The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

However, Jiang Hang has now openly and legitimately asked Suzuki Jirokichi about the Karasuma Group. When he gets back, he will tell Conan about Karasuma Renya. It's better to leave this kind of difficult problem to Conan, the detective.

Jiang Hang now showed a desire to hear the story and continued to inquire about the Karasuma Group from Suzuki Jirokichi, the bigwig.

Suzuki Jirokichi, who happens to be a storyteller, was interrupted by Jiang Hang and forgot that Jiang Hang had originally come to ask about Masuyama Kenzo. He then began to recount the Karasuma Group in a long and detailed manner.

The Karasuma Group existed for over a hundred years, gradually developing from the Meiji Restoration to its current state. After Karasuma Renya took over the Karasuma Group, many people at the time called him "the most powerful person in Japan".

This "most powerful" encompasses both authority and wealth, which demonstrates just how arrogant and powerful the Karasuma Group was back then.

Suzuki Jirokichi recounted many rumors about Karasuma Renya, such as his cruel nature, his constant use of oppressive methods to rule the group, and his ruthless elimination of anyone who opposed him.

Even in his later years, seemingly out of jealousy of the talents of young people, Karasuma Renya would use huge sums of money to lure them into some kind of mysterious gamble with him, using their lives as stakes.

There is also a legend that he created countless games that tested human nature to satisfy his own pleasure, forcing those who were heavily in debt and had nowhere else to turn to participate. He would then watch from a high place as these people schemed and plotted to survive, as if watching others helplessly fall into hell was his greatest pleasure.

Suzuki Jirokichi looked so serious when he talked about these rumors that even Jiang Hang couldn't figure out whether the information was true or just a story made up by later generations out of fear of Karasuma Renya.

However, one thing is certain: the distillery's ruthless approach to eliminating problems is indeed very similar to that of the rumored Karasuma Renya.

Besides this, there's another point that surprises many: Karasuma Renya lived to be nearly a hundred years old and, despite his dissolute lifestyle in his youth, there were no reports of him having any children. This led many to believe that the Karasuma Group had no heir after his death, which was the main reason for its dissolution.

The stories and rumors about Karasuma Renya, which are now hard to find online, are as if they were free for 70-year-old Suzuki Jirokichi to narrate.

In the end, Jiang Hang took a notebook from the side and simply wrote down what Suzuki Jirokichi had said about Karasuma Renya, so that he wouldn't forget to take it back to fool Conan later.

This conversation lasted for one or two hours, and throughout the entire process, Jiang Hang did his job very well as a straight man.

"Huh? Oh! Really? I see!" These were the words Jiang Hang used most often over the past hour.

Seeing that Suzuki Jirokichi wanted to talk about the rumors after Karasuma Renya's death, Jiang Hang, who had already taken several pages of notes, quickly interrupted him and said that there would be plenty of time to tell Karasuma Renya's story later.

After being reminded by Jiang Hang, Suzuki Jirokichi finally came to his senses.

Oh right, Jiang Hang came to ask me about Masuyama Kenzo, so how did the two of them suddenly end up talking about Karasuma Renya for over an hour?

"Ahem... After Masuyama Kenzo joined the Karasuma Group, I remember he seemed to be doing quite well there," Suzuki Jirokichi said, still feeling a bit unsatisfied as he returned to the topic of Masuyama Kenzo, as if he hadn't finished telling the story. He spoke very briefly when talking about Masuyama Kenzo.

"It seems that he personally took care of Karasuma Renya in his later years for a period of time. It was because of this that he earned his first pot of gold. After the Karasuma Group went bankrupt and dissolved, he invested with that money. However, it seems that things did not go very smoothly. I remember that at first he partnered with a medical professor to start a small pharmaceutical factory, but it closed down in less than ten years. So he went into the financial world and started a car company. Now he can be considered successful."

As he said this, Suzuki Jirokichi pointed directly at himself, laughing heartily with great pride.

"Of course, compared to me, the man who conquered the world, that guy is far inferior!"

