The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Hearing Jiang Hang's words, Muchun Yuno seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh, Jiang Hang, do you mean you want to solve that Gunma Prefecture case while you're in Tokyo?"

"I remember there was a detective in one of the mystery novels I've been reading recently who specifically described this kind of detective... oh right, it's called the armchair detective. Jiang Hang, are you already thinking of developing in this direction?"

Hearing Koharu Yuno's flattering words, Jiang Hang's lips twitched slightly.

His assistants have been binge-reading mystery novels lately, and he also makes time to learn about famous mystery works, such as the armchair detective.

The biggest difference between an armchair detective and a regular detective is that a regular detective needs to travel back and forth between different scenes. For example, although most of the cases in the Conan series take place in Tokyo, a considerable number of cases still require them to travel all over Japan, and in some chapters or theatrical works, they even go abroad to investigate cases in person.

Back when Jiang Hang was watching Detective Conan, he even complained about what was going on with Conan's school. Why could Conan follow Kogoro Mouri all over the world? Did their school not have a system for absenteeism?

An armchair detective doesn't need to care about these things.

A chair, a cup of tea, a television, and a newspaper—with just these things, armchair detectives can sit comfortably, sipping tea, reading the newspaper, and watching television, all while unraveling the truth of the case.

Like Miss Jane Marple from Agatha Christie's novels, she was usually a kind old lady who sat in her armchair knitting and liked to chat with people. But when a case occurred, she would connect all the trivial details she knew with astonishing speed in order to find the culprit.

If he could, Jiang Hang would certainly like to become an armchair detective who can solve cases without leaving home, but the clue alone is enough to stump him.

After all, to become an armchair detective, one must first ensure the completeness and accuracy of the intelligence. If any crucial information is missed at the scene, even the most skilled detective cannot conjure up case clues out of thin air while sitting in a chair.

Of course, the matter of gathering clues is easy to solve. As long as he develops the Brotherhood's influence and has members active all over Japan, when a case occurs, he can send them to gather information and then relay it back to Jiang Hang for resolution.

In that sense, it's somewhat reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes's brother, Mycroft Holmes.

In the setting, Mycroft Holmes works in a government agency and is an indispensable key figure in British politics. Although he is not a detective, he can solve the problems he takes on in the shortest amount of time. What he does is stay in his office and listen to the intelligence from the intelligence department.

Sherlock Holmes himself admitted that his brother had a higher intelligence and reasoning ability than him, and every time Holmes asked his brother a question, his brother's answer was later proven to be correct.

Jiang Hang stroked his chin and thought about it. Since Conan is going to become the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei/Reiwa era, isn't it only natural for him to be Sherlock's older brother?

Unfortunately, the idea was good, and Jiang Hang was also preparing to work towards it.

As things stand, this model is not yet suitable for Jianghang's style.

The reason Jiang Hang was able to solve one case after another in such a short period of time and become a rising star detective was not because of the reasoning ability he gained from watching Detective Conan on TV when he was a child, nor because of the criminal investigation techniques he had recently taught himself in the learning space. Rather, it was because of Hawkeye's incredibly clear and comprehensive scanning of the crime scene.

Before finding the ability to grant others eagle-eye vision, the possibility of becoming an armchair detective is still somewhat distant for Jiang Hang.

However, since Yoshino Koharu has brought it up herself, it's not a bad idea to give it a try.

Anyway, their two assistants need more opportunities to try things out; what if they actually uncover some important clues?

Therefore, in response to Yoshino Kino's question, Jiang Hang gave her an encouraging look: "Try to gather as much information as possible. If you can find anything, that would be great. If you can't find anything, we can go to Gunma Prefecture together next week."

Encouraged by Jiang Hang, the two assistants earnestly expressed that they would definitely work hard.

In the cases Jiang Hang has been dealing with recently, it seems that none of his assistants have provided him with any help, which makes them feel quite embarrassed.

Now that Jiang Hang has finally entrusted them with this "important commission," they will naturally do their best to investigate what secrets are hidden behind this so-called Spider Mansion.

After explaining this obviously troublesome request, Jiang Hang noticed that the two girls seemed to have taken out the invitations he had thrown into the trash can yesterday afternoon.

Picking up the invitation to a memorial service for a certain actor, Jiang Hang looked at Shizuka Sakaki with a scrutinizing gaze: "Did you bring this out?"

When Jiang Hang brought up this matter, Shizuka Sakaki blushed slightly.

“Because I grew up watching director Akira Sakamaki’s movies, and I heard that many big stars will be attending this memorial service. Besides the big stars from Japan, there are rumors that Chris Vineyard, the Hollywood star who recently announced her retirement, will also be attending. So when I saw this invitation in the trash can, I felt it was a shame to just throw it away…” Shizuka Sakaki fiddled with her fingers awkwardly, seemingly feeling a little embarrassed. “But I just feel a little sorry. If you don’t want to go, Jiang Hang, could you give it to me to keep as a souvenir?”

