The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

After all, how many people who are into rock music can get up early in the morning? The really exciting part here starts after 8 p.m.

Of course, Jiang Hang came to investigate the case, and the goal was to have a small team.

It would be troublesome if there were too many onlookers.

Soon, Jiang Hang followed Takagi Wataru to the scene of yesterday's arson case.

The area around the scene had already been cordoned off. Although there were many curious passersby, they only dared to peek at the cordon from outside and did not dare to approach the area.

Jiang Hang's identity was already known within the Metropolitan Police Department. Upon seeing Jiang Hang's arrival, without him even needing to show his consultant badge, the police officers respectfully led him to the crime scene and began explaining what they had discovered.

"The fire should have started from here. The murderer's method was very simple: he used a pile of discarded newspapers, poured oil on them, set them on fire when no one was paying attention, and then left the scene."

"Because the perpetrators chose areas that were usually deserted, the fires went unnoticed in their early stages when they were still small. By the time someone discovered them, the fires had already grown to a point where they could not be easily contained."

Jiang Hang basically understood all of this by simply looking around the site with his eagle eye, and he could see much more than the on-site personnel could find out.

The arsonist did not leave many traces at the scene. His method was actually nothing special. As long as no one else passed by the crime scene, he would take a bottle of gasoline and a few newspapers, find a secluded place, set the fire, and leave. It was that simple. As long as no one discovered his identity, he could remain hidden forever.

But last night was different from usual; a passerby appeared during the murder.

From Jiang Hang's perspective, it must have been the passerby who discovered the flames rising at the scene of the crime and wanted to help put them out.

Unexpectedly, the murderer, who had been lurking not far from the crime scene, noticed it.

To avoid ruining his plans, the murderer made a desperate decision and secretly stabbed the victim in the back before fleeing the scene. He didn't even think to take the body to the fire and let the flames engulf it.

"In other words, the murderer's main purpose was always arson, which should be due to some kind of mental illness. He killed people because someone might try to stop his arson plan, so he hurriedly killed people and fled the scene."

People with mental illnesses like this are clearly not going to stop now.

Recalling the notice on the bulletin board, Jiang Hang's expression turned serious. This task could indeed be upgraded from four stars to five stars.

To be honest, this was indeed the first time he had faced an opponent who might have mental issues.

To deal with a culprit whose mind is a jumbled mess, who has no idea what they're thinking, and who can't pinpoint the next arson location, all Jiang Hang can do now is use some clumsy methods to investigate.

He looked up at the sky.

Altaïr was circling in the sky, completely unaware that its master was already planning to have it work overtime for the next few days, conducting reconnaissance missions throughout Tokyo.

Chapter 447: Chapter 443: The Girl from Shimokitazawa

The fire did indeed destroy many of the clues left at the scene, and the Metropolitan Police Department's investigators could not find any useful information in the ruins.

Feeling the expectant looks from the other investigators at the scene, Jiang Hang rested his chin on his hand and carefully scanned all the information at the crime scene with his eagle eyes.

"Judging from the location and angle of the stab wound when the deceased was stabbed..." Jiang Hang simulated the deceased's struggles and reactions before death around the body.

"Yesterday was the first time the murderer killed someone at a crime scene. Judging from the way he did it, he was not very skilled. It is highly likely that the murderer killed the victim on a whim."

"If you strike from this angle, blood will definitely splatter on him. By looking at the location of the bloodstains on the ground around the body, you can roughly determine which parts of the murderer's body were stained with blood."

In addition, the faint footprints he saw on the ground with his eagle eye, although he couldn't tell the killer's specific identity, he could still make a 80-90% judgment based on the killer's foot size, height, and arm span.

"He was about 178 cm tall, wore size 45 shoes, and started the fire with matches instead of a lighter."

"In addition, the perpetrator has committed four arson cases this month. Under normal circumstances, the perpetrator would not choose to commit the crime in his own residential area, which means that he must have come to Shimokitazawa by some means of transportation."

“Subway, taxi, or his own motorcycle or car—these are the modes of transportation the murderer could choose.”

"Given the bloodstains on him and the likely strong smell of gasoline, which couldn't be cleaned off immediately, he certainly couldn't have left by subway or taxi. If he had driven himself, his car or motorcycle would definitely have been parked on the street nearby."

"But no matter what the situation is, even if he wants to walk back, he has to take off his blood-stained coat to avoid being noticed. So later, everyone can go around and ask if anyone remembers seeing someone in a hurry who took off his coat and met the conditions I just mentioned in this area last night."

