The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Hang drove his 86 towards the library.

He felt he had given enough hints and hoped to receive good news from Shizuka Sakaki when he arrived at the library.

Inside the library, Shizuka Sakaki, who had just ended her call with Jiang Hang, told Inspector Megure what Jiang Hang had said on the phone.

Upon hearing that Jiang Hang was on his way, Inspector Megure, who had already moved the library search to other locations, stroked his chin and said, "It seems that Brother Jiang Hang thinks the body might still be hidden in the library?"

With that, he told the other police officers to search other places, while he stayed here to wait for Jiang Hang to arrive.

Conan couldn't help but ponder the hints Jiang Hang had given him.

Is this a place that could be used to hide a body, but one that wouldn't be easily noticed? And why would the murderer want to kill Tamada Kazuo in a library? Is there some other special secret hidden in this library?

Jiang Hang's suggestion was indeed a rather important clue in his view.

Just like Inspector Megure, Conan is currently pondering these questions while resting his chin on his hand.

Suddenly, as if he had just remembered something, he turned to Inspector Megure and asked, "Inspector Megure, which library did that missing uncle work for the other night?"

Inspector Megure paused for a moment, then opened the interrogation log in his hand: "Hmm... Director Tsugawa seems to have mentioned that Tamada Kazuo was in charge of the children's library before, but he was transferred to the historical documents library a week ago."

Chapter 186: Chapter 184: The Corpse Above the Elevator

According to Conan's theory, Tamada Kazuo was probably killed by someone in the library after he was transferred there and discovered something there.

Because the body was difficult to dispose of immediately, the perpetrator hid it in a secluded spot in the library to avoid police detection.

Of course, if Tamada Kazuo was lured out of the library and killed, that would be another possibility. But since the former possibility has not been ruled out, Conan will naturally prioritize the more likely one.

However, after he told Inspector Megure his thoughts, the police's subsequent investigation failed to find anything useful in the historical documents library.

Either the murderer has already cleared away the clues, or his deduction was flawed.

Conan frowned, deep in thought, trying to figure out if there were any other possibilities.

Meanwhile, Shizuka Sakaki is still thinking about where in the library there is a suitable place to hide things that won't be easily noticed.

She looked around the library, and when she looked up at the ceiling, she seemed to have an idea and shared her thoughts with Inspector Megure.

"Inspector Megure, do you think it's possible that the murderer hid the body in the ceiling after killing the person? The ceiling should be a pretty good hiding place, right?"

“The ceiling…that’s certainly a possibility, but it would be quite troublesome to investigate,” Inspector Megure said, while also sending his men to investigate the library’s ceiling.

Conan, standing nearby, felt that the possibility of the murderer hiding the body in the ceiling was not very high.

Although the ceiling is a place that few people consider, hiding a body on the ceiling is not easy to do in the first place.

Meanwhile, it's only October, and if the body is left like this, it will probably start to smell by now, and the smell of blood is also a very important factor.

If the body were actually hidden in the ceiling, the smell in a public place like a library would likely increase the risk of discovery, so the perpetrator probably wouldn't make that choice.

But besides the ceiling, what else is suitable for hiding things?

Conan and Shizuka Sakaki continued to ponder this possibility.

Just then, Shizuka Sakaki's phone rang again.

Conan thought it was Jiang Hang calling, but it turned out to be Midori Imai calling.

"Shizuka-senpai, where are you right now? I saw a lot of police officers searching the library. Do you know what happened?"

Upon hearing about the missing person case at the library, Midori Imai couldn't help but exclaim in surprise on the other end of the phone, "Really? I'll come down right now!"

About a minute or two later, Midori Imai also quickly walked down the stairs.

As she walked towards Shizuka Sakaki's location, Midori Imai tidied her hair, which had become somewhat disheveled from rushing up the stairs.

"That's strange. The library elevator seems to be malfunctioning today. There are only seven people in the elevator, including me, but it still alerted me that it was overloaded. It was fine when I came to borrow books last week..." Midori Imai tidied her hair and complained to Shizuka Sakaki.

However, after Midori Imai brought this up, she suddenly noticed a change in the expressions of Shizuka Sakaki and Conan beside her.

"Midori, are you sure the library elevator was still working fine last week?" Shizuka Sakaki asked Midori Imai with a slightly excited expression.

Midori Imai was startled by Shizuka Sakaki's sudden excitement, but after seeing that not only Shizuka Sakaki and Conan, but also Inspector Megure was looking at her, Midori Imai nodded to confirm: "I often come to the library to borrow books, so I remember this. Also, I remember that the people who rode the elevator with me last time were a bit fatter than this time. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case."

After hearing Midori Imai's words, Shizuka Sakaki let out a long sigh of relief.

"Inspector Megure, could you please investigate the area above the elevator? I think it's a very suspicious place."

Having obtained such important information from Midori Imai, Inspector Megure naturally wouldn't miss it.

Soon, the library's elevators were forcibly shut down by the police.

Inside the elevator control room, the library staff changed the elevator's operation to manual mode.

On the fourth floor of the library, as the elevator slowly ascended under manual control, the body of Tamada Kazuo gradually came into view.

Seeing the ferocious look on the other person's face before he died, Shizuka Sakaki and Midori Imai instinctively retreated behind the police.

Kazuo Tamada was a tall and burly man. His body was placed at the top of the elevator, which explains why this elevator, which already had a low capacity, was so prone to sounding the alarm.

After the body was discovered, the police immediately cordoned off the scene.

Based on a simple assessment, it can be preliminarily confirmed that Tamada Kazuo died the night before last, and the cause of death was that he was struck with a blunt object and then strangled to death by the inmate with a rope.

Even the rope used by the perpetrator to commit the crime is still hanging around Tamada Kazuo's neck.