Chapter 147: Chapter 146: Just How Miserable Was Gin?

When Jiang Hang heard Suzuki Jirokichi mention the "pharmaceutical factory," his heart beat a little faster.

Although Jirokichi Suzuki didn't remember the name of Kenzo Masuyama's pharmaceutical factory, judging from the timeline he mentioned, it should be correct.

Perhaps Shirahato Pharmaceutical was originally founded by Kenzo Masuyama and another medical professor who was also a member of the brewery, under the brewery's instructions. However, due to its obscurity, Shirahato Pharmaceutical eventually went bankrupt. Kenzo Masuyama then entered the financial world under the organization's instructions, eventually reaching his current position.

During this period, Kenzo Masuyama and Akemi Miyano's parents occasionally kept in touch, but Akemi Miyano never knew their identities or names.

Five years after Hakugo Pharmaceuticals went bankrupt, Kenzo Masuyama invited Akemi Miyano's parents into the organization to help them develop a mysterious drug.

Unfortunately, Jirokichi Suzuki couldn't remember the name of the pharmaceutical company, nor could he recall which medical professor had collaborated with Kenzo Masuyama.

Seeing Suzuki Jirokichi take out his phone, seemingly wanting to call Masuyama Kenzo to inquire about what happened back then, Jiang Hang quickly stopped him.

"I'm just interested in some things from the past. There's no need to call him about these things. I'll just go and ask him myself when the time comes."

It is now almost certain that Kenzo Masuyama is a member of the brewery, and he is very likely one of those veteran members who has been working there since he was in his twenties and is now in his seventies without any incidents or being noticed.

If Jirokichi Suzuki were to suddenly call now to inquire about these events from over twenty years ago, it might arouse the other party's suspicion.

Moreover, he had already obtained enough information from Suzuki Jirokichi this time. He hadn't even expected that Suzuki Jirokichi not only had a relationship with Masuyama Kenzo, but also knew so much about Karasuma Renya's affairs.

He couldn't confirm whether the Suzuki Group had any dealings with the brewery behind the scenes, but at least the wealthy old man, Jirokichi Suzuki, could be ruled out.

After all, while other winery workers are busy working every day, this old man is only thinking about how to spend his inexhaustible money, how to make headlines every day, and where Kaito Kid has been doing lately.

If someone who can't get his attention except for making headlines and catching Kid (also for making headlines) is a member of the Black Organization, then Gin, who is busy killing undercover agents all day, would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot.

After asking for the information he wanted, Jiang Hang specifically mentioned Kaito Kid to Suzuki Jirokichi, shifting his attention directly from Kenzo Masuyama and Renya Karasuma to Kaito Kid.

The two discussed for a while how to carry out the next operation to capture Kid. In the end, Suzuki Jirokichi went off to work on the 2.0 plan to capture Kid, while Jiang Hang returned with a full load of information about the distillery.

Jiang Hang's current task is to summarize the information he gleaned from Suzuki Jirokichi and then hand it over to Conan for analysis.

Jiang Hang couldn't help but sigh.

Look at the Conan manga; it took the main characters twenty years to figure out that Karasuma Renya might be the boss of the Black Organization. Now that he's involved in the Conan storyline, he can easily confirm the close relationship between the Black Organization and Karasuma Renya just by asking around.

At this rate, by the time he's dealt with the brewery here, the world he came from will still be debating how many spies are in the brewery and how miserable Gin really is.

With this in mind, Jiang Hang returned to his office and called Conan over. In his room, he told Conan all the information he had obtained from Suzuki Jirokichi.

Seeing Conan's shocked expression, Jiang Hang couldn't help but feel fulfilled and gratified.

Conan was genuinely startled. He had originally thought that by relying on the information gathered by these few people, he could obtain more information about the organization, and then slowly unravel the mystery surrounding it.

As a result, Jiang Hang went out for a walk and came back to tell him that the black-clad organization was likely established half a century ago by a wealthy man named Karasuma Renya before his death.

This progress is a bit too fast!

Seeing that Jiang Hang had written several pages about Karasuma Renya's deeds, Conan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and listened attentively as Jiang Hang recounted Karasuma Renya's past.

Unfortunately, Karasuma Renya has been dead for forty years. Even though he was the richest man in Japan at the time, the Karasuma Group has long since disappeared, so it's normal that Conan doesn't know much about him.

Even if Conan had heard of the name, his understanding of Karasuma Renya certainly couldn't compare to that of Suzuki Jirokichi, who lived through that era and might even have had contact with the Karasuma Group.

After telling Conan about the rumors surrounding Karasuma Renya and the Karasuma Group, Jiang Hang also talked about the connection between Karasuma Renya and the brewery.

"The Karasuma family crest is a raven, which matches the black color of the brewery."

"In addition, Karasuma Renya is cruel by nature, but also extremely cautious, which is also a characteristic of the brewery."

“Masuyama Kenzo joined the Karasuma Group in his twenties, and he was probably serving Karasuma Renya, who was over ninety years old, during those years.”

"Around the time when Karasuma Group was dissolved, or rather, disappeared from the world's sight, Kenzo Masuyama and an unidentified medical professor opened a pharmaceutical factory. Although it is unclear whether it was Hakuba Pharmaceutical, the time of its closure basically coincides with that of Hakuba Pharmaceutical. Even if it was not, it was probably related to Hakuba Pharmaceutical."

“If Kenzo Masuyama is indeed a member of the brewery, then Renya Karasuma must also have a close relationship with the brewery.”

After Jiang Hang finished expressing his views, Conan frowned deeply.

He couldn't find anything wrong with Jiang Hang's words, and instead added to them: "There's also the character '鸠' (jiu) in '白鸠' (baijiu)."

"If we really have to say, the character '鸠' can be broken down into the two characters '乌丸' (Karasuma). However, the white dove is obviously white, while the Black Organization is black. What is the connection between the two?" Conan rested his chin on his hand, seemingly feeling that this point was somewhat contradictory.

Jiang Hang shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

He originally hoped that Conan would see something different, but things involving white and black are more complex and he probably wouldn't be able to figure them out no matter how long he thought about it.

"Let's not think about that for now. Instead of dealing with 'black and white,' let's figure out who this 'medical professor' really is." To prevent Conan from dwelling on this any longer, Jiang Hang changed the subject.

"The distillery has been researching a certain drug for many years. Perhaps that 'medical professor' has some connection with the drug that turned your body into this state."

Chapter 148: Chapter 147: Conan's First Identity Crisis?

Whether it was intentional or not, Jiang Hang had just completed a bomb murder case and then went to a bar with a time bomb to play a high-speed chase. After completing the case, the system directly gave him the skill of bomb mastery (beginner).

This bomb mastery includes a thorough understanding of the properties of various bombs, methods of manufacturing various bombs, multiple means of using bombs, and a whole host of bomb-related knowledge, including bomb disposal.

This is a high-risk skill. Although it's only at the beginner level, Jiang Hang was blown up more than ten times while practicing bomb disposal and bomb handling in the training space in order to master this skill.

While Jiang Hang was secretly working on bombs, a massive explosion occurred at a cocktail bar. The amount of gunpowder used at the scene was astonishing, and the police also discovered a batch of firearm fragments in the wreckage, confirming that this seemingly ordinary bar was hiding a huge secret.

Inspector Megure even came to Jiang Hang's office privately to ask if Jiang Hang knew about that "mysterious organization".

He immediately asked Jiang Hang if he had rushed off after solving the case to investigate the cocktail bar.

The bar bombing case has now been taken over by the higher-ups of the Metropolitan Police Department. Inspector Megure and his team were interrogating Hideaki Nakajima about his dealings with that mysterious organization when Nakajima was taken away because he was suspected of having a close connection with the bombing.

Inspector Megure only knew that the organization had approached Hideaki Nakajima in order to obtain a list of the most talented programmers in the game industry. As for the transaction documents between Nakajima and the organization, they were naturally taken away by people in the Metropolitan Police Department.

