The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Known as Sherlock Holmes and Watson, the two men's expressions looked completely different.

A look of embarrassment mixed with a secret joy appeared on Tatewaki Shotaro's face.

On the one hand, she felt that she was still far behind Watson, but on the other hand, she wondered if, in the eyes of Mr. Jiang Hang, whom she was meeting for the first time, Holmes and Watson, the most famous duo in detective works, already looked like that to her.

Meanwhile, Kujou Sakurako carefully examined Jiang Hang.

Even though it was their first meeting, the other party immediately discerned the relationship between her and the boy.

No matter how she looked at him, she couldn't see much of value in Jiang Hang.

While it might sound narcissistic, Kujou Sakurako, like many famous detectives, would subconsciously try to deduce a person's identity and profession from various marks on their body when she first met them.

This method of judgment is accurate almost the entire time.

But after meeting Jiang Hang, her observation skills seemed to fail her.

Even though the other person was standing right in front of her, for some reason, when she looked at them, she always felt as if there was a thin mist surrounding them, obscuring their true nature. She could only see a superficial layer of information and couldn't see what the other person really looked like.

There's absolutely no way to see through the other person.

Before this, the only person who made Kujo Sakurako feel this sense of danger was the mysterious man who killed her younger brother back then.

Now, after meeting for less than a minute, Kujo Sakurako has already judged Jiang Hang to be on the same level as that mysterious man, or even more dangerous.

She subconsciously used half of her body to block Shotaro Tatewaki, which made him wonder why Miss Sakurako seemed a little nervous.

Jiang Hang only withdrew his imposing manner after giving Miss Yingzi a slight warning.

Seeing the man in front of her suddenly become harmless again, as if everything she had just felt was just her imagination.

Jiang Hang, however, gave her a calm smile: "I've basically figured out the details of the case, but the police search of the scene will probably take a long time. Why don't we go to a nearby coffee shop, sit down, have something to eat, and talk?"

Shotaro Tatewaki realized that he should now pay more attention to Ms. Kiyomi Mizushima's matter.

Seeing that Jiang Hang seemed to have solved the mystery, he quickly asked Jiang Hang how the other party had died.

"It was suicide. All the traces at the scene point to suicide. The cause of death was belladonna poisoning, and the reason for choosing suicide should be emotional disputes."

Jiang Hang turned to look at Mizushima Yoshimi, who was still crying in the arms of her lover and brother-in-law, standing inside the cordon.

Following Jiang Hang's gaze, Tatewaki Shotaro looked in the direction and saw the two heartbroken men and women.

Kujo Sakurako also looked over: "A love triangle, huh? They're really fighting back with their lives."

"How...how could this be?" Shotaro Tatewaki seemed unable to understand.

Perhaps in his heart, he didn't believe that the other person left this world for such a reason.

"Actually, she probably had similar thoughts some time ago, but something must have happened a few days ago that made her finally make up her mind."

Jiang Hang said this, then turned to look at Tatewaki Shotaro: "However, this may only be the apparent reason."

As Jiang Hang said this, he walked towards the coffee shop not far away.

He seemed to be saying that there were some reasons behind all of this that couldn't be directly explained.

Ms. Guanxi was still stunned as she listened to Jiang Hang's somewhat incomprehensible words.

But after a moment's hesitation, Shotaro Tatewaki turned and glanced at Sakurako Kujo beside him.

Kujo Sakurako's expression seemed somewhat dazed, as if she was thinking about something.

"Miss Sakura?" he asked, concerned.

Kujo Sakurako snapped out of her daze and watched Jiang Hang's departing figure.

Then she followed Jiang Hang without hesitation.

Shotaro Tatewaki quickly followed him to the coffee shop.

When they entered the coffee shop, Jiang Hang was already sitting in an empty seat, ordered a hot cocoa and some snacks, and then took out a lot of parts from various parts of his body and quickly assembled a mini computer in front of them.

"Wow, that's amazing," Shotaro Tatewaki exclaimed in amazement as he saw this advanced technology for the first time.

High school students at this age are indeed more likely to be curious about these advanced technologies.

Kujo Sakurako sat silently opposite Jiang Hang, watching him type something on the keyboard with such speed that it was almost like a blur.

A long string of data scrolled across the screen.

Jiang Hang copied the data from Mizushima Kiyomi's phone and computer.

They also took control of the devices before the police even noticed.

Next, he will use his own methods to find the chat history that the other party may have deleted and the movement trajectory of the other party with the mobile phone during the period before their death.

Among this huge pile of documents, the most important thing is probably the suicide note written by Mizushima Kiyomi before her death.

The suicide note showed that the other person left with dignity, without directly exposing the affair between her sister and her fiancé. She only mentioned that she did not want to continue to be entangled in the relationship and chose to end her life as a way to find relief.

Jiang Hang knew that Tatewaki Shotaro cared about this. Judging from his expression, perhaps before he met Kujo Sakurako, when he had just entered puberty, he had already kept her in his heart, which was why he showed that expression of disbelief.

So Jiang Hang casually passed the document to Shotaro Tatewaki.

"Is this really okay?"

"Don't worry, I just saved the lives of the governor of Hokkaido and dozens of high-ranking police officers from the Hokkaido Police Headquarters the day before yesterday. I'm practically immune from death in Hokkaido now. Even if you send these things out, the problem won't involve me in the end..." Jiang Hang said, then coughed lightly at Tatewaki Shotaro.

"You're almost an adult, so don't mind if I expose some of the dirty secrets of the adult world to you?"

Shotaro Tatewaki immediately waved his hand.

Although he is only 17 years old, he has known Kujou Sakurako for so long and has been involved in so many cases, so he naturally knows more than before.

