The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Now, about twenty days later, Shinichiro has inherited the Shinichiro Hospital that his father left him.

However, since Shinichiro is only 25 years old, two years younger than Asami, he is not yet capable of serving as the director of a hospital. Therefore, he plans to work in other hospitals for a few years to accumulate enough experience before taking over his father's hospital.

According to Conan's description, Araide Tomoaki is a gentle person with extremely high medical talent and is also very handsome, to the point that Conan worries that Ran might be infatuated with him.

When Jiang Hang met Araide Tomoaki as Kogoro Mouri's friend, he sensed a strong "normie" aura emanating from him after just one meeting.

First, Jiang Hang used Eagle Eye to confirm the other party's identity, ensuring that the other party was not impersonated.

Then, in the ensuing conversation, Jiang Hang quickly discovered the problem.

Although the man standing in front of him, Tomoaki Araide, did know Kyosuke Kazato, he had no idea about what had happened seven years ago. Moreover, he had been busy these past few days preparing for his job at another hospital in Tokyo next month, spending all his time at home reading books and having little contact with the outside world. He had not even heard about Ran's amnesia, let alone going to Professor Agasa's house to treat Conan.

Even after hearing about Xiaolan's amnesia, he was surprised and stood up, wondering how such a thing could have happened, and he wanted to take some time to visit Xiaolan.

Hearing this, Jiang Hang roughly understood the situation.

It seems that someone has impersonated Araide Tomoaki and gone to Professor Agasa's house, but that person's behavior seems rather strange.

Although Shiho Miyano suggested that this might be a test for Conan, the other party did not do anything to Conan after disguising himself as Tomoaki Araide. Instead, he even hinted at the culprit's true identity to Conan, which seemed more like he was helping Conan.

Jiang Hang did not tell Shinichiro Tomoaki about being impersonated today. Instead, after chatting with him for a while, he felt that the person was unlikely to be related to the winery, so he left Shinichiro Hospital.

He planned to go back to Professor Agasa's house first to check if that fake Araide Tomoaki had installed any eavesdropping devices or miniature cameras there before deciding what to do next.

However, just as he reached his AE86, he noticed a woman who looked somewhat familiar sitting inside his car.

Because her movie had been broadcast on TV recently, Jiang Hang quickly recognized the woman sitting in his car.

Hollywood actress Chris Vineyard, who announced her retirement from acting last week.

Chapter 213: Chapter 211: How did I, an assassin, become a Templar Knight?

Jiang Hang's gaze fell on the Hollywood actress who was sitting in his car for some reason.

He just went to chat with Shinichiro to ask about the situation, and there was a female celebrity in his car who had recently announced her retirement from acting.

Jiang Hang's mind immediately started to fill in the blanks. Could this be the legendary "big star falls in love with me" trope? What era are we living in? This kind of thing has been written to death.

Jiang Hang knew very well that this kind of development would not happen in his life, so he immediately turned on his eagle eye on the woman who suddenly got into the car and sat in the passenger seat.

Under Hawkeye's vision, the female celebrity, who was wearing sunglasses and made no other disguises, emitted a bright red light, signifying that she was a very important figure in the world.

Jiang Hang quickly recalled whether there were any women in Detective Conan who looked similar to her, and at the same time, he said to the female celebrity without showing any emotion, "Madam, I don't think we've met before, have we?"

Facing Jiang Hang's sharp, eagle-like gaze, Chris Vineyard, or rather, Vermouth, who was completely unmasked, revealed a smile.

“I originally wanted to invite you to a more suitable place, but it’s not too bad as it is now, Mr. Jiang Hang. Would you like to have a drink with me at a nearby bar?”

Hearing the woman invite him to a bar, Jiang Hang's expression remained unchanged, and he refused her without hesitation.

"I'm sorry, I have to drive later, and I don't usually drink much."

Jiang Hang was currently trying to figure out the woman's identity. Judging from what she had just said, she seemed to be a member of the distillery. Among the famous women in the distillery, the only one Jiang Hang remembered was "Vermouth".

Unfortunately, Jiang Hang only knew that Vermouth existed, but apart from knowing that she was a suspected traitor and a master of disguise, he knew nothing about what she had done in the main Conan storyline.

Jiang Hang's impression of Detective Conan, which aired on TV when he was a child, was basically limited to the first hundred episodes. After Ai Haibara appeared, his impression of her became less profound.

The only main storyline he remembered was when Ai Haibara drank baijiu and turned back into Shiho Miyano, then climbed the chimney and was discovered by Gin. As for the characters who appeared later, he basically only knew them through the movies and some Conan commentary videos made by YouTubers.

In addition, he would occasionally see clickbait marketing accounts with headlines like "The person I was most afraid of in my childhood, but I found out I felt most sorry for him when I grew up." After clicking on them, he would find out that they were actually writing about Gin.

Ahem, back to the main topic. After learning that this woman might be Vermouth from the Black Organization, Jiang Hang did not lower his guard against her just because those content creators had labeled her "Detective Conan's mother" and "Black Organization traitor."

