The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Upon receiving this answer, Kujou Sakurako remained silent for a few seconds with a serious expression.

She seemed to sense the other person's determination, and in the end, she could only shake her head helplessly.

Seeing that the two seemed to have reached a temporary reconciliation, Jiang Hang continued to explain.

“A little over a month ago, I solved a suicide case and spent about a week investigating and searching suicide websites throughout Japan. I helped the Metropolitan Police Department arrest dozens of people who ran such websites. Although they could only be imprisoned for a year or two, I and some of my other detective friends have basically eliminated more than 90% of the suicide websites on the market. The remaining ones are mostly small websites that have recently been set up secretly in their respective regions.”

"However, after investigation, I realized that they were not the real leaders of those websites. Although they would try to induce a few people with suicidal thoughts after the websites were built, their inducing ability was generally not very strong. The main thing was to rely on a core and more secretive team to brainwash and induce other ordinary people. These website administrators were just some targets pushed out by the behind-the-scenes manipulators."

"Through my investigation, I discovered that this team is quite active in Hokkaido. In addition, I have a friend whose good friend was wrongly convicted by a high school detective in Hokkaido. Even though he was released by the police, he still suffered great psychological trauma. Ultimately, that team may have taken advantage of his vulnerability and chosen to end his life to prove his innocence."

"My trip to Hokkaido this time was partly due to the invitation from the governor of Hokkaido, but I've already taken care of things there. What's left is to find that high school detective and try to locate the members of that suicide-inducing group."

Jiang Hang explained the suicide website incident by following the timeline, and also explained why he had not been able to find out the other party's whereabouts.

We must also take into account Japan's excessive emphasis on personal privacy and its conservative attitude towards new technologies.

Even in cities, there aren't many public facilities with cameras installed, and it's still easy to buy a lot of unregistered phone cards on the market. Even if these anonymous phone cards are tracked down, it's impossible to find out the identity of the person holding them.

Those people seemed to realize the problem after the first batch of suicide websites were blocked. They became more vigilant, and almost all of their chat logs were conducted through remote instructions.

A phone card is discarded after being used once or twice. Under such circumstances, even though Jiang Hang's network technology is decades ahead of this era, he still cannot find the exact whereabouts of those people in reality, ask the arrested administrators, or get much information from them.

The only useful intelligence was that it confirmed the core team that induced the suicide was not just one person.

It was only after discovering Kujou Sakurako that Jiang Hang recalled that in the work "Sakurako-san," the villain seemed to be a high-IQ psychopath who liked to lead others to death and crime.

After connecting the two, Jiang Hang finally found some new clues and confirmed that the mysterious man known as "Hanafusa" who appeared in Miss Sakura was probably one of the main instigators behind those suicide websites.

Jiang Hang also vaguely remembered that the flower shop seemed to have a mysterious obsession with Kujo Sakurako, and that Kujo Sakurako's younger brother was killed by the other party back then.

Those who subsequently got close to Kujou Sakurako were more likely to be retaliated against by her.

If we want to find out the whereabouts of that greenhouse, Kujo Sakurako is indeed a very good starting point.

Finally, Jiang Hang got to the point.

"In my investigation, the unnatural death rate in Asahikawa over the past decade seems to be slightly higher than in cities around Hokkaido. So after confirming that Ms. Mizushima Kiyomi's death was indeed a suicide, I began to suspect that there might be another reason for her death."

Jiang Hang looked at Kujo Sakurako and Tatewaki Shotaro: "Before I came here, I did some research on you two, Ms. Kujo and Mr. Tatewaki."

Just as Jiang Hang was about to continue speaking, Kujo Sakurako calmly interrupted him: "That's enough."

Kujo Sakurako said to Jiang Hang, "Now that you've investigated this far, are you implying that Mizushima Kiyomi was targeted because of my close relationship with the boy?"

"Huh?" Shotaro Tatewaki was stunned, seemingly never expecting that Sakurako Kujo would blame him for the death of Kiyomi Mizushima.

He quickly grabbed Kujou Sakurako's arm, trying to figure out what was going on.

Kujo Sakurako sighed.

Then she tapped Shotaro Tatewaki's head with her hand.

"In that case, I'll tell you everything."

Over the past year, Kujo Sakurako has worked with Tatewaki Shotaro to solve many cases.

