The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Takagi Wataru, as the head of the inspection department, naturally has no connection to these matters.

Even Inspector Megure, who is two ranks higher than him, would find it difficult to get involved in these matters.

"In short, don't worry about retrieving the files; it won't implicate you."

Takagi Wataru waved his hand: "Look at what you're saying, how can you call this an entanglement? Besides, investigating the truth of the case is our duty."

With that, Takagi Wataru pulled up the case file, and Jiang Hang also began to examine this case, which was implicitly assigned to the countermeasures department because it occurred in Kamurocho.

It happened on a summer evening about six months ago, in a secluded alley in Kamurocho.

Duanmu Heng was found lying seriously injured in an alley, and after a period of emergency treatment at the hospital, he died despite the treatment.

After a series of on-site investigations and interviews, the police ultimately attributed the case to an accidental death caused by a drunkard causing trouble.

Then came the investigation into the whereabouts of the criminals, but the case file ended there.

In just six months, a person died—a deputy director of a medical center—yet the Metropolitan Police Department has failed to find a single suspect even after so much time has passed since the incident.

It's as if they've completely forgotten about this case.

Chapter 614: Shiho Miyano's Speculation

"There's definitely something wrong here!" Not to mention Jiang Hang, even Takagi Wataru could sense the overly perfunctory attitude in the case file after seeing it.

He looked at Jiang Hang, a hint of guilt flashing in his eyes, as if he were ashamed that the Metropolitan Police Department had handled such a murder case so carelessly.

“This isn’t your fault. After all, the countermeasures department was in charge of this case. It’s their internal problems that led to the case being hastily closed,” Jiang Hang comforted Takagi Wataru.

Then he said to Takagi Wataru, "In short, the situation of this case is quite complicated. Although I have some guesses, there has been some unrest in the countermeasures department before. You should have heard about these things. So they may be too busy to investigate these cases that seem to be accidents."

Takagi Wataru naturally understood Jiang Hang's subtext.

Although Jiang Hang did not directly say that the Countermeasures Department was corrupt, the undercover scandal in the Countermeasures Department a while ago did cause quite a stir, so it wouldn't be particularly strange if there were undercover agents from other gangs lurking there now.

It seems that Jiang Hang is now involved in a case involving a certain gang, and he wants to use this case as a breakthrough.

Thinking of this, Takagi Wataru wanted to ask Jiang Hang if there was anything he could help with, but Jiang Hang waved his hand again.

“These files are enough. It happened half a year ago, in a back alley. Even if we went to investigate the scene now, we definitely wouldn’t find anything. We can only rely on these files to understand the specific circumstances at the time.” Jiang Hang shook his head. “In short, there are still some unresolved questions in this case, but I can investigate them myself.”

Judging from Takagi Wataru's expression, he can probably guess what case Jiang Hang is investigating right now.

After all, it's related to the yakuza and Kamurocho, and it's a case handled by the countermeasures department.

And what's been making headlines in Tokyo lately is that serial killer who wentuges out eyes, and the perpetrator still hasn't been found.

Although the Countermeasures Department mainly deals with gang fights and revenge, and has taken over the investigation of these cases, the police in the Criminal Investigation Department will naturally pay attention to this case with its extremely serious impact.

So when Takagi Wataru saw Jiang Hang preparing to leave, he quickly reminded Jiang Hang to be careful of retaliation from the gangsters.

"Don't you know my strength? They're just some gangsters. They can't stop my investigation," Jiang Hang waved his hand at Takagi Wataru and then prepared to go home.

Just as he was about to leave, another commotion broke out at the Metropolitan Police Department.

Jiang Hang looked in that direction and saw that another murder had occurred somewhere.

Takagi Wataru rushed over to inquire about the situation, only to learn that another shooting had just occurred on the streets of Kamurocho.

In Japan, a country with strict gun control, although gangs have access to arms deals, firearms are a sensitive topic and are not usually taken out and used in public.

So, in Kamurocho, back when yakuza were rampant, such things could still happen.

But in recent years, as gangs have become much more benign, such incidents have become rare.

