouldn't be too much trouble."

Jiang Hang briefly explained the case from five years ago and said that he had found a clue and needed the other party to bring people to search the area before hanging up the phone.

Conan stared in disbelief as Jiang Hang finished making the call.

"Brother Jiang Hang, did you find out the real culprit in the case from five years ago so quickly?"

"It's pretty much a done deal. I think the only person who knows about this secret door and has lived here for five years is the original owner of this house. A homeless person wouldn't pay the water bill for a villa."

"Why would they do this? If you think about it this way, there aren't many answers left. Just leave the rest to the police to investigate."

"But shouldn't a detective solve problems? You've already reached the final step in solving the mystery, and you're only one step away from finding the culprit. Don't you feel it's a pity to give up like this?" Perhaps because he was used to solving problems himself, Conan couldn't understand Jiang Hang's behavior of giving up after solving 90% of the mystery.

He even forgot to pretend to speak in a childlike tone when he was speaking.

Seeing Conan's anxious expression, Jiang Hang smiled. Conan was unaware that he had already seen everything through Hawkeye's eyes.

“Then let’s talk about more things. Outside the villa, I saw a window that was open, but if that window had always been open, it would probably have broken long ago. However, the area around that window looked quite clean. It rained in Tokyo a few days ago, so how could it be so clean there? That window must have been opened recently.”

This is something only an eagle-eye view can see; even the best eyesight in a normal person can't see it as clearly as he does.

“On the third floor of the villa, in a room, I noticed that the room was covered in dust, so I didn’t go in. But I could vaguely see footprints on the floor. I also saw a picture frame in the room that was still so clean that it reflected light, even though it had been there for several years. If the people living in this villa were someone else, they wouldn’t have needed to do that.”