The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Clearly, Koshimizu Nanatsuki is not the type of person who can make up a lie for half an hour with just a frown, especially when facing a highly intimidating opponent like Jiang Hang. It would be even more difficult for her to come up with a plausible lie for herself.

However, Jiang Hang, who had already investigated and found out about Koshimizu Nanatsuki, did not make things difficult for Koshimizu Nanatsuki on this point for too long.

After receiving a rather vague explanation, he didn't press the matter further.

"The perpetrator was a seasoned arsonist who had successfully committed four arson crimes. During the fourth crime, he killed the person on the spot and fled the scene because someone discovered his crime."

"The prisoner's mentality is probably at its most inflated and confident right now. If he notices you, do you think you can take him down by yourself late at night?"

Jiang Hang scanned Koshimizu Nanatsuki: "Is it the stun gun and pepper spray in your pocket, or the baton hidden in your sleeve?"

Feeling completely exposed, Koshimizu Nanatsuki instinctively covered her chest with her hand.

Is this really an observational ability that humans can achieve? Standing in front of Jiang Hang, I feel like my whole body is being seen through.

“I won’t follow the criminal forever. My original plan was to call the police as soon as I found someone who looked like the criminal. “That criminal wouldn’t try to kill me in public to cover it up.” Koshimizu Nanatsuki explained to Jiang Hang, “It’s impossible for the criminal to try to kill me in public to silence me.”

Jiang Hang nodded slightly.

“Your idea is correct, but next time this happens, it’s best to tell me in advance,” Jiang Hang said after finding out why Yue Shui Qi Tsuki was there, and then extended an invitation to her.

"Since we all believe that the murderer will be here tonight, let's cooperate for now."

Although she was not too willing to continue staying with Jiang Hang, Yue Shui Qixi knew that she only had two options: leave this place or follow Jiang Hang.

The first option seems to be more convenient, but she is currently presenting herself as a detective to Jiang Hang. If she chooses to leave here, although it may not matter in the short term, if Jiang Hang notices this afterward, it might affect her future plans.

Therefore, after considering it for a while, Koshimizu Nanatsuki agreed to Jiang Hang's invitation.

“But let’s make this clear first: if the criminals notice us, and if my life is in danger, I will run away without hesitation,” Koshimizu Nanatsuki said to Jiang Hang. “At most, I’ll call an ambulance for you when I call the police.”

Hearing what Nanatsuki Koshimizu said, Jiang Hang couldn't help but laugh.

"An ambulance definitely needs to be called, but of course I won't be the one who needs it."

Even if the culprit is Makoto Kyogoku, the last person standing will only be him, and there will be no other possibility.

He might only throw one punch at the prisoner, and then have to ask the prisoner not to die in front of him.

Seeing Jiang Hang's overwhelming confidence in his strength, Yue Shui Qi Tsuki became even more wary of Jiang Hang.

She's skilled in both combat and deduction, undetectable by tracking techniques, possesses unpredictable disguise abilities, and is rumored to be a skilled hacker as well.

I really don't know why there are such flawless men in the world.

Most importantly, this man seems to have a slightly wicked sense of humor.

If you're going to be enemies with this kind of person, it's better to turn yourself in to the police as soon as possible.

With this in mind, Koshimizu Nanatsuki tried to talk to Jiang Hang as little as possible, and instead investigated several sparsely populated alleys that might be targeted by the suspect, based on her own ideas.

After spending an hour, Jiang Hang and his group had not yet found any trace of the perpetrator, but they had identified several target areas.

These locations all have something in common: dilapidated wooden buildings that few people would go that way, and several exit routes so that people don't get stuck in dead ends.

After finishing all this, they exchanged and discussed the case information. Koshimizu Nanatsuki glanced at the time.

It's 10:15 PM.

If I suggest leaving now, he probably won't suspect me, since I'm still just a college student and a detective.

As Koshimizu Nanatsuki thought this to herself, she also planned to say goodbye to Jiang Hang.

However, at that moment, Jiang Hang seemed to sense something and suddenly strode towards the other end of the street.

"Did you find something?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki quickly caught up with Jiang Hang and asked.

"I saw a familiar face, so I went over to say hello," Jiang Hang said, a faint smile appearing on his face.

So this case is actually related to you, Ayumi?

Yes, the familiar face Jiang Hang saw was none other than Ayumi from the Junior Detective Club.

Moreover, in Altaïr's line of sight, the serial arsonist had appeared and was committing his fifth arson crime.

The reason Jiang Hang said that this case would be related to Bu Mei is because Bu Mei is currently at the exit of the alley where the perpetrator left the crime scene.

At that moment, Ayumi was at a gashapon machine near the alley exit, begging her mother to buy her a gashapon.

At this rate, by the time the criminal finishes the crime and leaves the alley, Ayumi should be able to see the criminal's facial features.

Then, as a member of the Junior Detective League, Ayumi might tell Conan about it the next day, and then Conan would take them to the Metropolitan Police Department to report the clue.

This is a relatively good guess. As for a worse guess, it's that Ayumi is the person who has been kidnapped the most times in the entire Detective Conan series. The arsonist might kidnap her because she discovered his secret and because she's small.

Then comes the cliché plot of Conan arriving at the scene and searching for Ayumi's whereabouts based on the clues there.

Regardless of how things develop, since Jiang Hang has encountered this situation, he obviously has no choice but to take over this moment that originally belonged to Conan, and also take the opportunity to boost his reputation with the Junior Detective League.

With this in mind, Jiang Hang walked up to Bu Mei's side.

Ayumi's mother, Mrs. Yoshida, is a young-looking urban woman. Although she has never actually appeared in the Conan manga, Jiang Hang has met their parents since he had many interactions with the Detective Boys after he traveled through time. He even took the kids to Kyoto for three days.

When Mrs. Yoshida saw Jiang Hang walking over with a young girl, she was slightly taken aback, but then greeted Jiang Hang warmly.

"Detective Jiang Hang, are you out shopping with your friends or investigating a case?"

She didn't say anything like "girlfriend."

After all, she knew that Jiang Hang had two equally beautiful female assistants in his firm, and those two assistants seemed to have a lot of affection for Jiang Hang.

She certainly couldn't say something that might cause a misunderstanding.

Therefore, Mrs. Yoshida directly added the premise of "investigating a case with someone" to Jiang Hang's case. Even if Jiang Hang was on a date with this somewhat androgynous young woman, it wouldn't make things awkward for Jiang Hang.

But Bu Meiren is precocious and mature beyond her years.

She was still struggling with the gashapon machine when she saw Jiang Hang arrive. She greeted him happily, but when she saw that there was an unfamiliar woman with Jiang Hang, she asked him curiously, "Brother Jiang Hang, it's so late and you're still shopping together. Are you doing something to betray Sister Jingxiang?"

As soon as Ayumi said this, Mrs. Yoshida, who looked embarrassed, picked her up and told her not to say such things anymore: "Children don't know any better and are just talking nonsense. Detective Jiang Hang, please don't take it seriously."

Then she quickly said to her daughter, "Those older brothers and sisters have important things to do, so don't talk nonsense."

Hearing this, Yue Shui Qizaki was still a little embarrassed. After all, it was indeed a bit ambiguous for a girl like her to be walking around with Jiang Hang, an adult man, late at night.

Jiang Hang, however, did not show any sign of embarrassment.

After all, he was only here because of the case.

"It's alright, I've always thought Ayumi is quite cute," Jiang Hang waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care about these things, and then briefly introduced Koshimizu Nanatsuki's identity to Mrs. Yoshida and Ayumi.

"Big sister, you're a detective too?" Sure enough, Ayumi immediately became interested after hearing about anything related to detectives.

Her dream is to become a magnificent female detective when she grows up, and then travel around the world to help those who need her help.

Previously, her idols were Shizuka Sakaki and Yuno Kino, who worked at Jiang Hang's office. Now that she had learned about Nanatsu Koshimizu, a female detective from Fukuoka, she was excited and wanted to ask Nanatsu Koshimizu about the cases she had solved.

Faced with the curious gaze of a six-year-old girl, Nanatsuki Koshimizu looked a little embarrassed.

After all, she was just a business detective, and most of the cases she solved were trivial matters, nothing worth mentioning.

At this moment, Jiang Hang stepped forward to help her out of the predicament.

"We are currently investigating a series of arson cases. The perpetrator is very likely in the vicinity, so Mrs. Yoshida, you should take your daughter home as soon as possible. We will handle things here."

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Mrs. Yoshida naturally knew the danger involved. However, Ayumi, who was in the Junior Detective Club, was becoming bolder every day. If she weren't currently being held in her mother's arms, she probably would have insisted on staying to "help" Jiang Hang and the others.

Watching Ayumi leave reluctantly, Jiang Hang then turned to Koshimizu Nanatsuki and began talking about the Junior Detective Club.

"It sounds a bit like the Detective Boys from Edogawa Ranpo's Kogoro Akechi series, but the boys there are at least eleven or twelve years old, while that little girl looks only five or six." Koshimizu Nanatsuki recalled the Edogawa Ranpo collection she had read and explained the origin of the Detective Boys.

Jiang Hang nodded.

"This is the source, but it was something those kids came up with on their own for fun. But how should I put it, those kids are really lucky. They always seem to get involved in cases for various reasons. Don't underestimate them because they're young; they've helped solve several cases so far."

Although Jiang Hang's intrusion took away a lot of cases, the Junior Detective League still went out with Professor Agasa every week. They would find an abandoned castle in the forest or encounter criminals for other reasons every now and then. Over time, the Junior Detective League still made a lot of noise in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Koshimizu Nanatsuki originally wanted to learn more about this matter, but Jiang Hang's sudden gesture of raising his hand made her swallow back the words she was about to say.

“Looks like we’re in luck; that guy just happened to be here,” Jiang Hang said. As he spoke, Yue Shui Qixi suddenly realized that this area was the one they had just investigated and thought might be used as a crime scene by the murderer.

Could it be that?

With this thought in mind, Koshimizu Nanatsuki looked in the direction Jiang Hang was looking, and then her pupils suddenly froze.

A man wearing a baseball cap, with a stubble beard and dressed in a dark leather jacket, walked out of the alleyway with a sinister look on his face.

When he saw people chatting by the alley entrance, the gloomy-faced man paused for a moment, then pressed his hand to the brim of his hat and quickened his pace toward a car parked on the side of the street, seemingly preparing to leave quickly.

Although the other person was somewhat concealed, the smell of fuel on them was hard to ignore.

Koshimizu Nanatsuki quickly glanced at the license plate of the other car, preparing to use it to investigate the other party's identity.

But Jiang Hang didn't think that way.

Since we're already here, let's not leave.

Just as the arsonist had gotten into the car and was about to close the door and drive away, Jiang Hang reached out and blocked the car door.

In the driver's seat, the gloomy man instantly looked at Jiang Hang with a murderous gaze.

From the other person's eyes, Jiang Hang could tell that unless he gave a reasonable explanation, the other person would probably pull out a weapon from his leather jacket pocket and stab him in the chest.

However, Jiang Hang wanted the other party to take direct action; catching a thief is only interesting if someone is caught first.

With this in mind, Jiang Hang calmly gave instructions to the gloomy man: "I am a special advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department. I suspect you are carrying contraband. Please get out of the car now for routine questioning."

The moment he heard Jiang Hang's identity, a look of panic appeared on the man's face.

But he still looked at Jiang Hang with a fierce expression: "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm going home now. Let go of me right now, or I'll get rough with you."

Jiang Hang could see through this blustering facade at a glance.

As expected, his analysis was correct; this man was indeed an introverted and extreme person in life.

This man can do all sorts of bad things behind people's backs, and as long as no one knows, his ambition can grow infinitely.

But once you shatter the false self-esteem that has quietly emerged on this man's exterior due to his series of successful crimes, and expose his true self in front of everyone, he will instantly revert to that humble little man.

Now, Jiang Hang had only slightly hardened his tone, and the man's response had already begun to lack strength.

If you push him a little further, this man will probably retaliate to maintain his false sense of self-esteem.

Jiang Hang's tone remained calm, and his gaze towards the man seemed to completely disregard the other man's threat.

"Please get off the bus now, or I may have to use force against you."

Hearing Jiang Hang's tone, which showed no regard for him whatsoever, for some reason, the man's anger surged.