The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

He could understand why the other person was so surprised, because he had been just as surprised when he learned from Eri Kisaki how amazing she was.

He couldn't help but sigh, then walked up to the other person.

"I originally planned to interact with you as an ordinary person, but I never expected that I would be investigated and found out."

"I'm not pretending anymore, I'm a billionaire, I'm coming clean." Jiang Hang shrugged and said this directly to the two girls.

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Shizuka Sakaki immediately looked at him with an even more bizarre gaze, while Yuno Koharu glared at him with an expression that seemed to say, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

It has to be said that when it comes to facial expressions, Yoshino Koharu is definitely a bit stronger.

"What do you mean you originally intended to interact with us as an ordinary person? We knew from the beginning that you were at least a billionaire, okay?" Yuno Kiharu couldn't help but retort.

"Does your view mean that ordinary people can afford to rent a house for ten million a year and then casually donate one hundred million?"

Jiang Hang coughed twice, feeling a little embarrassed. This was one of the "classic pretentious quotes" that he had wanted to say but never had the chance to before he transmigrated, and it had just slipped out of his mouth by accident.

"If you knew all along, why did you make that face? Is it that scary?"

"Although I knew you were rich, Jiang Hang-kun... I never expected it to be this rich. It's really astonishing," Shizuka Sakaki said honestly.

"I was only planning to donate 100 million yen to the museum, but after I went out for a short trip, you told me that I bought the museum outright?" Even more bewildered was Yoshino Kiharu, who had been diligently gathering information about Keiji Aso at her agency, only to find that her boss had spent at least several billion yen in a single trip.

And this is just a drop in the ocean for the other party. A hundred billion US dollars... how much would that be in Japanese yen? I bet she could count it all in a lifetime.

At this moment, Jiang Hang quickly added that he didn't really have that much money; it was the system that was "keeping" him.

"You're exaggerating. This money is only nominally mine. In reality, if I want to truly inherit those assets, I need to meet extremely strict conditions, which are basically impossible to fulfill."

"You've all heard of Hercules' Twelve Trials, right? The difficulty level is about the same as what I'd be asking for if I wanted to inherit the Foundation's assets."

“This museum is just an exception. The foundation made the decision because they felt that the museum was worth investing in. It has little to do with me. Normally, I only get a little more money than the average person.” Jiang Hang coughed lightly, then held up his hand and made a “little” gesture with his thumb and forefinger.

"Just a little bit better than a normal person?" Shizuka Sakaki stared at Jiang Hang with an extremely suspicious look. Your "just a little bit better" really is a tiny bit.

"Don't worry about these details. In short, I only have access to a small portion of the money I need. If I really had that much money, I wouldn't need to rent this floor as my office; I would just buy the whole building."

"In short, I have given up inheriting that fortune. I'm content as long as I can live comfortably with a sum of money every month. To be honest, I quite like my current life."

Koharu Yuno believed Jiang Hang's explanation this time.

After all, it's a bit too bizarre for a billionaire to suddenly appear in Japan as a small-time detective.

If she knew she wouldn't inherit the fortune, so she simply decided to live the life she wanted and went to Japan to become a detective, she actually found that such a development had a romantic undertone.

Looking at Jiang Hang's busy appearance, running around Tokyo every day for commissions, he doesn't have the airs of a billionaire at all.

Seeing that he had almost completely fooled the two girls, Jiang Hang sighed heavily again, ending the topic once more.

"I didn't have a choice before, but now I just want to be a good detective and bring more positive energy to this restless society. Let's not talk about anything else."

Chapter 46: Arrival at Moonshadow Island

Three days have passed since Jiang Hang announced the purchase of the art museum.

Just as the system said, he didn't have to worry about it at all during this process; the so-called foundation took care of all the subsequent procedures.

Today, the Mihana Art Museum officially came under his name. Although it is currently closed, the industry model has officially begun.

After some research, Jiang Hang realized that the key to this so-called industry model was not the money or reputation that could be collected every now and then.

In fact, after deducting the daily operation and maintenance costs of the art museum, the remaining money is equivalent to Jiang Hang taking on an extra garbage collection commission every day.

The core of the industry model is similar to the fraternity's training of individuals.

He can now see the main personalities of the two girls, as well as the talents that can be cultivated in them.

