The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

“Then why not find the location of the so-called ‘treasure’ before others solve this mystery?” Miyano Akemi remained calm.

She pointed to herself and her younger sister, indicating that Jiang Hang had only brought the two of them with him on this trip.

Even if they coincidentally met Conan's group at the airport, and even if they were both going to the same destination, their schedules would diverge after arriving in Hakodate. Even if Conan received Jiang Hang's text message, he might not have enough time to find out the answer.

Therefore, in the end, the initiative in solving this mystery still lies in their hands.

Hearing her older sister's analysis, Shiho Miyano nodded thoughtfully.

Then she picked up her phone again and began to examine the samurai sword that was forged more than a hundred years ago based on the Goryokaku sword.

With just this one drawing and some historical anecdotes about the sword, Shiho Miyano looked at it for a long time but couldn't come up with any useful clues.

Akemi Miyano was also helping her younger sister with this.

Meanwhile, Conan was in his room playing cards with Ran and Sonoko when he received Jiang Hang's text message.

He saw the blueprints for a samurai sword. Although he wasn't very clear about the specifics, after seeing the so-called "treasure," he immediately understood Jiang Hang's meaning.

This is probably the "deal" between Jiang Hang and Phantom Thief Kid.

Jiang Hang asked Kaito Kid to help find the high school detective who made a mistake in his reasoning, while Kaito Kid needed Jiang Hang to help investigate the location of the treasure.

Although this katana doesn't seem to have anything to do with the gems that Phantom Thief Kid usually likes to steal, perhaps the location of that secret treasure contains the gem that Phantom Thief Kid wants?

However, his attitude at this moment was similar to Jiang Hang's initial attitude. Neither of them believed that this treasure was a treasure left behind by Hijikata Toshizo. They thought it was just something that later generations had hidden in Hijikata Toshizo's name, using the name of this sword to conceal something.

Because Conan was staring intently at his phone as if it were some secret, Sonoko Suzuki frowned and leaned over to take a look.

"What are you looking at on your phone, you little rascal?"

Since it was just a blueprint for a knife, Conan didn't try to hide anything and simply said that it was something Jiang Hang had given him, and he even described the rumors of the secret treasure in a slightly exaggerated way.

It looks as if Jiang Hang has fabricated a secret treasure using the name of the former Shinsengumi and is using a game to make Conan search for it in Hakodate.

Sonoko Suzuki believed things that most normal people wouldn't even think twice about, and she believed them wholeheartedly.

Of course, it's also possible that some TV dramas related to the "Shinsengumi" have recently been broadcast, and Sonoko Suzuki, who now treats those stories starring celebrities and which have been beautified and dramatic as true history, became interested as soon as she heard the name Hijikata Toshizo.

“So, Hijikata Toshizo did indeed die in battle in Hakodate,” Suzuki Sonoko wiped her eyes. “And I even asked my father to help me collect a lot of items related to the Shinsengumi, which are still stored in my family’s warehouse.”

Hearing about Sonoko Suzuki's extravagant lifestyle, Conan couldn't help but secretly roll his eyes.

However, as they were talking, Sonoko Suzuki seemed to find the person on the other end of the phone somewhat familiar, so she simply took Conan's phone and looked at it more closely.

"Star Prism Knife...that name sounds familiar...is it one of the collectibles my family recently acquired?"

As she said this, Sonoko Suzuki ran to the side, took out her phone, and called the Suzuki family's butler to inquire about the list of items related to the Shinsengumi that her family had recently collected.

With the help of the entire team, in less than ten minutes, Sonoko Suzuki had already obtained a densely packed list.

After searching for a while, Sonoko Suzuki found a samurai sword among hundreds of items, which was a supporting character but also named the Star Prism Sword.

"I knew I should have seen this name recently, but the two are so different. The star-shaped blade in the picture Jiang Hang sent looks much more like 'Five-sided Guo'."

She muttered to herself, seemingly feeling that her family's collection had been outdone by Jiang Hang's.

However, she didn't seem to have any intention of competing.

Although Jiang Hang doesn't act like the heir to a top-tier tycoon at all, her parents specifically warned her not to mess with him.

The Suzuki family is one of Japan's leading conglomerates, ranking among the top in the world.

But the Pioneer Foundation is also a top-tier organization, and even more mysterious and low-key. It seems to be a mysterious organization that was quietly transformed and born from a super power that has existed for thousands of years during the turmoil of World War II.

In short, the Suzuki family has only been established for half a century, and in terms of historical foundation, it certainly cannot compare with the power of the Pioneer Foundation.

Therefore, after seeing the obvious difference between the two Star Prism Blades, she only thought about whether she could go to Jiang Hang to try out the feel of his Star Prism Blade.

Conan, on the other hand, was thinking a bit more. He took the list from the Suzuki family and quickly discovered that a significant portion of the items were related to the Shinsengumi and Hijikata Toshizo, including the Star Prism Sword. These items were from the collections sold by the "Axe" family in Hakodate over the past two years.

So Conan skillfully asked Sonoko Suzuki questions in a childlike tone, wanting to know some information about the Fujie family.

"Fue... I think I have a vague impression of them. They were a fairly well-known family in Hakodate, but the Fue family has probably been doing poorly in recent years and is now selling off all of their properties in Hakodate. My family is probably still negotiating the price with the Fue family."

Sonoko Suzuki muttered to herself, then looked at Conan: "Speaking of which, the founder of the Tokie family was also a huge fan of the Shinsengumi. He collected a lot of items related to the Shinsengumi during his lifetime, which is why his descendants are putting so many Shinsengumi items up for auction now that the Tokie family is on the verge of bankruptcy."

"So, is it possible that the other side has even more of these star-shaped blades?"

Sonoko Suzuki shrugged: "I don't know about that, but I can have someone ask around. If there really is some treasure related to Hijikata Toshizo behind these star-shaped swords, then I would really like to add it to our Suzuki family collection."

She paused for a moment, then remembered that Jiang Hang had provided the blueprint and information about the treasure, before changing her words to, "Even if Jiang Hang comes, at most we'll split it 50/50 with him."

Seeing that the other party seemed to really intend to spend money to buy other Star Prism Blades from the Axe River family, Conan quickly stopped them.

Phantom Thief Kid has his eye on these knives, and he might just steal them all in the next couple of days. Buying them now would be pointless.

He told Suzuki Sonoko not to rush things. What if it was just a joke Jiang Hang was playing on him? Even if she liked the Star Prism Knives, wouldn't it be better to wait until the Axe River family's assets were sold off in a package and then buy them at a lower price?

In short, after Conan's persuasion, Sonoko Suzuki temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going to buy a knife.

However, after comparing these drawings, she still looked at Xiaolan, who hadn't said a word.

"In that case, let's go to Wulingguo together tomorrow!"

Skiing isn't urgent; she can go anytime. But how could she miss out on something as fun as finding hidden treasure?

After all, this place is home to the famous detective Kogoro, who is also known as the Sleeping Kogoro, and Sonoko Suzuki, who occasionally falls asleep at crime scenes and becomes the Queen of Deduction. With these two geniuses working together, the little treasure is a piece of cake.

She even took the initiative to call Jiang Hang to inquire about the authenticity of the secret treasure.

Hearing Suzuki Sonoko's excitement, Jiang Hang simply added fuel to the fire.

"I'm not just making this up. This is a mystery that stumped the Phantom Thief Kid many years ago. If you can find the whereabouts of this treasure, I will give you this hundred-year-old treasure in its entirety. What do you think?"

"Then it's a deal!"

Seeing Sonoko Suzuki's silly grin, Conan couldn't help but sigh inwardly again.

Sonoko Suzuki's situation is completely hopeless.

Fortunately, with the Suzuki Group behind them, they still have some advantages in terms of intelligence.

Even if we can't compare to Jianghang, we must at least find this treasure before that Phantom Thief Kid!

Chapter 551: Threatening Letter Received by the Governor of Hokkaido

After outsourcing these puzzles that required thinking and aligning with the problem setter's ideas, Jiang Hang slept soundly until early morning.

But the others didn't sleep very well that night, because they were trying to solve the mystery Jiang Hang had given them as soon as possible.

