The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Chapter 144: Chapter 143: Clues Found in the Bar

Inside Dr. Agasa's research institute, Jiang Hang sat shirtless on a chair, while Dr. Agasa disinfected and applied medicine to the wound on his back.

Jiang Hang's injuries weren't serious, but he definitely needed treatment.

Conan is now looking at Jiang Hang with lingering fear.

"I didn't expect that organization to find out so quickly; they just blew up the bar..."

This almost certainly confirms that there were other members of the brewery at the Mihana Hotel who tipped them off.

However, with at least several hundred people attending the launch event for the new game from Full Paradise, conducting an investigation was no easy task.

The hidden member of the distillery definitely needs to be investigated, but Conan's attention is now focused more on the items Jiang Hang risked his life to bring out of that bar.

A newly released car magazine from the last couple of days doesn't seem to have anything particularly special about it.

Professor Agasa will have a trusted friend analyze the few cigarette butts and a few strands of hair from an unknown person in a while to see if he can find anything.

Finally, there was a business card that had been crumpled into a ball.

It's truly thanks to Jiang Hang's exceptional skills and daring; otherwise, no one else could have remained so calm and collected at the scene of an explosion that was about to happen in a minute, ensuring their own safety.

Conan's first investigation naturally focused on the business card.

After seeing the name and position of the person written on the business card, Conan quickly found information about this person online.

Shigehiko Toguchi, 56, is a politician and a member of the House of Representatives.

Online searches reveal the suggestions and bills proposed by Shigehiko Tomoguchi after he became a member of parliament. He seems no different from other politicians. It's unexpected that he would have connections with the Black Organization in private.

Now that Professor Agasa has applied the medicine to Jiang Hang, Jiang Hang put his clothes back on and looked at the information Conan had just found out.

"For a brewery to have such a large influence in Japan, and to still be able to remain hidden in the shadows, its influence must have already permeated every aspect of life. However, the fact that Shigehiko Tomoguchi left that business card at that bar suggests that he has only recently become involved with the brewery."

Conan nodded: "But we don't know yet whether Shigehiko Tobuchi was approached by the organization on his own initiative, or whether someone he knows is part of the organization and they only told him about it because they were planning to recruit him."

Hideaki Nakajima, who had just been taken to the police station for questioning, was approached by the brewery. But Shigehiko Tonoguchi is different; he is a member of parliament, and the brewery's attitude towards him might be different.

If it's the former, then this clue can only be traced back to Shigehiko Tobuchi; if it's the latter, then it might also involve another important member of the brewery.

“I’ll follow him for a few days to see if I can find out more information,” Jiang Hang nodded.

Now that Shigehiko Tobuchi is involved with the brewery, as long as we follow him for a while, his actions will naturally not escape Jiang Hang's notice.

After finishing talking about Shigehiko Tobuchi, Conan's gaze returned to the magazine.

He held the magazine in his hand and carefully flipped through it; there were no special markings or codes on it.

But it is precisely because there are no markings that it seems strange.

It wouldn't be too surprising for an ordinary bar to have a car magazine, but this wasn't an ordinary bar. In addition, Jiang Hang had specifically brought this out from the bar that had now been completely destroyed. Conan was now thinking about the possible problems with this magazine.

Dr. Agasa is also looking at that magazine now. As the oldest person present, he does remember this car magazine.

"This magazine... I've heard of it since I was young. It's probably one of the more authoritative car magazines in China. It's been around for two or three decades now. Could it be that the publisher of this magazine is related to that organization?"

“That’s possible, but there’s another very important point that’s questionable. I think Jiang Hang, you probably noticed this and found it suspicious, which is why you brought this magazine over.”

The sudden sound came from Conan, and Jiang Hang and Professor Agasa's attention were simultaneously drawn to him.

Conan was now pointing at the cover of the magazine.

He was an elderly man in his seventies, with a full head of white hair, but he was in good spirits. Jiang Hang could see his name and identity directly on the magazine cover.

Kenzo Masuyama, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Puro Automobile Company.

"Is it possible that one day a member of the organization sees another person from their organization on the cover of a magazine, and out of curiosity, he buys the magazine and takes it to the bar, and when they leave, because the magazine is something that can be bought everywhere, they think it is unimportant and leave it at the bar."

Conan shared his guess and then opened his phone to search online.

Soon, as if he had confirmed something, he picked up his phone and showed it to Professor Agasa: "After learning that the organization basically uses the names of alcoholic beverages as code names, and even a bar is named 'Cocktail,' I wondered if the companies and enterprises associated with the organization would also choose to use alcoholic beverage names as their names."

