The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

So the production team invited Kogoro Mouri, whose reputation was no less than Jiang Hang's recently, to serve as a consultant.

But now that Jiang Hang has arrived, the stagehand seems to think that Jiang Hang has also been invited to serve as an advisor.

After learning the details, Jiang Hang became curious about the film crew. With the help of the production assistant, Jiang Hang and Imai Midori successfully entered the film crew.

When Kogoro Mouri saw Jiang Hang coming over, his expression instantly turned strange.

Why do I keep running into Jiang Hang wherever I go lately?

Recently, his fame has spread because of the nickname "Sleeping Kogoro," and he has not only become more famous, but he has also received more requests. In addition, with the large sum of money Conan's mother gave him for support some time ago, he can now be considered to have achieved great success.

But every time he met Jiang Hang, he felt a strange sense of frustration.

The art museum incident had already been resolved by Jiang Hang when he arrived; after receiving a request from Ikemura Kimie, Ikemura Kimie suddenly became a suspect in an attempted murder, and his request naturally fell through; regarding the murder case he encountered a few days ago, Jiang Hang somehow got the information, rushed over, pointed out the errors in his reasoning, and finally found out the truth.

Everything goes smoothly elsewhere, but things just don't go right when it comes to Jianghang.

Online, people say that Jiang Hang is the nemesis of Phantom Thief Kid, but Kogoro Mouri thinks that Jiang Hang should be his nemesis.

Chapter 107: Chapter 106: Conan's Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred

Seeing Jiang Hang inexplicably running over, Kogoro Mouri subconsciously thought of his identity as a "film crew consultant".

Could Jiang Hang have come here just to take this position from me?

Although this role as a consultant on the production team doesn't pay much and won't bring much fame, Kogoro Mouri didn't join the team for that reason.

His gaze involuntarily fell on a female actress who had just finished filming a scene and was taking a break.

That's Yoko Okino, a female celebrity who's currently very popular throughout Japan.

Kogoro Mouri is a loyal fan of hers. It can be said that he took on the consultant job without hesitation because he learned that Yoko Okino was also the lead actress in this TV series.

Rather than saying he came here for work, it would be more accurate to say he brought his whole family to see their idol.

Thinking of this, the way he looked at Jiang Hang changed.

Jiang Hang never imagined that the identity of this consultant would be involved in this matter.

He greeted Kogoro Mouri and Conan from afar, and the director of the film crew also came to greet him with great enthusiasm after hearing that Jiang Hang had arrived.

"Mr. Jiang Hang, I am Director Taketo Taketoshi. Are you here to provide consulting and guidance to our production team? It is truly an honor for our team," the director said, his enthusiasm bordering on the overzealousness, as if Jiang Hang had previously helped him in some way.

However, after the director whispered to Jiang Hang, "We really owe Xiao Zhong a lot for what happened," Jiang Hang immediately understood.

Although Xiao Zhongda was no good, his network of connections was indeed extensive. It was because Jiang Hang directly hit Xiao Zhongda's weak point that he was brought down so decisively.

Jiang Hang entrusted this matter to Aya Rikichi, as the hard drive and ledger containing a lot of dirt on important figures had just been secretly destroyed not long ago.

Chihiro Ayasato is currently busy dealing with the more complicated follow-up matters, working from morning till night.

As for the downfall of Xiao Zhongda, ordinary people certainly wouldn't know who Jiang Hang was, but those with connections could naturally find out some things, since Jiang Hang was just keeping a low profile and didn't deliberately hide himself.

The director standing in front of him now, Taketoshi Gondo, is also a well-known veteran director in the industry, so he has some understanding of small, medium and large-scale projects, and knows what Jiang Hang has done.

He had suffered a lot from Xiao Zhongda before, and now that Xiao Zhongda was imprisoned because of Jiang Hang, he no longer had to worry about being extorted by him. So it was not surprising that he was so enthusiastic towards Jiang Hang at this time.

The middle-aged director, who was around 50 years old, seemed to realize that he had been a bit too enthusiastic just now, so he immediately started praising Kogoro Mouri, who was not far away: "Now our crew has the famous Kogoro Mouri and Detective Jiang Hang, the Hawkeye. Our work will definitely be even more exciting after it is filmed."

I don't really know if it's exciting or not, but I know that if I didn't come to your production team, it would most likely be in trouble.

Jiang Hang thought to himself that he was just there to say hello to Kogoro Mouri and take a look around the filming set, telling the director not to worry about him.

As for Kogoro Mouri, after Jiang Hang's brief explanation, Kogoro Mouri understood that Jiang Hang did not mean to compete with him for the advisor's position, and he burst into laughter.

"What? So you came here specifically to see and learn from Kogoro Mouri's style because you saw me here?"

