The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

When the other person bent down and reached out his hand, the sleeve of his clothes was pulled up a little by the movement. Although a normal person would not notice it, Eagle Eye could keenly detect that there were several half-hidden needle holes on the other person's arm deep in the sleeve.

As a master of poison who has been poisoned 305 times and is proficient in almost all kinds of common poisons, Jiang Hang could tell from just one glance that there was an 80% or higher chance that the other party was involved in drugs!

Unexpectedly, he encountered a big fish right away. Even if this matter might not be related to the case from twelve years ago, it wouldn't stop Jiang Hang from handling the case here after dealing with things there.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hang withdrew his gaze and shook hands with the other party with a smile—now this secretary was no longer just a simple secretary in his eyes, but a walking 20 million yen.

The two then communicated normally. As an investor, Jiang Hang naturally had to act as if he was familiar with the place he was planning to invest in.

He also bluntly cited the acquisition of the Miwa Art Museum as an example, stating that it was a recent investment project of their foundation. Although it cost billions, he still had funds available for investment during this trip.

Now that he has come to Moonshadow Island, he finds the environment there pleasant and has developed the idea of ​​investing there.

As for the amount of investment, he kept implying that as long as the other party could give him a satisfactory answer, money was not a problem at all. One hundred million was a small goal, and one billion was nothing. If everyone was satisfied with the discussion, it was not impossible to increase it further.

Anyway, it's all just bragging. You'll be in jail picking up soap in a few days, so I'll just make you a little happier now.

Jiang Hang's words made Secretary Hirata even more enthusiastic towards him, and she answered all of Jiang Hang's questions without reservation.

After spending a little time, Jiang Hang had gathered most of the information about the island.

"So, the election for village chief is currently underway on Moonshadow Island?"

Jiang Hang deliberately brought up this matter to inquire, because he found it to be a good starting point in the other party's explanation.

The current village chief of Moonshadow Island is a man named Kuroiwa Tatsuji. According to information Jiang Hang received from Takagi, Kuroiwa is one of the four eyewitnesses to the self-immolation case of Aso Keiji twelve years ago.

He learned from Hirata's secretary that among the candidates for village chief this time was another eyewitness from back then, who is now a wealthy man on Tsukikage Island named Kawashima Hideo.

Moreover, with substantial financial support, Kawashima is currently the most likely candidate to become the next village chief.

"Since we're going to change the village chief, it won't affect my investment, right?" Jiang Hang deliberately made a frowning gesture.

"If you're still worried, you can stay on the island for a few more days. After three days, a memorial service will be held on the island to mark the two-year anniversary of the passing of the former village chief of Guishan Village. A new village chief will then be elected. You can then discuss the specific details of the investment directly with the new village chief. I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

Jiang Hang's heart stirred. This village chief of Guishan was also one of the eyewitnesses back then. Jiang Hang already knew that this person had passed away before he came, but he did not expect that he would happen to run into the other party's funeral ceremony.

"Should we still perform rituals for someone who has been dead for two years?"

"Mr. Jiang Hang, you may not know this, but the death of Village Chief Guishan was also somewhat mysterious on our Moonshadow Island."

After hesitating for a moment, Secretary Hirata still informed Jiang Hang about the matter, since it wasn't exactly a secret on Moonshadow Island.

After listening to the other person's account, Jiang Hang learned the cause of their death.

The other person died two years ago from a sudden heart attack, and the place of death was the piano room of the community center where a funeral service was to be held in a few days.

The reason it is described as eerie is because the victim's death was so gruesome, as if he had seen something terrifying.

Moreover, according to rumors, passersby heard the sound of "Moonlight Sonata" being played coming from the piano room of the activity center!

Chapter 48: Investigation and Follow-up

After obtaining more detailed information about several eyewitnesses from Hirata Kazuaki, Jiang Hang declined his dinner invitation and returned to his hotel.

He also told Hirata Kazuaki that he would stay here for a few days to learn more about Tsukikage Island, and that he would come back to discuss specific investment matters in detail after the new village chief takes office.

Although Hirata Kazuki was clearly disappointed, after learning that Jiang Hang was not planning to leave, he still very attentive and said that no matter what problems he encountered on the island, he could contact him directly.

