The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

“In fact, Masaki and I have been good friends since college, and we have kept in touch for the past twenty years. Just a few days ago, when Masaki and I were out for a gathering, he told me with a wary look, ‘I’m afraid I’m being targeted, and I might not be able to save my life soon.’ At first, I thought he was joking, but his expression showed that he wasn’t.

As Abe Yutaka spoke, behind Jiang Hang, the two girls, Sakaki Shizuka and Koharu Yuno, were both frightened by what the middle-aged man said. They originally thought it was just a simple stalking case, but they didn't expect there to be such a twist in it. The world of detective masters is indeed not to be trifled with.

"Being targeted?" Jiang Hang frowned, then pressed on, "Didn't the other party tell you who was targeting them?"

"Unfortunately, no matter how much I pressed him, he refused to tell me about it. I'm very worried about his situation, but I have to go on a business trip with my colleagues tomorrow morning and won't be back for three days. So I hope you can follow him for the next few days and see if you can find out anything. I think that shouldn't be a problem, Detective Jiang Hang?"

After listening to the other party's description, Jiang Hang had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

Since Abe Yutaka wants to use himself as the other party's alibi, will this man named Negishi Masaki be found dead in these three days?

Leaving aside the question of why he wanted to kill his friend of twenty years, the real question is: what method did he intend to use to kill Masaki Negishi during his business trip?

Was it a murder-for-hire, or did the other party prepare some special methods?

Jiang Hang pondered for a while but still couldn't figure out what Abe Yutaka was planning to do. But since this case had come to his hands, he naturally wouldn't let his reputation slip away.

"Of course, no problem. It's our duty as detectives."

He readily agreed to Abe Yutaka's request, and the other party was quite generous, paying a deposit of 20 yen in advance.

"Then, starting tomorrow, my friend's safety will be in your hands, Detective Jiang Hang. Please be sure to investigate my friend's movements over the next three days. If anything happens, just contact me by phone." Abe Yutaka bowed deeply to Jiang Hang, then turned and left the office.

After seeing the other person off, Shizuka Sakaki returned and handed the notes she had just made to Jiang Hang.

The above is a simple record of the meeting that just took place, and it seems that Shizuka Sakaki is doing a really good job as a front desk assistant.

“Jiang Hangjun, this looks like a very dangerous case. You must be extra careful when you are following Mr. Negishi Masaki.”

Yoshino Koharu nodded in agreement with Shizuka Sakaki. If something happened to Jiang Hang, she would have to find a job again, and she didn't want to experience that interview nightmare again.

"But Mr. Abe Yutaka really values ​​his friend. Even when he was about to go out, he didn't forget to come and find the detective."

Listening to the two girls' words, Jiang Hang activated Eagle Vision, marked Abe Yutaka who had just left the agency, and poured himself a glass of water.

Don't you find this strange?

"?"

Neither of the two girls understood what Jiang Hang meant.

"Jiang Hang, did you find something?" Sakaki Shizuka recalled her conversation with Abe Yutaka just now, but there didn't seem to be anything strange about it. Could it be that Jiang Hang discovered some clues in such a short meeting?

“This Mr. Negishi Masaki said he was being targeted and that his life might be in danger... In this situation, shouldn’t the first thing an ordinary person think of is to call the police? Why would he come to find a detective?” Jiang Hang pointed to himself, “a rookie detective who has only been in business for three days.”

As Jiang Hang said this, Mu Chun Yuno also noticed it and found it a bit strange.

“Perhaps there’s something wrong with Masaki Negishi himself that makes him afraid or unable to ask the police for help? For example, maybe he’s actually a gang leader with a lot of messy grudges on his hands, and now his enemies have come knocking on his door,” she said to Jiang Hang after thinking for a while.

It's normal for her to have such thoughts. After all, with Masaki Negishi's appearance, he does have a bit of a yakuza boss vibe. At least, yakuza bosses on TV are usually played by actors who look like him.

“That’s certainly possible. It’s a pity the agency has just opened and doesn’t have a reliable intelligence network or informants. Otherwise, we could investigate this Masaki Negishi and maybe find out.” Jiang Hang casually remarked.

He then looked at the two girls. This incident was most likely a meticulously planned murder, but since he was going to follow Abe Yutaka, he might encounter some danger, so it was best not to take them out.

"I'm going out for a bit now. I'll leave the office to you. If I'm not back tonight, just close the office when you leave work."

As he said this, Jiang Hang changed his clothes in his room. With the help of the basic disguise skill, he made some simple disguises.

When Jiang Hang reappeared in front of the two girls and asked them "How are you?" in a deliberately disguised voice, both girls expressed surprise.

