The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Clearly, deception was the main factor that led to the tragedy. If both parties had been honest with the museum director from the beginning and explained their intentions to him, or if the owner, Manaka, had said something like that the artworks would be handled properly afterward, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

However, according to what Director Ochiai told him while waiting for the police to arrive that day, this owner, Manaka, had no regard for these artworks at all, and even said things like "a pile of junk" to him more than once, which led Director Ochiai to make that irreversible decision.

"Although the Mihara Art Museum is the property of our Matsuno family, in reality, because Director Ochiai worked at the museum fifty years ago and eventually became its director, my father gave a portion of the museum's shares to Director Ochiai when I was a child. Although it wasn't a large amount, if Director Ochiai hadn't agreed, we wouldn't have been able to sell the museum..."

“From childhood to adulthood, I have always regarded Director Ochiai as my uncle and have always respected him... But I never expected that in my generation, due to my poor decision-making, the family business would not be able to continue, and we would owe Mr. Manaka a huge debt, so we had to declare bankruptcy and sell the museum to him.” Matsuno Taro’s tone was very low, as if he felt guilty for his incompetence.

"So, in the end, Director Ochiai was deceived by you and sold his share?"

Matsuno Taro nodded somewhat bitterly, then shook his head.

"Besides us, there were also Director Ochiai's children. They felt that Director Ochiai was getting old and should retire and enjoy his later years. I'm also close friends with Director Ochiai's children, having grown up together. After learning about my situation, they conspired with us to deceive Director Ochiai and get him to sell his shares... I really didn't expect Director Ochiai to make such a choice. If only I had known this would happen..."

Matsuno Taro seemed unable to continue speaking. He covered his eyes with his hands, his body trembling slightly, and he let out a low sob, as if he could no longer control his emotions.

Jiang Hang looked at the other person with a somewhat indifferent expression, but his heart was filled with complex emotions.

He suspected deception, but he never imagined there was such a connection involved.

He opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But the shock of this fact seemed even greater than the impact of Director Ochiai killing the other party in front of him that day; he was completely speechless at this moment.

After a long while, he leaned back on the sofa in the coffee shop and slowly asked the question.

"Director Ochiai doesn't know these things, does he?"

“None of us dared to tell him, but I think Director Ochiai… should be able to think of this.”

At that moment, Matsuno Taro suddenly stood up from the sofa, knelt down in front of Jiang Hang, and made a dogeza gesture, banging his head heavily on the ground.

"Mr. Jiang Hang, you are now the person that Director Ochiai trusts the most. If you continue to run the museum in the future, I think he will be very pleased to know this."

"???" Jiang Hang seemed to be startled by this sudden change. He was just lost in inexplicable sadness when the other party's actions made him subconsciously stand up from the sofa.

He completely failed to understand Taro Matsuno's current logic.

"Mr. Matsuno, what...does this mean?"

Judging from his appearance, it seems he wants me to buy the art museum?

Good heavens! If I had that much money to buy an art museum, I could solve a ghost case right now and just buy two or three of the most famous animation companies in the industry. Then I could watch whatever anime I wanted. Wouldn't that be much better than buying an art museum?

And how exactly did they figure out I was rich?!

Just then, Eri Kisaki, who had been calmly sipping her coffee, put down her cup and looked at Jiang Hang.

“Mr. Jiang Hang, if you are unwilling, there are very few people in the world who can force you. You just need to make the decision you want to make.”

"?????"

At this moment, Jiang Hang almost wanted to throw his face full of question marks at the other person's face. Why couldn't he understand what these people were saying at all?

"I'm sorry, I did some research on your family and learned about this from an Italian friend of mine. But I think as the sole heir to the Pioneer Foundation, with a future net worth approaching a hundred billion US dollars, you probably wouldn't care about these things." She looked at Jiang Hang, but there was no embarrassment on her face at all. Her tone carried a strange undertone, as if these words were not just directed at Jiang Hang.

Hearing the incredibly sophisticated concept from Eri Kisaki, Jiang Hang's eyes widened slightly.

I'm just a positive little detective who can't even afford to buy my own agency yet, so why did you elevate me to the level of the ultimate boss the moment you opened your mouth?!

Hey, you damn system, come out here and translate this for me! What the hell does "TMD Pioneer Foundation" mean?!

Chapter 44: The System is Suffering, But It Can't Say It

When Jiang Hang once again called it a dog system, the Legendary Assassin System was completely dumbfounded.

It didn't even immediately refute Jiang Hang, because it also didn't understand the current situation.

The Pioneer Foundation? What is that? This system has never heard of it before!?

But it knew this thing was definitely related to that damn anime patch.

So it quickly began to search for the origin of this world, and then began to check its various subsystems or plugins to see if any new malfunctions had occurred.

Finally, it found the problem after flipping through the system logs, which it had rarely opened since becoming a senior system.

"Yen Yen Generator Plugin"

Source: Anime Patch Pack (This plugin is generously contributed by the Behind-the-Scenes Tycoon System and compiled by the Anime Life Winner System).

Specific effect: After using this plugin, money will be automatically provided to the system host according to the system's needs.

Optional options (please select whether to disable the corresponding function): Provide the host with a more reasonable source of income (enabled by default), Anti-inflation option (enabled by default)....”

There are many different settings among the options, most of which don't need to be considered. As for those overly aggressive features, such as "instant riches" or even "end-generation" who owns the wealth of the entire planet, these are turned off by default.

The problem arose with the seemingly normal and reasonable source of money. It hadn't noticed before that there were several subcategories under this option, one of which would automatically generate a behind-the-scenes organization in the host's world to provide money to the host after the plugin was activated.

Furthermore, this effect directly impacts the world's timeline. Through the modification of the timeline, this organization has been developing for decades, starting from a period of time and taking several decades to reach its current state.

Of course, this involves more complex things like world line interference, but in short, for people living in this world, this organization is real. It's just that because it's provided by the behind-the-scenes system, it keeps a low profile, and ordinary people don't know that this organization exists.

As expected, these systems that operate behind the scenes are all dirty-minded. They provide a money plugin and still use this trick. Do you guys really enjoy making a fortune quietly?

It was completely unaware of this when it was initially looking at the plugin.

What's even more frustrating about the system is that this feature is enabled by default!

It caused a major problem with its transmigration subsystem, and now it's created this mess. If it could, it would like to uninstall this patch package right now and give the system that released it a big thumbs down in the comments section.

But it's no use saying all this now. Even the Legendary Assassin System has to admit that it has been somewhat lax lately.

Out of envy and resentment towards those successful anime-style systems, it only glanced at the instructions when installing the anime patch package, thinking it had completely understood everything in the patch package, and then installed it without paying much attention.

As a result, various problems have frequently occurred since this patch was installed, and it is still uncertain whether this anime patch will contain any more system-damaging elements.

However, problems always need to be solved, and the Legendary Assassin System began to think of solutions.

Should we turn off the option for this behind-the-scenes force?

That won't work either. The plugin is already running, and if we force it to shut down, it will have a significant impact on the world.

A single mishap could even cause the timeline to restart, although rewinding time isn't a major challenge for a system that transcends worlds. To ensure a host successfully completed their final assassination mission, it rewound time five times before succeeding.

However, restarting the timeline is a higher-level operation, and it also needs to apply to the System Administration Bureau. But given its current situation, it doesn't even dare to apply for a punishment mission against Jiang Hang, so how could it possibly apply for a timeline restart, which has a more serious problem?

But how do we get it to admit its mistake to the host and then offer compensation and rewards?

Impossible. Even if the host training plan had a mistake from the beginning, it was just an accident. Its operational capabilities are perfectly fine. This is the Legendary Assassin System's last act of defiance as a veteran system.

Compensation can be given, but the host who is disrespectful to this system all day long must never know that this was caused by a malfunction of this system!

As a seasoned system, the Legendary Assassin System felt it was time to show its true colors.

So, after the system was overloaded, it returned to reality.

Faced with everyone, especially Shizuka Sakaki's shocked expression, Jiang Hang managed to maintain a calm demeanor, but inwardly he was cursing his unreliable system for quite some time.

The system's response finally arrived, albeit belatedly.

"Please trust the professional ethics of this system. The foundation exists to ensure that the source of your funds is completely legitimate and legal. This system believes that disclosing this information will not have any impact on the host, so it has not disclosed it."

"Note: Without the approval of this system, the host cannot withdraw any assets of the foundation. Therefore, please continue to work hard to complete the commission and earn rewards in the future."

For some reason, although the system's voice was still so flat and emotionless, Jiang Hang always felt that the other party was speaking in a monotone way.

Upon hearing that he couldn't withdraw the money from the foundation, Jiang Hang immediately calmed down.

This thing sounds impressive, but it's just a background element. It's not surprising that the system created this; at least it's much more reasonable than the money he made from private stock trading and finance.

As a time traveler, Jiang Hang discovered that his adaptability in this area had become exceptionally strong.

Although the system's response seems to have many flaws, everyone is still waiting for their own answer.

Just as Jiang Hang was about to say something to Matsuno Taro, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling slightly, the system notification suddenly came again.

"...Congratulations, host, for successfully triggering the hidden template 'Industry Template'. If the host agrees to take over the art museum, the 'Industry Template' will be officially activated, continuously providing the host with a large amount of monetary income and reputation rewards."

Jiang Hang was stunned. Why did this dog system suddenly activate a new function? And it seemed to be asking him to pay for him to take over the art museum.

Something's not right, something's really not right. Our own system has never been this generous before.

"If the host agrees to take over the art museum, the subsequent acquisition will be handled by this system in the name of the foundation on behalf of the host. If the host does not agree, the industry template will be automatically closed."

Hearing the system's urging, Jiang Hang hurriedly sent out one last question.

"I agree, I agree... But system, can we discuss changing the location? I don't really mind art galleries, but if you change it to an animation company, I think I'll be more motivated to take on commissions in the future!"

Chapter 45: I had no choice before, now I just want to be a good detective.

After the system clearly stated its "take it or leave it" attitude, Jiang Hang could only tearfully accept this private art museum, valued at approximately seven billion yen.

Even after returning to his office, Jiang Hang couldn't help but sigh with a sense of loss.

He was such a positive and energetic detective, and all he ever did was work on projects so that the whole industry would be scrambling to make the animations he wanted to see when he had enough money. How come he suddenly became a big collector before he even found a studio?

Wait a minute, if I were to sell that art museum right now... wouldn't I instantly become a real billionaire?

After all, the system only said that the foundation's money couldn't be withdrawn, but it didn't say that I couldn't cash out in this way, right?

Jiang Hang suddenly thought of this, but the idea only lingered in his mind for a moment before disappearing.

He certainly didn't want to hear that Director Ochiai in prison had vomited blood and died on the spot after learning the news.

Anyway, this is an art museum that I got for free. Moreover, after the industry template is activated, according to the system, the art museum will not only not require me to pay a penny of maintenance fees, but will also give me a certain amount of money and reputation rewards regularly.

After taking advantage of the system's features, Jiang Hang also gained a new function for free. He felt that the system's actions were a bit too generous.

Sorry, system bro. I was saying before that the system rewards you gave me were watered down, but it turns out you were preparing something big for me. I misunderstood you.

Jiang Hang sincerely apologized to his system in his heart, completely forgetting how he had called the system a dog before.

At the same time, he also began to think about that so-called industry template.

In the game genre, the Assassin's Creed series does have gameplay related to industry, such as the manor in Assassin's Creed II and III, the Jackdaws in Assassin's Creed IV, the coffee shop in Assassin's Creed Unity, and the Black Crows in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. All of these require building up the business step by step, which left a particularly deep impression on Jiang Hang back then.

In the game, Jiang Hang likes to AFK on the side and wait for the manor's income to arrive. He will wait until he has bought all the equipment he can buy and leveled up all the skills he can before going out to unleash his full power.

Unfortunately, this element was greatly weakened in later Assassin's Creed games due to a change in style, which is quite regrettable.

Snapping out of his thoughts, Jiang Hang finally noticed the strange looks that Shizuka Sakaki and Yuno Koharu were giving him.

It was clear that Shizuka Sakaki had told Yuno Kiharu everything that had just happened, and Jiang Hang felt that there was no problem with letting the two of them know this news.

If relationships between people are corrupted because of this, then Yoshino Koharu and Shizuka Sakaki will only remain at this level from now on.