Jiang Hang merely gave a subtle smile in response.

Don't worry, I'll "contact" you soon.

As darkness fell, the two girls, who had been "interviewing" all day, returned to the hotel one after another and shared the intelligence they had gathered that day with Jiang Hang.

“Aside from the Aso Keiji from twelve years ago, there’s no other family with the surname Aso on the island,” Kiharu Yuno finally admitted that Jiang Hang’s speculation was more reliable. Since there was no other Aso Keiji on the island, the only possibility was that the sender had borrowed this Aso Keiji’s name to do something on the night of the full moon.

“I’ve checked too. Aso Keiji’s parents passed away many years ago, and he doesn’t have any other relatives, so it shouldn’t be his relatives who sent the letter in his name,” Sakaki Shizuka said, taking out her notebook and starting to talk about the information she had.

After the two girls exchanged information, they began to discuss their previous speculations and eliminated some clues with obvious flaws.

Both sides had flawed intelligence. Yuno Kiharu started off in the wrong direction, wasting considerable time, while Shizuka Sakaki only noticed Keiji Aso's family, overlooking the possibility that the invitation might have come from a relative of his wife. However, after this discussion, they won't make the same mistake again in a similar situation.

Every veteran started as a novice.

Jiang Hang glanced at Mu Chun Yuno's intelligence gathering; she should be close to leveling up to the beginner level.

He was still looking forward to the day when Yoshino Koharu's clue-gathering skills would improve to an advanced level. In comparison, Shizuka Sakaki's potential in information gathering was slightly weaker, but her focus was definitely on acting. If Shizuka Sakaki could master voice-changing techniques at the level of Kaito Kid in the future, it would definitely be of great help to him in many ways.

After the two girls finished discussing the information they had gathered that day, Yoshino suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, I also met an elderly policeman today. He said he participated in the investigation of Keiji Aso's self-immolation case back then, and there are still some of Aso's belongings in the warehouse. I begged him for a while, and the old policeman said he was willing to help us find those belongings, but they are currently stored in the warehouse and probably won't be found until tomorrow. Maybe we can find some clues among Aso's belongings."

Jiang Hang nodded. It was still worth encouraging Mu Chunyuno for getting this information from that policeman.

"Then you can continue your interviews on the island tomorrow. I'll go and organize the clues we've gathered today."

Leaving aside Keiji Aso's case, of the four witnesses from that year, the former village chief, Kameyama, died of a heart attack two years ago. According to rumors, he was playing Moonlight Sonata in the piano room before he died of a heart attack.

This is a starting point, but this matter is probably not easy to investigate.

There were two other witnesses: the current village chief, Tatsuji Kuroiwa, and Hideo Kawashima, a wealthy businessman who is currently running for village chief.

These two people hold high positions on the island, so it won't be easy for him to get information out of them.

However, Jiang Hang noticed one thing about Hirata.

The secretary appeared perfectly normal when talking about the village chief Kuroiwa, but her attitude became somewhat subtle when mentioning Kawashima Hideo.

Hideo Kawashima is the strongest contender for the next village chief, while Kazuaki Hirata, the current village chief's secretary, seems quite certain that he will continue to serve as the village chief's secretary in the future.

Perhaps there is some secret deal between him and Hideo Kawashima.

Considering the possibility that the other party might be involved in drugs, this could be a starting point.

As for the last eyewitness from back then, a man named Ken Nishiki, Jiang Hang has not yet found out what he is doing now, or even whether he is still on the island.

While he was chatting with Hirata's secretary, he couldn't very well ask Hirata about the other person.

Sitting on the tatami mat in the room, Jiang Hang rested his chin on his hand as he pondered the direction of his next investigation.

He can maintain a clear mind for thinking through meditation. But honestly, his reasoning ability is at best that of a third-rate detective.

Jiang Hang could take advantage of Hawkeye and bully him in front of Conan, but he knew very well that he was just pretending, while Conan was truly awesome.

If Conan only needs three useful clues to connect them with his boundless imagination and solve the case, then he would probably need to find more than ten interconnected clues and spend a lot of time writing and drawing on his notebook before arriving at the final answer.