"Wow, amazing! Just by changing your clothes, Jiang Hangjun seems like a completely different person. If you were standing next to the original you, you wouldn't even be able to tell that it's the same person at first glance," Mu Chunyuno exclaimed in amazement.

Shizuka Sakaki, however, focused her attention on Jiang Hang's voice.

Although the other person's voice didn't have any particular characteristics, it wasn't the kind of voice that was deliberately lowered. Instead, it was a change of her own voice to a different style. As someone who aspires to become a voice actress, she could naturally distinguish between the two.

No wonder Jiang Hang asked himself yesterday if voice actors can freely change their voices; I didn't expect him to have some knowledge in this area...

Perhaps I can discuss these techniques with Jiang Hangjun sometime in the future.

Chapter 15: Tracking

Tracking someone and ensuring they remain undetected is not something just anyone can do, but for Jiang Hang, it was far too easy.

The combination of camouflage, assassin footwork, and eagle eye lock-on essentially eliminates the possibility of being discovered by the pursuer.

No matter how alert you are, if I can still detect you while I'm following you from across a building, then it would be a battle between superpowered individuals.

It was obvious that Abe Yutaka was not a superpowered person, and he never expected that the detective he had hired to follow someone else would follow him the very next day.

Although he had basic vigilance, it was far from enough when facing Jiang Hang, who could track him down even from two streets away.

The other party's residence is not too far from Jiang Hang's office, only about half an hour away.

That's perfectly normal. It would be strange if someone traveled all the way to a small detective agency on the other side of the city.

After confirming that Abe Yutaka had entered his residence, and seeing that it was almost dinnertime, Jiang Hang found a restaurant nearby and ordered dinner. While eating, he would occasionally use his eagle eye to check on the other party's movements.

However, Abe Yutaka made no move until 8 p.m. On the contrary, just as Jiang Hang was preparing to get closer to the other party's location, Koharu Yuno sent him a message.

Jiang Hang opened the email and found that it contained some simple information about Masaki Koreshi.

He called Yuno Kiharu and discovered that she had been trying to investigate the other person's information ever since he left. He didn't know how she did it, but she actually managed to find out the other person's identity.

Although it was just a very basic intelligence report, containing only information about Masaki Negishi's profession, age, and basic family background, and although it wasn't closely related to the case, it was clear that Yoshino Kiharu had put a lot of effort into compiling this information.

Moreover, this also shows that Yuno Kiharu seems to really have some talent in this area. He managed to snatch her away, and on the very first day, Yuno Kiharu gave him an unexpected surprise.

Who knows, she might actually become a great assistant in the future.

Thinking this, Jiang Hang also solemnly expressed his gratitude to Yoshino Kiharu for her hard work. After hearing that she and Shizuka Sakaki had been researching information at the agency until after get off work, Jiang Hang generously said that he would treat them well after the case was over.

After nine o'clock, Jiang Hang saw Abe Yutaka go out again. However, what caught Jiang Hang's attention was that he actually chose to drive out. This action made Jiang Hang's mouth twitch.

I miscalculated. I haven't gotten my driver's license since I came to Japan, and I haven't even bought a car yet. I didn't expect the other person to choose to drive.

I need to get my driver's license as soon as possible so I can buy a car.

With this in mind, Jiang Hang wanted to follow Abe Yutaka by hailing a taxi like in TV dramas, but reality is not like a TV drama where you can just flag down a taxi and chase after someone as soon as they drive away.

In reality, Jiang Hang waited by the roadside for almost a minute before a taxi finally arrived.

You can't trust the experiences shown in TV dramas.

After muttering this to himself, Jiang Hang quickly got into the car.

Fortunately, Abe Yutaka was still within Hawkeye's detection range. Jiang Hang pretended to be looking at his phone while telling the driver the other party's current location.

After arriving at the original location, he quickly stated Abe Yutaka's current position.

As it turns out, Jiang Hang's daily exploration tasks over the past week have been quite effective. At least he has memorized all the place names in the vicinity and can now recall which street the other party went to.

Although the driver seemed a little confused, after Jiang Hang identified himself as a detective and handed over a business card from his agency, the taxi driver didn't ask Jiang Hang any further questions about where he wanted to go.

Anyway, no matter where Jiang Hang goes, he has to pay according to the distance, and he would love for Jiang Hang to take him around a few more times.

After driving for about twenty minutes, although this place is still in the city, it is clearly a relatively remote industrial area rather than a residential area. At least Jiang Hang's exploration has not yet reached this area.

Sensing that the other party had stopped their car, Jiang Hang also chose to stop on the street several hundred meters away from them.