For Inspector Megure now, the only way to find out about that organization is to ask Jiang Hang.

Jiang Hang didn't tell Inspector Megure about the distillery, only that it must have been a powerful criminal organization, and that it had already been destroyed when he arrived at the bar.

The brewery has been secretly developing for so many years, and its big moves in the theatrical version really make people suspect that they have paid off the Japanese police. Why is the Japanese police completely silent?

But since so many intelligence organizations were able to send spies into the brewery, and the brewery has been able to stand strong to this day, it is clear that there must be spies from the brewery among these organizations.

Given that Karasuma Renya was known as "Japan's most powerful man" half a century ago, it's possible that the Japanese police have undercover agents sent by the brewery to help cover up some shady dealings.

While Inspector Megure is trustworthy, he does have a slight deficiency in terms of ability... Ahem, it's not that Jiang Hang is criticizing Inspector Megure, it's just that the impression of Inspector Megure from watching the anime when I was a kid was too deeply ingrained in my mind.

Furthermore, to ensure Inspector Megure's safety, it's best not to tell him about this.

After learning from Inspector Megure that the brewery was not only secretly developing those mysterious drugs, but also trying to recruit people skilled in programming, Jiang Hang pondered for a while but still couldn't figure out what the brewery was up to.

Jiang Hang didn't dwell on these things he couldn't understand, and quickly moved on to the next step of the search.

Because Kenzo Masuyama's car company is not in Tokyo but in Gunma Prefecture, which borders Tokyo, Jiang Hang plans to investigate Kenzo Masuyama under the guise of a visit some time later. Therefore, during this period, he has been secretly investigating and following the politician Shigehiko Tobuchi, who recently made contact with the sake brewery.

However, after the explosion, the brewery may have felt that people who had been to the cocktail bar during that period were not safe and could not be contacted again for a short period of time.

So Jiang Hang secretly followed that Councilor Shigehiko Tunguchi for several days, but he couldn't find any trace of him dealing with the members of the brewery.

However, he didn't discover the connection between Shigehiko Tomoguchi and the brewery. Instead, while Shigehiko Tomoguchi was asleep, he found on his phone and computer that this politician, who had a fairly good reputation online, was secretly accepting bribes from various places quite frequently.

He even witnessed firsthand the entire process of this congressman accepting the bribe.

He kept this evidence, of course. As long as he investigated the connection between Shigehiko Tunguchi and the brewery, Jiang Hang would hand it over directly to the Metropolitan Police Department or the Prosecutor's Office, ruining Shigehiko Tunguchi's reputation on the spot.

After several days of investigation into Shigehiko Tomoya with little progress, Jiang Hang slowed down his investigation.

Compared to the winery that he doesn't know when he'll be able to resolve, Jiang Hang is now more concerned about the task the system gave him: to accumulate 1 billion yuan in 15 days.

A third of the mission time has passed. Because he has been tracking and investigating Shigehiko Tobuchi every night, even though he has been working hard to complete dozens of commissions during the day, he is still a little short of completing the mission objective.

However, after Jiang Hang slowed down his investigation into Tonguchi Shigehiko, he gradually caught up with the progress of the mission.

Everything is going smoothly on his end, with nothing particularly noteworthy, but things aren't so good on Conan's end.

Ever since he learned of the connection between Karasuma Renya and the Black Organization, he had been pondering why Karasuma Renya created the Black Organization and what his relationship was with the current leader of the Black Organization.

Just thinking about these things was enough to give Conan a headache, and after the explosion at the Heavenly Palace, various incidents began to occur around him again.

In five days, including the bombing murder case in the entire heaven, there were two murder cases. In addition, Conan also solved a kidnapping and extortion case.

However, if it were just a case, it wouldn't be so bad, but for Conan there's something even more troublesome—Ran seems to have noticed his identity.

Conan is currently seeking help from Jiang Hang at Jiang Hang's office.