To be honest, sometimes when Ms. Sakura encounters a corpse and doesn't want to get involved with the police, she will ask her fiancé, who works at the Ministry of Public Security, to erase any traces of her presence.

Thinking about this, Shotaro Tatewaki felt even more helpless.

As the hot cocoa and pastries were served, and the owner was promoting the specialties of their shop, and telling Shotaro Tatewaki that the hot cocoa was really delicious and he wanted to have a few more cups, Jiang Hang casually made the old lady in the coffee shop leave with a smile on her face with a few words of praise.

Such negotiation skills even made Shotaro Tatewaki somewhat envious.

He has never been good at dealing with these things.

While sipping his cloyingly sweet hot cocoa, Jiang Hang unearthed some buried secret call records.

“As expected, there are other reasons behind this.” Jiang Hang said this, and then placed what he had found in front of Tatewaki Shotaro.

Chapter 589: The Team Behind the Suicide Website

Seeing that Jiang Hang had only been fiddling with the computer for less than ten minutes and had already found something new, both Tatewaki Shotaro and Kujo Sakurako couldn't help but focus their attention on the small computer screen.

"These are... Ms. Kiyomi's call logs and web browsing history?" Shotaro Tatewaki stared blankly at the screen, unable to immediately discern what was inside.

Jiang Hang clicked on several website links, one of which redirected him to another website filled with a depressing atmosphere a few seconds later.

"A suicide...website?" Shotaro Tatewaki's eyes widened, as if he had never seen such an overly explicit website before.

"Yes, but the website is now closed. These are just some traces left on the internet."

Jiang Hang clicked on the webpage, which made the two people in front of him realize that this website was now just an empty shell.

"So, what is the connection between Ms. Mizushima Kiyomi's death and this website?"

Shotaro Tatewaki felt his mouth go dry. In the year he had known Sakurako, he had seen too many dangerous things, but this was the first time he had felt such a chilling feeling from the bottom of his heart.

Similarly, there was also an overwhelming sense of anger within it.

What do the people who built this website really think of human life?

Kujou Sakurako's expression was now very serious. She looked at Jiang Hang in front of her and asked, "What exactly is your purpose?"

The more time she spent with Jiang Hang, the more mysterious he seemed. The appearance of this suicide website, and the fact that it directly exposed these things to them, heightened her suspicions about Jiang Hang to the highest level.

Jiang Hang then presented data he had gathered over the past month.

“In Japan, more than 100,000 people are judged to have died unnatural deaths each year.”

"The number of people who died alone at home without family care has exceeded 50,000, not to mention murders, accidents, and suicides."

"At the same time, because there are fewer than 200 forensic doctors in Japan, and many families of the deceased are unwilling to have autopsies performed, even though the forensic doctors work overtime every day to perform autopsies, more than 80% of unnatural deaths will not be autopsied every year, so that people cannot know the real cause of their death."

“Japanese law does not have a precise criminal clause for inducing suicide, and the police find it difficult to conduct further investigations after they have determined that the deceased died by suicide,” Jiang Hang said, looking at Kujo Sakurako. “Starting about two or three years ago, many criminals began to set up suicide websites on the Internet. Their greatest pleasure is to stare at those who are unhappy in life and use various methods to induce them to commit suicide.”

Kujou Sakurako's body trembled slightly.

Shotaro Tatewaki could also notice the changes in Sakurako Kujo's body beside him.

He asked her with some concern, "Miss Sakura, are you alright?"

Kujo Sakurako loosened her clenched hands considerably, then seemed to have made a decision.

She patted the boy, whom she had known for almost a year, on the shoulder: "Young man, these are things you shouldn't be involved in anymore. You should go home today. I need to have a private talk with Mr. Jiang Hang."

A look of shock appeared on Tatewaki Shotaro's face.

Having known Ms. Sakura for so long, this is the first time she has ever let me leave her side like this.

These words caught him off guard.

As he hesitated about whether to follow Kujou Sakurako's instructions, Jiang Hang's voice came again: "If you want to protect him, isn't it already a little too late?"

As Jiang Hang spoke, Kujo Sakurako slammed her hand on the table.

This action prompted the coffee shop owner to come over and ask what had happened.

Jiang Hang smiled and took out a few banknotes, handing them to the shop owner, indicating that they were just arguing because of some differences of opinion and that they didn't need to pay attention to what was going on.

Seeing Jiang Hang's overly indifferent expression and Kujo Sakura's unusually serious look, the shopkeeper finally offered a few words of comfort before taking the money and returning to the counter.

However, it was obvious that the other party was still secretly listening, seemingly trying to eavesdrop on the conversation.

Shotaro Tatewaki, sandwiched between the two, was somewhat bewildered.

He still hasn't figured out what happened.

Why did Kujou Sakurako suddenly tell him to leave, and why did Mr. Jiang Hang, whom she was meeting for the first time, suddenly say that it was "too late"?

Facing the unfriendly-looking Kujou Sakurako, she said to the boy beside her, "You're too young to be involved in this kind of thing."

Jiang Hang calmly took a sip of hot cocoa and said to Tatewaki Shotaro, "You should be 18 years old next year. After experiencing so many cases this year, I think you are capable of accepting all of this. Moreover, this case happened right next to you, so I think you also want to know the truth about it."

Throughout the past year, Shotaro Tatewaki, who had almost never disobeyed Kujou Sakurako's requests, hesitated between Kujou Sakurako and Jiang Hang for a few seconds. Then, recalling his acquaintance with Ms. Mizushima Kiyomi over the years, he made his decision in his heart.

He shook his head apologetically at Kujou Sakurako: "Miss Sakurako, I'm sorry, but I still want to find out the truth about Kiyoko's death."