The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Jiang Hang then took the opportunity to mention the names of two other people.

Muto Takehiko, who is unwilling to leave the old Kitazawa village and has been opposing the dam's inundation of the old Kitazawa village to this day, and Hikawa Shogo, the insurance agent who was the first to agree to the move, took a large sum of money and moved to Tokyo, but recently returned specifically for the fifth anniversary celebration.

These five people were all elementary school classmates at the old Kitazawa Village branch school, and they represented the entire number of students in their grade.

Thanks to Muto Takehiko's explanation and some information gathered online, Jiang Hang now has a fairly good understanding of the situation of these five people.

After listening to all this, Conan pondered for a moment: "Jiang Hang, you've investigated so much, could these things also be related to the bombing?"

"Yes, because many of the characteristics of the half-explosive criminal that I investigated matched one of these five people. Also, during my investigation, I discovered another accomplice. These people were all discovered incidentally while I was investigating the identity of that accomplice."

"It was only during this investigation that I discovered that there seemed to be another matter involved."

At this point, Jiang Hang patted Conan on the shoulder: "I could have stayed here for another day, but I think I should stay away from Sonoko Suzuki's powder keg for now. It seems that the matter I asked Kaito Kid to investigate has made some progress, so after solving the bombing case, I plan to leave here to verify Kaito Kid's findings."

"As for whether there is any connection between the two cases from that night eight years ago, if it is not clear by the time I leave, then I will entrust it to you to take Suzuki Sonoko to solve this mystery."

As Jiang Hang said this, Conan immediately showed a look of disgust, and seemed unwilling to take Suzuki Sonoko with him to investigate the case.

Besides that, he also had some helplessness.

He had barely arrived when Jiang Hang, as efficient as ever, had already identified the prisoner.

Although Jiang Hang explained it to him, he already had several suspects in mind.

However, all this intelligence was obtained from Jiang Hang.

Moreover, the other party already had a general range of criminals in mind from the very beginning.

If it were him, without some kind of opportunity, it probably wouldn't have been so easy to come into contact with the murderer.

In short, now that Jiang Hang believes that what happened back then was not a coincidence, he will try to help investigate it again tomorrow.

After explaining the follow-up matters to Conan and telling him not to provoke Sonoko Suzuki, Jiang Hang returned to his room.

Shiho Miyano and the others are waiting for them to return in their room.

Upon seeing Jiang Hang, Shiho Miyano didn't ask if he had handled things properly. She simply said that they had already ordered dinner, and it should be delivered soon.

"Thank you for your help," Jiang Hang stretched and then told the Miyano sisters about the arrangements for the later time.

"It seems we won't be able to ski here. A little later, I'm going to deal with that criminal and his accomplice. Then we'll head to Asahikawa. There are a lot of snow-capped mountains there. You can go skiing there and visit the zoo together."

Chapter 582: Jewelry Claimed to be Worth One Billion

After having dinner, Jiang Hang took a short walk around the area and, having gained a clear understanding of the situation, made another call to the Hokkaido police and Asakura Yuichiro.

"Mr. Jiang Hang, is it really alright to announce the resumption of the original schedule now?"

Hearing the somewhat uneasy questions from the police on the other end of the phone, Jiang Hang nodded affirmatively.

"If you wish, you can cancel other schedules, as long as Governor Asakura expresses that he will definitely come to Kitazawa Village to attend this festival no matter what."

Yuichiro Asakura readily agreed without hesitation.

Now that he wants to connect with Jiang Hang and the Pioneer Foundation behind him, he naturally needs to show them enough trust.

Moreover, when faced with threats, he only takes a short break before reassuring the public that he is not intimidated by these threats, which makes it easier for him to gain support.

In short, news about the schedule will be released soon, and then all we have to do is wait for those two impatient rats to come out of their holes.

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The sky quickly darkened completely.

The hotel became much livelier as tourists returned from skiing trips.

