The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

It seems that even those random Eden artifacts may have already been arranged by the system.

At least according to Kuroba Toichi, the Pandora Gem, which grants immortality to the Phantom Thief Kid, is already regarded as an Eden artifact.

Perhaps the next step will be for the "Dragon Balls" and similar items that the sword in Gosho Aoyama's early work, Dragon Ball, had to find to become Eden artifacts.

The Assassin's Creed universe has already drastically altered this world, yet the system is still stubbornly insisting that it's a detective system.

Jiang Hang shook his head.

Well, anyway, the only problem with our own system is its stubbornness; there's really nothing else to criticize.

In just six months, they've already siphoned off tens of billions of dollars from their own system, not to mention all sorts of "detective" skills.

After mentally ranting for a moment, Jiang Hang continued to ponder what Phantom Thief Kid had said.

It seems that in his previous life, after he transmigrated, this kid Ayu actually created an assassin game themed around the Japanese Sengoku period.

Anyway, when the system rewarded him with the character memories from "Assassin's Creed: Shadow," he went in to check and discovered that the male protagonist was actually a black warrior. He completely lost control of his emotions when he found out.

Jiang Hang doesn't know how many copies of Ayumi's work would have sold in his previous life. Anyway, he still hasn't made up his mind to experience how a black samurai became an assassin master in Japan, and he has no idea what kind of Eden artifact appeared in that work.

However, no matter what Eden artifacts appeared in that work, they could not possibly appear here now—Kuroba Toichi had already been here back then.

Even if there really were some Eden artifacts hidden there, they would definitely have been taken away by Kuroba Toichi by now, either to keep for his own survival or to hand them over to the Foundation.

He muttered to himself, but Jiang Hang's face showed absolutely no sign of it.

If that's really what Kaito Kid thinks, then let's make him even more nervous.

“According to what you’ve said, it does seem a bit suspicious…” Jiang Hang rested his chin on his hand, pondering for a moment. “If it really is an Eden artifact, then the impact of this matter is huge. I might have to contact the Foundation to handle it.”

As he said this, he then asked Kaito Kid, "So, how many people still know about that treasure?"

To this, Kaito Kid looked helpless and shrugged: "Normally, not many people should know about this. It should only be the heir of the Axe River Group and some of his trusted subordinates who know about it."

"However, Saburo Akawawa was quite bold. Apart from telling his descendants that he had buried the secret forever behind Goryokaku, he did not tell them the specific location of the treasure. He was probably worried that his descendants would not be able to resist the temptation of that 'weapon of mass destruction' and would do something irreversible."

"My father must have accidentally discovered this secret during an operation, but ultimately returned empty-handed after searching for a while."

"But in recent years, after the Axe River Group replaced its heir with an incompetent one, it has squandered almost all of its family fortune in just a few years. Now, in order to find out the location of its former 'treasure,' it has even deliberately released a lot of information to the outside world, hoping that others will help it find the whereabouts of the treasure."

"Besides the people from the Axe River Group, there should be quite a few other arms dealers who are interested in this so-called 'killer weapon' who have also started to notice this place, but they probably aren't ready to make a move yet."

Then, Kaito Kid showed a regretful expression: "And then there's you. Last night, you probably told my not-so-lovable little brother about this again, right?"

Jiang Hang scratched his head and laughed a few times.

"Don't you trust your brother?"

"But it seems that the second young lady of the Suzuki Group has also been involved. If the Suzuki Group becomes interested in it, can your foundation withstand the pressure?"

Kaito Kid is naturally not interested in his little brother Conan.

To be honest, the involvement of the Suzuki Group didn't put too much pressure on him, the phantom thief, since it wasn't the first time he had stolen something from that advisor of the Suzuki Group.

He just wanted to see Jiang Hang's attitude towards the Suzuki Group.

"You mean Suzuki Sonoko knows about this too?" Jiang Hang blinked, then nodded. "That's a good thing. There were a few Star Prism Blades left overseas. I was thinking of paying for them myself to solve this problem."

"Now that Yuanzi, that rich and foolish woman, has stepped in, at least I can save some money on activities. After all, it's almost the end of the year, and I don't have much money left to use."

Kaito Kid's lips twitched slightly.