However, just in case, Jiang Hang paid the driver some extra money, essentially hiring him for the night.

If Abe Yutaka is only staying here temporarily and the taxi driver drives away again, it won't be easy to find a taxi in this place so late at night.

The taxi driver was very polite. After accepting the money, which was equivalent to what he would earn in a whole day, he immediately patted his chest and said that if he needed anything in the future, he could just call him.

Jiang Hang also carefully noted down the driver's contact information. Contact information is accumulated little by little. Maybe one day he will have the opportunity to contact the driver again, or maybe the driver will encounter some trouble and come to his office for help.

After getting off the bus, Jiang Hang silently made his way towards Abe Yutaka's location in the darkness.

This is an industrial area, and right now, Yutaka Abe is doing something in an empty warehouse.

Jiang Hang found a suitable place to monitor the other party's actions.

His Hawkeye can still only see intermittently, but after his physique improved, the cooldown of Hawkeye has been shortened a lot. If he only looks at the opponent for two or three seconds at a time, resting for a minute before using Hawkeye again will not put too much pressure on his eyes.

There was only one person in the warehouse, but from Jiang Hang's intermittent view, it seemed that Abe Yutaka was waiting for someone. He even made a phone call, but it was unclear who he was talking to.

Jiang Hang guessed that he might be in contact with that Masaki Negishi, and that the other party wanted to kill him in this warehouse tonight?

But Jiang Hang had some doubts. If she killed Negishi Masaki here, then who would he be tracking for the next three days?

What method will Yutaka Abe use to create an alibi?

Jiang Hang was very clear about his own position—just an assassin disguised as a detective.

He'd read quite a few mystery novels these past few days, but that hadn't really helped his deductive reasoning. All he could do was use the assassin techniques provided by the system to find the truth, but he could never become a detective like Shinichi Kudo, who could deduce the murderer's methods simply by thinking.

Time passed slowly, and about ten minutes later, another car stopped not far away. Jiang Hang was also alerted; it seemed that the person Abe Yutaka was waiting for had arrived.

Chapter 16: Perfectly Fulfilling the Client's Commission

Eagle Eye confirmed that the person who arrived was indeed Masaki Negishi, whom Abe Yutaka had entrusted Jiang Hang to track for the next three days.

Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to have any doubts about his friend calling him here so late. Apparently, his friend often called him out at this time in the past.

Jiang Hang currently has no evidence to prove that Abe Yutaka harbors murderous intent, so he has not shown himself but continues to wait. He will appear and save Negishi Masaki's life as soon as Abe Yutaka makes his move.

After Masaki Negishi arrived, Jiang Hang used Eagle Eye much more frequently. Although it put a lot of pressure on his eyes, he had no choice but to push himself a little in order to save Masaki Negishi's life.

However, it was clear that Abe Yutaka's patience was not that good. After bringing his friend into the warehouse, he only checked that there was no one around before secretly taking out an iron bar and smashing it heavily on Negishi Masaki's head.

"A murder has been detected occurring around the host. Please arrive at the scene as soon as possible to stop the incident. Successfully stopping the incident will earn you a corresponding system reward." The system notification sounded at that moment.

Upon seeing Abe Yutaka take out the iron bar, Jiang Hang dialed Inspector Megure's number and quickly told him the location of the murder case, which he had learned from the taxi driver. After that, Jiang Hang rushed into the warehouse.

At this moment, Abe Yutaka somehow produced a can of gasoline and poured it on the unconscious Negishi Masaki—he was actually going to burn him alive!

Hearing the sound coming from the warehouse door, he was startled. Forgetting about the gasoline he hadn't finished spilling, he quickly picked up the iron bar that had been lying to the side.

He hadn't expected that Abe Toyoto, who had just impulsively defeated his longtime friend, would also be stunned, his murder plot, which he had been planning for months, would be witnessed by someone.

Originally, he was preparing to proceed with the next step of his plan, but after being discovered, Abe Yutaka's malicious intentions resurfaced.

The person who had barged in then stood before him. Upon seeing the scene on the ground, the person seemed to be startled and froze on the spot.

In this situation, he didn't immediately recognize that the other person was the detective he had hired that afternoon, but simply assumed he was a passerby who happened to be passing by and heard the noise.

He unconsciously tightened his grip on the iron bar. Facing an unarmed passerby, he decided to go all in and take care of him as well. As for an alibi, he could consider that after the guy in front of him was dealt with.

"Ha...ha..." Having just defeated his longtime friend, and now facing off against another, Abe Yutaka's eyes hardened with rage. He breathed heavily, swinging his iron bar towards the head of the "terrified" passerby!

However, the next moment, before his iron bar could strike the other person, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen.