The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

No matter how capable Jiang Hang is, it's impossible for him to arrive at the scene and figure out what exactly happened without even knowing the names of the suspects there.

After leaving the crime scene, Jiang Hang nodded to the two girls who had started talking to the staff.

“I’ll go and say hello to Brother Maoli now. You guys go and participate in questioning those staff members who don’t have alibis. The deceased had arguments with many people in the crew before his death. Finding out what happened should be helpful to the case.”

After receiving nods from the two girls, Jiang Hang walked out of the villa and used his Eagle Eye ability to lock onto Kogoro Mouri.

Kogoro Mouri is currently smoking outside the villa, and he doesn't seem to be in a good mood.

Several dozen meters away from him, several police officers with detection equipment were conducting a search, while occasionally glancing at Kogoro Mouri.

Is this treating Kogoro Mouri as a suspect as well?

Such a thought flashed through Jiang Hang's mind.

"Hey, Mori-kun, sitting here all alone smoking?"

Jiang Hang deliberately made some noise on his way there so that Kogoro Mouri would notice.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Kogoro Mouri turned around in surprise to look at Jiang Hang, who had suddenly appeared there.

Caught off guard, he was immediately choked by the smoke and coughed heavily several times.

"Jiang, Brother Jiang Hang, what brings you here?"

"I haven't heard that this production team invited you?"

Jiang Hang waved his hand: "I took a commission a few days ago and drove to Shizuoka. Then, for some reasons, I went to Fukui Prefecture to attend a festival there. So I left my car in Shizuoka and asked Officer Yokomizo to keep it for me for two days. I plan to come back and pick it up after things are over there."

"Then I took a flight back to Shizuoka tonight, but because of the snow, I can't drive back to Tokyo tonight."

"It just so happens that Inspector Yokomizo said that you, Mori-kun, were also coming, so I thought I'd come and join in the fun, and also show my two assistants some things."

Upon hearing Jiang Hang mention his two assistants, a hint of envy flashed across Kogoro Mouri's face.

If possible, after seeing Jiang Hang recruit female assistants, he also considered whether he should find a beautiful assistant for himself.

Unfortunately, he was forced to abandon the idea under the pressure of his daughter, and could only watch as more and more beautiful girls became involved with Jiang Hang's agency over the past six months.

But Jiang Hang is still a high-quality single young man, while he has been married for almost 20 years. There's really nothing that can be done about it; he can only secretly envy the other's good fortune in love.

Jiang Hang simply greeted Kogoro Mouri and confirmed that the other man had indeed come alone.

"I thought it was just a regular cameo, so I came straight here. Ran is still at the hospital taking care of that brat Conan."

He snorted softly, seemingly feeling that his daughter had been spoiling that brat too much lately, and that he, as the father, had been completely neglected by him.

So he came to this film crew alone as a guest star to pass the time.

But who could have imagined that such a simple cameo appearance would first lead to a conflict with the popular star Yoshiteru Kazami, who played the detective, on set, and then this conflict would extend to conflicts between Yoshiteru Kazami and other members of the crew.

In the end, there was no other way but to stop filming and let everyone calm down for half an hour before continuing.

Then, within that half hour, Yoshiteru Kazami was murdered.

"To be honest, I'm a suspect now, because when Yoshiki Kazami was killed, I was smoking outside the villa by myself. But Yokomizo believes I'm not the culprit, so I can stay outside the villa with them for the time being."

Kogoro Mouri smoked a cigarette while glancing at the police officers not far away.

However, he didn't care that much. In fact, he had been treated as a suspect several times before.

Compared to the previous two times when he woke up to find himself lying next to the deceased, with all the evidence pointing to him, this time the situation is much better.

But at this moment, Kogoro Mouri clearly seemed to lack any fighting spirit.

They didn't even take the initiative to clear their names.

This made Jiang Hang even more curious about what kind of dispute had occurred on the film set before the incident.

But to be honest, it's not that hard to guess.

Although Yokomizo Sango did not elaborate, some information could still be gleaned from the somewhat resentful look on the other party's face, that of a die-hard Mori fan.

As a mystery drama, besides the detective, the most important element is obviously the design of the case.

As a specially invited guest and a famous detective who has appeared on television and in newspapers, Kogoro Mouri is generally treated with respect by most people when they meet him.

But with so many people in the world, there are always a few who don't want their limelight to be stolen by others.

Needless to say, Yoshiteru Kazami, a currently popular idol star, is another example.

Most importantly, the other party is not only an ordinary popular celebrity, but also has a father who owns a newspaper, making him a second-generation rich kid.

According to Yoshino Kiharu's investigation, Yoshiki Kazami had actually faded from popularity before this TV series. It was his father who invested in the production and cast him as the resident detective, which allowed him to regain his fame.

However, his own professional skills are actually not quite up to par.

Therefore, the production team at the time was quite creative in choosing to invite various popular actors to play the murderer, or even other detectives.

Furthermore, in order to ensure that Yoshiki Kazami is the main character, the plot of the mystery was deliberately weakened. At the beginning of each episode, the scene of the murderer played by the famous actors was shown, so that the audience’s attention was focused on the famous actors.

Then, Yoshiki Kazami was given the persona of a cold-faced detective, so that his acting would not seem too abrupt in the plot.

This resulted in a work that is structurally similar to Furuhata Ninzaburo's novel that Jiang Hang had read in his previous life, but with significantly less content and quality.

However, Yoshiteru Kazami clearly didn't realize this. Instead, after the success of this project, he became increasingly arrogant and domineering on set, relying on his connections.

