The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Jiang Hang patted his chest, indicating that he was indeed that awesome.

Sonoko Suzuki had initially developed a rare sense of camaraderie with Jiang Hang, a feeling of shared hardship.

But in the blink of an eye, Jiang Hang's Versailles-like behavior of refusing to compare himself with her made Suzuki Sonoko extremely angry again.

As expected, Conan's criticism of Jiang Hang was correct; this guy really is an extremely wicked and disgusting man.

But this made her unwilling to leave.

Being at a rebellious age, she wouldn't let go of this opportunity to cause Jiang Hang some trouble.

After making a face at Jiang Hang, she continued to stick to his side and pushed all the people who came to her toward him.

It wasn't until the governor of Hokkaido, Yuichiro Asakura, came over and approached Jiang Hang and Sonoko Suzuki.

As the top official in Hokkaido, and one known for his competence, he naturally wouldn't do what the others did and immediately shower Sonoko Suzuki with praise.

His first words upon arriving were to express his gratitude to Jiang Hang.

After all, he was the one who invited them over.

As it turns out, the other party has only been in Hokkaido for a few days, and has already resolved quite a few issues.

First, there was the plane crash whose impact was almost completely suppressed, and then last night I reported a tomb raiding group.

Furthermore, because of the threatening letter he received, the other party also helped him eliminate many security risks and even directly discovered the criminal's true purpose.

After learning about Jiang Hang's speculations about the matter from the head of the Hokkaido Police Headquarters, he was already preparing to meet with Jiang Hang to discuss it.

Jiang Hang continued to chat with the top official of Hokkaido with ease.

"He truly lives up to his reputation as the heir to the Pioneer Foundation. I wish I had a successor like him," Asakura Yuichiro said after chatting for a while. He found that this young man perfectly matched his preferences in every way, and his expression towards Jiang Hang became much more enthusiastic.

Jiang Hang, on the other hand, only needed a few words of greeting to understand how the top official of Hokkaido had come up with the idea of ​​inviting him.

It was indeed because of the car smuggling gang he had dealt with in Akina Mountain. The gang's headquarters were in Hokkaido, and they had been under police surveillance for a long time, but no breakthrough had been found.

This incident brought Jiang Hang into the other party's sights.

Then, after making a casual inquiry, I discovered that this person was indeed extraordinary.

As a shrewd politician, Yuichiro Asakura knew the situation in Hokkaido was what it was, and that even if he didn't deliberately try to curry favor with the Japanese conglomerates, they would still come to develop and invest in Hokkaido for their own business interests.

Even if he really wanted to talk to those big conglomerates, he could directly find the head of their family and arrange a more suitable time to talk. There was no need to talk to Suzuki Sonoko, who was still just a high school student, in this place.

However, the Pioneer Foundation, which Jiang Hang represents, is a mysterious force that is not well-known to ordinary people, but whose existence is considered incredible by those of higher status.

This foundation has been stable for so many years, only concerned with making money. Now, Jiang Hang, as an heir, has entered Japan as a detective and seems to have invested in many industries.

After this research, Asakura Yuichiro felt that he could indeed get to know Jiang Hang.

He had no other ideas.

After all, to be honest, he's basically reached the end of his term as the top official in Hokkaido.

After all, Hokkaido is still separate from Japan's three major metropolitan areas.

To date, there has never been a case of the governor of Hokkaido becoming the prime minister of Japan.

As a pragmatist, he thought that if Jianghang was willing to invest in Hokkaido, it would greatly boost the local economy.

Jiang Hang naturally realized this idea of ​​the other party.

It seems that this is a rare example in Japan of an official who genuinely wants to work for the benefit of the local community.

Jiang Hang thought to himself, but it was a pity.

Even if he understood the other person's subconscious, he himself didn't have any money to invest in Hokkaido.

After all, if this place really could make a lot of money, even without him saying so, the system would send those NPCs who only care about making money to collect it.