As he said this, Kogoro Mouri patted Jiang Hang on the shoulder with satisfaction. Although he always got the short end of the stick with Jiang Hang, he still appreciated the other's flattery.

"Then just watch closely. With Yoko Okino starring and my help, Kogoro Mouri, this drama will definitely make its mark on Japanese television history!"

Kogoro Mouri smugly told Jiang Hang that as long as Jiang Hang didn't bother him while he watched Yoko Okino filming, Kogoro Mouri would immediately have no complaints about Jiang Hang.

“Imai-kun, if you’re interested in the script for the TV series, you can tell the director that you’re my assistant,” Jiang Hang said, looking at Imai Midori, who was visiting the film crew for the first time and was therefore quite curious. “I’ve helped that director a little before, so he won’t refuse something like this.”

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Imai Midori immediately expressed her gratitude to Jiang Hang.

After Kogoro Mouri and Midori Imai were both fooled by Jiang Hang, Conan also came over.

"You changed your female assistant again?" Conan looked at Jiang Hang with a face full of disdain.

In response, Conan got another beating from Jiang Hang.

“Don’t think such dirty thoughts. She’s Shizuka Sakaki’s junior, and her goal is to become a playwright. Now she wants to adapt the cases I’ve encountered into stories, so she’s temporarily staying by my side,” Jiang Hang glanced at Conan, then sighed dramatically. “Actually, I don’t think it’s necessary, but seeing how insistent she is, I had no choice but to agree.”

"Maybe in a few years, I'll be able to see my own movie on the big screen. After all, I'm a very low-key person. Just thinking about it gives me a headache. Conan, don't you think?"

"By the way, shouldn't you, the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era, find a 'Watson' to record all your stories?" Jiang Hang's seemingly casual question made Conan grit his teeth.

That bastard is just trying to show off!

Conan now wants to express that he has no feelings of envy, jealousy or hatred whatsoever; he just can't stand the other person's boastful attitude.

But he was actually really envious!

He had been aiming to become a detective like Sherlock Holmes for several years, and had solved more than a hundred cases of all sizes. But now, Moriarty had appeared in the form of the Black Organization, while his "Watson" had not even been seen.

Why is it that Jiang Hang, who has only been in the industry for a month, already has fans writing autobiographies for him?

But seeing Jiang Hang's smug expression in front of him, Conan could only force himself to pretend to be indifferent.

"That's because I hadn't thought about this before. It's not too late to talk about it after my body turns back," Conan thought to himself about what he would do after he returned to his original form. Then he looked at Jiang Hang and said, "Anyway, let's not talk about this for now. What are you doing here? You can't have come here just to show off this kind of thing to me, can you?"

Conan glanced at Kogoro Mouri, who was already eagerly offering Yoko Okino a towel and water: "Are you also a fan of Yoko Okino?"

Chapter 108: Chapter 107: Conan: I don't encounter murder cases every day.

When Conan asked him what he was doing there, Jiang Hang immediately started to complain in his mind.

Do you, Grim Reaper, really have no idea why I came here?

However, on the surface, Jiang Hang still told Conan that he was looking for something for another client and happened to come here, and then he came over to take a look when he saw Conan and the others.

"Seeing all of you gathered here, I thought you'd run into some kind of murder case again. But when I came over to ask, I found out you're just filming a movie here," Jiang Hang said, looking at the film set not far away. "With your father-in-law involved, how's the filming going?"

It seems they are currently filming a scene where the female lead accidentally kills the male lead with a knife during an argument caused by a misunderstanding.

Because it's a suspenseful and thrilling film, the atmosphere on set was rather oppressive. In addition, the props team used red dye to create a blood scene, which actually looked quite terrifying. An ordinary person walking around here might really think they had stumbled upon a crime scene.

Conan rolled his eyes at Jiang Hang's words, completely ignoring the father-in-law Jiang Hang mentioned: "The reasoning part is so-so, nothing particularly exciting, but there aren't any major plot holes either. The final result will depend on the post-production. However, this TV series has a lot of stars, so if nothing unexpected happens, the ratings should be decent."

As he said this, he questioned Jiang Hang's previous statement: "And what do you mean by thinking I encountered another murder case? Murder cases aren't that easy to come by. I don't encounter murder cases every day, okay?"

However, after saying that, Conan couldn't help but rest his chin on his hand and began to ponder: "But speaking of which, I don't know why, but the security situation in Tokyo has not been very good lately. It seems that the frequency of murders has increased significantly recently."

No, no, no, the frequency of murders hasn't actually increased. Jiang Hang internally rejected Conan's words.

Jiang Hang had actually asked Takagi Wataru about this a few days ago, and the reply he received was that the number of murders in Tokyo last month had not actually increased significantly; Conan just happened to "encounter" those murders.