Jiang Hang deduced this from his corpse.

When people are determined to do something, they are very likely to invest their emotions.

Especially when committing murder, one can roughly judge the emotions the murderer was experiencing when killing the victim by observing the way and method used.

The wound on Yoshiteru Kazami's throat, where someone slit his throat, reveals the killer's hatred for the victim.

Based on this injury alone, the possibility of it being a crime of passion can be largely ruled out.

Perhaps the other party discovered through some means that Kogoro Mouri's reasoning ability was not very good, or even rather bad, and thus began to mock Kogoro Mouri on set.

Taking a puff of smoke, Kogoro Mouri suddenly spoke to Jiang Hang in a somewhat melancholy tone about the thing he was currently struggling with.

"Brother Jiang Hang, do you think my choice to become a detective was right or wrong?"

"Although people outside always call me a famous detective and I've even earned the nickname 'Sleeping Kogoro,' now that I think about it, I can't even solve a mystery from a TV series. Did I really solve all the cases I've been through?"

"Or is it that I actually have a split personality, and can only release the constraints of the other detective personality within me when there is a real need?"

Chapter 523: Chapter 519: Kogoro Mouri, who was tricked and crippled

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's self-doubting expression, Jiang Hang was basically certain of his guess.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

In the original storyline, Kogoro Mouri never had to worry about such things. Even when he was asked about it later, he would naturally say, "Although I don't know exactly what happened, it was definitely my inner detective spirit that helped me solve the case."

The culprit behind all this should be Jiang Hang.

After all, when he met Conan, Conan had only just begun using tranquilizer darts to target the back of Kogoro Mouri's neck.

By the time Conan's true identity was officially revealed, it was already the time when Conan's parents returned to their home country.

During this period, a month or two had passed since Conan shrunk. Judging from the frequency of the cases Conan encountered, Sleeping Kogoro must have appeared at least seven or eight times during those months, which is how he truly made a name for himself as Sleeping Kogoro.

However, because Jiang Hang, together with Conan's parents, did something big to him back then, the scene where Jiang Hang used his hidden blade to make Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko spray tomato juice in front of Conan is probably something Conan still dreams about occasionally coming true.

That's why Conan is now much more cautious about using tranquilizer darts.

Most of the time, he either chooses to try to remind Kogoro Mouri from the sidelines, or tries to find a way to notify Jiang Hang to come and help him out, thus reducing the frequency of Kogoro Mouri's appearance while he is asleep.

However, we can't completely avoid using tranquilizer darts on Kogoro Mouri.

After all, Kogoro Mouri's reputation as a sleeping man has already been established. If he were to suddenly stop sleeping, it would be quite conspicuous.

Conan now maintains a frequency of about one case every two weeks, using a tranquilizer dart on Kogoro Mouri once.

This not only puts a lot of pressure on Conan, but also poses a great challenge to Kogoro Mouri.

Previously, he only needed to walk around the crime scene a few times, and when he felt sleepy, he would first find a place where he could sit down comfortably. By the time he woke up, he would see that he had already solved the case.

But after that, he rarely had that feeling. He had to carefully investigate all the evidence at the crime scene, then be reminded by the people around him, and rack his brains to think about the truth of everything, and in the end, he might not be able to come to the right conclusion.

Kogoro Mouri hadn't thought much of it at first.

This feeling intensified after experiencing her daughter's amnesia.

Because in later cases, not only would Conan, that brat, frequently interrupt his reasoning, but even his daughter Ran would often suddenly have a flash of inspiration and suggest a possibility for a certain case.

In the end, he successfully solved the mystery of the case based on the ideas proposed by his daughter and that brat Conan.

Although outsiders see him as a famous detective, his adopted child has also become very intelligent under his influence.

It's one thing if it happens once or twice, but if it happens every time, it would be strange if Kogoro Mouri, who hasn't fully believed in his potential because of the title "Sleeping Kogoro," didn't start to doubt his own abilities.

"So, it was Kazami Yoshiteru who doubted your reasoning abilities when he was filming the TV series?"

Kogoro Mouri sighed softly.

"Actually, it can't be called suspicion, because I really haven't read the script for this scene carefully. When I was suddenly asked what I thought of the case, I really didn't know the truth of the case, so I could only make up a few things."

"Actually, I don't care. When I worked at the Metropolitan Police Department before, I caused Inspector Megure a lot of trouble because of these things."

“It was just that one of my classmates from high school was also in this film crew. She stood up for me and was provoked by that guy. In the end, he even started to criticize the entire film crew because of me.”

"Who would have thought that he would be murdered after his break ended?"

Kogoro Mouri sighed. Although the two had had some disagreements, he never expected that the other would be killed so suddenly.

"In the end, it's probably because I'm not capable enough. I wasn't vigilant enough, and I couldn't spot problems before the case even started like you did."

Jiang Hang has a history of noticing the suspect's suspicious behavior before the case even begins, and then preventing the murder from happening before it occurs.

After listening to Kogoro Mouri's story, Jiang Hang pondered for a moment.

He asked a question first.

"Is your classmate male or female?"

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's somewhat awkward expression, Jiang Hang knew the answer.

It's obviously a woman, otherwise Kogoro Mouri wouldn't be so worried about her.

"When do you usually have these kinds of thoughts?" he asked Kogoro Mouri.

Kogoro Mouri paused for a moment, then scratched his head and gave an answer.

"When else could it be? Probably around nighttime when I'm in bed, and I sometimes have these thoughts."