The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

I also hope that Kube Rokuro is an easy-going person; if he is unwilling, then I guess he will definitely get a lesson.

It's worth mentioning that since 100% of the core members of the Pioneer Foundation are "tools" arranged by the system, and even among the basic members, tools make up more than 60%, Jiang Hang thought it would be a waste to leave these tool identities unused. So he found a way to get a lot of tool identity information from the system and planned to have those Brotherhood members who couldn't be seen in the light of day wear the tool persona in the future.

This is how the identities of Sakata Yusuke and the Miyano sisters were resolved.

After Yusuke Sakata left, the basement became empty again.

At this moment, Jiang Hang was using the art museum's computer to log into the suicide website he had seen earlier that day, as well as the chat tool that the murderer used to communicate with others.

When he discovered these things, Takagi Wataru hadn't arrived yet. Although he handed all the information over to the police, he naturally needed to keep a backup copy for himself.

Asagi Narumi watched him do these things.

To be precise, this was exactly what he wanted Asano Minami to see.

"Well... let's look around these websites and see if we can find any information about the Lavender House case," Jiang Hang said softly, and then began to work on the computer.

He remembered that Nanatsuki Koshimizu had mentioned to him the lavender house locked room case that forced her friend to commit suicide; the victim had also died by suicide.

Another example is Misa Takeda, who committed suicide three years ago in the Spider Mansion case.

Although, based on the on-site investigation conducted by Nanatsuki Koshimizu and the police files, it is indeed possible to rule out the possibility of other people being present at the scene.

But who knows if they've been affected in other ways online?

Chapter 454: Chapter 450: Famous Detectives... Assemble?!

When Jiang Hang was collecting evidence this afternoon, he did not actually investigate the situation of these suicide websites in detail.

Upon closer investigation, he realized that in a world with a high crime rate like Conan's, the number of people these suicide websites could influence each year was quite staggering.

In the world before he traveled to, the country with the highest recorded suicide rate was Russia in the mid-1990s, with a recorded suicide rate of 0.05%, meaning that five out of every 10,000 people chose to commit suicide each year.

Russia's suicide rate of 0.05% is due to a combination of complex factors; in reality, the average suicide rate in that world is only about 0.01%.

In this world, Jiang Hang only checked the data briefly. Two years ago, Japan had already reported more than 50,000 suicides, a figure that was already close to 0.05%.

Jiang Hang felt a chill run down his spine when he saw this data. There must be many cases where highly intelligent murderers faked their deaths and committed suicide without being caught by the police. But the equally staggering number of missing persons was also not included. If you calculate it this way, the real suicide rate must be more than 0.05%.

It's truly remarkable that Japan has managed to maintain stability in this world.

Extremely high suicide rate + crime rate + all sorts of shady yakuza and terrorist organizations.

On one side are the evil plans of terrorist organizations, on the other side are the wars of conquest between gangs, and the whole society is a high-pressure society that has reached a certain level of involution. Perhaps in another ten years or so, it would not be surprising to seamlessly enter the cyberpunk worldview.

After silently cursing that it was all the world's fault, Jiang Hang stopped thinking about these things and returned to the main topic.

To be honest, although Jiang Hang had only been a detective for a few months, he had personally handled quite a few cases related to suicide. However, a significant portion of these cases involved murderers faking suicides. There were actually only four cases where suicides actually occurred. The earliest case he encountered was that of Ms. Mamegaki Taeko, who almost committed murder in the film crew's attempted murder case.

That Miss Mamegaki Taeko caused her grandfather to commit suicide as an apology because of a mistake she made when she was young. Later, before her wedding, someone used the past incident as leverage to blackmail her. In the end, if it weren't for Jiang Hang's intervention, she would probably be in prison for murder by now.

However, thanks to Jiang Hang's intervention, Ms. Mameyuki Taeko changed the trajectory of her life. Shortly after the case, she married her lover. She even sent Jiang Hang an invitation, and Jiang Hang took the time to attend and give a gift.

The person who committed suicide in this case can be ruled out because the suicide occurred more than ten years ago.

The second case was the Tequila case, where the Black Organization was innocently caught in the crossfire. An employee of the same company, because his colleague cheated on his childhood sweetheart and caused her to commit suicide, prepared a bomb, swapped suitcases with the colleague, and wanted to blow him up.

Little did anyone know that the other party was making a deal with Tequila from the Black Organization. In the end, the box ended up in Tequila's hands. This guy, who had just appeared and was killed off, set a record for the fastest exit from the Black Organization, a record that no one has been able to break to this day.

This case does have some potential, but Jiang Hang doesn't know much about it. If he wants to use this case as a lead to investigate further, he'll probably have to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to check the case files.

Finally, there's the mother and daughter who committed suicide three years ago in the Spider Mansion case, and the case of Nanatsuki Koshimizu's friend's suicide that he's currently investigating.

Of course, these are the cases that Jiang Hang has encountered.

