The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

After reading the threatening letter, Jiang Hang looked up at Inspector Megure.

"The threatening letter was sent to the governor's house about two days ago. The sender's name was not filled in, and the return address was also found. For these reasons, Officer Shiratori and I were temporarily assigned to Hokkaido on a business trip to assist in the investigation of the threatening letter."

"After learning last night that Governor Asakura had actually invited you to Hokkaido, I was honestly quite relieved. Although this was a bit presumptuous, we all believe that the person who sent the threatening letter was after the train that will officially start running tomorrow."

Jiang Hang listened and nodded.

"Four years of arrogance and conceit... Have you investigated whether Governor Asakura has offended anyone in these past few years?"

Inspector Megure first nodded, then shook his head.

"After all, Governor Asakura is the highest-ranking official in Hokkaido. Although his performance and reputation over the past four years have been good and his public satisfaction has been high, in the end, there is no one in this world who can be liked by everyone, especially in that position. No matter what Governor Asakura does, there will always be people who are dissatisfied with his decisions."

“That’s true,” Jiang Hang replied.

However, even a typical political enemy wouldn't produce such a threatening letter; such tactics are simply too despicable.

Without considering certain political opponents, that is, policies introduced by the other party in recent years that have harmed the interests of certain extremists, this is why such means are used to seek revenge against Asakura Yuichiro.

"So, you don't have any leads either?"

In response, Inspector Megure scratched his head sheepishly.

If they already had a lead, they certainly wouldn't have needed to come to Jiang Hang for help so early.

"Regarding Governor Asakura, I'll investigate first, at least to confirm any potential suspects," Jiang Hang said, then asked Inspector Megure, "And then there's the train that's opening tomorrow, what are your police department's plans?"

When it comes to this issue, Inspector Megure naturally has a lot to say.

He then talked about the defense methods he had discussed with the police in Hokkaido, ensuring that no one would be allowed to bring dangerous equipment onto the train during tomorrow's opening ceremony.

As long as we can ensure that the train can be put into operation smoothly, there shouldn't be anything to worry about in the short term.

After all, apart from situations with particularly high crowds, the security forces around the governor should be sufficient to protect him at other times.

Hearing Inspector Megure's words, Jiang Hang thought to himself that it was hard to say.

If security companies in Japan could truly protect their bosses, there wouldn't be so many cases of business owners being murdered.

In addition, the system would occasionally send him some strange weapons and items.

For example, the Carcano M91/38 carbine that successfully sparked the imagination of a certain US president.

There was also a rather rudimentary-looking homemade gun, which looked like it had been assembled from water pipes and bandages.

Jiang Hang could only guess what this thing had done based on the name "Abe-che" given to it by the system.

However, since Inspector Megure said that as long as nothing happens tomorrow, Jiang Hang naturally didn't think too much about it.

With so much police support tomorrow, the mysterious person who sent the threatening letter is unlikely to choose to make a move when there are the most people around.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Phantom Thief Kid always deliberately creates chaos in crowded places after sending out warning letters, then secretly looks for a moment when the defenses are weak, and then steals the items in one fell swoop.

But that's because Phantom Thief Kid has the ability to disguise himself; the more people there are and the more chaotic the situation, the easier it is for him to hide himself.

Ordinary criminals don't have this ability, and it would be difficult for them to bring any dangerous equipment to within ten meters of the governor, despite the police's layers of security.

As Jiang Hang pondered this, he suddenly remembered a Conan movie he had watched when he was a child.

That must have been one of the earlier Detective Conan movies.

The prisoners inside apparently called the police, saying that he had planted explosives in the tram, and that the bomb would explode if the tram's speed dropped below a certain point.

Therefore, the police had the train crew search all the suspicious areas inside the train, but they found no trace of the bomb and could only keep the train moving at high speed.

Then, through Conan's deduction, he figured that the culprit probably didn't plant the bomb on the car, but on the railway, and installed a light-sensitive plug-in that would automatically detonate if no light was detected within a certain time.

Although Jiang Hang was certain that the two cases were unrelated, their line of reasoning was quite similar.

If you can't find any opportunities on the train, then you can just do something during the journey.

Thinking about it, Jiang Hang told Inspector Megure his thoughts.

Inspector Megure immediately clapped his hands, realizing that the idea wasn't entirely impossible.

As is well known, the places in Japan most vulnerable to robbery, besides banks that need robbers to help balance their accounts, are all sorts of random arms depots and bomb factories.

Every year, large quantities of finished products or raw materials are stolen from bomb factories and warehouses across the country, and then used to carry out various bombings.

"I'll contact someone right now to have the Hokkaido railway police tighten security on the tracks for tomorrow's trains. They need to check before the trains depart tomorrow to make sure no one plants a bomb on the tracks."

The plane that carried Jiang Hang and his group yesterday had dozens of passengers on board, and before anything happened, it had already caused such a commotion.

If a newly opened train carrying at least several hundred or even thousands of people were to explode, a significant portion of the officials in Hokkaido would likely have to be reassigned.

"It's not just about railways. If we're going to take preventative measures, we should be more comprehensive and pay more attention to bridges, tunnels, and other similar places along the roads."

After Jiang Hang offered his suggestion, Inspector Megure immediately ran out to call the contact person at the police station in Hokkaido. He then hurriedly returned to thank Jiang Hang before heading back to his post to work overtime.

They had originally wanted to invite Jiang Hang to come along, since Jiang Hang's insight was undeniable, and having him make the trip might allow him to discover even more.

Jiang Hang simply looked out the window.

With their consciousness connected, Altaïr slowly landed outside the coffee shop window.

"Ah, Brother Jiang Hang, you brought your eagle with you on this trip too?" Inspector Megure said, sounding slightly nervous.

Although Jiang Hang's eagle seemed to have a gentle temperament, its half-human-sized size and exceptionally sharp eyes were already quite frightening.

So when it landed, quite a few people around seemed to be startled.

"It seems that Altaïr also wants to explore this new territory in Hokkaido. Inspector Megure, if you don't mind, let Altaïr accompany you. If it notices anything, it will remind you."

Although Hawkeye's link distance is within ten kilometers, even after breaking away from Jiang Hang's link, after multiple enhancements over the past six months, Altaïr's intelligence has reached a level close to that of a human.

As long as you tell it what to do with your mind, it will follow the instructions and complete the task.

This kind of work of searching for railways would be much easier for Altaïr than for him.

Inspector Megure felt somewhat uneasy upon hearing Jiang Hang's words.

Can Jiang Hang's eagle really accomplish such a complex task?

Chapter 552: The Dam of Kitazawa Village

Trusting Jiang Hang, Inspector Megure and his team took Altaïr with them when they left.

Of course, the main reason is that they can't control Altaïr either.

Anyway, seeing that Jiang Hang simply said a few words to the eagle and then the eagle flapped its wings and flew into the sky again, Inspector Megure thought that Jiang Hang's eagle must be a spirit.

However, considering that his superior, the son of Superintendent General Hakuba of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, also seemed to have a very intelligent eagle, Inspector Megure felt that these people must have some special methods for training eagles.

After Inspector Megure and his team paid the bill and left, Jiang Hang continued to sit in the coffee shop, leisurely eating the breakfast that the waiter had just brought him.

After having breakfast, Jiang Hang took out his personal microcomputer and began to carefully investigate the situation of Governor Asakura.

Previously, he was just a guest invited to the ceremony, and naturally, he didn't need to actively investigate the background of the highest-ranking official in a region.

Before arriving in Hakodate, he only learned a few basic things about Governor Asakura from Akemi Miyano, and that was all he knew.

After all, if Jiang Hang were to find something unclean online, it would be quite embarrassing for everyone.

Although Jiang Hang doesn't need to worry too much about these things with his current strength, if he really had to deal with them one by one, he probably wouldn't be able to stay in most countries in the world.

Only Jiang Hang himself knew how worthless his identity as the heir to the Pioneer Foundation was. Unless the system intervened and agreed, he couldn't even handle a single NPC employee of the foundation.

Even if he were incredibly strong, he couldn't possibly handle them all by himself, and there was no need for him to bother with them.

Therefore, unless those people's actions directly cross Jiang Hang's line of work, Jiang Hang would not specifically target those so-called big shots when he was carrying out justice in Tokyo.

However, now that Governor Asakura has received a threatening letter, he naturally needs to investigate the other party's affairs more thoroughly online.

With Jiang Hang's current hacking skills, many opaque documents and files were quickly revealed to him.

With the help of his own AI program, he soon saw what he wanted to see.

"Before becoming the governor of Hokkaido, he served as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and he accomplished quite a bit," Jiang Hang muttered to himself.

The bank statements for several accounts all looked quite clean. Although the amount of money spent on the election was a bit large, compared to some of the people he had casually investigated, this Asakura Yuichiro was at least much cleaner on the surface.

They get paid for their work, and the results they produce seem to be handled quite well, without any major conflicts...

Only here...

Jiang Hang set his sights on one of the projects that the other party had previously led.

The construction of the Beize Village Dam.

On the surface, Yuichiro Asakura put a great deal of effort into this project, which took less than five years from start to finish.

It was the speed of the project's completion and the preparations for the relocation of local residents that gave Asakura Yuichiro considerable capital, ultimately leading to his successful election as the governor of Hokkaido.

Of course, during his four years as governor of Hokkaido, he also promoted many projects, such as the new railway he built during those four years, which is the one whose opening ceremony will be held tomorrow.

Somewhat coincidentally, just days after the opening ceremony, Governor Asakura will also be traveling to Kitazawa Village to attend a local commemorative ceremony to mark the 5th anniversary of the village's relocation.

After comparing the other party's itinerary over the past two weeks, and with Altaïr having already confirmed the railway situation, Jiang Hang focused his attention on the matter of Kitazawa Village.

Through the news from that year, Jiang Hang could see that Governor Asakura had indeed put a lot of effort into the matter, arranging both the relocation site and the compensation quite well; otherwise, the other party wouldn't have thought of attending the memorial ceremony again.

The problem is that, although there were indeed voices of resistance and opposition in all the major projects handled by the other party, only the construction of the Beize Village Dam has been successful from project implementation to completion and commissioning, and now to its fifth anniversary.

It's been a full ten years now, and the internet was quite calm in the years before.

Even in the last year or two, negative comments about the Beize Village Dam can still be seen on the internet from time to time.

The key issue is that none of those comments addressed the core problem. They didn't mention whether the construction of the dam had affected their lives or whether they were dissatisfied with the compensation. They simply criticized Asakura Yuichiro for being mentally unstable and said that he would blow up the dam sooner or later.

Jiang Hang could sense from the accusations that appeared online that these guys seemed really anxious, but they couldn't change anything and could only rage helplessly.

However, when he saw comments about "blowing up the dam," Jiang Hang's muscle memory was triggered.

After all, explosions are quite common in the Conan stories; they need to blow something up every year to feel satisfied.

Anyway, after Jiang Hang reviewed the projects that Asakura Yuichiro had been in charge of for the past ten years and his schedule for the next month several times, the situation of the Kitazawa Village Dam did seem more suspicious.

"Let's just remember this place first," Jiang Hang said, glancing at the location of Beize Village, which was not far from the ski resort they were going to in a few days.

It seems that no matter what, he's going to go and take a trip to that place.

Having investigated almost everything that needed to be investigated, Jiang Hang stretched slightly.

We've narrowed it down to one village. If we continue searching the population of that village, we should be able to find a few suspects.

It can only be said that with the technological support of future hackers, he will be able to easily use box weapons to figure out many things.