So much so that when Jiang Hang woke up, even Shiho Miyano and the others were still not up.

Jiang Hang had originally planned to go out for a walk first, hoping to find some ideas, but unexpectedly, he received a call from Inspector Megure just as he finished sorting things out.

"Inspector Megure, is there something you need for calling so early? But it's not a good time right now. I just flew to Hokkaido last night and I probably won't be back for a few days."

Jiang Hang explained to Inspector Megure, but Inspector Megure seemed to already know Jiang Hang's location.

Inspector Megure answered quickly on the other end of the phone.

"Oh, speaking of which, Officer Shiratori and I have been on a business trip to Hokkaido these past few days. I only called you because I heard about what's going on with you in Hakodate, Jiang Hang."

On business trip?

Jiang Hang blinked.

The fact that two inspectors from the Metropolitan Police Department came all the way to Hokkaido and even called him specifically suggests that there must be some troublesome case in Hokkaido.

"Anyway, let's meet first and then talk about it."

After Inspector Megure agreed on a location, Jiang Hang nodded in agreement.

It looks like I won't be able to go to Wulingguo to investigate this morning.

Let's tell Shiho Miyano and the others about this first.

After sending an email briefly explaining the reason, Jiang Hang led his crew to the location he had arranged to meet Inspector Megure.

In a café next to Hakodate Station that had just opened and had few customers, at this time of morning when people were going to work, Jiang Hang, who had been one of them in his previous life, sighed slightly as he looked at the office workers coming and going around him. He then looked at Inspector Megure and Shiratori Ninzaburo sitting opposite him, who still looked familiar.

As soon as Jiang Hang sat down, Inspector Megure nodded at him and then asked him about the events of the previous night.

After all, the airport, police station, and government in Hakodate caused quite a stir last night.

The main reason is that flight incident that almost caused a major air disaster.

After discovering that the plane carried not only Jiang Hang, a foreign dignitary with a complex background, but also the second young lady of the Suzuki family, these people couldn't help but wipe their heads in disbelief.

Although thanks to Jiang Hang's intervention, the plane landed safely at the airport.

Even Sonoko Suzuki's side may have developed a considerable resistance to cases due to the many bizarre cases she has experienced in the past six months, so much so that she did not mention this incident to the Suzuki family after the near-plane crash.

However, the incident still garnered significant attention online due to a video taken by a tourist on the plane.

After receiving firsthand information from Jiang Hang, Inspector Megure couldn't help but shake his head.

"In any case, the staff on that flight will likely face disciplinary action or even dismissal, since the news of this incident reached Governor Asakura, who had just arrived in Hakodate, last night."

After all, according to the rules, outsiders are not allowed to enter the cockpit.

Even though Ms. Maki had been a flight attendant and had worked with the two captains many times, she had already resigned seven or eight years ago. Allowing her into the cockpit and then almost causing a plane crash because of the "hand-kissing greeting" is, in a serious sense, a serious flight accident.

Jiang Hang nodded. It was precisely because of this seemingly unrelated idea that the two pilots were poisoned.

Therefore, although he sympathized with the two captains' plight, he didn't really have any further thoughts about it.

However, Governor Asakura... that name sounds somewhat familiar.

Jiang Hang immediately remembered.

It seems that the name of the governor of Hokkaido who invited him to Hokkaido for the opening ceremony was Yuichiro Asakura.

Just as he was pondering the name, Inspector Megure, after reflecting on the case from the previous night, told Jiang Hang the purpose of contacting the other party in Hokkaido.

"Brother Jiang Hang, you must have received Governor Asakura's invitation about a week ago, right?"

As Jiang Hang nodded in agreement, Inspector Megure continued, "In fact, the reason we're on this business trip is because of that Hokkaido train that's going to open tomorrow."

With that, Inspector Megure took out a photocopy and handed it to Jiang Hang.

Jiang Hang glanced at it; it was a clearly threatening letter.

The printed font makes the handwriting illegible.

The message reads: "Your arrogance and conceit over the past four years will soon be punished by heaven."

“This is not just a threat. I am ready and waiting to act. Governor, your life and death are now in my hands.”