As an advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department, Jiang Hang theoretically did not have the authority to directly mobilize police officers. However, when the officers at the scene saw that he had completed almost all the work that would take them a whole day to finish in just a few minutes at the crime scene, they could only admire the detective's abilities.

Therefore, after hearing Jiang Hang's instructions, they acted quite consciously in accordance with them.

Jiang Hang was also using Altaïr's vision to observe the surrounding streets while using his firm's case investigation function to search for cases and commissions in his vicinity.

The firm has been at level four for a long time. Now, Jiang Hang can see cases and commissions within a 16-kilometer radius of the firm and within a 200-meter radius of himself on the firm's bulletin board. In terms of area, that's more than 800 square kilometers, which is about one-third the size of Tokyo.

Furthermore, as the scope expands, a filtering function has been added to the commission announcement board, which can more accurately display commissions within a specific area at the top of the commission board.

Shimokitazawa is only about 8 or 9 kilometers away from Beika Town as the crow flies, so Jiang Hang can naturally see the requests from Shimokitazawa.

Normally, Jiang Hang would prioritize requests from Beika Town and put them on the bulletin board. Now, if needed, he could naturally set the priority area for requests to Shimokitazawa.

Looking at it this way, it's clear that because Jiang Hang rarely comes to Shimokitazawa, all sorts of requests can be found here.

Putting aside the usual requests like finding lost kittens, helping old ladies cross the street, and taking drunk people home from izakayas, Shimokitazawa naturally has a lot of requests for various underground bands and performance venues due to the popularity of bands.

For example, if a venue wants to find a resident band, or a band wants to find its missing guitarist, these are all requests that Jiang Hang can accept.

Jiang Hang also found the request from the relatives of the deceased last night to find the real arsonist. However, these requests were not only about catching the arsonist, but also included revenge.

Jiang Hang obviously couldn't bring the murderer to the victim's relatives and friends after catching him so they could vent their anger, so he had to give up on these requests.

Unfortunately, after searching through all the other cases, Jiang Hang found none that were related to this one. He had no choice but to take a few officers and go to the neighborhood to ask people about what happened last night.

Since no decisive evidence can be found at the scene of this type of case, the rest depends on luck: searching the vast Shimokitazawa for someone who remembers what happened last night.

Once they get busy, they're busy from morning until evening.

After catching a few thieves and helping some performance venues solve some minor problems, Jiang Hang also found quite a few new clues.

The intelligence came from an underground performance venue about 100 meters away from the crime scene. The person who provided the intelligence was a female high school student. According to her, around 10:30 pm last night, on her way home from the performance venue, she saw a person with the smell of gasoline walking out of a nearby alley.

Judging from the time and place, that person is the new culprit in this case.

Unfortunately, it was quite late, and the person was wearing a hat. If Jiang Hang hadn't taken the initiative to ask, and offered to treat the person and their friends to dinner as a reward, the person probably wouldn't have remembered this incident.

Finally, through a series of attempts in Jianghang, coupled with the delicious food at the restaurant, the other person gradually recalled the general appearance of the person they had seen the previous night.

His height and build were roughly in line with Jiang Hang's assessment.

He was wearing a hat, probably had a beard, and had long hair. He was holding what appeared to be a brown leather jacket, from which the smell of gasoline was most likely coming from.

Because the girl only briefly encountered the suspect, the question of how he left Shimokitazawa remains unanswered.

But if the girl really looked at him a few more times out of curiosity, the murderer who had just killed someone and had his fill of lust might actually find another opportunity to stab her.

It's already pretty good as it is.

Overall, the main point is that Jiang Hang's previous deductions included the impression of a long-haired, bearded man wearing a leather jacket.

This image has already narrowed down the range of suspects considerably, but under Japan's current household registration system, it is still not easy to pinpoint the real culprit.

However, this was originally the Metropolitan Police Department's job, and Jiang Hang's ability to find so many clues has greatly accelerated their investigation.

"Anyway, thank you for the clue. If you can think of any other clues, feel free to call me anytime," Jiang Hang handed a business card to the blue-haired girl in front of him who had provided him with the clue, and didn't forget to give his firm a shout-out. "If your family has anything they want to investigate, they can also contact the firm during working hours."

Hearing Jiang Hang's words, the girl who had just gotten a free meal from Jiang Hang seemed to show a hint of interest on her face.

