The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

"I cherish my life. No matter which work I'm in, I'm sure I'll survive to the last episode. I won't do anything I'm not sure I can do."

"In comparison, you should think about your audition in a few days. You and Mu Chun are my students whom I have taught with great care. If you still can't debut, I will lose face."

Upon hearing Jiang Hang mention the audition she was going to attend in a few days, Shizuka Sakaki's expression changed.

For the past two weeks, she has been practicing her voice-changing skills. Although she has already made some progress, she still gets nervous when it comes to auditions, clearly because her previous disastrous auditions left a deep impression on her.

Seeing the tension on Shizuka Sakaki's face, Jiang Hang said to her in a sinister voice, "If you haven't made your debut before Ultraman is filmed, you'll have to do the voice acting for the monsters in Ultraman."

Shizuka Sakaki's expression immediately became subtle.

Jiang Hang, are you trying to get me to do voice acting for a monster? Are you a devil?

Sakaki Shizuka really wanted to ask Jiang Hang if he was joking, but judging from Jiang Hang's "bad" behavior of bullying Conan every day, he seemed like he really would do such a thing.

Although the image of Ultraman hasn't appeared yet, filming will probably start in a few months. If she hasn't passed the audition by then, the thought of having to voice those fierce-looking monsters all day long fills Shizuka Sakaki with deep despair.

After Jiang Hang shifted Shizuka Sakaki's attention to voicing monsters, he began to consider the information he had obtained from his visit to Tatsuo Wakabayashi.

A new suspect, Eisaku Tokiwa, has emerged, and he intends to begin investigating this person.

According to Tatsuo Wakabayashi, Eisaku Tokiwa, a bigwig in the medical field, has many drug research institutes under his control. If he really has a connection with the brewery, he might even be the head of drug development at the brewery.

It's even possible that Shiho Miyano herself was working on drug development research at one of their research institutes.

To Jiang Hang's surprise, he hadn't even begun investigating Tokiwa Eisaku's case yet. The next morning, he received an unexpected piece of news from Inspector Megure.

Tatsuo Wakabayashi, whom he had just met yesterday, was found dead in his study.

Chapter 154: Chapter 153: Suicide? Homicide?

After learning that Wakabayashi Tatsuo had died by poisoning himself in the early hours of last night, and that the police were still investigating whether it was suicide or homicide, Jiang Hang was stunned for several seconds and couldn't come back to his senses.

He was very familiar with this kind of development, because such things often happened around Conan, the elementary school student who was a death god.

Is he going to become the Grim Reaper detective too?

The thought of this possibility sent chills down Jiang Hang's spine.

He remembered the system telling him that Conan was an important character in this world, so he was always surrounded by all sorts of cases.

Besides Conan, there are many other famous detectives in the world. The number of cases that happen around them may not be as many as Conan's, but they are still far more than the average person.

It is precisely because detectives are a profession "favored" by the world that his system specially disguised itself and renamed itself "Detective System".

Jiang Hang hadn't thought much about it before, but now he seemed to realize that what the system had said before wasn't just empty talk.

He tried to contact his system to find out if the incident was a coincidence, but the system did not respond to his question.

After failing to get any answers, Jiang Hang turned his thoughts to the news of Wakabayashi Tatsuo's death.

If Hayashi Tatsuo is dead, and he happened to have visited him yesterday, he will now have to be questioned by the police.

On his way to the crime scene, Jiang Hang first ruled out the possibility that the winery was behind it.

While the fact that Wakabayashi Tatsuo died after he had inquired about the other party makes it easy to associate him with the brewery's style, if the brewery was behind it, then he, who visited Wakabayashi Tatsuo yesterday, should have been the brewery's main target.

As for suicide... Jiang Hang also felt it was unlikely, because when he talked to Wakabayashi Tatsuo yesterday, his mental state was very good. Before parting, he even invited Jiang Hang to play golf together next time.

Given his mental state, Jiang Hang simply couldn't imagine that he would choose to commit suicide.

So it's highly likely it was murder...

Thinking of this, Jiang Hang couldn't help but clench his fists.

When they arrived at the Wakabayashi residence again, the police had already cordoned off the area.

Inspector Megure is currently questioning the people who stayed at the Wakabayashi residence last night. Upon seeing Jiang Hang arrive, Takagi Wataru walks over and quietly asks Jiang Hang if he noticed anything amiss when he visited yesterday afternoon.

Jiang Hang shook his head. If he had discovered any problems, Ruolin Chenfu wouldn't have been in trouble.

He briefly explained to Takagi Wataru the purpose of his visit yesterday. Takagi Wataru knew that he was looking for information about Shirakage Pharmaceuticals, so he did not hide this from him.

Of course, on Takagi Wataru's side, the case record only stated that Jiang Hang had visited Wakabayashi Tatsuo to investigate the information he had been commissioned to do.

After speaking, Jiang Hang asked Takagi Wataru in a low voice about the specific cause and circumstances of Wakabayashi Tatsuo's death: "When I came over this afternoon, Mr. Wakabayashi was in good spirits and there was no indication that he would choose to commit suicide. Did you find anything suspicious?"

