The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

"Miss Sanhao's case has been successfully resolved with an acquittal. I didn't expect to see you again, Mr. Jiang Hang, so soon. It's a pleasure to meet you again."

Jiang Hang had no intention of developing a close relationship with a lawyer who only cared about money.

He had no doubt that if the other side offered more money one day, this guy wouldn't care about saving face and would directly choose to side with the one offering more money.

But Jiang Hang prefers dealing with simple people like this. At least when facing them, he doesn't need to use his eagle eyes to confirm whether they are lying to him.

After a brief chat, Jiang Hang immediately brought up the litigation costs.

Originally, there would have been three deaths in the Mermaid Island case. However, given Mermaid Island's considerable reputation, the deaths were prevented, and the island was spared the loss of the Mermaid Festival, a major event. As a result, the case was classified as a four-star request.

Now, a four-star commission can bring Jiang Hang an extra 100 million yen in commission funds. Occasionally, he can also find some valuable paintings that he can place in his art museum to upgrade the museum's industry level.

The art museum's industry level has now stabilized at level three, while the other two film and television companies are currently at level two because their works have not yet been broadcast.

Jiang Hang could clearly feel that the employees in the tertiary industry were improving their skills at twice the rate of those in the secondary industry.

Of course, the fastest skill level increase is still achieved by the level 4 detective agency.

Therefore, for truly talented individuals, Jiang Hang will also grant them the status of an unofficial employee of the firm, allowing them to enjoy the accelerated benefits of the fourth-tier industry.

It's fair to say that the support from her agency played a significant role in helping Shiho Miyano find the antidote for APTX4869 in such a short time.

After handing over the ten million yen in court fees directly to the lawyer in the form of a check, Jiang Hang gave Shimashiro Kimie a reassuring gesture, and then left the rest of the time to the professional lawyer.

After dealing with these matters, Jiang Hang did not stay in Fukui Prefecture for long.

After Shimashiro Kimie is acquitted, she will naturally contact him; he doesn't need to worry.

She politely declined Heiji Hattori's invitation to visit Osaka again. After consulting with Shizuka Sakaki and Yuno Koharu, she felt that since they had already spent two days on Mermaid Island, they would feel embarrassed to continue.

And to be honest, there aren't many tourist attractions in Fukui Prefecture that are more famous than Mermaid Island.

After having dinner in Fukui Prefecture, the group boarded a plane bound for Shizuoka Prefecture.

Why Shizuoka Prefecture?

Because his 86 is still parked at the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters.

However, the weather seemed to be a bit uncooperative.

While on the plane, it started snowing lightly in Shizuoka Prefecture, causing a two-hour delay to their flight, meaning they wouldn't be able to drive directly back to Tokyo that night.

"Looks like I'll be spending another night here tonight," Jiang Hang muttered to himself, before calling Yokomizo Sango.

It seems that Yokomizo Sango is still working overtime on the other end of the phone.

However, his tone seemed rather arrogant.

"Mr. Jiang Hang, have you already returned from the mermaid festival in Fukui Prefecture? But I'm sorry, we just received a case here and are on our way to the crime scene. If you're not in a hurry, I can bring your car over tomorrow."

"It's alright, I was planning to rest here for the night anyway. But you, it's so cold, and you're still so energetic working so late at night. Do you need me to come and help you?"

"You're coming over?" Yokomizo Sango paused for a moment on the other end of the phone, but still nodded. "That's no problem, but Mr. Mori will be there. Don't you mind?"

Jiang Hang was taken aback when he heard the name Kogoro Mouri.

Isn't Conan still lying in the hospital?

Even though Shiho Miyano discovered that Conan's recovery speed after his injury was indeed at least 30% faster than the average person, it was still a gunshot wound that almost killed him, so he would have to stay in the hospital for a few more days before he could be discharged.

Could it be that Conan is so restless that he applied for early discharge from the hospital while he was out solving cases?

Putting everything else aside, would someone as fiercely protective of her husband as Xiaolan agree to such a thing?

Sure enough, after he made some inquiries, he received a reply from Yokomizo Kengo.

"It seems that Mr. Mori received a special invitation from a crime drama production team and temporarily went to play a special guest role. That's what he said when he called to report the crime."

Did you accept the invitation to make a cameo appearance in a crime drama?

So it's highly likely that Conan and Ran weren't with him.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hang scratched his cheek.

So this is a solo episode featuring Kogoro Mouri?

It seems that Mori has also been infected by Conan's death aura.

Even though Conan is still in the hospital, and Kogoro Mouri knows he might not be capable enough, he deliberately gave the commission he had secured to Jiang Hang.

Conan is doing well right now, so he's happily making a cameo appearance in a TV series, and he thinks nothing unexpected will happen.

Then an accident really happened.

Considering Kogoro Mouri's deductive reasoning abilities in most situations, Jiang Hang decided that he should go and make the trip.

After all, the Sleeping Kogoro IP is something Conan has spent a long time carefully building, and we can't let the reputation of this big IP be damaged just because Conan is absent once.

You should thank me properly, Lao Ke.

Muttering to himself, Jiang Hang immediately told Yokogawa that it was alright.

"I have a pretty good relationship with Mori-san. If I didn't know, I wouldn't have bothered. But now that I do, I have to go over and say hello to him."

As he said this, Jiang Hang glanced at the two girls.

"It looks like we'll have to go to the crime scene before we go to the hotel. Shizuka, you're lucky. It's another film crew that got into trouble. If the case is solved smoothly, I'll probably be able to introduce you to a few more seniors in the entertainment industry."