Sensing that the other party might be planning to make up clues to get a free meal, Jiang Hang's lips twitched slightly.

Judging from her appearance and makeup, this girl must come from a well-off family. But she looks like she hasn't had a proper meal in days.

Although Jiang Hang didn't care about this small amount of money, he was used to taking advantage of others, so he was a little unaccustomed to being taken advantage of by others.

Jiang Hang then added that the murderer was suspected of multiple crimes, including serial arson and murder, and would at least face life imprisonment if caught. If the clues provided were correct, there would be a reward when the murderer was caught. However, if the clues provided were wrong or even fabricated, and ultimately misled the police investigation, he might even have to bear criminal responsibility.

Although Jiang Hang's words were clearly exaggerated, they still startled the blonde girl who was sitting on the other side and was his blue-haired friend. She quickly stood up and took the initiative to say on behalf of her friend that she would never do such a thing.

The girl, whom Jiang Hang considered somewhat disdainful, also pouted with a hint of regret, seemingly lamenting that she had lost another way to freeload a meal.

After finishing his meal, Jiang Hang waved goodbye to the two girls at the restaurant entrance.

"I wish you success in forming your own band. If I have the chance in the future, I will come here to watch your performance," Jiang Hang said, which was not exactly polite.

In fact, he was quite interested in these two girls who had very different personalities but a particularly harmonious relationship.

Of course, this interest doesn't have any unhealthy connotations.

Although Jiang Hang was certain he didn't know the two girls, based solely on his years of experience as an anime otaku, he still had a vague feeling that they might be the protagonists of some youth anime.

In fact, he did see the requests for help from the two girls on the agency's bulletin board:

"We finally formed a band, but two days before our first official performance, we suddenly couldn't contact the band's guitarist and lead singer. Can you help me find the lead singer or find another talented lead singer?"

This kind of commission has a comic book feel to it.

Even more crucially, this commission, which looks like it's only worth one or two stars at most, is listed as a three-star commission in the bulletin board.

Although Samsung's commissions are nothing to Jiang Hang, just think about what kind of Samsung commissions Jiang Hang has taken on before.

Maple Leaf Gold Coin Case, a three-star commission; ordinary murder cases are also three-star commissions.

Now, even a request to find a lead singer is a three-star request. If it's not a system malfunction, then it means that the person who posted the request is no ordinary person. For example, Jiang Hang saw a four-star request on the bulletin board before, "Prevent Otonokizaka Academy from closing down," and a five-star request, "Let Ran know Conan's true identity."

"With such vibrant hair colors, a warm and generous female lead, and a scheming and expressionless second female lead, and their goal is to form a band, it all feels like an anime. The next development should be that the female lead finds new band members and then officially debuts."

"Because they're connected to the main characters in the anime, the commissions they issue are much higher in star rating than usual," Jiang Hang muttered to himself, then couldn't help but ask the system in his head.

"System, beings like you who transcend timelines should be able to know about this, right? Can you tell me if my analysis just now was correct?"

"Or how about you just give me the anime series that happened after I transmigrated as a reward for the commission? I personally wouldn't mind at all."

However, the system in his head did not respond to Jiang Hang's question.

Jiang Hang didn't think much of it after waiting for a while and still not receiving a response. He just assumed that the aloof system didn't want to talk to him about such boring things, so it simply didn't answer.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about this. I've been infected with Conan's death aura myself. What if I go to a concert and discover some kind of murder case? It'll probably give those girls a psychological trauma. After all, not everyone has the mental fortitude of those kids in the 'Teenage Death Gang'," Jiang Hang muttered to himself before heading home.

But at the restaurant entrance, the scene is quite different.

The blonde girl, Ijichi Nijika, looked at her friend with some confusion.

"Liang, did we just mention to this famous detective that we're going to form a band?"

The blue-haired girl, Yamada Ryo, shook her head expressionlessly: "It wasn't mentioned, but since the other party is a famous detective, it's normal for them to be able to deduce this kind of thing."

"That detective is really amazing," Ichiji Nijika couldn't help but exclaim, then said to her friend, "But he said he'd come to our concert in the future. Once we find the band's lead singer and officially debut, should we call and invite him over?"

Yamada Ryo touched his stomach, which was full for the first time in days, and nodded without hesitation in affirmation.

......

But in places unknown to Jianghang.

In the dimensional forums that serve as communication channels for various systems in high latitudes, a question post quietly appeared.