When asked about this, Wataru Takagi seemed somewhat frustrated: "As of now, we haven't found any problems. The estimated time of death is around 1 a.m. last night, and the cause of death is drug poisoning."

"After the incident, the first person to discover it was the family's nanny. She found it strange that the deceased had not gotten up and went to the study to look for him, only to find that he was already dead."

Takagi took out a small bottle that had been kept as evidence: "It was placed on the deceased's table, and after testing, it was determined that it contained potassium cyanide."

"At the same time, during our testing, we detected potassium cyanide in the wine glass used by the deceased before his death and in the red wine inside the glass, but we did not detect potassium cyanide in the bottle of red wine that the deceased drank from."

“In addition, we checked the nearby surveillance footage and found that no one entered or left the villa last night. The entrances and exits inside the villa were also locked last night. If the deceased was murdered, then the murderer is one of the people who stayed overnight at the Wakabayashi residence last night.”

Listening to Takagi Wataru's description, it seems that Wakabayashi Tatsuo is very likely to have committed suicide, but in Jiang Hang's eyes, it is more like a disguise deliberately made by the murderer.

Jiang Hang looked at the people still being questioned and asked Takagi Wataru, "Is it possible that one of them poisoned Mr. Wakabayashi and then staged his death as a suicide?"

"That is indeed a possibility, so we are currently investigating whether these individuals have a motive for committing the crime."

Takagi Wataru explained to Jiang Hang that there were five people who stayed at the Wakabayashi residence last night. Apart from the Wakabayashi family's nanny, Fujishiro Masami, the other four were all relatives of Wakabayashi Tatsuo. They were either working at a hospital or medical students, and all of them had access to potassium cyanide.

The five people all looked somber, as if they were lamenting Wakabayashi Tatsuo's departure.

The person speaking now is Wakabayashi Teruo, the younger brother of Wakabayashi Tatsuo.

He sighed at Inspector Megure: "Actually, yesterday was my brother's birthday. Our whole family celebrated for him, and we even had a family meeting."

His gaze fell on Fujishiro Masami beside him: "My brother recently wants to remarry, and his new wife is the family's housekeeper, this Ms. Fujishiro."

With everyone's eyes on her, Fujishiro Masami appeared quite reserved and didn't dare to say a word.

“My brother is 62 years old this year, and at this age, he wants to remarry... Anyway, we had a fight last night during a family gathering.”

Inspector Megure's gaze fell on the others, who all nodded, indicating that they had opposed Wakabayashi Tatsuo's decision the previous night.

Tatsuo Wakabayashi's eldest son, Keiichi Wakabayashi, also sighed heavily and picked up where Teruo Wakabayashi left off.

"As you know, my father is so old, yet he still wants to date a woman the same age as me. We all think he might be being deceived emotionally, and that the other party is trying to swindle our Ruolin family's property."

"So last night, during our argument, I said a lot of hurtful things, saying it would bring shame to the Wakabayashi family, and that he had been deceived by this woman. I also told him to reconsider the matter. In the end, my father left feeling very frustrated. I never imagined he would commit suicide because of it..."

At this point, the eldest son wiped his eyes, seemingly regretting what had happened the previous night.

His wife, Harue Wakabayashi, also glared at the silent Masami Fujishiro, saying, "If we had known it would end like this, we shouldn't have let this woman into our home!"

Having read this far, Jiang Hang could roughly understand the motive behind the murder of Wakabayashi Tatsuo.

Is this another uncomfortable property dispute?

Chapter 155: Chapter 154: Don't ask me about the modus operandi, go ask the murderer directly.

Jiang Hang's gaze fell on the nanny, Fujishiro Masami, whose eyes were red and who was keeping her head down and not speaking.

It seems that before the police arrived, the nanny had already been repeatedly criticized and even verbally abused by Tatsuo Wakabayashi's family, leaving her only able to hide to the side and silently wipe away her tears.

Wakabayashi Tatsuo's younger brother, two sons, and the eldest son's daughter-in-law all seemed to believe that this woman had deceived Wakabayashi Tatsuo for the sake of the Wakabayashi family's property. Then, because of their opposition, Wakabayashi Tatsuo was extremely upset and, in a moment of despair, committed suicide by poisoning himself.

None of the four members of the Wakabayashi family seemed to have any objection to this conclusion.

Tatsuo Wakabayashi was still there saying that he shouldn't have stopped his brother if he had known this would happen. Even if Masami Fujishiro really came for their family fortune, at least his brother's feelings for her were genuine, and they shouldn't have hurt Tatsuo Wakabayashi's feelings because of this.

Then, the three younger members of the Wakabayashi family sighed in agreement, and finally looked at Fujishiro Masami with disgust, as if blaming Fujishiro Masami for Wakabayashi Tatsuo's death.

Upon questioning this point, even Inspector Megure felt that Tatsuo Wakabayashi might have indeed chosen suicide because he couldn't get his family's consent.

After finishing questioning those people, Inspector Megure skillfully turned to Jiang Hang for further questioning.