Since the Pioneer Foundation doesn't have any businesses in Hokkaido, it means that the Pioneer Foundation doesn't value the profits here.

With the mission bonuses he holds amounting to tens or hundreds of billions of yen, it is an enormous sum for an ordinary person, an amount they probably could never earn in their lifetime.

However, for investment purposes, this amount of money is indeed not a large sum.

Therefore, Jiang Hang only politely brushed off Governor Asakura, saying that he would explain the situation to the foundation.

To show his sincerity, Jiang Hang also gave Asakura Yuichiro the contact information of several Foundation NPCs he knew, saying that he was not in charge of these matters at the moment, but would help explain the situation to the family so that they could contact these NPCs.

After receiving such a response from Jiang Hang, Asakura Yuichiro was quite satisfied with the result and chatted with Jiang Hang and the others for a while longer.

It wasn't until the opening ceremony was just around the corner that he waved to Jiang Hang, indicating that they could talk about it later after the ceremony.

Chapter 576: But you didn't ask.

After chatting with Yuichiro Asakura, Jiang Hang's aura as a social elite vanished as the other man left, and he reverted to his original carefree, unambitious self.

The person's presence was greatly diminished by this change in demeanor.

After all, Suzuki Sonoko was an old acquaintance, and Jiang Hang himself had no intention of flirting with her. So, he would naturally have to conceal this sudden change in temperament in front of others, but there was no need to hide it too much in front of Suzuki Sonoko.

Anyone who has known him for a while would have noticed these things.

However, for Sonoko Suzuki, this was the first time she had ever seen someone switch between various images so freely in front of her.

One moment he's a gentle and refined gentleman, the next he transforms into a cunning and shrewd old fox, and then he becomes a learned and talented elite in front of others.

Then, looking at the salted fish in front of her that looked almost completely dried up, Sonoko Suzuki rubbed her eyes, wondering if she was seeing things.

“It’s not your imagination, so now you know why I was able to leave the family’s management,” Jiang Hang, who was in a relaxed state, was indeed a little tired of these social occasions. Anyway, he had already put on a show in front of Suzuki Sonoko.

So he simply lowered his own profile, and incidentally used his abilities to help lower the profile of the area around Sonoko Suzuki as well.

With the air of someone who's been there, he patted Sonoko Suzuki's shoulder with a deep expression and explained in a low voice, "When you can change your expression as easily as I can, you'll be a qualified heir to the Suzuki Group."

Suzuki Sonoko felt goosebumps rise all over her body when she heard Jiang Hang's suddenly deep voice.

She shuddered uncomfortably, then quickly took several steps back.

"Let's forget about it then. It looks like they've gone schizophrenic."

Jiang Hang shrugged. To be honest, although his mental state was assessed as normal by the system, he was not.

Having absorbed so many skills and personally experienced the bleeding effect of spending too much time in the animus, Jiang Hang felt that he could indeed understand what it was like for patients with schizophrenia.

"In short, young lady, in order to find a husband that you find pleasing to the eye, or that you truly like, in the future, you should work harder now."

Jiang Hang waved his hand at Suzuki Sonoko, then found a spot with a high enough vantage point that was not easily noticed, and began to observe the places in the station where people could easily sneak in, as well as passersby who might be carrying dangerous items.

After Jiang Hang turned away and stopped talking about the topic, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but think of his seemingly "ordinary" back as she watched him walk away. She remembered how he had always been so at ease, able to talk to anyone with ease. She also remembered what her parents had said about Jiang Hang.

"After only a few meetings, you managed to coax your bad-tempered second uncle, who always thinks he's the best in the world, to such an extent. Even though Jiang Hang was still the center of attention, your second uncle was able to subconsciously ignore these things. Even though the other party kept making excuses to avoid it, your second uncle never had any dissatisfaction with the other party. In fact, he would always thank the other party for the advice he gave him."

"With such abilities, the heir to the Pioneer Foundation does indeed seem quite outstanding."

