The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Chapter 495: Chapter 491: A Request from Kogoro Mouri

Jiang Hang had planned to wait until his hacking skills were displayed on the panel before using his technology to check on the FBI, meet with Shuichi Akai, discuss their mission, and also talk to his employees about their emotional issues.

He just didn't expect that a hacking skill would take him so long, so much so that it's already December and he's only now successfully added the skill to his skill panel.

Fortunately, the hacking skills that Jiang Hang has unlocked over the years are among the best he has so far.

After all, a basic skill could completely transform the Metropolitan Police Department's cyber defense system, making those professional and semi-professional cyber police officers who graduated from various prestigious universities willingly call him "teacher."

Jiang Hang felt that the upper limit of his skill was either to turn himself into a digital life form and achieve cyber immortality, or to create a real mechanical life form and become the creator of the network world.

It wasn't until today, when Conan got into trouble and Vermouth came to visit her cool guy, that Jiang Hang quite naturally noticed the little tails following Vermouth by observing Altaïr hovering above the hospital.

It's a pity that the little tail behind the other party wasn't Shuichi Akai, otherwise Jiang Hang would be planning to sneak up behind Shuichi Akai and give him a surprise attack.

However, Jiang Hang himself did not expect that not only was he now planning to meet with Shuichi Akai, but Shuichi Akai was also preparing to confront him.

In the hospital room, Conan couldn't help but prick up his ears upon hearing the news.

He was naturally aware of the fact that FBI agent Shuichi Akai, who used the alias Dai Moroboshi, had infiltrated the Black Organization using Akemi Miyano as a springboard.

After Shuichi Akai's undercover identity was discovered, he had to flee the organization and return to the FBI. This was also the main reason why Akemi Miyano lost a new member of the Black Organization, was treated as a pawn, and was prepared to be discarded after getting a sum of money from her.

Because of Akemi Miyano's disappearance, Shiho Miyano began to refuse to continue working for the Black Organization. In the end, if Jiang Hang hadn't found out the location of Shiho Miyano's research institute through various clues, she would probably have taken the drug A and turned into a child like Shinichi Kudo, just like in the original work.

It can be said that Shuichi Akai was at least half the reason why the Miyano sisters escaped the organization.

Perhaps after being rescued by Jiang Hang, Akemi Miyano has gradually let go of her feelings for Shuichi Akai, but Shiho Miyano seems to still harbor some resentment about it.

After all, no matter what, the other party did deceive her and her sister's feelings, and almost implicated her sister afterwards.

Even knowing the truth doesn't stop Shiho Miyano from giving the other party a friendly look.

“I will talk to my sister about this, but she probably won’t see that man. I also think it’s best to let that man think my sister is dead. If we let them meet again, it will only make things more complicated.”

Shiho Miyano answered in this way, seemingly wanting Shuichi Akai to regret her sister's actions for the rest of his life.

Conan, lying on the hospital bed, couldn't help but shiver slightly.

He felt that Shiho Miyano's idea was rather extreme.

But before he could express his opinion, Jiang Hang interrupted the spellcasting.

"Conan, you're one thing, but your previous attempts to hide things from Ran weren't much better than this."

"Even though they're right next to you, you keep it a secret and only contact them by phone, and you don't tell them what danger you're in, just watching them worry about you."

Jiang Hang made no merciless comments about Conan's previous behavior.

Previously, Conan seemed to have never considered that if he could never change back or if something unexpected happened in the middle, Ran would really have to worry about Shinichi Kudo for the rest of her life because of him hanging on there.

Conan was speechless and could only lower his head and pretend to be dead.

Indeed, his previous behavior was a bit too idealistic. He thought that as long as he could find evidence of the organization's crimes, he could successfully uproot the organization and then find the antidote to turn himself back from within it.

But now he has been shrunk for almost half a year, and because of Jiang Hang and Shiho Miyano, he is quite clear that this mysterious organization has only revealed a small part of what is on the surface of the sea.

The other party is hiding many things beneath the surface of the water.

There's no way he could overthrow that organization in a short time on his own.

More importantly, even though Jiang Hang has rescued the developers of Drug A several months ago, she still hasn't been able to develop an antidote for it.

Although he successfully obtained temporary medication to turn himself back into Shinichi Kudo during the case of Ran's amnesia, he soon learned that continuous use of the medication would cause his body to quickly develop drug resistance, so he never used the identity of Shinichi Kudo again after that.

Although he had some complaints about this, he also knew that making medicine was an extremely time-consuming and luck-dependent process, so he could only suppress his frustration and direct all his hatred towards the Black Organization.

Fortunately, just as Jiang Hang said, after Xiao Lan's amnesia case, the two of them formed a tacit understanding. Xiao Lan would not be so persistent about Shinichi Kudo's whereabouts, and would even take the initiative to provide him with some help at the crime scene.