"Puro is a type of Pisco, Peru's national wine, referring to Pisco made from a single grape variety. Perhaps it's just a coincidence, but given that this magazine happened to be in that bar, I think there's at least a 50% chance that this man named Kenzo Masuyama is a member of the organization. Maybe his code name in the organization is Pisco or Pro."

After speaking, Conan looked at Jiang Hang, seemingly wanting to get some response from him.

After all, Jiang Hang brought this magazine back specifically, and given Jiang Hang's consistently demonstrated observation and judgment, Conan would be the first to disbelieve that Jiang Hang hadn't noticed anything.

The thought that Jiang Hang was able to find so many key clues in just one minute made Conan put himself in Jiang Hang's shoes.

In such a short and urgent time, he probably could only find the business card in the trash can at most, and would not have thought that this seemingly ordinary magazine would hide a bigger secret.

Looking at Jiang Hang, whose expression remained unchanged, Conan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Compared to Jianghang, I still have a long way to go to catch up.

Chapter 145: Chapter 144: Kenzo Masuyama's Intelligence

To be honest, when Jiang Hang was looking for things in the bar, he chose them entirely based on how much they were highlighted in Eagle Eye's eyes and how convenient they were for him.

In the bar lobby, this thing and the business card in the trash can were the most eye-catching, and also the easiest things for him to reach.

There were more compelling clues in the bar's storeroom and office, but time was of the essence at that moment, and he simply couldn't go to the office and storeroom to find and bring those clues out.

Before rushing to Professor Agasa's house, he had carefully read the magazine after retrieving these clues from the bar.

To be honest, he really didn't expect that the people from the winery would openly wait on the cover of a car magazine.

At the time, he shared a similar thought with Dr. Agasa, which was that he wondered if there might be any problems with the magazine's publisher.

For example, it may look like an ordinary magazine on the surface, but after deciphering it using the winery's special codes and passwords, you can obtain some important information, such as who is to assassinate so-and-so, or who is to make a deal with whom in a certain place.

After hearing Conan's words, he realized that he had watched too many spy movies and was overcomplicating simple things.

Although the brewery is a hidden organization, it must contain big names from various industries. These people will definitely come out into the public eye. This Kenzo Masuyama is probably a pawn that the brewery has placed in the financial world.

As expected, Conan is still Conan. He truly deserves to be called the strongest detective tool under his command. He only noticed the name of Masuyama Kenzo's car company and thought of so many things.

The reason he could maintain a calm demeanor in Conan's eyes was simply because, after mastering advanced disguise techniques, Jiang Hang was able to control his facial expressions very well. If he didn't want to, even a master of micro-expressions wouldn't be able to discern anything from his face, let alone Conan.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hang coughed lightly and then nodded to Conan.

“You’re right. Besides the fact that Kenzo Masuyama is very likely a member of the brewery, we’ll probably have to spend more time investigating other companies with names related to the brewery in the future.”

"Although this will take a lot of time, at least we have something to investigate, which is much better than us standing still for the first half of the month."

Ten days ago, Jiang Hang and his team already knew about the existence of Baijiu Pharmaceuticals and that this was important information. However, until now, they have made no progress on this pharmaceutical company that went bankrupt twenty years ago.

Now, in addition to Shigehiko Tobuchi, members of the brewery who may be hiding beside him, Kenzo Masuyama who is suspected of being a member of the brewery, and many other companies whose names contain the name of a liquor, they have also come into their observation range. The mysterious organization of the brewery has finally been exposed once again.

Having obtained new information, it was natural to go and confirm it with Akemi Miyano.

Kenzo Masuyama is already 70 years old. If he is a member of the brewery, he probably became a member decades ago. Perhaps he was able to get to where he is today because of the brewery's strength.

Perhaps Akemi Miyano will remember this "veteran member" of the brewery.

Conan followed along this time, as it concerned whether his guess was correct.

On the rooftop of the Mihana Art Museum, Akemi Miyano looked at Kenzo Masuyama with a furrowed brow.

“This person… I seem to remember him. When Shiho and I were little, there was someone who came to see my parents a few times, and it lasted for several years. I just never knew his name.” Miyano Akemi tried hard to recall her past.

"It seems like this person came quite frequently when Shirahato Pharmaceutical had just gone bankrupt and when my parents were invited to the organization. After Shiho was born and my parents died in the fire, he stopped coming around. If I hadn't seen the photo, I wouldn't have remembered him at all..."

Miyano Akemi's words almost confirmed Masuyama Kenzo's background.

Jiang Hang and Conan exchanged a glance. They were surprised that Miyano Akemi had actually met Masuyama Kenzo, and Miyano Akemi's words also revealed that this Masuyama Kenzo seemed to have some kind of connection with Shirahato Pharmaceutical.