Conan encounters cases much more frequently than Jiang Hang, and many of these cases involve suicide. For example, Yoko Okino's ex-boyfriend committed suicide in Yoko Okino's room and deliberately staged it as a murder, trying to drag Yoko Okino down with his own life.

Although Jiang Hang had seen this case countless times on television in his previous life, he was busy preparing to establish his agency when the case occurred. He hadn't even officially interacted with Conan yet, and he never asked Conan for the details of the case afterward. He only heard Conan briefly mention his experience of meeting Yoko Okino when he later encountered her.

Of course, not every suicide case can be related to these suicide websites, but if he does manage to uncover some clues, then the power of these suicide websites is already quite terrifying.

"So, we still need to ask Conan about this?"

Jiang Hang muttered this to himself.

The suicide websites he has are clearly not the whole picture. If there is some kind of organization behind them, he may not be afraid to investigate further on his own, but what he finds out by himself will inevitably be somewhat one-sided.

Besides Conan, Jiang Hang also planned to send these materials to the famous detectives he knew.

After all, a case of this magnitude, which extends to the entire Japanese and even Southeast Asian region, involving mass induced suicides, certainly warrants a detective world "Avengers Assemble."

Speaking of which, since the last gathering at the Twilight Villa, although he has maintained simple contact with those famous detectives with whom he had "life-and-death friendships," he really hasn't found a way to further develop their relationship.

This case could also be seen as an opportunity.

However, while he had this idea, Jiang Hang still needed to consider the specifics of how to proceed. Most importantly, he needed to confirm that there was indeed a mysterious force behind these suicide websites.

If all of this were just a disorganized mess of small groups each messing around, then Jiang Hang could easily take them all down with a little more effort. Even if he sought help from others, those small groups would simply be within the range of the famous detectives' operations, making it easier to strike.

Now, Jiang Hang plans to first clarify the case involving Koshimizu Nanatsuki.

The other party is currently searching for the "famous detective" who made a mistake in reasoning and caused the death of her friend, but what if her friend's suicide, or even the suicide of the victim in that case, was deliberately orchestrated?

It's been a year, so it's not exactly new. Among the suicide websites he currently owns, there's one that's been around for over two and a half years.

However, the website doesn't have much traffic and is probably only circulating among a small number of people. Moreover, the website administrators are very careful not to recruit members in the same place on a large scale. Therefore, even though the website has caused dozens or even hundreds of suicides in the past year or so, the number is diluted and it is not considered big news when compared to other prefectures and cities in Japan.

Naturally, the police also had a hard time finding information about this website.

Jiang Hang had already disguised his identity and was preparing to go undercover as well. He wanted to gain the trust of the website administrator and see if he could infiltrate their group to gradually find out their background.

This kind of thing can't be accomplished overnight, but Jiang Hang has plenty of time and patience. With his Eagle Eye ability, he has a chance to sense the criminal's psychological state when committing the crime after arresting them. With this ability, plus the cover of advanced disguise skills, he can completely disguise himself as a master of seduction.

When Jiang Hang used his disguise skills to make himself look like a psychopath in the dark, Miyano Akemi, who knew Jiang Hang was working at an art museum and had specially poured him a cup of coffee, was startled by Jiang Hang's sinister appearance the moment she entered the basement. She almost spilled the coffee on Jiang Hang's face on the spot.

She only realized what had happened after learning what had happened from Jiang Hang, who had restored everything to its original state.

A slightly blushing Akemi Miyano thought for a moment and naturally decided to join the operation: after all, she was now a member of the Brotherhood, and even Yusuke Sakata could go on missions. Her current disguise skills allowed her to go out at will without being discovered. Although she might not be able to do other dangerous things, she had no problem gathering intelligence online.

"Since you want to pretend to be a PUA master to the website administrator, you should also need a target to lure. I know you can play multiple roles without any problem, but at least let me help you with some of the work."

After listening to Miyano Akemi's words, Jiang Hang pondered for a moment.

Akemi Miyano is a talented person, but she sacrificed her study time to take care of Shiho Miyano while working for the Black Organization. Later, she became somewhat love-struck because of her relationship with Shuichi Akai.

Now that she has left the organization, her younger sister is capable of handling things on her own and doesn't need her to worry too much, and having decided to completely sever ties with Shuichi Akai, Akemi Miyano has indeed recently shown a completely different aura than before.

These days, whenever Jiang Hang visits the art museum, he secretly overhears the museum staff whispering that Akemi Miyano's work demeanor has become increasingly authoritative, making the original staff afraid to slack off during work hours.

Adding some more tasks to Miyano Akemi seems like a good idea.

However, Miyano Akemi has suffered trauma after all—the loss of family, betrayal in love, and abandonment by her organization. Although Miyano Akemi seems fine now, Jiang Hang is genuinely worried that she might be led astray by the people on those suicide websites filled with negative emotions.

"It seems I'll have to learn some psychology on the side, and I'll need to come back every now and then to do psychological assessments for them." Jiang Hang thought to himself, and then agreed to Miyano Akemi's request.

