The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Jiang Hang looked at Suzuki Jirokichi with a determined expression and held his hand tightly.

"I'll do my best!"

Chapter 102: Chapter 101: I'm Finally an Assassin with an Eagle

The news of Kaito Kid's failure also brought a long-awaited flurry of activity to the Beika Art Museum during the jewelry exhibition.

Besides the rare jewels, the sign that Suzuki Jirokichi created, which reads "Kaito Kid failed here," has also become a unique tourist attraction.

It has to be said that Suzuki Jirokichi's move has brought a lot of attention to the art museum, and Jiang Hang is also planning to leave the sign here.

He also gave a round of expedited training to several museum staff overnight, specifically instructing them to stand near the signboard and explain to curious tourists how the Phantom Thief Kid failed here.

I wonder what Kaito Kid would think if he saw this sign.

Even a TV detective program planned to take this opportunity to do a special feature on Kaito Kid and extended an invitation to Jiang Hang and Suzuki Jirokichi.

However, Jiang Hang declined the offer because he thought it was too much trouble, but Suzuki Jirokichi agreed with great enthusiasm. It is said that the program will also invite another police officer who has been in charge of arresting Kid for many years. I wonder what kind of sparks will fly when these two appear on the show.

In short, it was in this atmosphere that, on the last day of the jewelry exhibition, the museum's industry level was successfully upgraded to Level 2.

To Jiang Hang's surprise, he originally thought that the industrial upgrade would only increase the money he received from the art museum and at most speed up the training of his staff, without having any impact on the art museum itself.

Unexpectedly, their own system seemed to think that the art museum had been upgraded to level 2, and that the exhibits inside needed to be updated.

So, on the very next day after the industry upgrade was completed, the system, in the name of the "Pioneer Foundation," transported a batch of valuable artworks and antiques to the Miwa Art Museum, which had not updated its exhibits for a long time.

After professional appraisal, it was determined that there were no particularly valuable artifacts among these artworks, but they were still much more precious than the artworks in the original museum, and the total value of the collection exceeded one billion yen.

Unfortunately, according to the system description, this batch of artworks is a "perk" after the art museum upgrades to level 2. Jiang Hang can display them, but if he wants to sell them, he will no longer be able to enjoy this perk.

Simply put, these artworks are like the backdrop of an art museum.

Jiang Hang thought that as the museum's level improved, the artworks sent by the system would likely become increasingly valuable. Once he upgraded his industry to the maximum level, the system might even send him a batch of world-class artworks.

Jiang Hang thought that turning this small art gallery into a world-class museum step by step was not a bad idea.

Besides, he's not in a hurry to spend money right now, so it's good to use these new exhibits to stabilize the popularity of the Mihana Art Museum.

With these new exhibits attracting visitors, even after the hype surrounding Kaito Kid fades, the Mihana Art Museum's visitor numbers won't plummet back to their pre-acquisition, half-dead state.

Of course, thinking about the future now is a bit too far ahead.

After settling things in with the art museum, Jiang Hang got busy again.

The Phantom Thief Kid incident has certainly made headlines, and given the fame he's built up over this period, his agency's phones have been ringing off the hook with calls from all over Japan in the past few days.

However, most people still came to ask him how he discovered Phantom Thief Kid's plan. Among them were even quite a few Phantom Thief Kid fans, who questioned whether Phantom Thief Kid had actually sent a notice to the Mihana Art Museum at all, and whether it was all a staged performance by the museum itself. They also said that if the real Phantom Thief Kid knew about this, he would definitely teach Jiang Hang and his "liars" a lesson.

Jiang Hang had indeed heard about this. Not long ago, someone tried to take advantage of Kaito Kid's popularity by sending himself a fake notice. However, on the day of the incident, the real Kaito Kid exposed the trick.

It seems that in the eyes of these people, Jiang Hang and his group are using the popularity of Phantom Thief Kid to attract more people to visit their jewelry exhibition.

They even said things like, "If it were the real Phantom Thief Kid, your Dark Star would have been stolen long ago."

In response, Jiang Hang directly stated that he now hopes that the "real Phantom Thief Kid" mentioned by the other party can appear in front of him and teach him a lesson.

However, Jiang Hang felt that Kidd, who had just suffered a loss at his hands, probably wouldn't dare to appear in front of him anytime soon.

Ignoring the comments of these keyboard warriors, and after spending several busy days on commissions, Jiang Hang was ready to slack off again as usual.

To be precise, he wasn't slacking off this time; he was training eagles.

After stopping Phantom Thief Kid, his system, perhaps seeing that Phantom Thief Kid was always surrounded by a flock of white doves, decided to give him a pet as well. So, in the mission rewards, it directly gave him an eagle, along with a "Falconry" guide.

After being an assassin for so long, he finally has an eagle of his own.

In Japan, you can't just keep an eagle anywhere; the procedures are handled by the system.

Furthermore, as soon as the eagle appeared, it showed a great deal of affection for Jiang Hang, allowing them to skip the most troublesome eagle training process and directly begin the next step of the eagle training plan.

These past few days, Jiang Hang has been busy handling various commissions, so he only has time to properly train his eagle, which he named "Altaïr," in the evenings. However, the system's rewards are quite generous, as the eagle is remarkably intelligent.

Although it has only been trained for a few days, it has now begun to establish a tacit understanding with Jiang Hang.

I believe that it won't be long before it understands Jiang Hang's meaning with just a gesture or a whistle.

Altaïr is the name of the protagonist of the first Assassin's Creed game, and it also means "flying eagle" in Arabic. Jiang Hang found this by chance when he was looking for a walkthrough for the game.

Since there is no Assassin's Creed game in this world, Jiang Hang named his eagle Altaïr as a tribute.

The sudden appearance of a majestic eagle in the office initially frightened Shizuka Sakaki and Yuno Koharu, who were afraid that the eagle would suddenly swoop down on them.

However, after a few days, the two girls gradually felt relieved after discovering that the other party did not show any aggression and was exceptionally well-behaved around Jiang Hang.

Jiang Hang had originally planned to take the day off at his agency so he could take Altaïr for a trip. However, before he could even leave, the literary girl, Midori Imai, whom he had met half a month ago, came to his agency with a face full of admiration.

Chapter 103: Chapter 102: So this is how sophisticated I am?

When Midori Ino walked into the office, ready to hand over her efforts of the past two weeks to Jiang Hang for review, she was first startled by the eagle standing on the windowsill, its body almost taking up the entire window.

Unlike Shizuka Sakaki, she wasn't afraid to approach the eagle when she first saw it.

After confirming with Jiang Hang that the eagle was not dangerous, she approached the eagle named Altaïr with eyes sparkling like little stars.

After observing it from a distance, Midori Imai asked Jiang Hang uncertainly, "Mr. Jiang Hang... this should be a golden eagle, right?"

Jiang Hang nodded, but he was also somewhat surprised. He knew Altaïr was a golden eagle, but that was something the system had told him. You wouldn't normally know something like an eagle's species without prior research, right?

After learning that the eagle was indeed a golden eagle, Midori Imai became quite excited and immediately took out her phone to take several photos. This made Altaïr a little uncomfortable, so it flapped its wings at Midori Imai and then turned away, no longer facing the girl.

Only then did Imai Midori sheepishly put away her phone and explain to Jiang Hang, "I did some research on this when I was writing the script, and I wrote it down. But I never expected that I would actually see a real golden eagle in real life!"

She even took out her notebook on the spot and asked Jiang Hang about the habits of golden eagles and the unexpected events that might occur during the feeding process.

It wasn't until she asked Jiang Hang many questions that she realized there were only the two of them in the office today.

She peeked into the guest room before asking Jiang Hang curiously, "Mr. Jiang Hang, where are Shizuka-senpai and Yuno-senpai? Aren't they both at the agency?"

"They received a case and thought they could give it a try. Since the firm was closed this afternoon, they went out together to investigate," Jiang Hang answered the question.

Since the two girls' intelligence gathering abilities reached the beginner level through the system's training and their own efforts, Jiang Hang began to assign them some easier tasks. If they received a task that interested them, they could investigate it themselves.

Hearing Jiang Hang's words, Imai Midori was somewhat surprised, not expecting that they would be able to go out and take on commissions so soon.

However, she didn't dwell on it too much and simply handed the notebook in her hand to Jiang Hang.

"Mr. Jiang Hang, this is a story I wrote over the past two weeks based on the cases you've handled. It hasn't been adapted into a script yet, but I would appreciate it if you could take a look!"

Imai Midori said this respectfully, making Jiang Hang feel a little uncomfortable.

Looking at the thick book in Imai Midori's hands, he thought that this girl was working too hard. She could write so much in just over half a month. Could she be the legendary word-writing princess?

Do my cases really have so much to write about? Why do they seem so dull when I recall them?

He took the notebook from the other person and started flipping through it from the beginning.

In fact, the first case he encountered was the Maple Leaf Gold Coin Robbery Case. However, at that time, Yoshino Kiharu and Shizuka Sakaki had not yet come to the agency. They had only heard that Jiang Hang had encountered such a case, but Jiang Hang did not talk about it in detail, so it was not included in the case record.

For them, the first case they encountered was the 500 million yen insurance fraud case.

But it's unclear where this girl, Imai Midori, heard about the maple leaf coins, but she actually wrote about this incident and titled it "The Eagle-Eyed Detective from a Mysterious Country Makes His Debut."

Seemingly sensing Jiang Hang's surprise, Imai Midori quickly explained, "I consulted with Shizuka-senpai about this case, and then found some relevant news reports in newspapers and online before writing it. However, my skills are limited, and I may not be able to fully express Mr. Jiang Hang's brilliance..."