"Since you know him, if you have the chance, you can go to him and learn something from him. Even if you can learn only 10% of his skills, it will be enough for you to digest for a long time."

When she heard her father talk about these things, she would always subconsciously shake her head to indicate that she didn't want to learn anything from Jiang Hang, nor did she genuinely think that Jiang Hang had any particularly remarkable abilities.

At best, he's just a slightly more sophisticated version of Shinichi Kudo.

Sonoko Suzuki, who grew up with Shinichi Kudo and, to be honest, has known him longer than Ran Mouri, did think that way before.

However, during their brief half-hour close interaction today, Sonoko Suzuki realized that she had probably underestimated Jiang Hang.

Aside from sharing the identity of a famous detective with Shinichi Kudo, he and Shinichi Kudo seem to have no other similarities.

Moreover, Jiang Hang is not like Shinichi Kudo, a deduction fanatic who always tries to show off his deductive skills and share his ideal of becoming the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era with those around him.

The only problems were the other person's quirky personality and his rather plain face, which didn't quite suit her taste.

However, when she thought of this, Sonoko Suzuki suddenly paused for a moment.

Ordinary?

Is Jiang Hang's face really as ordinary as I remember?

She carefully compared the two in her mind. Apart from the first time she met him, when he looked like a messy, unkempt science student, he seemed to have been quite nice the next few times she met him.

However, just as she had this thought, Jiang Hang seemed to sense something, turned around and glared at her with those dead fish eyes that perfectly matched the image of a salted fish. This look instantly swept away the subtle emotions that had just arisen in Suzuki Sonoko's heart like a whirlwind.

She quickly shook her head vigorously.

She almost had some inappropriate thoughts about Jiang Hang, this eccentric and lazy guy, which was truly the biggest mockery of her aesthetic sense as the second young lady of Suzuki.

At most, she might want to learn something from Jiang Hang; a relationship between them is impossible!

Sonoko Suzuki quickly reinforced her impression of Jiang Hang from their first meeting in her mind, then followed behind Jiang Hang, waiting for the opening ceremony to begin.

At nine o'clock, amidst cheers, Yuichiro Asakura, following his prepared script, announced with a smile, under the filming and live broadcast of the television station, that the Hokkaido Express train would officially begin operation today.

Then, those who participated in the opening ceremony gradually entered the carriages.

Soon the once empty carriage was filled with people.

Jiang Hang, naturally, followed the ministers and Inspector Megure, who had been invited, into the front carriage.

Naturally, Sonoko Suzuki came along as well.

Sonoko Suzuki initially thought it was just an ordinary opening ceremony and didn't take it too seriously.

I was just thinking of rushing back to the ski resort after this ceremony.

It was when I saw the police officers around Governor Asakura on high alert after the train started moving, and they were constantly in contact with the outside world.

Even Jiang Hang had taken out his miniature computer and started looking at things she couldn't understand, and he also chatted with the senior police officers from time to time about topics related to "prisoners".

It was only at this point that Sonoko Suzuki began to realize that something was wrong.

Even if this is the first time this train has run, there shouldn't be so much panic.

She secretly asked Jiang Hang for his opinion.

Jiang Hang also glanced at Suzuki Sonoko. Although the Suzuki Group was indeed quite powerful in terms of its setting, judging from its actual performance, the protective force around Suzuki Sonoko, the future heir, was really a bit worrying.

Since the Bandaged Man incident, she has been involved in all sorts of cases around Ran and Conan, and many of them have almost cost her her life.

But the Suzuki Group really didn't get involved in these matters. Sonoko Suzuki went out alone from beginning to end, and they weren't worried that one day a robber from Hong Kong would appear and kidnap her.

The same applies to this train now.

Putting aside other factors, the Hokkaido government officials and police should all know that someone sent a threatening letter to the Hokkaido governor and that they might take action on this train.

Given the Suzuki Foundation's intelligence network within Japan, obtaining this information shouldn't be particularly difficult.