Leaving aside everyday skills such as cooking and driving, Yoshino Koharu's special talents have high potential, but she currently only has basic intelligence gathering skills, as well as advanced interpersonal skills and leadership abilities, which, although not yet activated, have the potential to reach advanced levels.

After all, in the anime, Yoshino Koharu was able to give a once-popular tourist town a much-needed boost within a year, and even had the potential to revive it. It's not surprising that she has leadership skills.

As for Shizuka Sakaki, most of her talents lie in acting, and her potential is also quite high. This means that if she continues down the path of voice acting, although she may not reach the top level, she will definitely become a well-known voice actress in the future.

The training method is also very simple: all his employees can be selected by him to train in a certain area of ​​talent, and the other party can achieve twice the result with half the effort when they carry out the corresponding training.

The speed of improvement depends not only on the industry level, but more importantly on the individual.

Qualified people who work hard will improve faster; if an average person doesn't work hard, then this training function will be of little use.

As expected of something produced by his rigid system, Jiang Hang muttered to himself as he looked at the description.

Overall, Jiang Hang doesn't need to worry too much about the personalities of these two girls. Shizuka Sakaki is a very hardworking person, while Yuno Koharu is lazy like him when she's not working, but she's quite hardworking when she's working.

We've selected Yoshino Kiharu's information and Shizuka Sakaki's acting skills for training; the rest is up to them.

In summary, the industrial template he has launched this time is a tool for him to expand his own power.

If the firm's template is to encourage Jiang Hang to work harder to take on more cases, then this talent development program is to enable Jiang Hang to cultivate more "capable subordinates" to work for him.

Jiang Hang even wondered if the system was really going to create a "Brotherhood" detective (assassin) organization to challenge the Blacksmith.

But then he thought about it again. He was alive and well, and the distillery hadn't bothered him. Why should he bother with that organization full of traitors?

Since the system never mentioned that he should establish an assassin organization, he certainly wouldn't do something so thankless and exhausting.

Who knows, by the time he finally manages to build a decent organization, all sorts of random intelligence agencies around the world will send agents to infiltrate it the very next day.

Upon thinking about that situation, Jiang Hang quickly dismissed the idea. It would be better to wait until he had the money to acquire animation and game companies in the future, upgrade the industry level, and then help the industry cultivate a group of talents to make animations and games for him. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

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After dealing with these matters, with three days left until the night of the full moon, Jiang Hang finally embarked on his journey to Moonshadow Island.

With Takagi's help, Jiang Hang has obtained a lot of information about the case from back then in the past few days. In order to prepare him psychologically, Jiang Hang also told him that there are huge doubts in the case and that Aso Keiji's death is likely a murder.

However, it is very difficult to overturn a case that was written into the case file twelve years ago and determined to be a "suicide." If an ordinary person said such a thing, probably no one would believe it.

Unexpectedly, Takagi Wataru had great faith in Jiang Hang's abilities and directly told Jiang Hang, "If the police back then really got the truth wrong, please, Mr. Jiang Hang, find the real culprit."

Although this was a matter that made the police "lose face," for him, who had a strong sense of justice, the fact that the real culprit was still at large was even more unforgivable.

However, these police officers from the Major Crimes Unit spend most of their time dealing with major incidents occurring in various parts of Tokyo; otherwise, he would probably have volunteered to come here with Jiang Hang to conduct the investigation.

The contents of the dossier were similar to what Yoshino Kiharu had investigated; it was simply that a man had gone mad, killed his wife and daughter, and then committed suicide by self-immolation.

However, among the newspapers that Yoshino collected, apart from the more reputable ones, the smaller tabloids that reported the news often included their own biases to attract attention, spreading misinformation here and there. Given Yoshino's current basic intelligence-gathering skills, it was somewhat difficult for her to distinguish the truth from falsehood in these reports.

However, Jiang Hang was not in a hurry. Koharu Yuno had great potential in this area, and he just needed to patiently wait for her to grow.

He can now see the outline of Moonshadow Island.

Tsukikage Island is located more than 20 kilometers offshore from Tokyo, which is not really far. It only takes a little over an hour to get there by ferry.

The island is home to over a thousand households, who gradually moved there in the last hundred years. Over the years, the only famous person to have come from the island is Keiji Aso. After the incident involving Keiji Aso, the island became even more conservative.

It's clear that the village chief on this island wants to turn it into a tourist attraction; there are some changes visible at the port, but obviously not much progress has been made.

Besides the three of them, there were only seven or eight residents living on the island on the entire ship, and that was even with the ship only making five trips a day.

Overall, Moonshadow Island is a place that, while not completely isolated from the world, still retains the lifestyle of the previous era.

Upon arriving on the island, Jiang Hang immediately noticed that the network signal had deteriorated significantly, making it seem like watching anime on the island was a luxury.

"Is this Moonshadow Island? It's a little bigger than I thought." Yoshino Kiharu exclaimed in surprise. She had originally thought it was just an ordinary small island, but it turned out to be quite large.

Although the island was somewhat underdeveloped, its facilities were quite complete. After disembarking, they quickly found a hotel and checked in.

He wasn't prepared to reveal his detective identity now, as that might alert the enemy.

"Remember your current identities: reporters for a small news website. Don't mention anything like detectives," she said, handing two press cards and business cards she had recently obtained to Yoshino Kiharu and Shizuka Sakaki respectively.

These were all obtained through intermediaries; a press card can, in most cases, ward off suspicion.

After all, no one likes being investigated by a detective, but if a reporter asks for information to write a news report, it gives most people a different feeling.

“When you go out to ask the island’s residents, you should say that the website requested you to produce a report on a musician who died young, and that you were assigned to this island to ask about Keiji Aso.”

Jiang Hang reminded the two girls of these things, telling them not to let anything slip.

Although the two girls were still a little confused, they carefully remembered Jiang Hang's words after sensing his seriousness.

What they didn't know was that Jiang Hang's initial thought was never to find the person who had sent him the invitation.

He already knew that person's identity, but he wanted to wait until he figured out the truth of what happened back then before meeting him.

Chapter 47: The Mysterious Moonlight Sonata

After entrusting the task of finding out about Keiji Aso to the two girls, Jiang Hang didn't inquire about Keiji Aso anymore. He trusted that Yuno Kiharu and Shizuka Sakaki could handle the matter.

He is now going to find out the current situation on the island.

Twelve years have passed since Keiji Aso's death, and the things described in the case files at that time may have changed considerably by now.

His first stop was the village office on Moonshadow Island, where he could more easily learn about the island's situation.

There weren't many people at the office, since it was a small island with few residents. Even the office staff openly slacked off during working hours, secretly doing other things.

The staff member remained somewhat listless after seeing a stranger walk in.

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

Jiang Hang simply handed over a business card.

"I'd like to invest in Moonshadow Island and would like to know some information. Is the person in charge of this matter here?"

The staff member accepted the business card Jiang Hang handed over with some skepticism. Seeing that it identified him as the Investment Manager of the Pioneer Foundation, he hesitated.

This staff member probably didn't expect that Moonshadow Island would attract investors. Although there was no information about the foundation online, after making a phone call, his attitude changed. He immediately and respectfully said that he would notify the person in charge to come over, and earnestly invited Jiang Hang to wait in a meeting room next door for a moment.

Although the foundation is just a backdrop, and he can't actually withdraw the money from it, it can still be used occasionally to intimidate people.

A few days ago, after communicating with his own system, he also took the opportunity to forge this identity.

Less than ten minutes later, a middle-aged man in a suit and glasses, who looked quite kind, strode into the meeting room.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang Hang, I apologize for the poor hospitality. My name is Hirata Kazuaki, and I am the village chief's secretary on Moonshadow Island." He bowed deeply with a fawning smile and extended his hand to Jiang Hang, who was sitting on the sofa. "I heard that you are interested in investing in Moonshadow Island and wanted to know about the current situation there, so I came here."

Jiang Hang was just an alias that Jiang Hang randomly chose. After all, he was now somewhat famous in Tokyo, and it would be a bit embarrassing for him to be recognized using his original name.

Moreover, Jiang Hang also made some adjustments to his identity using disguise skills.

His hairstyle and appearance make him look about ten years older than his actual age. Even if someone associates him with a detective, it can be explained by the fact that they are distant relatives.

Seeing the other party's humble demeanor, Jiang Hang didn't pay much attention at first. However, when he habitually activated Eagle Vision, he unexpectedly saw something extraordinary about the other party.