The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

"I don't have much to say here. First of all, I have to congratulate Aoi on successfully joining Musashino Animation. Now you and Ema are working in the same company, which brings us one step closer to our goal of making an animation together."

"Actually, I didn't expect it either. I just went to try my luck. After all, I studied finance in junior college, and I didn't know what someone like me could do in a company. Fortunately, Musashino Animation was short-staffed recently, and the boss was a good person who was willing to give me a chance." Miyamori Aoi felt embarrassed whenever she thought about her interview.

Ema Yasuhara jokingly chimed in, "I heard from people at the company that Aoi said during her job interview that she's willing to do anything."

Immediately, a burst of cheerful laughter erupted from the girls.

Sakaki Shizuka also thought of Koharu Yuno, whom she had only met today.

"At my detective agency, another assistant I met today said something similar during her interview. Come to think of it, you two are really quite alike. Putting aside your personalities, just looking at your appearances, you're probably 60 or 70 percent similar. I even took a few photos of her."

"Hey, no way," the usually most lively Midori Imai perked up and immediately leaned her head close to Shizuka Sakaki's phone.

"It really is true! Apart from the difference in their hair, this girl really looks a lot like Senior Xiao Kui. Senior Xiao Kui, could she be your long-lost sister?"

At this time, Miyamori Aoi also saw the photo of Kiharu Yuno, and even she had to admit that the two of them did have a certain "similarity".

"It's just a coincidence. I don't have that many sisters. One older sister is more than enough for me."

"If there's a chance next time, you can bring the other person over to meet Senior Aoi. I've heard that people who are related by blood can sense whether there's any relationship between them at first glance, right?" Toudou Misa said something that sounded like an urban legend.

"Stop talking nonsense, this kind of thing doesn't exist. You girls under 20, just enjoy your juice!" Everyone was joking with her, and Miyamori Aoi looked rather embarrassed, but as the five of them chatted about their recent situations, they quickly put the matter out of their minds.

Shizuka Sakaki also temporarily forgot about the detective agency and continued chatting with her friends at the izakaya.

Chapter 19: The 19 Million Yen Insurance Plan

The next day, it rained in Tokyo.

Jiang Hang jogged ten kilometers while holding an umbrella, and then completed the remaining daily exercise routines at the firm.

Including today's check-in, I have now completed ten check-in tasks. In addition to the yen reward, I also received the first-stage check-in reward, "Scent Concealment (Beginner)".

The skill's effect is simple and straightforward: it reduces one's personal presence. As long as Jiang Hang keeps a low profile, even those with keen senses will not be able to detect his presence without seeing him in person.

It has some special abilities; once the skill reaches an advanced level, it can even achieve an effect similar to invisibility.

Well, the tracking package has gained another new skill: Eagle Eye, Assassin's Footsteps, Aura Concealment, and Disguise. With these four skills combined, he won't have to worry about being discovered when tracking people anymore.

However, there is one thing to be happy about. Previously, Jiang Hang had mostly obtained skills from Assassin's Creed, and he almost thought that the system only offered Assassin's Creed moves and skills as rewards. But this Presence Concealment is clearly an Assassin class skill from the Moon.

Thinking of all those messy Assassins over there, if Jiang Hang could obtain the skills and even Noble Phantasms of those Heroic Spirits from there, he could take off in this world.

After I finished signing in, Inspector Megure called me.

The investigation was indeed very efficient. After being arrested, Abe Yutaka quickly confessed to his motives and the method he had originally planned for his so-called "alibi".

Jiang Hang originally thought the motive would be more complicated, such as a conflict between two people due to feelings or more private matters.

However, the answer Inspector Megure gave him was much simpler than he had imagined.

Abe Yutaka's company has incurred a debt of 300 million yen due to a major decision-making error this year. Just three months ago, Abe Yutaka jokingly said to Negishi Masaki, "We are both 42 years old and don't know how long we will live. In that case, why don't we make a bet to see who can live longer?" He proposed that the two of them buy each other insurance policies worth 500 million yen, with the other person's name as the beneficiary.

Negishi Masaki, for reasons unknown, actually agreed to Abe Yutaka's suggestion and went with him to buy insurance. Whoever died first would receive a 500 million yen "bet".

Three months have passed, and the insurance policy has taken effect. Faced with his company's losses, Abe Yutaka also thought about this insurance. So he began to plot to kill Negishi Masaki in order to obtain the 500 million yen insurance policy.

It wasn't an emotional issue, nor was there any conflict between the two people, and there were no grudges or feuds like those depicted in TV dramas. It was simply because Masaki Negishi's life was worth 500 million.