"What do you think, Brother Jiang Hang?"

Jiang Hang has only listened to these people's conversation and has not yet been to the crime scene, but he still feels that this should be a murder, not a suicide.

“I have always felt that Mr. Wakabayashi is not the kind of person who would commit suicide. Yesterday, when we were chatting, he even took out his treasured red wine and poured it for me with a big smile. I couldn’t see any suicidal thoughts on his face at all.”

Jiang Hang raised another finger: "And I've also noticed something suspicious. Even doctors wouldn't just take such a dangerous substance as potassium cyanide home, would they? When did Mr. Wakabayashi bring this bottle of potassium cyanide back from the hospital?"

"Perhaps Wakabayashi Tatsuo went to the hospital to retrieve it after the family meeting because he was feeling down..." Inspector Megure said somewhat uncertainly.

At this moment, Takagi Wataru whispered a reminder to his superior: "We just checked the surveillance footage. No one entered or left the Wakabayashi residence yesterday evening. According to the timeline, the Wakabayashi family meeting hadn't started yet at that time, so the bottle of potassium cyanide was already in the Wakabayashi residence much earlier."

After being reminded by his subordinate, Inspector Megure realized the problem: "This is indeed a suspicious point. When and why did the deceased bring the bottle of potassium cyanide home? I'll go and ask them again to see if they know about this."

However, Jiang Hang stopped him immediately: "Miss Fujishiro, as the nanny, is definitely the most knowledgeable about all the big and small things in the house. Besides, Miss Fujishiro has barely said anything just now. I suggest we go and ask her separately. Perhaps she still has some hidden information that she hasn't revealed."

All five people who stayed overnight at Wakabayashi's house last night are suspects, but compared to those who might have killed Wakabayashi Tatsuo due to property disputes, Fujishiro Masami is naturally the least likely.

From a very realistic perspective, if she successfully married into the Wakabayashi family, she would have a share of Wakabayashi Tatsuo's assets. But right now, she hasn't married into the Wakabayashi family yet and is still just an ordinary nanny. Killing Wakabayashi Tatsuo at this time would not bring her any benefits.

Soon, under Inspector Megure's questioning, Fujishiro Masami stated that although Wakabayashi Tatsuo was very serious when working, he rarely brought work-related matters into his daily life.

Aside from the usual medications kept at home, there was absolutely no way Wakabayashi Tatsuo could have brought back such a dangerous drug as potassium cyanide from the hospital.

This kind of thing can be easily verified, so Fujishiro Masami probably wouldn't lie about such a thing.

"Furthermore, Ms. Fujishiro also felt that the deceased would not have chosen suicide."

Inspector Megure nodded at Jiang Hang: "Brother Jiang Hang, you're right. Miss Fujishiro did indeed hold back some things just now."

“Before the Wakabayashi family meeting last night, Ms. Fujishiro received an email from the deceased. It contained encouraging words about their relationship, which doesn’t seem like the behavior of someone who would choose suicide because their family was preventing them from doing so.”

Inspector Megure looked at Jiang Hang with a serious expression: "But we can't tell anything from the appearance of those four people. If it really is murder, how did the killer get the victim to drink the poison?"

"Mr. Wakabayashi really likes red wine. His study cupboard is full of red wine. Perhaps he would have a glass of red wine before going to bed at night. I just never expected that someone would poison the wine."

Jiang Hang said this, and then talked about the possible ways the murderer might have poisoned the wine: "The murderer either poisoned the wine glass or the wine bottle; I tend to think it's the latter."

He recalled his meeting with Tatsuo Wakabayashi yesterday: "When Mr. Wakabayashi was pouring wine for me and himself yesterday, he paid close attention to these details. If the murderer had poisoned the wine, it would have been easy for Mr. Wakabayashi to discover it."

“But no potassium cyanide was detected in the wine bottle…” Inspector Megure was still a little confused, but after seeing the subtle look in Jiang Hang’s eyes, he quickly changed his tune, “Wait, I know, if the victim was indeed murdered, then that bottle of poison was definitely placed on the victim’s table by the murderer to make it look like a suicide, and that bottle of red wine with poison must have been taken away by the murderer!”

Inspector Megure managed to figure out the killer's method before Jiang Hang could even speak, but he quickly fell into a new dilemma: "However, since the deceased valued red wine so much, if the killer had opened the wine bottle and poisoned it beforehand, there's a chance the deceased would have noticed it beforehand."

Jiang Hang's lips twitched. He rarely drank red wine, so how could he possibly know anything about this?

But now Inspector Megure was looking at him with a curious expression, waiting for him to answer his questions.

Jiang Hang could only cough lightly and then change the subject: "Ahem... The more important thing now is to consider the possibility that the murderer hasn't disposed of that bottle of red wine yet. As for the method of the crime, we can just ask the murderer about it after we catch him."

After being reminded by Jiang Hang, Inspector Megure immediately realized what was happening. He ordered several officers to search the entire villa and to have all the wine and wine bottles tested. If potassium cyanide was detected, they were to report to him immediately.