Seeing Conan's completely oblivious expression, Jiang Hang couldn't help but sigh.

He would never want to receive such "darling of the world" treatment in his entire life.

Because of Conan, Jiang Hang also took a walk around the film set, but he didn't find anything suspicious.

Imai Midori, on the other hand, is quite outgoing. After getting a copy of the script from the production crew, she's now seriously discussing the script with the screenwriter.

She has a good personality, works hard, and is talented. A girl like Midori Imai could easily stand out in this industry if given the right opportunity.

Without disturbing the girl who was working hard to improve herself, Jiang Hang returned to Conan's side.

"You haven't found any more clues, have you?" Conan asked with some concern as he watched Jiang Hang walk around outside.

He had begun to get used to Jiang Hang's inhuman observation skills, and after knowing Jiang Hang for so long, Conan's mindset had gradually shifted from the original standard process of "discovering cases, finding clues, and finding the real culprit" to "preventing the culprit before the case occurs."

However, this is not an easy task. In the few cases he has encountered recently, he actually had a vague feeling that something was wrong before the incident occurred, but in the end he was still unable to prevent the incident from happening.

Conan even occasionally has this thought: instead of calling Jiang Hang over to clean up the mess after the case has occurred, it would be better to call Jiang Hang over to take a look beforehand when he senses something is wrong.

Of course, such a thing is impossible. As a detective, Conan wouldn't allow himself to think of asking others for help every time he encounters a problem, and Jiang Hang wouldn't have that much time to help him either.

When Conan asked him a question, Jiang Hang spread his hands and said, "I made some discoveries, but most of them are insignificant."

It seems like the props department cut corners and took kickbacks somewhere; one male actor wore invisible height-increasing shoes that were over 10 centimeters high; and a cameraman secretly collected evidence of another male actor's infidelity, apparently intending to blackmail him with those photos.

Aside from the last one, which Jiang Hang thinks he should pay attention to, there's not much else to say.

It seems Conan hasn't used his powers yet today, so he can relax a little.

His gaze fell on a handsome male actor who was acting opposite Yoko Okino not far away, and he asked Conan, "Do you know that actor?"

Conan followed Jiang Hang's gaze, then clicked his tongue and said, "Him? Nachi Shingo, a star who's become popular in the last two years. But he's also a narcissistic guy. Sonoko, that fangirl, talks about him all the time. I'm sick of hearing it... What did you find out about him?"

“He’s not in any major problems. If I’m not mistaken, someone is planning to blackmail him with some photos,” Jiang Hang said, glancing at another man with shifty eyes who was taking photos not far away. He pointed at Conan and said, “It’s that guy in the red hat.”

"Extortion?" Conan was somewhat surprised.

"It's nothing more than someone taking pictures of you having an affair or cheating with a celebrity. There's nothing particularly new about the entertainment industry. And to avoid damaging your image and reputation, that celebrity will probably pay a lot of money to buy those photos," Jiang Hang said, looking at Conan. "I'm not interested in this kind of thing. What about you?"

Conan quickly shook his head. He already didn't like the actor Nachi Shingo, and now that he knew that the actor might be blackmailed for having an affair, he was even less interested: "It's a shame that Sonoko, that infatuated girl, idolizes him so much. She should really know about this."

Neither Conan nor Jiang Hang are interested in these kinds of celebrity gossip.

Since it didn't seem like a place where a murder would happen, Jiang Hang focused his attention on the filming of the movie.

It has to be said that it's quite interesting to watch actors occasionally have to do NGs for various reasons; before you know it, it's dusk.

With Yoko Okino delivering a brilliant performance, the final scene at the shrine was successfully filmed.

While Kogoro Mouri continued to diligently hand Yoko Okino a towel, the crew began cleaning up the filming location.

Jiang Hang was originally planning to leave, but the director of the crew insisted on having dinner with him. Seeing how enthusiastic they were, Jiang Hang finally agreed.

Chapter 109: Chapter 108: Has Conan evolved?

The film crew spent a lot of time just cleaning up the "bloodstains" left on set.

While the film crew was cleaning up the set, the cameraman wearing the red hat secretly said a few words to Naji Shingo. Jiang Hang then saw a look of surprise flash across the face of the popular star, who was then called away to a nearby grove of trees by the man in the red hat for a talk.

Conan, despite saying he wasn't interested in celebrity gossip, acted decisively and quickly found out who the cameraman in the red hat was.

"That cameraman's name is Anzai Morio. He used to be a hoodlum, but he got into the crew through connections. He's always been rude and unpleasant to talk to. I heard that the whole crew has a lot of complaints about him, and the director is already planning to fire him," Conan shared the information he had just gathered with Jiang Hang.