Jiang Hang glanced at it and noticed that Conan seemed to have gotten involved with that nurse, Tachihara Fuyumi.

It seems that Kogoro Mouri tripped and fell when he went out after having dinner and wasn't paying attention to his footing.

Although the situation wasn't very serious, I still went to the clinic to apply some medicine.

Seeing Kogoro Mouri chatting with the nurse with such a fawning expression, Jiang Hang figured Conan would soon be able to figure out what happened eight years ago.

Around 8 p.m., a man wearing glasses, who looked somewhat like a refined scoundrel, came out of his room.

Then, following Tono Mizuki, who was chatting with Tachihara Fuyumi while sitting on a bench in the hotel, they struck up a conversation.

Jiang Hang knew that it was Bingchuan Shangwu, who was among the first group to agree to give up the land and take the compensation.

He works as an insurance investigator in Tokyo, but ostensibly returned to Kitazawa Village from Tokyo to attend a festival.

But what is the truth?

In any case, as things stand, while the other party is not the perpetrator of the bombing, they are the most likely to be an accomplice.

Jiang Hang observed the other person from a distance.

Although the distance was quite far, I could still make out some of the conversation if I listened carefully, and I could even tell what they were saying by reading their lip movements.

It was mostly just some pointless chatter, and then he explained to Mizuki Tono that he had made plans with Keisuke Yamao tonight and probably wouldn't be back.

Upon hearing the name Yamao Keisuke, both girls displayed somewhat unusual expressions.

They were probably all recalling the misfortune that happened on that night eight years ago.

Hikawa Shogo probably noticed it too, but he didn't care about what others thought.

If he had really cared about what others thought back then, he wouldn't have been the first to sign the consent form and then used the compensation to buy a house and settle down in Tokyo.

Jiang Hang knew that the other person was probably mentioning to someone that he was going to find Yamao Keisuke.

After all, the two of them must have become accomplices for something, and this should be related to their plan to blow up the dam.

If something really happens to Hikawa Shogo, the police can find out that the last person he met was Yamao Keisuke as soon as they come to investigate, and Yamao Keisuke will not get away with it either.

It seems that although this guy doesn't have much counter-surveillance ability, he is still somewhat wary of his accomplice in daily life.

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Hang watched from afar as the other person left the hotel.

After taking out his phone and telling Shiho Miyano and the others, Jiang Hang kept a low profile and followed them discreetly.

Even though it was snowing outside, Jiang Hang could still step perfectly on the other person's footprints without leaving any extra traces.

Keisuke Yamao's house is located on the edge of the village, in an inconspicuous place, but it is quite large.

Muto Takehiko also briefly mentioned this point. Although Yamao Keisuke was one of the opponents of building the dam, he was later imprisoned for eight years for drunk driving without a license, killing someone in a car accident.

Then the villagers only allocated a piece of land on the edge of the village for Yamao Keisuke. It was only after Yamao Keisuke was released from prison this year that they helped him a little more and built a simple house for him.

Because of his criminal record, Yamao Keisuke decided to stay in the village and do odd jobs to make a living, citing the difficulty of finding work outside.

Anyway, these are all the official statements. Only Jiang Hang knows that in the past six months, the other party has probably been secretly bringing back a lot of gunpowder to his home in batches.

This is probably something he achieved through the connections he made in prison over the years.

After observing the situation of the other party's house and confirming that the gunpowder should be hidden inside the house and in the cellar, Jiang Hang found a position where he could hear the other party's conversation and continued to lie in wait.

A short while later, a series of somewhat restrained insults came from inside the house.

It sounds like the voice of Hikawa Shogo.

It seems he didn't know about this before.

It's likely that Keisuke Yamao had been keeping a close eye on the news reports, and after discovering that Yuichiro Asakura had once again announced that his original schedule remained unchanged and that he would still be coming to Kitazawa Village, he contacted his accomplice and told him about it.

"So, you prepared for so long and made such a big fuss, and I took such a big risk to help you, only to end up accomplishing nothing and possibly attracting more attention to this place?"

It was obvious that Hikawa Shogo was furious after learning about this.

He vented his anger on Yamao Keisuke, and after a while, he seemed to realize that Yamao Keisuke's expression was not good, so he stopped complaining about him and asked him what his plans were.

“Originally, I was planning to fine-tune the detonation controller to ensure that the signal connection issue from this morning wouldn’t occur again. Then, I would wait until the day of the celebration, when everyone is in the village and no one at the dam will notice us, before making my move. But now it seems that this plan will have to be brought forward.” Yamao Keisuke’s cold voice rang out.

"Let's move the plan forward. That governor will definitely be bringing a lot of media with him. If anyone's camera catches us, we'll be in trouble. After all, we'll need some time to find the original location of my house after we blow up the dam and move those jewels away." Hikawa Shogo naturally had no objection to this.

If it weren't for Yamao Keisuke's desire to take revenge on Asakura Yuichiro and test the power of the explosion, he would have succeeded.

They should have already started working on the dam.

"So tonight, we'll first take care of those workers on the dam, then plant the bombs. Although the remote control might still have some problems, the explosive power is not an issue. Even if it gets temporarily out of control, we have enough time tonight to wait for the bombs to explode."

Hearing Keisuke Yamao's somewhat cold voice, even Shogo Hikawa was a little surprised by the other party's coldness.

Does the other party mean they should personally kill the reservoir staff first?

"You want us to do it ourselves? Can't we just take them all to heaven when the bomb detonates? Or you can do it yourself. Anyway, I told you from the beginning that I'll only help you handle and move the gunpowder and the jewels you stole back then. I won't do anything else that's not related to this."

It doesn't seem that Hikawa Shogo is against killing; he just doesn't want to get blood on his hands.

Keisuke Yamao snorted coldly: "After doing so little, you dare to ask me for half of the jewelry?"

Hikawa Shogo is indeed a fearless person; at this moment, he still dares to use what happened back then as a threat.

"So what? After all, I'm the only one who knows about the jewelry store robbery you committed back then. I even covered for you back then, which is why the police didn't discover your problem and just thought you were drunk. If you hadn't refused to tell me where you hid the stolen jewelry back then, we wouldn't be in this mess right now!"

Keisuke Yamao continued to hum loudly, "Hmph, do you think I don't know what you're thinking?"

"Just like back then, you were the first person to run away to the village and then to Tokyo. If I had really told you these things back then, you wouldn't have waited for me to come out. You would have taken all those jewels and gone abroad to enjoy yourself."

Hikawa Shogo naturally couldn't admit it: "If that's what you think, that's your business. Anyway, I helped you, so I definitely have a share of the jewelry. If you don't want to give it, then we'll just have to part ways."

Although he said things like "let's break up," the threat in his tone was so obvious that even Jiang Hang, who was eavesdropping from behind, could hear it.

If you put it in an animation, it would be the first to die.

Jiang Hang made this judgment.

But Yamao Keisuke might really need someone to help cover for him right now, so he finally restrained his temper.

They discussed the amount of work they needed to complete that evening with the other party.

After listening to their plans for the evening and hearing that they had stopped chatting, Jiang Hang moved to a different spot.

Their words have revealed quite a bit of information.

It seems that Yamao Keisuke's current heinous plans are a result of the jewels he stole back then.

What exactly did the other party steal back then that caused such a serious illness and prompted them to make such a big move?

Thinking that the other party might have stolen some priceless treasure, Jiang Hang became curious and immediately began searching for information about jewelry stores that had been robbed in this world eight years ago.

Because a lot happened that night, the date was easy to find.

Soon, Jiang Hang identified a jewelry robbery that occurred in Tokyo, where the suspect has yet to be found.