However, Jiang Hang was not prepared to rely on his third-rate detective skills to solve the case.

After nightfall, he also prepared to do some things that weren't so positive.

He opened his suitcase, took out a black hooded outfit, and then took out some medications he had recently developed from a small pocket in the suitcase.

Uncle E's assassin outfit was very cool, but it was too conspicuous. Jiang Hang never thought of wearing that outfit to do tracking and infiltration operations.

As midnight approached, there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets.

Jiang Hang secretly left the hotel where he was staying without anyone noticing.

He went to the residence of Hirata Kazuaki's secretary.

He had marked Hirata Kazuaki's location with his eagle eye back in the afternoon, and soon he found his residence.

Jiang Hang originally planned to sneak in while he was sleeping, but unexpectedly, on his way to the other party's residence, Jiang Hang discovered with his eagle eyes that Hirata Kazuaki had secretly changed into a set of clothes that would not attract attention and carefully slipped out of his house.

Seeing this, Jiang Hang also hid in the darkness, concealing his presence to avoid being detected.

Meanwhile, Hirata Kazuaki cautiously looked around and locked the door from the inside.

Only after confirming that no one was around did he lower his head and walk quickly toward the east end of the village.

Seeing Hirata Kazuaki leave, Jiang Hang maintained a safe distance while tracking him.

Although Hirata Kazuaki maintained a vigilant attitude, glancing around every few steps, it was completely useless to Jiang Hang, who was following far behind.

Soon, he followed Hirata Kazuaki into a house.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that this was the activity center the other party had mentioned, where a religious ceremony for the former village chief was to be held in a few days.

Jiang Hang watched as the other person secretly observed from the doorway for a moment before walking to the other side and entering the house through a side door. Jiang Hang didn't follow. Instead, he silently watched the other person's actions with his keen eye.

Under Jiang Hang's watchful eye, he discovered that the room Hirata Kazuaki entered through the side door was the same piano room that the former village chief, Kameyama Isamu, had mysteriously died two years ago, as mentioned by the other party!

Chapter 49: Detectives Are Not Such Inconvenient Things

Hirata and Akira crept into the piano room, took something out of their pockets, and then stuffed it under the piano in the darkness.

After doing all that, he cleaned up the traces he had left behind and hurriedly left.

He had no idea that his every move was being monitored by Jiang Hang.

After Hirata and Akira left, Jiang Hang did not chase after them immediately. Instead, he waited until they were far away before using his lock-picking skills to open the side door leading to the piano room.

Looking at the piano, which was at least ten years old, Jiang Hang frowned slightly.

If he remembers correctly, this somewhat old piano should be related to Keiji Aso.

He recalled that the police files mentioned that Keiji Aso had performed at this event center before returning home, and that's when the self-immolation incident occurred.

This piano was also brought by Keiji Aso, but it has remained here ever since his death.

He slowly approached the piano, then crouched down to examine its underside.

He quickly discovered a hidden compartment, and Jiang Hang knew what Hirata and Akira were putting inside without even opening it.

This hidden compartment wasn't a recent addition. Given the piano's structure, it's clear that it was intentionally designed with this hidden compartment in mind when it was first built.

Does that mean that this kind of business has been going on on Moonshadow Island for more than a decade?

Even Keiji Aso may have been a member of the drug trafficking gang back then.

Looking at the piano, Jiang Hang made a bold guess.

Jiang Hang originally only wanted to use the clues about drugs to find the connection between Hirata Kazuaki and Kawashima Hideo, and then conduct a further investigation. Unexpectedly, he seemed to have found something extraordinary.

If Keiji Aso was a member of that drug trafficking gang, then the four people who witnessed his death would likely be highly suspicious.

Due to a dispute over the spoils or some other reason, Keiji Aso was killed by the four men, who then staged it as a self-immolation.

Jiang Hang thought that the motive for murder was perfectly sufficient. Instead of taking out the stolen goods now, he quietly left and continued to follow Hirata Kazuaki.

Hirata Kazuaki didn't go anywhere this time; instead, he chose to go straight home.

Speaking of which, this guy is quite cautious; he even installed a hidden camera at his front door.