The woman has found him now, and judging from what she said, it seems that she was not originally planning to meet him now, but only had to appear in front of him because of some unexpected events?

Thinking about this, Jiang Hang naturally realized that the person who installed the listening device in Ran's hospital room yesterday and disguised himself as Araide Tomoaki to go to Professor Agasa's house to investigate Conan's situation today was probably the woman in front of him. As for what she wanted to do, Jiang Hang really couldn't figure it out.

However, what Vermouth said the next moment almost made Jiang Hang, who had advanced disguise skills, lose his composure.

"This is my first time dealing with you, but are all Templars like you?" Vermouth said this seemingly casually.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hang was dumbfounded once again.

Jiang Hang, of course, knew that in the Assassin's Creed universe, the greatest adversary of the Assassins was the Templars. Even before the terms "Assassin" and "Templar" existed in the pre-Christian era, these two organizations had been at odds. Even in the modern era of the Assassin's Creed universe, the two organizations had not reached a decisive point of life or death, although the Templars had the upper hand most of the time.

But that's not the point. What he really wants to know is how he, a perfectly good assassin, suddenly became "sweet potato" in this woman's mouth.

Besides, isn't the Brotherhood in this world just something he made up? Where did this woman get the idea that he's a Templar Knight, and why does she think he is?

Jiang Hang suddenly remembered what his system had once told him: the Pioneer Foundation had made a fortune from the Karasuma Group in the early days of the brewery's establishment, and had even managed to force the brewery to swallow the whole thing.

Jiang Hang had wondered at the time if the system had simply sent a team of assassins to dance at the entrance of the winery's hot springs. But now it seemed that his system had shifted the blame onto the Templars at that time.

To avoid being exposed in front of this woman, Jiang Hang quickly sent an inquiry to his system, wanting to find out exactly what had happened back then.

Even at this point, his unreliable system didn't tell Jiang Hang anything more. It only told Jiang Hang that this was the most suitable method after the system's judgment, and that he should continue to use this identity to communicate with the other party.

Listening to his own explanation, Jiang Hang only felt a strong sense of perfunctoriness.

In reality, the assassin system was just a perfunctory gesture towards Jiang Hang.

Because this Templar Knight is not something created by the Assassin System either; it's still the work of the root of all evil, the "Yen Generator Plugin."

As mentioned before, because this plugin was created by the "Behind-the-Scenes Tycoon System," after Jiang Hang named his detective agency "Pioneer Agency," the plugin automatically matched Jiang Hang with a Pioneer Foundation.

The problem lies here: Jiang Hang underestimated the capabilities of his own system, while the Assassin System underestimated the power of this seemingly insignificant plugin.

Initially, this plugin simply altered the timeline from fifty years ago to allow the Forerunners Foundation to be born in this world, and its function was merely to provide the host with a legitimate source of funds.

However, when Jiang Hang questioned it about how the foundation was exploiting the winery, it discovered that although the foundation generated by this small plugin was still established fifty years ago, the "pioneers" who founded this foundation could actually be traced back to before the Common Era!

Chapter 214: Chapter 212: Vermouth's Information

In the Assassin's Creed universe, the Forerunners are an intelligent race that existed before the birth of humankind, and are also the source of the myths in the Assassin's Creed world.

Both the Templars and the Assassins were founded by people with the blood of the Forerunners.

If Jiang Hang had simply given his detective agency a normal name and hadn't used the "Brotherhood" name when bragging to Gin, the plugin probably wouldn't have reacted much. It would have simply generated a low-key conglomerate or foundation to provide its host with financial resources.

However, Jiang Hang named his firm "Pioneer" and also told others the name "Brotherhood," which happened to trigger the hidden setting created by the "Behind-the-Scenes Tycoon System" that made the plugin.

Speaking of which, let me briefly introduce the behind-the-scenes super-rich system.

The Godly Tycoon System and the Behind-the-Scenes System are new types of systems that have emerged in recent eras. In the "Most Popular System Ranking," similar systems always occupy the top spots on the list.

The "Behind-the-Scenes Godly Tycoon System," which possesses both the "behind-the-scenes" and "godly tycoon" styles, can be described as a "system winner" born with a silver spoon in its mouth.

However, even though it was already ahead of more than 90% of the systems by nature, the behind-the-scenes rich system was also well aware that the trend in the system circle was constantly changing. The upgrade system and the cultivation system that used to occupy half of the system circle gradually declined, and now, although these rich system types are still in their prime, they may become outdated at any time.

Therefore, it has been researching the future of the Godly Rich System.

Not long ago, when it was invited to provide a money plugin for a two-dimensional patch pack, it added a lot of personal stuff to the plugin that it hadn't had time to try out yet.

In addition to providing the host with a legitimate source of money and its expertise in behind-the-scenes organization, it also includes its latest research on "customizing the behind-the-scenes organization according to the host's expectations (bragging)".

It didn't think too much when it created this hidden feature. After all, this anime patch is mainly for systems that follow the "anime infinite flow" type, while systems that follow the "crossover anime daily life flow" type generally don't need the behind-the-scenes organization module. At most, they can turn off this feature after creating a large conglomerate.