If it weren't for the fact that you've been investing hundreds of billions of yen in art galleries, film companies, and television stations in the last six months, he would have truly believed it.

However, seeing Jiang Hang's relaxed demeanor, which suggested he wasn't particularly concerned, one could tell that he was quite confident about the matter.

And this guy must have already found out about these things, otherwise how would he know that several Star Prism Blades had been sold overseas?

Perhaps, after returning home last night, the other party had already used his channels to investigate and find out more.

Seeing Kaito Kid's slightly melancholy appearance, Jiang Hang was about to say something more, but then he spotted the figures of Shiho Miyano and her sister in the distance.

"I've already sent the information to Conan. If you want to know, try to get information from Conan and Sonoko. I'll contact you again if I have any new developments."

Jiang Hang waved to Kaito Kid, and then waved to Shiho Miyano and the others.

Because of the snow, Shiho Miyano was wearing a hat and scarf, covering most of her face with them.

For this reason, she didn't seem to be wearing much disguise today, only making some minor adjustments to her eyes.

In contrast, Akemi Miyano remained very cautious, carefully disguising herself from head to toe.

"I didn't keep you waiting too long, did I?" Miyano Akemi apologized to Jiang Hang as she walked over. "There was a problem with the makeup I used for the disguise, so it took a little longer than usual."

Jiang Hang glanced at Shiho Miyano, who was clearly wearing elaborate makeup, and then shook his head at Akemi Miyano: "It's okay, I just arrived not long ago. I just walked around Goryokaku and chatted with some other people for a while before you came over."

Without Jiang Hang needing to explain, Shiho Miyano had already made her judgment: "That should be Kaito Kid, right?"

Jiang Hang gave a thumbs up: "You have a good eye. If you were to debut as a detective, you would probably be Mrs. Marple in the Heisei era."

Shiho Miyano scoffed dismissively, "I don't want to be some armchair detective. Why can't I be Irene of the Heisei era?"

In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Irene is the only woman who has ever defeated Holmes, and she is the woman Holmes never forgot.

From her first appearance to her last, she exuded an aura of mystery, which earned her considerable popularity among readers.

Jiang Hang stroked his chin: "Although the character of Irene defeated Sherlock Holmes, in the end, she is just a supporting character created by relying on Sherlock Holmes. When discussing the character of Irene, we can't shake off the shadow of Sherlock Holmes no matter what."

"Although you are currently unable to appear in public in your true form because of the distillery, you will be able to return to your original self once the distillery matter is resolved."

Jiang Hang paused for a moment, then continued speaking in a joking manner.

"Besides, Conan keeps saying he wants to become the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era. As his senior, it wouldn't be right for me to compete with my junior for that title."

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Shiho Miyano's face, hidden by her scarf, flushed slightly.

She coughed lightly again: "I have no interest in becoming a detective. Even if I destroy that organization with my own hands in the future, all I need is a research institute where I can conduct research freely."

Jiang Hang nodded: "Your research institute is already under renovation. You can move in after New Year's Day."

Upon hearing this, Shiho Miyano's face showed a look of excitement, as if she was also looking forward to that day.

For a researcher, having a research institute that is entirely their own is naturally something they would pursue.

Professor Agasa's research institute can be considered a high-tech workshop. No matter what you need, Professor Agasa can build a similar device with his bare hands.

However, for Shiho Miyano at present, the environment of this research institute is indeed somewhat inadequate.

Because Shiho Miyano now has much more complete information about APTX4869 than in the original work, and with Jiang Hang, a master assassin proficient in poisons, providing ideas, Shiho Miyano's research progress on the A drug is far ahead of the same period in the original work.

In addition to APTX4869, Shiho Miyano has also taken the time to research many new drugs, which are now waiting to be tested.

Even so, many of the facilities in Dr. Agasa's research institute were no longer sufficient to meet Shiho Miyano's needs.

So, while buying the TV station, Jiang Hang also negotiated with the system's older brother several times, and finally, with the system's older brother's consent, he set up a private research institute in the name of the foundation.

The equipment, core work, and operational personnel are provided by the foundation, and they enjoy a special treatment from the foundation—the kind where no matter how many people you send in to infiltrate, besides doing normal work and carrying out projects, you're guaranteed to work until retirement without ever knowing what the core project of this research institute is.