Jiang Hang originally had no particular interest in this gathering, and he wouldn't mind if Sakaki Shizuka wanted to give it to her directly. However, as he listened, he suddenly heard a familiar name from Sakaki Shizuka, which immediately piqued Jiang Hang's interest.

Chris Vineyard, isn't that Vermouth? That woman is not to be trifled with. Why would she want to attend this memorial service?

And this invitation, could it be that Vermouth got it for him?

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Hang, without changing his expression, asked Muchun Yuno to introduce the life and works of director Sakamaki Akira.

Aside from the latest anime series, the only entertainment works he'd ever paid attention to in this world were those he wanted to copy but found already existed in this world. Big stars and directors were completely foreign to him.

According to Shizuka Sakaki, Akira Sakamaki's status in the Japanese film industry sounds somewhat like that of Akira Kurosawa. He made many world-shaking films in the last century, winning numerous awards worldwide and receiving an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. In a sense, he can be considered a national treasure-level director who single-handedly raised the status of Japanese films on the world stage in the last century.

No wonder Shizuka Sakaki picked up the invitation when she saw it being thrown into the trash can.

"Let's leave this invitation here for now. It was sent in advance anyway. I'll ask Da Bao Films and Yingdu when I have time to see if they know about this invitation. If there's nothing urgent, I'll take you there for a look around."

"But before that, I need to see this director's work first, otherwise going there without knowing anything would just be disgusting to the organizers."

The memorial service was secondary; Jiang Hang was more concerned about why Vermouth would deliberately use that identity to attend the party in Japan, even though the FBI had already taken notice of Chris Vineyard's identity in the United States and even tracked her down to Japan.

Is this a provocation against the FBI, or is she planning to use this identity to do something more special?

Jiang Hang wasn't in a hurry. He figured he could just go to the memorial service and ask the woman in person.

But neither the Spider Mansion nor this memorial service is the most important thing right now.

After grabbing a quick bite, Jiang Hang instructed the two girls to continue investigating the commissioned materials at the agency, while he arranged for someone to move the Animus device from Professor Agasa's place to the basement of his art museum.

His art museum has been swamped lately thanks to the incredibly generous spending of his system's big brother, with various art exhibitions and events never stopping. It seems like new art pieces are being delivered to the museum almost every day, so an Animus piece doesn't really attract much attention.

After a little busy work, Jiang Hang reinstalled Animus.

After that, naturally, he went to test the Altaïr memories given to him by the system and the Eivor memories that he hadn't had time to experience before he transmigrated.

With Akemi Miyano watching over things, Jiang Hang carefully imported the data into the machine, then lay down on it and began this extremely realistic Assassin's Creed experience.

Chapter 405: Chapter 402: Altaïr's Training Tutorial

Although Jiang Hang is a ten-year veteran of Assassin's Creed, to be honest, he has never actually played the first Assassin's Creed game himself.

After all, the first game was released too early, and there was no subtitle function in the game. So when Jiang Hang traveled through time, the so-called Chinese version of Assassin's Creed 1 that could be downloaded online was actually just a Chinese translation of the menu options and some data files. When the characters were talking, the players still had to rely on their English listening skills and the in-game instructions to figure out who to kill next.

Jiang Hang's understanding of this work mainly came from watching video explanations and the memes about Altaïr circulating online, which gave him a basic understanding of Altaïr.

The Assassin's Creed game tells the story of Altaïr, who had become a master assassin, but due to a mission failure, he was forced to become a novice assassin again. After completing nine assassination missions, he discovered that his mentor in the Brotherhood was actually a Templar spy. In the end, he killed his mentor and became the next leader of the Brotherhood.

Later, in Assassin's Creed II, he learned that Altaïr, in the decades after he became the leader of the Brotherhood, led the Brotherhood to unprecedented prosperity.

However, what the system gave us was certainly not something so simple.

The memories in Jiang Hang's hands can be said to be Altaïr's entire life. If someone were to experience the whole thing without taking any precautions, those with weak wills might develop a second personality like Altaïr from these memories, or even become Altaïr himself.

Jiang Hang was quite eager to experience the complete memories of this assassin master's life, but there was no rush. There would be plenty of time to experience it later. Right now, he should focus on compiling a training manual for the Brotherhood as soon as possible.

Of course, under normal circumstances, it is not easy to edit out each of these memories individually.

Fortunately, the system was very helpful. When gifting the memories, it also included an editing tool that could be used to edit them. A few days ago, Jiang Hang took some time to study how to use Animus in the learning space. Now, his theoretical knowledge of Animus and memory editing is quite good. The only thing he lacks is practical experience.

His goal this time was to find some memories of Altaïr's training in assassin skills during his youth, as well as memories of his assassination missions, and ideally, some memories of the Brotherhood's creed and code.

As for the contents related to the Eden artifacts and the Golden Apple, it is obviously not appropriate for Yusuke Sakata and the others to know about them at this time.

After all, the idea of ​​a golden apple that can manipulate people's minds is too fantastical, and it sounds strange no matter how you explain it.