"The shooting in Kamurocho... it seems this case will have to be handed over to the countermeasures department for investigation again," Takagi Wataru said to Jiang Hang, his eyes showing even more tension, but he didn't let Jiang Hang give up the investigation.

He simply said, "I will continue to gather intelligence for you," and then went on to help inquire about the specific details of the shooting.

However, Takagi Wataru probably didn't know that Jiang Hang had already sensed this trend before he even arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department.

He could even guess who fired at whom.

It's simply that once the Kyorei learned that the head of the Matsukami group had been acquitted, even if he wasn't the real culprit who killed his gang members, he would still be implicated.

Gangsters don't need that much evidence.

Since they believe you have a problem, and the law can't touch you, these gangs will naturally resort to the most primitive methods of revenge.

Blood for blood, life for life.

This is probably something that Shigeru Kajihira tacitly approved.

After all, the Kyorei-kai is not a big gang, and three of its members and a business spy have been killed in succession. If the Kyorei-kai and the Kajihei Group can sit still and do nothing, then no one in the underworld will respect them.

Therefore, the moment Hamura Kyohei was acquitted, the Kyoreikai's revenge was inevitable.

It's unclear whether the other party's revenge was successful.

If successful, this lead on Hamura Kyohei will likely be temporarily cut off, and we'll have to find another way to investigate the case.

Fortunately, the clues had already pointed to the cutting-edge new drug development center, so losing one of Hamura Kyohei shouldn't be a big problem.

Similarly, by following this line of inquiry, they can continue to uncover the person behind Hamura Kyohei.

Of course, the real reason Jiang Hang knew that this would happen tonight was because when he infiltrated the nightclub, he used his eagle eye to see the bigwigs of the Kyoudaikai handing out guns to their underlings, instructing them to find an opportunity to kill Hamura Kyohei.

Afterwards, someone will naturally turn themselves in and go to jail on their behalf.

Jiang Hang did not stop these retaliations at the time because he had no interest in these gang fights and dog-eat-dog battles.

Even if all the gangs in Kamurocho gathered together for a massive PUBG tournament, Jiang Hang would only watch as the gang members fought until only one faction remained, and then he would take action to pack up that faction and send them all to prison.

According to the first-hand intelligence obtained from Takagi Wataru, it was indeed the people from the Kyoreikai who launched a night raid on the Matsukane group's territory, but the person who died was not Hamura Kyohei, but a Matsukane group member whose figure and clothing were somewhat similar to Hamura Kyohei.

It's unclear whether this was intentional on Hamura Kyohei's part, or if that underling was just unlucky enough to run into trouble.

However, it doesn't seem strange that those involved in organized crime meet their end in any way.

Perhaps a few people will occasionally have a good ending, but for most low-level gang members, their fate is unlikely to be any better.

All Jiang Hang could do was hope that the other person wouldn't be involved in the underworld in their next life.

However, Kamurocho will definitely be packed with police from the countermeasures department tonight, so there's no need to go there and outwit them.

If I really want to know what happened tonight, I can just ask that reporter tomorrow.

Since the other party was "forcibly" protected by the Gongli Society, he should be well aware of this information.

He briefly sent a message to Takayuki Yagami, telling him that he had found out some things that night and that they would meet in Kamurocho the next morning. Then he went to Professor Agasa's place to discuss the possibility of ADDC9 being real or fake with Shiho Miyano.

Jiang Hang is a master of poisons and also possesses advanced medical emergency skills. Shiho Miyano is a biology expert. Although she is focused on researching the finished product of aptX4869, she is not lacking in other areas either. Her ability can be seen from the fact that she can make medicine that can make people catch a cold immediately by taking some scrap materials.

"You came all this way to see me late at night just to discuss these academic issues?" Shiho Miyano rolled her eyes at Jiang Hang, but still put down her work and followed Jiang Hang to look at the paper that the Advanced New Drug Development Center had published last year.

Of course, these papers are mostly theoretical and do not directly provide the specific materials and drug ratios for this drug.