Jiang Hang was responsible for providing the money. The system was like a menu for building a game, listing all kinds of equipment at different price points in front of Jiang Hang. He could buy as much as he had the money.

As for the performance of the instruments listed in the tables provided by the system, and which instruments were needed, Jiang Hang left it all to Shiho Miyano to choose herself.

Anyway, judging from Shiho Miyano's bewildered look when facing those instruments, Jiang Hang knew that his system must have brought over some cutting-edge technology from the future at a very favorable price.

Cutting-edge technology from the future, combined with scientific knowledge from this era, plus Eden technology that may appear at any time.

It's hard to imagine what kind of sparks will fly when these three systems are combined in this world.

Chapter 555: All expenses are paid by the Suzuki family.

Seeing her younger sister and Jiang Hang about to have another discussion about the research institute, Miyano Akemi felt somewhat helpless.

Yes, Jiang Hang is indeed quite oblivious when it comes to matters of the heart, and he even subconsciously avoids these things.

But his younger sister was no ordinary girl either.

After all, there are very few geniuses in the world who can obtain two doctoral degrees at the age of 17.

Moreover, her sister is the kind of genius who, shortly after obtaining two doctoral degrees, was able to redevelop Drug A using some fragmented data left behind by her parents.

It's fair to say that if it weren't for the fact that she was dragged down by her older sister, Shiho Miyano's treatment in the organization would be several levels better than before.

Although Shiho Miyano's behavior outside of work seems no different from that of most girls.

She enjoys reading fashion magazines, has little resistance to designer handbags, and is even occasionally interested in things like horoscopes and fortune telling.

But as soon as the topic of collaboration and research comes up, she instantly transforms into that exceptionally meticulous science and engineering girl.

That's pretty much the situation now.

Akemi Miyano was initially pleased to see the two of them chatting about mystery-solving.

As long as they can naturally continue talking about the things they investigated last night related to the Star Prism Blade, the conversation can go on indefinitely without her help.

As the conversation went on, my younger sister suddenly brought up the topic that she would be satisfied with just wanting a research institute.

Then the topic inexplicably veered off to the new research institute.

Seeing that the two of them had already started discussing the specific opening time of the research institute, as well as what equipment or furniture was still missing, Miyano Akemi could only quickly step in and say that these things should be discussed after they returned to Tokyo.

"Jiang Hang, weren't you supposed to be helping that Phantom Thief Kid investigate the Star Prism Blade? Did you get any information from your conversation with him just now?"

Miyano Akemi questioned Jiang Hang, forcibly bringing the topic back on track.

"Actually, we didn't talk about much. He told me that his father couldn't find this treasure back then, so now he, as his son, has to go and investigate what happened back then, to find out what exactly stumped his father."

"Besides that, there are other things that you should have already investigated."

Jiang Hang said this, then looked at Shiho Miyano: "Did you find anything out last night?"

Then Akemi Miyano presented what they had found out the previous night through their connections at the art museum and film company.

Jiang Hang took a look and saw that the direction of their investigation was indeed correct. They were probably targeting the former owners of these Star Prism Blades, just like Conan and Sonoko.

Hijikata Toshizo is the most crucial person. After all, the Shinsengumi, this Bakumatsu organization, does indeed have many secrets. It's not impossible that Hijikata Toshizo really left some secrets in Goryokaku and Hoshiryo-tō back then.

After that, the Star Prism Blade went through more than half a century of twists and turns, changing hands among various collectors, and finally fell into the hands of Saburo Fueko in the last century, and has been circulating within the Fueko family ever since.

Until now, with this incompetent heir of the Fujiang family taking over, in just a few years, he has squandered the family fortune and started selling off the family's ancestral antiques and cultural relics.

However, the Axe River family is still quite important.

During the war, Sasaburo Fue was a well-known military supply merchant in Hakodate, and was considered one of the top arms dealers in Hokkaido.

Then now those rumors about the secret treasure seem to have originated from the Axe family, although it's possible that Axe Takumi deliberately spread these rumors in order to sell the Star Prism Blade for a higher price.