After all, this thing is easy to be coveted by anyone, no matter who has it. If a traitor comes out in the Brotherhood and makes the whole world know about it, then Jiang Hang will have a headache.

So it's best to keep this a secret for now. Maybe he can tell Shiho Miyano and the others later when he actually gets the Golden Apple or something even more advanced from the system.

In fact, even the main characters in the game, after obtaining the Eden artifacts, would not make a big fuss about what they were. They would either keep them for themselves or let them be buried in the dust of history, waiting for future generations to find them.

After spending more than two hours briefly browsing through Altaïr's memories, extracting the more important time points for tracing, and roughly knowing Altaïr's location and what he was doing at each time point, Jiang Hang, who had the highest access to the instrument, simply selected some of Altaïr's memories from his training, combat, and mission periods.

While it may not seem too difficult to recall, it will be a different story when future people enter these memories and strive for perfect synchronization.

Upon returning to reality from the Animus, Jiang Hang was immediately met with the curious gaze of Akemi Miyano standing to the side.

Although the Animus device has the function of displaying the memory images on the computer screen simultaneously, Jiang Hang's speed of switching between memories was too fast. For the first hour or so, he was constantly switching time points, making it impossible for Miyano Akemi to understand what Jiang Hang was doing.

Later, after Jiang Hang slowed down his switching speed, she finally understood what type of memories Jiang Hang was looking for.

However, these fragmented images were clearly not enough for her to figure out what kind of person this medieval assassin master named "Altaïr" really was.

Her main role here now is to check on Jiang Hang's physical condition and, after two hours, to wake him up from the Animus.

Seeing that Jiang Hang was slowly regaining consciousness, Miyano Akemi's first question was what it was like to live in the Middle Ages, showing that she was genuinely interested in these things.

Miyano Akemi wanted to try it herself, and Jiang Hang thought about it for a moment and decided that letting her experience the training tutorial he had just edited wouldn't have any negative impact.

"Then come and try out the training tutorial I just created. To avoid any side effects, I'll give you an hour. Let's see how high a rating you can get on the instrument in an hour."

Jiang Hang briefly explained to Miyano Akemi what synchronization rate was: "In these memories, you have a certain degree of freedom. Of course, you still need to try your best to get close to what the owner of this memory did in his lifetime. If you do too many things that violate his personality, it may lead to synchronization failure. Our goal is to obtain a higher synchronization rate in the memories and learn the skills he had in his lifetime."

Miyano Akemi still seemed a little nervous and excited about Jiang Hang's explanation.

She was excited because she could experience a completely different life, which was an unprecedented experience for her.

And the tension is understandable.

After all, she had just seen on the surveillance footage that the other party silently sneaked into the house in the dark and assassinated their target. She certainly couldn't have done those things herself.

She was a little worried that if she performed poorly, Jiang Hang might be disappointed in her.

With these feelings in mind, she lay down on the Animus memory with some trepidation. Under Jiang Hang's control, a white light flashed before her eyes, and then she entered the world where Altaïr once lived in the memory.

Chapter 406: Chapter 403: Miyano Akemi's Wish

Akemi Miyano is not a person who feels secure.

Unlike Shiho Miyano, who grew up under the control of the Black Organization from the time she became conscious, she had a rather warm childhood.

My parents run a small hospital in the countryside. Although their income isn't very high, it doesn't put too much pressure on them to support their family of three.

However, being away from academia could not extinguish the flame in her parents' hearts. As her mother became pregnant with her younger sister, her parents wanted to give them a better environment. In the end, her parents agreed to the organization's invitation and joined the organization with their family, including Shiho, who was not yet born at the time.

At first, things were fine. Her parents were quickly given important positions in the organization, and Miyano Akemi felt that period was probably the happiest time of her life.

However, this period of good fortune did not last long. As the time spent in the organization gradually increased, even Miyano Akemi could sense that the organization her parents had joined was not as simple as she had imagined, not to mention her parents.

Akemi Miyano always remembered that shortly after her parents secretly gave her dozens of recordings left for Shiho Miyano, and unusually, hugged her one night and cried, saying many apologetic words and asking her to take good care of Shiho, her parents died in a car accident.

From that moment on, her life turned completely gray.

Those who initially seemed quite kind soon began to reveal their true colors.

She was only four or five years older than her younger sister, so she had to take care of her sister and follow the organization's instructions to complete various training programs and test her talents and abilities.

But taking care of her younger sister was already hard enough, so she had no energy left to complete the various courses and studies assigned to her by the organization.

Furthermore, ever since her parents died, she has harbored a deep-seated resentment towards the organization, making it even less likely for her to diligently follow its instructions.

Ultimately, when she was twelve years old, the age when most people are just starting middle school, she was deemed a useless piece of trash by the organization, and they completely abandoned her.

Those years were arguably the most agonizing period of her life.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for her genius younger sister, her treatment within the organization would probably be no different from that of Kiichiro Numabuchi, who escaped from the organization.