Now, Shizuka Sakaki's professional skills are no longer those of the naive young girl who had to catch her breath while doing voice acting when she first joined the agency. Her voice changing and disguise skills have long reached an intermediate level, and she is not much different from those veteran voice actors in terms of acting skills.

With her stunning appearance on a TV show, she has gained considerable attention and numerous voice acting opportunities, making her one of the busiest people in the agency.

This is also because her agency contract was directly signed with the two film and television companies under Jiang Hang's name.

As Jiang Hang's assistant, she held a similar "boss's wife" status in both companies, and naturally had the freedom to choose her own work content.

However, since she intends to move towards becoming an all-around voice actress and entertainer, it would be a good choice to expand her network in the industry while solving cases.

“Oh, that production team seems to be quite famous,” Sakaki Shizuka, who had been cramming on various crime dramas for the past few months, immediately recalled the information about that production team after hearing Jiang Hang’s explanation.

“Every week, we invite a big-name celebrity to play the detective or the murderer. If the celebrity is playing the detective, they will give a brief explanation and reminder of the case at the beginning, and will also show the murderer’s crime process directly, telling everyone who the murderer is at the beginning.”

"After the case enters a critical stage, the detective will break the fourth wall and challenge the audience in front of the TV to see if they can guess why the murderer revealed a flaw."

Just listening to Shizuka Sakaki's explanation, Jiang Hang could feel an overwhelming sense of déjà vu.

Isn't this the "Furuhata Ninzaburo" crew from this world?

Chapter 522: Chapter 518: Kogoro Mouri's Self-Doubt

Jiang Hang rented a car at the airport, though he really wanted to speed up and get to the crime scene before Yokomizo could finish his mission, to see who played the otherworldly Furuhata Ninzaburo.

But after all, it's still snowing.

Even if Jiang Hang is confident in his driving skills, he still has to respect the power of nature.

Normally he would drive at 200 or 300 km/h, but in this kind of weather, maintaining his usual speed is about right.

This was also to prevent the two girls in his car from experiencing too much stress.

When Jiang Hang arrived at the crime scene with some expectations of "Furuhata Ninzaburo" in this world, he discovered that the person who died in this case was the resident detective from this work.

Yoshiaki Kazami.

28 years old this year.

On the way here, Jiang Hang had already asked Mu Chun Yuno to gather some information about the film crew online.

Actually, he was somewhat disappointed when he first saw "Furuhata Ninzaburo" in this world. After all, the other party didn't look like a gentleman at all, but rather more like a villain with a deep mind.

After all, they're no longer in the same world. He wouldn't compare the acting skills of this 28-year-old with the classic film and television image that Mr. Tamura spent more than ten years creating starting at age 50.

Moreover, with the man's death, this comparison becomes meaningless.

“I investigated the situation of this film crew on my way here. Tell me the details,” Jiang Hang said directly to Yokomizo Sango outside the villa rented by the film crew.

He arrived about twenty minutes later than the police, who have now begun searching the scene and questioning everyone present before and after the incident.

The film crew is shooting a locked-room murder case in a villa tonight. Since the story takes place at night, filming will begin after 7 p.m.

The filming lasted for about two hours. Then, because the lead actor, Yoshiki Kazami, seemed to have a conflict with several other people on set, including Kogoro Mouri, who was specially invited, the director had to announce a half-hour break to allow everyone to calm down before continuing the filming schedule.

This time is around nine o'clock.

Then, just as the break was about to end, around 9:20, the famous actress Ruri Amashiro discovered the body of the deceased Yoshiteru Kazami lying on the sofa and exclaimed, drawing everyone's attention.

Then they called the police, and the police and Jiang Hang arrived at the scene.

"According to preliminary tests, the deceased died from a sharp blade slitting his throat. The murder weapon was probably a short knife about 10 centimeters long," Yokomizo said, then shook his head at Jiang Hang.

"However, until now, we have not found where the murder weapon was hidden by the killer. We are currently using metal detectors to search the villa and the surrounding area."

"Then we are now questioning all the staff, especially those who had conflicts with the deceased on set, and we have also tested the sharp objects used by the crew for luminol reaction, but so far we have not found anything."

"It's as if the murderer was some random person who infiltrated the film crew, killed the victim, and then simply left the scene."

Although it's snowing now, the roads haven't started to accumulate snow yet. In addition, there's a film crew of a dozen or twenty people traveling here, and the footprints around the villa are too messy to determine whether an outsider broke in and killed the victim.

"Anyway, I've already asked Mr. Mori, but he doesn't seem to have any inspiration for the case. And probably because of the argument earlier, he's not in a good mood right now. He should be out searching with my men."

Jiang Hang was not surprised by Yokomizo's words.

If Kogoro Mouri could solve the mystery so easily, he wouldn't have had to spend his days doing low-barrier extramarital affairs and finding lost cats and dogs before Conan appeared.

He briefly surveyed the surrounding items, paused for a moment on a toolbox belonging to the film crew not far away, and then examined the items inside the toolbox and the deceased's belongings.

Many items in the toolbox could be mistaken for murder weapons.

For example, prepare in advance the fruit knife to be used in the plot, the scissors and utility knife to set up the scene, and even those measuring rulers with sharp edges.

These have, of course, been inspected by the police, and no problems were found.

After looking around, Jiang Hang turned to look at the deceased's belongings.

Although it's called a relic, the contents are actually quite simple.

Half a pack of cigarettes, a wallet containing a considerable amount of money, and a lighter that looked rather expensive.

Jiang Hang's gaze fell on these relics. He picked them up and examined them briefly before looking up.

"I'll go meet with Brother Mori to avoid any misunderstandings."

Yokomizo nods slightly, not paying much attention.

After all, he had dealt with Kogoro Mouri more often before, so he naturally trusts Kogoro Mouri more now.