Hakugo Pharmaceuticals may have been covered up by the brewery, making it difficult to find the truth of what happened back then, but Masuyama Kenzo's side might be a breakthrough.

When Miyano Akemi learned that Jiang Hang had desperately gathered these clues next to a bomb that was about to explode, she looked somewhat ashamed, as if she felt that if she had remembered these things earlier, Jiang Hang wouldn't have had to take such a risk.

“It’s enough that you can confirm he’s a member of the brewery. Besides, we have a lot of new leads in addition to Masuyama Kenzo’s information. This level of adventure is totally worth it.” Jiang Hang, who had undergone hellish training in the training space, considered this level of adventure nothing.

Compared to information about Shirakyu Pharmaceuticals, information about Kenzo Masuyama is much easier to gather.

Moreover, as a bigwig in the financial world and the chairman of a car company, he doesn't need to be too secretive when investigating him. In addition to asking his two assistants and Ayasato Chihiro for help, this time he can directly ask Suzuki Jirokichi, a wealthy tycoon, for assistance.

"You want to know about that old man, Kenzo Masuyama?" Suzuki Jirokichi asked, somewhat puzzled by Jiang Hang's question at the Suzuki residence.

Surprisingly, the old man, Jirokichi Suzuki, actually knew the other party. He seemed to think that Jiang Hang was interested in the car company and directly tried to dissuade him.

"If you're thinking of buying his lousy car company, you should probably forget about it. He treats his company like a treasure."

As he said this, Suzuki Jirokichi patted Jiang Hang on the shoulder: "If you really want to invest in the automotive industry, I'll talk to Shiro. Our Suzuki Motors is much better than his car company. We'll get you a custom car. Just driving it around might make the headlines!"

Hearing that Suzuki Jirokichi was even thinking about making headlines while driving, Jiang Hang couldn't help but twitch his lips.

"I actually think their company's car design style is pretty good, so I want to talk to him about some investment cooperation. If you know him, could you tell me what kind of person Kenzo Masuyama is?"

Suzuki Jirokichi may have sensed that Jiang Hang's inquiry about Masuyama Kenzo wasn't just about the man's car, but he didn't pay much attention to it and directly started talking to Jiang Hang about Masuyama Kenzo.

Chapter 146: Chapter 145: The Rumors of Karasuma Renya

Kenzo Masuyama and Jirokichi Suzuki were contemporaries.

Jirokichi Suzuki had known the other person since he was young, but at that time Kenzo Masuyama was nothing special.

It seems that Masuyama Kenzo joined a certain group when he was in his twenties and became a member of that group.

When talking about "that group," Jirokichi Suzuki seemed to have some mixed feelings.

"The Karasuma Group, owned by Renya Karasuma, was a behemoth fifty years ago. At that time, the Suzuki Group, which had only been established for a little over ten years, was not even qualified to be compared with it. Who could have known that the Karasuma Group, which was at its peak, would suddenly dissolve forty years ago?"

"Even the Suzuki Group today is probably still far inferior to the Karasuma Group back then."

When Jiang Hang heard Suzuki Jirokichi mention Karasuma Renya, he was startled.

He remembered that a few years before he traveled back in time, the most exciting news in the Conan manga was the exposure of Karasuma Renya, the founder of the Black Organization. It was around that time that he, who hadn't paid attention to Conan for many years, went to watch a few Conan movies.

After arriving in this world, Jiang Hang naturally searched for information about Karasuma Renya. However, all he could find was that Karasuma Renya died forty years ago, and that after his death, the once-powerful Karasuma Group collapsed and has now completely disappeared.

Of course, Jiang Hang knew that the Karasuma Group had not actually collapsed or disbanded, but had transformed into the transnational criminal organization with unclear objectives without anyone knowing.

Jiang Hang, out of habit from his past life, has always called this organization the "Drinkhouse," while Conan calls it the "Black Organization" because of its dark image. Perhaps other intelligence organizations may have different names for this organization.

In short, until Jiang Hang transmigrated here, he only knew that the brewery was probably founded by Karasuma Renya, but he had no way of confirming who the current BOSS of the brewery was.

After all, if Karasuma Renya were still alive, he would be over 140 years old by now.

If he had already developed a drug to reverse aging and prolong his life at that time, then who developed that drug, and what is its connection to the drug that Shiho Miyano developed that made Conan look like this?

If Karasuma Renya is already dead, then who is the current boss of the brewery, what is his relationship with Karasuma Renya, and did he inherit the organization to revive Karasuma Renya or have other ulterior motives?