Shiho Miyano reads papers quickly; the two of them finished reading the entire paper in less than half an hour and even extracted the key theories.

“Well, if we’re just talking about theory, these theories shouldn’t have too many problems,” Shiho Miyano gave an affirmative answer first.

After all, there are more than 5000 million people with Alzheimer's disease worldwide, which is a huge number. If anyone can really develop a drug to cure Alzheimer's disease, then they will definitely be worthy of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Moreover, countless people idolize each other.

Therefore, after this paper was published, it must have been read by many medical experts.

Since they did not express any objections during this year, and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare also had high hopes for this paper and drug.

That means the theory mentioned in this paper is definitely not a big problem.

“But theory is one thing, and there’s a big difference between theory and practice.” Shiho Miyano shook her head, revealing a mocking smile.

He was mocking the paper, but also mocking himself.

The theory behind aptX4869 actually had its prototype in his parents' generation. The boss of the brewery at the time supported his parents in carrying out subsequent research and development because of this theory.

As a result, after her parents died in an accident for unknown reasons, for nearly 20 years, there were few people in the brewery who could truly understand this theory. In the end, only she tried to recreate the current version of aptX4869 based on her own understanding.

However, it is clear that theory and practice cannot be directly linked.

The drugs she developed still have significant flaws.

While it can indeed be considered a finished product to some extent, there is only one case of Conan surviving so far, and it is still a long way from being a qualified product.

"Although the theory of aptx4869 is certainly more complex than that of ADDC9, in my opinion, the most crucial aspect of this theory relies entirely on the drugs developed by the other party to repair brain nerves."

"However, the specific materials and proportions of this drug are not mentioned in the theoretical text."

Shiho Miyano used an analogy, comparing it to a perpetual motion machine that, once developed, could provide humanity with almost limitless energy.

But the question is, how do you create a perpetual motion machine?

"So even if there are no problems in the theory, the key is whether the drug can achieve the effects that it claims in the theory. Otherwise, it's all just empty talk."

"For at least the past year, the other party has not revealed any other more useful information since this paper. So in my opinion, although they should have some ideas for developing this drug, it is still far from their ideal state."

After thinking for a moment, Shiho Miyano gave a rather pessimistic figure.

"30%, I think it's pretty good that the development has progressed to this point."

As for the development progress of aptX4869, Shiho Miyano gave a progress rate between 50% and 90%.

"With Conan as a sample, and thanks to you for taking away the complete development records, my development of aptX4869 has been much faster than before in the past few months."

"Currently, there haven't been any major changes in the development strategy for aptx4869, so it's probably 90%. If we can find the special gene in the drug that only reacts to aptx4869 in Conan's body, and make some adjustments, we might be able to get the finished drug."

"It is also possible that this step will require me to make a lot of adjustments to the properties of the entire drug. Although it is not to the point of completely scrapping and starting over, the finished product will probably be very different from the current one."

Judging from Shiho Miyano's confident demeanor, she probably didn't encounter too many problems during the research process.

It's likely that Jiang Hang has been using the system to give Shiho Miyano the skills in biopharmaceuticals, combined with her own talent and hard work, as well as Conan as a living example, that's why Shiho Miyano is behaving the way she is now.

Returning to the topic of ADDC9, Shiho Miyano shook her head again, indicating that she was not very optimistic about the team.

"From the director to the researchers, this development center has not made any major medical breakthroughs in recent years, nor has it had any experience in developing drugs. Otherwise, this development center would not have been shut down."

"If what you said is true, the other party may be forcing us to put this paper out as a last resort, which will make the development progress even less optimistic."

As she said this, Shiho Miyano gritted her teeth and still voiced a possibility.

"Unless, the other party is secretly conducting a large number of human experiments, the drug development process might be able to advance much further."

At this point, Shiho Miyano must have been thinking about her medication.

After all, this is one of the few drugs that have no effect on human trials because it is impossible to find out what exactly happened to the person's body.

It is precisely because aptx4869 cannot be detected by current medical methods that the brewery uses the drug she painstakingly developed as a useful poison.