At the same time, they also saved many people in critical moments.

Sakurako Kujo had already discovered that these people who attempted suicide and committed crimes out of despair all seemed to have the same shadow behind them.

She had kept quiet about it because she was worried that Shotaro Tatewaki wouldn't be able to accept it, and also because she couldn't get over her own inner hurdle.

It wasn't until today's case, coupled with Jiang Hang's sudden departure and bringing the suicide website to the forefront in front of Shotaro Tatewaki, that she finally decided to tell everything.

Hearing these things that he had never thought much about, Shotaro Tatewaki's eyes widened.

So, all the cases they had experienced before were actually orchestrated by a mysterious man named "Flower Room" who had no body hair?

And what's more, that guy's target might actually be Miss Sakura?!

Such a thing is indeed a bit too stimulating for a 17-year-old.

He sat on the stool in a daze for a while, until Jiang Hang asked the coffee shop owner to bring over a few more cups of unsweetened black coffee.

After tasting the overly direct bitterness of black coffee, Shotaro Tatewaki suddenly shuddered and woke up from his daze.

Kujo Sakurako is now issuing her own warnings and reminders to Jiang Hang.

"I searched the greenhouse for a long time but couldn't find the other person. In fact, it almost caused an accident to the people around me."

“I don’t know if he has any connection to that suicide website, nor do I know if he is related to this case, but I want to remind you that the greenhouse is an abyss that cannot be explored.”

"If he becomes aware of your presence, he will definitely try to harm the people around you."

"He will keep watching you in the dark, watching for the flaws you reveal, the despair, fear, and even the unfulfilled dreams in your hearts, and then amplify those anxieties and turn you into his prey."

Kujo Sakurako spoke at length to remind Jiang Hang that if he really wanted to find the flower shop, he must be prepared to lose something important.

Jiang Hang smiled in response.

"Then I'm more interested in that greenhouse."

Chapter 590: The Teleportation Function After the Agency Reaches Level 5

In this mixed world dominated by detectives, besides a bunch of famous detectives striving to become Sherlock Holmes, there are also criminals hiding behind the scenes, manipulating various dark forces, and targeting Professor Moriarty, a professor of crime.

However, with the Black Organization as a target, Conan's main storyline has been expanded too much, with various new positive characters and people related to them constantly appearing. Each appearance takes up about a month of the manga's update time.

Over the course of a year, even a major supporting character might not get a single appearance unless they are very popular, and as for appearing in a theatrical version, they would have to wait even longer.

Anyway, Jiang Hang felt that even if he waited in this world until Conan solved the Black Organization in this world, and then he followed the system brother to run around to different worlds, and finally returned to his original world one day, the original Conan manga might not have been finished yet.

In short, the mysterious boss of the Black Organization has now bowed down and admitted defeat to Jiang Hang, and the predecessor of the Black Organization, the Karasuma Foundation, has been completely plundered by the Pioneer Foundation.

Having already decided to let Conan deal with the Black Organization himself while he watched from the sidelines, Jiang Hang naturally needed to find some new targets for himself.

This mysterious "flower room," which supposedly possesses superb brainwashing abilities, has unclear connections to suicide websites, and has been secretly plotting numerous cases, seems to offer Jiang Hang some more opportunities to study it.

Jiang Hang is not afraid that others will not take action.

What's truly frightening is that the other party will back down after seeing your resume and won't dare to target you or those around you.

After all, the other party was indeed very well hidden. Given the current state of the internet in Japan, and because Jiang Hang was worried that he might accidentally destroy the fragile internet environment, he had not yet developed a truly self-aware AI to help him monitor all the messages on the internet 24/7.

Therefore, it seems very difficult to find the other party simply through the internet.

Therefore, in order to catch the other party, the only way is for the other party to take the initiative and reveal their presence.

As for whether the people around him will be exploited by the other party because of the greenhouse and thus break down their defenses?

Jiang Hang could only say that if the other party was just trying to mislead them online, then it was impossible.

In Tokyo, all suicide websites are completely under Jiang Hang's control. Not to mention suicide websites, online gambling and the dark web are also secretly controlled by Jiang Hang in Tokyo.