As for the suspects, the men who worked overtime with Tamada Kazuo that night are naturally highly likely to be suspects.

At this point, we are only one step away from identifying the real culprit.

However, the murderer didn't seem to have much patience. When he learned that the police were going to investigate the elevator, he already had the idea of ​​escaping.

When the police went to find the library staff who had just been questioned, they suddenly discovered that the librarian, Tsugawa, who had just been inside the library, had disappeared without a trace!

"What?! Tsugawa Hideji is missing! Find him immediately! I'm going to contact the Metropolitan Police Department right now!"

Upon receiving this information, Inspector Megure was already certain that the real culprit in this murder case was likely Hideji Tsugawa.

After all, the other employees stayed where they were and waited to be questioned by the police. Only the director, Tsugawa, suddenly disappeared, and now he can't even be reached by phone. Why would he do this if he didn't have something to hide?

Meanwhile, on the other side, Tsugawa Hideji, who had changed his clothes in the shortest amount of time and even put on a wig, was hurrying towards the parking lot not far away with his head down.

"Damn it, if it weren't for that woman, how could those policemen have discovered Yutian's body!"

At this moment, Tsugawa Hideji's face looked extremely ugly, as if he was thinking about how to take revenge on that woman after he escaped.

Chapter 187: Chapter 185: Inspector Megure, I arrested a drug dealer, come and take a look.

A month and a half ago, the exposure of the Tsukikage Island incident severely impacted Tokyo's drug market.

Before this, Tsukikage Island was a small island on the edge of the Tokyo metropolitan area, and apart from the island's residents, almost no one knew of its existence.

The drug trade on Tsukikage Island began twelve years ago. Over the years, before it was discovered by the police, a considerable amount of drugs from abroad flowed into Tokyo from this seemingly insignificant island.

Now that the road has been cut off by the police, Tokyo's drug market will naturally be affected.

Hideji Tsugawa entered the drug trade market about a month ago.

After all these years working in the library, Tsugawa Hideji hadn't really made much money off his position as librarian.

By chance, he became involved with the notorious underworld organization, Mud Ginseng Association. Driven by his inner desire for money, he began using the library to help Mud Ginseng Association sell drugs.

In just half a month, he earned more money than he had worked hard for half a year, which strengthened his determination to continue on this path.

Unexpectedly, less than a month later, his possession of drugs in the library was discovered by a library employee, which forced him to kill the man and hide his body in the elevator.

He thought he had been very discreet, but the police still managed to find out.

He's definitely going to be wanted by the police now, but luckily he's been feeling uneasy these past few days and has moved most of the drugs he hid in the library out. With the savings he's accumulated over the years, he'll be safe as long as he can escape to the territory of the Mud Ginseng Association.

That's what Hideharu Tsugawa was thinking, and he was walking briskly toward the nearby open-air parking lot.

After he started selling drugs, he had already secretly prepared his escape route. Now that the police have only just discovered the body in the elevator, he could easily drive away before the police catch up.

He walked discreetly to the parking lot, feeling that he was only one step away from escaping.

"The police are nothing special... Even if that woman finds Tamada's body, it won't be so easy for her to catch me."

He muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, while opening the door of the car he had prepared earlier and getting into the driver's seat.

He glanced at the drugs he had temporarily moved from his car and felt that these were his guarantee for his future livelihood.

As he drove his car out of the parking lot, Hideharu Tsugawa thought he had successfully escaped.

However, just as he was about to drive out of the parking lot, a black and white car with an old-fashioned design blocked his way.

Hideharu Tsugawa recognized the car as an 86, an old model that had been around for many years.

However, it seems that the owner of this car is a novice driver who has only recently obtained his driver's license, as can be seen from his extremely clumsy reverse parking technique.

Tsugawa Hideji watched as the car owner slowly tried to reverse into the parking space, but each time it seemed to fall just short, resulting in him having to start over.

Even an ordinary person would be worried if they saw that person's skills, let alone Tsugawa Hideji, who is now in a hurry to run away.

Seeing that the other party had blocked the only way out of the parking lot, Tsugawa Hideji couldn't help but press the car horn hard, and he began to feel anxious.

You see, every time he watches this guy painstakingly reverse into the parking space, his precious time to get away is wasted by this guy for more than half a minute.

Upon hearing the horn, the owner of the 86 leaned out of the window apologetically: "Sorry, I just got my driver's license last month and I don't drive often. Let me try again. I'll definitely back it in next time."

Then, under Tsugawa Hideji's anxious gaze, the young man failed to pour it in again the next time, and even worse than before.

Tsugawa Hideji couldn't hold back any longer. He leaned out of his seat and shouted at the driver of the 86, "Could you make way for me? I'm in a hurry. Let me drive out first, and you can back up slowly, okay?"

After hearing his shout, the owner of the 86 responded, but after a while, the 86 still showed no sign of moving.

After a while, the owner of the 86 popped his head out and shouted at him, "Excuse me, I keep stalling when I get nervous. Could you come and help me take a look?"

If he could, Hideharu Tsugawa really wanted to just drive his car into the person blocking his escape route. Why did this person have to appear at this exact moment?

But he knew he absolutely couldn't get excited right now.

Hideji Tsugawa took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He got out of his car, walked quickly to the 86, and began to give a live demonstration.

"Press the clutch, shift gears, and slowly release the clutch. Don't be nervous, release it slowly... Why would you release it all at once!"

Sensing that the young man seemed to be looking at him, Tsugawa Hideji became even angrier: "Don't look at me, look at your car!"

"If you really can't do it, come out and I'll back up for you!" Seeing that he had been delayed by this guy for three or four minutes, Tsugawa Hideji said this directly to the young man.

As expected of a seasoned driver from decades ago, Tsugawa Hideji parked the car very quickly.