However, no system could have imagined that a hardcore assassin system would download this anime-style patch.

Not only is it completely incompetent at using the features in this patch, but this assassin system is also worried about losing its "Excellent System" title, a title that most new-generation systems no longer care about. After making a mistake, it dares not turn off the function that it could actually turn off, nor does it dare to report to the System Administration Bureau. It can only continue to make the mistake.

The host chosen by this system this time happened to be an enthusiast of the Assassin System. Ultimately, due to various reasons, this seemingly ordinary plugin achieved 1000% effectiveness in the hands of Jiang Hang and the Assassin System.

Because of Jiang Hang, this plugin has created two organizations, the Assassins and the Templars, in the timeline of this world "without affecting the major changes in history." In name, Jiang Hang has been the "sole leader" of these two organizations since their inception before Christ.

Regardless of the Assassin Organization's influence, the analysis from that plugin revealed that the Precursor Foundation had become one of the Templars' assets.

If this plugin continues to run, it might actually be able to create a pre-existing civilization that existed before humanity.

However, even if the Assassin System knew these things, it wouldn't tell Jiang Hang, let alone since it itself was still clueless about them.

Meanwhile, Jiang Hang, after a brief moment of confusion, still unaware that his background had become even more powerful, accepted the fact that he had been forcibly "rebelled" by his own assassin system and transferred to the Templar Knights' camp.

Although his own system didn't tell him the reason, it only told him that only the head of the brewery knew about the Templars and had always been wary of the Forerunner Foundation. But Jiang Hang found a suitable reason for his own system: when he was chatting with Gin, he mentioned the Brotherhood and the Assassins. He guessed that the system created the Templars to cover for him so that the brewery wouldn't find out directly.

In other words, the brewery probably doesn't know that he rescued Shiho Miyano and Akemi Miyano in the name of the Brotherhood, or that the brewery has already begun to suspect him as a "Templar Knight".

It seems like it's time to test my acting skills against this Hollywood actress.

Remembering what the system had told him—that only the boss in the distillery knew about the Templars—Jiang Hang looked at the woman in front of him, whose identity he couldn't yet fully ascertain, and his expression turned serious.

"Tell me your identity. You must be the one who installed the bugging device yesterday and impersonated Shinichi Araide today. State your purpose."

Vermouth did not hide her identity and directly revealed her code name at the brewery.

Upon hearing that the other party was Vermouth, although he knew that the threat could not be ruled out, Jiang Hang still breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"The Karasuma Group? I've heard of you. Is the perpetrator in this case a member of your organization?"

Vermouth shook her head and explained why she had installed the bugging device: "Of course not. Actually, for some reason, I was once saved by that girl."

"So when I came to Japan and learned that she had lost her memory, I simply wanted to help that girl. But now it seems that I was overstepping my bounds," Vermouth said, focusing her actions on gratitude and repaying a debt of kindness, without mentioning anything related to Conan.

Jiang Hang nodded noncommittally, and the two of them "tacitly" skipped over the matter of Vermouth disguising herself as Araide Tomoaki to test Conan.

"So what brings you to us? Your organization hasn't forgotten what happened forty years ago, has it?" Jiang Hang asked Vermouth in a deep voice.

Vermouth chuckled and shook her head: "Of course not. Before I came here, the gentleman from our organization told me not to offend you. Besides, our organization only came to inform you because we obtained information about the 'Assassin Brotherhood'."

Chapter 215: Chapter 213: Jiang Hang, who almost became the boss of the distillery

Jiang Hang now finally understands what it means to "investigate myself".

He's an assassin disguised as a detective, but the backdrop behind him is the Templar Knights. And now he's learned from a traitor in the brewery that the brewery boss seems to want to get information about the "Assassin Brotherhood" from him, this "Templar Knight".

According to Vermouth, one night forty years ago, Karasuma Renya, who was preparing to teach the Forerunner Foundation a lesson, met several Templar Knights and witnessed their "superhuman power".

Jiang Hang had no idea what power his system had displayed in front of Karasuma Renya.

However, according to the system's description, after witnessing the power displayed by the Templars back then, Karasuma Renya even expressed his desire to offer up the entire Karasuma Group to become an outer member of the Templars.

However, because this would cause a huge change in the world's situation, the system ultimately rejected it on the grounds that "the Karasuma Group is not qualified enough."

Listening to the explanation from his own system, Jiang Hang couldn't help but complain: Well, back then, the Pioneer Foundation not only almost bankrupted the brewery, but he almost became the brewery's BOSS to achieve the "I beat myself" achievement.

Although Karasuma Renya's request to join the Templars was rejected, he still heard some so-called "truths about the world" from those Templars.

He knew that the Templars were a mysterious organization that had been hiding in human society for thousands of years to maintain "a certain order," and he also knew that besides the Templars, there was another assassin organization in the world with a completely opposite purpose.

Over the years, only a few senior executives at the distillery have known about these things.