It's unknown how Masaki Negishi, who is still in the hospital, will feel after waking up and receiving this answer from the police, knowing that his friend of twenty years had murderous intent towards him because of a 500 million yen insurance policy.

At least Jiang Hang remained silent for a long time after learning this fact.

The method the other party wants to use to get away with their crime is actually not that complicated.

He had already found a man who resembled Masaki Negishi. He gave the man a sum of money to impersonate Masaki Negishi. Jiang Hang would then follow this "fake Masaki Negishi" for three days. During those three days, he would move Masaki Negishi's burned body to the vicinity of a festival that would be held four days later. On the fourth day, when the festival began, Masaki Negishi's burned body would be discovered under his arrangement.

However, because Jiang Hang had been tracking the so-called "fake Negishi Masaki" for the past three days, he would prove that the time of death of Negishi Masaki, who had been burned to ashes and whose time of death could not be determined, was between three days later and the morning of the fourth day.

And because Abe Yutaka was out of town with his employees during this period, he had no time to commit the crime, which is why he prepared his alibi.

If Jiang Hang were to comment, this is a very low-level technique.

Putting aside the risk of the fake Masaki Negishi being exposed, the more important thing is that Mr. Yutaka Abe clearly doesn't know how advanced autopsy technology has become. Even if the body is burned to ashes and the time of death cannot be determined from the appearance, the police still have the right to perform an autopsy in this criminal case.

If the police's forensic pathologists could perform an autopsy on the victim's body, they would be able to obtain a more accurate time of the crime from the victim's body, rendering Abe Yutaka's alibi a complete joke.

"Is it just for the money?" After learning about the case from Inspector Megure, Jiang Hang thanked him, hung up the phone, sat down in his office chair, and began to daydream.

Muchun Yuna brewed a cup of tea for Jiang Hang and brought it over.

"What is Jiang Hangjun still thinking about?"

Jiang Hang raised his head to face Kiharu Yuno, then sighed, without revealing his true thoughts.

“I was just thinking, I helped that guy complete his request, but it looks like I won’t be able to get the remaining 30 yen reward. Kiharu, do you think he would give me the money if I went to the detention center to ask him for it now?”

Jiang Hang tried to ask Kiharu Yuno questions in a humorous tone.

Yoshino Koharu's expression became somewhat subtle.

"I think the other party probably wants to beat you up, Jiang Hangjun, after all, you were the one who sent him to prison."

“That makes sense,” Jiang Hang wasn’t really short of 30 yen. He could easily get 100 million yen from the system boss by simply picking up a wallet on the street and returning it to its owner.

He just wanted to ask Abe Yutaka in person how he came up with the decision to kill his friend for 500 million yen.

But in the end, he gave up on the idea.

Isn't it the most common thing in the world to have malicious intentions for money? Abe Yutaka is not the first, and he certainly won't be the last. What's so special about a friend you've known for twenty years? In his previous life, Jiang Hang even saw a news story about a man who killed his mother because she refused to give him money.

However, in the past, Jiang Hang viewed those events from the perspective of a bystander watching the news, or even a "spectator."

Now that he's a detective, this case actually happened under his watchful eye, and he even managed to stop it himself, which is why his mindset hasn't changed yet.

I was just telling Yoshino Kiharu and Shizuka Sakaki to prepare for the murder case, but it turns out that I'm the one who hasn't adjusted my mindset.

If they're going to compete with Conan for business, the criminals they encounter in the future will commit murder for all sorts of bizarre motives. "One man's success is built on the bones of ten thousand men." Although this sounds a bit strange in the context of the detective profession, every famous detective grows up from countless murder cases, so there's some truth to that.

When famous detectives encounter a murder, their first priority is to find clues and the murderer, which is perfectly normal.

However, there's nothing wrong with quietly reflecting on the entire case in your own office after it's over, while also relaxing and relieving your emotions.

Thinking this, Jiang Hang glanced out the window.

It was still drizzling outside, so he turned on his computer and randomly picked an anime he had never seen before in this world.

Since it's raining and there are no clients coming in, let him enjoy his leisurely life at the firm, where someone brings him water when he's thirsty and cooks for him when he's hungry.

Well, there's nothing we can do about it.

Jiang Hang silently hoped that the rain would last for several more days.

Chapter 20: Chapter 20: 86 Goes Up the Mountain

Several days have passed since the conclusion of Yutaka Abe's murder-for-insurance-fraud case.

Masaki Negishi, who was almost murdered, also came to thank Jiang Hang. As a token of gratitude, he offered Jiang Hang one million yen as a thank-you gift, which Jiang Hang accepted after a slight refusal.

It's just that giving banners isn't so common in Japan, otherwise, they might have specially sent Jiang Hang a banner.

Jiang Hang felt a little regretful that his firm would no longer be filled with banners of appreciation from others.

The agency wasn't idle these past few days. Jiang Hang spent a morning completing a missing dog request from a socialite. Although the reward was only 100,000 yen, the system still gave Jiang Hang an extra 3 million yen bonus after completing this one-star request.

However, compared to other things, Jiang Hang's biggest gain these past few days has been his reputation within the town.

Although it was only a few days, through word of mouth among those who had been helped by Jiang Hang, the residents of Beika Town quickly learned that a new detective agency had opened in the town, and that the Chinese detective working there was a very kind-hearted young man.

He spends his days helping elderly people cross the street, carrying heavy objects upstairs, and taking injured children to the clinic, sometimes even paying for their medical expenses out of his own pocket.

In addition, if someone loses something and he finds out, he always finds the owner in the shortest amount of time. If someone asks him to help find lost items, he can usually find them as long as too much time has passed.

Moreover, for such lost and found requests, the other party usually only charges a few hundred to a thousand yen as a token fee.

Although these good reputations haven't brought Jiang Hang any more valuable commissions so far, his increased prestige, especially after building good relationships with the most well-informed gossip-loving older women in the town, has allowed him to obtain a lot of current hot rumors from them.

Just now, Jiang Hang received some very valuable information.

Recently, rumors have circulated at the Mihana Art Museum that medieval armor figures walk around the exhibition halls every night, even scaring two security guards on the night shift so much that they haven't dared to go to the museum for the past few days.

Whether the rumor is true or false is another matter, but after hearing it, Jiang Hang felt that the plot seemed somewhat familiar.

It seems like one of my childhood traumas from watching Detective Conan as a child was the armor-themed murder case?

Although he wasn't entirely sure, he silently noted the rumor down in his mind.

Back at the office, Jiang Hang looked at Shizuka Sakaki practicing her voice by the window, and then at Yuno Koharu, who was dozing off while holding a detective novel.

Great, it seems everyone has gotten used to the firm's style.

He clapped his hands.

"I'm going to the art museum. Does anyone want to come with me?"

"Art museum?" Upon hearing the word "go out," Yuno Kimura immediately snapped out of her drowsiness. "I want to go!"

Sakaki Shizuka hesitated for a moment. Jiang Hang not only didn't care that Sakaki Shizuka practiced her voice at the agency, but in fact, it was Jiang Hang who initially asked her to practice at the agency.

"It's too quiet in the whole agency. Sakaki, aren't you a voice actor? Let me see how you usually practice when there are no clients coming in." That's what Jiang Hang said at the time.

Shizuka Sakaki originally wanted to exchange vocal techniques with Jiang Hang, but she was too shy to ask. Unexpectedly, Jiang Hang offered to let her practice at the agency and even gave her a lot of advice after she practiced.

She was also very grateful to Jiang Hang for giving her the opportunity. Naturally, she wanted to visit the art museum this time, since spending all day in the firm, even though it was easy, could still be a bit boring.

However, she thought that since Yoshino Kiharu had already said she was going, if she went with her, there would be no one at the agency. What if there were any requests coming in? Wouldn't she miss them?

She had known Jiang Hang for a few days and knew that he was a very easy-going person. They had also heard some of the rumors circulating in the town.

Even if both of them wanted to go to the art museum, Jiang Hang certainly wouldn't refuse. At worst, the firm would just close for a day. This is something that Jiang Hang, who is not short of money, would do.

But Shizuka Sakaki felt that she still had to live up to the opportunity Jiang Hang had given her and to do this job well.

"In that case, I'll stay at the firm. If any clients come in, I'll make a good note of their needs and then contact Jiang Hangjun."

Jiang Hang didn't think much of it, assuming that Shizuka Sakaki was planning to continue practicing at the agency, and he appreciated the hardworking girl's efforts.

"Good luck to Sakaki too! I believe you can definitely debut successfully."

Jiang Hang gave Sakaki Shizuka a thumbs-up, and although Sakaki Shizuka was a little confused as to why he suddenly wanted her to cheer him on, she still nodded affirmatively at Jiang Hang.

"I will work hard!"

"We'll be going now. If there's nothing else, you can go home on time." Jiang Hang waved and then got into his newly bought AE86 with Muchun Yuno.