"Then let's do it this way. But your scenes aren't urgent for now. I'll also get you a separate computer so that your IP address won't be easily identified."

These people who run suicide websites are obviously aware that what they are doing is practically murder without actually doing it. Therefore, they are all extremely cautious and afraid of death. Gaining their trust, even just the initial trust, is not an easy task.

Given Jiang Hang's personality, once he decides to do something, he obviously won't be perfunctory; he'll make sure everything goes perfectly.

After receiving Jiang Hang's affirmative reply, Miyano Akemi's expression seemed more relaxed than before.

It seems she genuinely felt uneasy because she hadn't done anything of value for Jiang Hang after he rescued her.

Now that she feels she can help, she naturally feels much more at ease.

Jiang Hang was unaware of Miyano Akemi's thoughts at that moment. His attention remained focused on those websites, recording information about those who had suicidal thoughts or might say goodbye to this world at any time, while also trying to get closer to the website administrators.

He almost didn't even notice when Yusuke Sakata returned from the mission.

"The mission was successfully completed. When I arrived, the man was talking to a reporter from that magazine about you. I snatched the phone and threatened him."

Upon hearing Sakata Yusuke's report, Jiang Hang finally looked up.

"what's the result?"

"Kube Rokuro hasn't backed down yet; he even tried to resist. I taught him a lesson, but he doesn't seem entirely convinced."

"But the magazine over there backed down immediately after hearing the name of the Pioneer Foundation, saying that it would not publish any news related to you, including this suicide website incident. After that, I told Kube Rokuro to take care of himself and then I came back."

Sakata Yusuke's answer was brief, and Jiang Hang wasn't particularly surprised by his explanation.

Kube Rokuro, being young and impetuous, would sometimes still argue back even if someone had a knife to his neck. Not to mention, Sakata Yusuke wouldn't kill someone over something like that.

While Yusuke Sakata told him to keep quiet and not to have any opinions about the case, he was probably still thinking about the public's right to know, which is what the news media should be doing.

However, the gossip magazine's reaction was much more genuine.

After all, the name of the Pioneer Foundation is still quite useful.

While most people might not know what this foundation is, since the magazine specifically mentioned to Rokuro Kube that they were paying too much attention to his news, he is clearly one of the few people who know about the Pioneer Foundation.

Since they knew about the Pioneer Foundation, it was a wise choice for the gossip magazine to back down first after hearing that the Pioneer Foundation had discovered his plans. The two sides were worlds apart in size. What else could they do but back down? They couldn't possibly have a small company with a market value of less than a few hundred million yen go head-to-head with a conglomerate with assets of tens of billions of US dollars.

Chapter 455: Chapter 451: The Arsonist's True Thoughts

However, even though the gossip magazine had backed down, Jiang Hang wasn't going to let those unscrupulous media outlets off so easily.

"I'll put you in charge of this gossip magazine matter. Find out who's behind the magazine, and then gather as much evidence as possible of their illegal and criminal activities." Jiang Hang looked at Sakata Yusuke.

Yusuke Sakata nodded. When he was a policeman, he had also recruited many informants and undercover agents, but those informants and undercover agents were all targeting yakuza groups in Osaka and large companies that might be involved in economic crimes.

Instead of planting spies among celebrities, this gossip magazine took advantage of UDI, an organization that accepts bodies of people from all over the country for unusual deaths, to plant a thorn in its side, hoping to use it to obtain detailed information on sensational cases.

In fact, they actually did it.

After all, UDI is a legitimate official organization. Its original purpose was to address the shortage of forensic doctors in Japan and the high crime rate, which resulted in many unnatural deaths being hastily closed without autopsies. They never imagined that their efforts to speak out for the deceased would lead to someone eyeing their organization's future so early in the process.

In the story, Kube Rokuro provides the magazine with information on several controversial and sensational cases. If he hadn't been influenced by UDI's work atmosphere and turned to the light, he probably would have continued to leech off UDI as it was just starting to gain momentum.

Even in the end, the gossip magazine received no punishment whatsoever. In fact, when one of their own reporters was accused of instigating murder, they were still gleefully using their colleague as a news gimmick, taking the exploitation of human suffering to the extreme.

Now that Jiang Hang has arrived, he naturally won't let that happen again.

Sakata Yusuke accepted the task, and Jiang Hang, of course, was not stingy. He immediately gave Sakata Yusuke five million yen in activity funds, and could add more money later if needed. These days, Jiang Hang could get eight million yen as a reward for helping an old lady cross the street, so he was not short of money.

Yusuke Sakata couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

When he was a policeman, he worked himself to the bone for a month and his salary was less than 300,000 yen. Even after taking into account the benefits and subsidies of civil servants, the salary he could take in at the end of the year was less than the funding given for a random mission in Jianghang.

Yusuke Sakata was not a greedy person. If he were a little selfish, he could have used what Kiichiro Numabuchi told him to threaten the politician who killed his father and extorted tens of millions of yen from him without any problem.

However, he was still somewhat touched by Jiang Hang's trust in him.