"What kind of charm could I possibly have..." Jiang Hang muttered to himself.

The Maple Leaf Gold Coin case was pretty straightforward: the perpetrator used Hawkeye to spot Conan playing a puzzle game and went over to join in. At the same time, he discovered the gang members who were following them, so he called the police, leading to the arrest of the entire gang. Finally, after using Conan to solve the puzzle and find the location of the Maple Leaf Gold Coin treasure, he simply took Inspector Megure there to take over the case. The whole process was remarkably simple and unpretentious.

However, in the story, Midori Imai is written like this.

In the story, Jiang Hang, who has just arrived in Japan, happens to find a group of children playing a puzzle game. After solving the riddle left by the Italian mafia, he discovers that the children may be in danger.

However, in order to protect the children's longing for the treasure, Jiang Hang did not tell them about it. In fact, with his subtle hints, he helped the children find the final location of the treasure.

Meanwhile, he had already figured out the movements of those gang members. In his plan, those gang members unknowingly fell into the trap he had set and were eventually caught by the police.

After writing the whole story, Jiang Hang felt that his own level of sophistication had actually reached such a high level?

At this moment, Midori Imai added, "By the way, I wrote a little about your character design. You can take a look at it first. This is the basis for my description of you. If you are not satisfied with anything, I will revise it for you!"

As she said this, she also showed Jiang Hang the character design she had created for him to review.

Then Jiang Hang was completely shocked.

Dressed in a low-key black suit and holding an unassuming cane, he completely concealed his sharpness when not receiving a commission, looking no different from an ordinary person.

However, whenever he encounters a difficult problem, his eyes become as sharp as an eagle's, able to find the most important clues in places that are difficult for others to notice.

Whenever he solves a puzzle, he would hold his cane and confidently say, "Then there's only one answer," before easily cracking the problem.

To be honest, there were no problems with the character design at first, but when Jiang Hang saw his own catchphrase, he couldn't help but wipe his forehead.

I never imagined that my impulsive attempt to make a meme would turn into the biggest black mark on my life.

He coughed lightly, then looked at Imai Midori, who was looking at him expectantly: "Um... a catchphrase is a good idea, but how about we change it to something else? For example, I think 'There's only one truth' would be great. Do you want to consider it?"

Chapter 104: Chapter 103: Am I about to debut as the center of attention?

In the end, Midori Imai still couldn't get rid of "Jiang Hang's" catchphrase in the story.

"The quote you mentioned is from a newspaper interview with the high school detective Shinichi Kudo, right? I noticed him when I was researching, but it seems there are recent reports that he has disappeared," Midori Imai recalled the information she had found about Shinichi Kudo. "Actually, I also think that Mr. Jiang Hang's 'Then there's only one answer' and his 'There's only one truth' are similar in spirit, but I still think Mr. Jiang Hang's statement has more impact!"

As she said this, she asked Jiang Hang if he knew Shinichi Kudo and if the two of them had ever worked together on a case, but Jiang Hang gave a vague answer.

"What a pity! I was thinking how exciting it would be if the two of you detectives teamed up on a case. I really wanted to write such a case into a story," Midori Imai sighed regretfully. It was like one of the detectives encountered danger during an investigation, and the other stepped in to save them, ultimately leading to both detectives working together to catch the culprit. Just thinking about such a plot was thrilling!

As for Imai Midori's fantasies at this moment, Jiang Hang muttered to himself: Sorry, the case we worked on together last time, the whole process was just that he found all the clues at the crime scene and then called me to come and clean up the mess, there was no crisis at all.

Jiang Hang continued reading the story that Imai Midori had spent half a month writing.

Midori Imai is a university student majoring in literature, and she has aimed to become a playwright since junior high school. Over the years, she has written quite a bit.

She naturally has no major problems in terms of writing skills.

In cases like Abe Yutaka's insurance fraud, Jiang Hang simply opened the system's bulletin board, discovered that the other party wanted to exploit him, and then went to investigate and track them down.

However, in Midori Imai's novel, "he" astutely deduces from what Yutaka Abe said when he commissioned the client that the client was lying to him. He then begins to suspect that the client has ulterior motives, and through his investigation, he discovers the client's conspiracy and ultimately prevents a tragedy from happening.

The whole story flows smoothly. Imai Midori even added some extra difficulty for the story to make it more dramatic. For example, when Jiang Hang was tracking the other party, he accidentally lost track of him halfway through, but in the end, he relied on some small details he had discovered before to deduce the location where the other party might be going, and arrived at the last moment to stop the murderer from committing the crime.

In response, Midori Imai apologized to Jiang Hang with deep regret: "I know these cases are not difficult for you, but in order to make the story more exciting, I may slightly weaken your observation skills or improve the abilities of those criminals. I hope you can understand."