Of course, knowing that there will always be darkness in the world, Jiang Hang did not go all out against those dark web sites. He simply recorded them and, as long as it didn't cause too much of a commotion, he generally didn't care too much.

Only suicide websites could get their administrators arrested by Jiang Hang for opening one. Over time, those people have become much more well-behaved.

In such a situation, if a flower shop, which cannot approach people through the internet, wants to understand someone's heart, it must be physically present in that person's life.

If such a person were to appear near the people around Jiang Hang, Jiang Hang would show that greenhouse what true cruelty is.

But precisely because of this, after so openly and honestly shutting down a whole bunch of suicide websites and helping the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department establish a new cyber defense system, anyone with a brain like Hanabusa could sense the danger he posed. He probably wouldn't dare to cause any cases around him at all.

So, after Jiang Hang showed an expression that suggested he was afraid to come to her, and then casually mentioned the achievements he had made in the past six months, Kujo Sakurako became even more silent looking at his confident appearance.

But she had to admit that the danger she felt from this man was no less than that from the flower room. She had a feeling that he could easily kill her without anyone noticing and leave without leaving any trace.

This was when the other party appeared before me openly and honestly as a detective.

If the other party were to truly hide themselves and use their talents to imitate the greenhouse's behavior, who knows how many unsolvable cases and mysteries would arise in this world.

"So, since you think the greenhouse won't dare to make a move against you, what methods do you plan to use to capture it?"

Although he already had the answer in his heart, he still wanted to hear Jiang Hang's explanation in person.

This was also to let Shotaro Tatewaki know the danger this man posed.

Sure enough, Jiang Hang pointed at Kujo Sakurako and Tatewaki Shotaro: "Then of course it's through you two. I think you've already thought of that, haven't you?"

He continued to explain.

"If I'm not mistaken, you've been Hanabu's target for a long time. It's just that they haven't discovered the weaknesses in your hearts that they can exploit. Or perhaps this case is Hanabu's way of testing your inner self."

He pushed a delicious-tasting snack in front of Shotaro Tatewaki, whose eyes looked a little nervous.

"Has there ever been even a slight flutter in your heart for that Ms. Mizushima Kiyomi?"

"Me...?" Shotaro Tatewaki was suddenly asked this question, and naturally he couldn't answer it immediately.

Jiang Hang continued, "After learning of his death, what kind of emotion gave rise to your grief?"

"Furthermore, after learning that her suicide might have been manipulated, did you ever have a moment where you felt the urge to bring the real culprit to justice, or even seek revenge, no matter the means?"

After being questioned by Jiang Hang, Shotaro Tatewaki's hands trembled slightly.

Just as Kujo Sakurako was about to stop Jiang Hang from continuing, Jiang Hang patted her on the shoulder.

"It's normal to have such feelings. Even I often have the urge to kill the perpetrator when faced with these crimes."

"But more importantly, control. Under the premise of following your own heart, control these emotions. If you can do this, others will no longer be able to influence you."

"Although this is our first meeting, I think you have great talent. Right now, you may only be playing the role of Watson next to Miss Kujo. In Miss Kujo's heart, you may still be a boy who needs to be protected. But in my eyes, in a few years, or even less, as long as you grow a little more, you will be able to stand on your own."

Although Shotaro Tatewaki looks a bit young, from Hawkeye's perspective, he has quite a bit of muscle. Even if he can't have extraordinary fighting power, after some training, he should be able to take on four or five ordinary people by himself in the future.

Upon hearing this, Kujou Sakurako's eyes turned dangerous.

Jiang Hang originally thought that the other party only wanted to use the boy as bait to lure the flower room into taking the initiative to attack her.

Unexpectedly, the other party had even higher ambitions; did they actually want to take the boy away from her?

That's why Jiang Hang made the boy stay and listen to them finish their story when she wanted him to leave.

She opened her mouth to refute, but thinking about her time with the boy over the past year, she couldn't help but hesitate.

So, did Jiang Hang also see through her inner thoughts?

After resolving everything in the future, she will leave this city that holds so many memories for her.

Although Jiang Hang is still a dangerous presence in her mind, if he really thinks highly of the boy and the boy is really willing to continue in this profession, it seems like a good outcome.

However, when Shotaro Tatewaki heard Jiang Hang's last words, he couldn't help but waver.

He had never thought of this before.