Although this situation still involves that final barrier, it's the best possible outcome for him right now.

It remains to be seen whether their relationship will undergo any new changes after Xiaolan was shot and donated blood.

On the other side, Shiho Miyano looked at Conan's feigned death with some disdain.

Then she glanced at Jiang Hang again.

Compared to Conan, this guy's situation isn't much better.

From the very beginning, I was always surrounded by all sorts of beautiful girls.

But this guy's greatest pleasure is running around helping others without asking for anything in return; he's more like a partner of justice than a partner of justice himself.

God knows how the Pioneer Foundation managed to produce such a successor.

Who knows who this guy, who always likes to talk about other people's love lives but seems to have never thought about relationships with women, will end up with?

Anyway, after thinking about it seriously, she felt that no one had a chance.

Thinking of this, Shiho Miyano pursed her lips.

I don't know why, but I always feel like my blood pressure is a little high.

So, before Ran and Kogoro returned, she went straight to Conan, who looked quite energetic, and plucked several strands of his hair to take back and study.

"You just woke up today, so I won't draw your blood yet. But once you're feeling better in a couple of days, I'll still need to take some blood samples back for testing."

Conan looked at Shiho Miyano with some helplessness, wondering why she had suddenly come over and started touching his hair.

"Fine, if you want to come and have your blood drawn, go ahead. As long as you can develop an antidote to make me turn back into the same person forever, I'll accept it even if you drain my blood again."

Shiho Miyano didn't offer any guarantees, but she still gave Conan a glimmer of hope.

"The most effective antidote right now will probably turn you back into Shinichi Kudo for about three days. However, I've had some discussions with Jiang Hang recently and have some new ideas. Once the new drug, formulated with these new ideas, is ready after the New Year, I can find an opportunity for you to try it."

Jiang Hang couldn't help but look at Shiho Miyano with some surprise.

Just a few days ago, Shiho Miyano was telling her that because Conan's body data is fixed, it might be impossible to create a permanent antidote.

He casually mentioned that he could try to transform Conan's body from his elementary school student form back into Shinichi Kudo, and then freeze the other person's body at that stage to satisfy Shinichi Kudo's needs.

Unexpectedly, Shiho Miyano came up with a new idea in a very short time.

"After the New Year, that's quite nice. How about we set the date for Valentine's Day on February 14th? We can give your Xiaolan a special surprise on that day. Do you need me to book a restaurant and hotel for you?"

Jiang Hang's teasing words immediately made Conan's face turn bright red again.

Jiang Hang originally wanted to continue to torment Conan's mentality with this matter, but after hearing Ran and Kogoro Mouri's footsteps outside the ward, he gave Shiho Miyano a look, signaling her to stop pulling Conan's hair.

Sure enough, when Ran and the others returned and saw Conan had regained consciousness, they were all pleasantly surprised.

Jiang Hang and Shiho Miyano silently stepped back a few paces, leaving space for Ran.

They originally thought that since they had already watched Detective Conan and Shiho Miyano had successfully completed the sampling work, it was about time to go back.

But unexpectedly, just as they were about to leave, they were stopped by Kogoro Mouri.

"Brother Jiang Hang, if you don't have anything else to do later, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's slightly embarrassed expression, Jiang Hang couldn't help but feel curious.

"Well, um, cough cough," Kogoro Mouri coughed several times before finally revealing his story.

"To put it simply, Xiaolan had been pestering her mother, wanting her to help me find some clients."

"Then today I just received a client's request from someone introduced by Xiaolan's mother."

"Actually, it doesn't matter. After all, I'm the famous detective Kogoro Mouri. These kinds of ordinary cases are easy for me to handle."

"But as you've seen about Conan's situation, I can't focus on handling these requests right now. However, since it was recommended by the child's mother, I can't refuse..."

I understand. You just don't have the time right now, but you don't want to disappoint Eri, right?

Jiang Hang nodded knowingly and agreed without much hesitation.

Anyway, he doesn't have any cases on his hands right now. Since Kogoro Mouri is offering to transfer cases to him, he might as well take advantage of it.

Of course, Jiang Hang had some other thoughts about Kogoro Mouri's decision to entrust the matter to him.

In the original work, Kogoro Mouri relied almost entirely on Conan's tranquilizer darts to get to where he was in the early stages.

He even sometimes doubted whether he had split off another detective personality, but because of this, he was always convinced of his own abilities in the early stages.

It was probably only in the later stages of the story, after Conan became increasingly brazen at crime scenes, that the audience gradually realized Conan's problem.

However, in this world, thanks to Jiang Hang's intrusion and reminders, Conan consciously reduced the frequency with which he used tranquilizer darts on Kogoro Mouri, except for the first month when he was still quite dependent on them.

More often than not, he uses his discoveries to remind Kogoro Mouri, and only when Kogoro Mouri still can't understand him will he be forced to use the tranquilizer dart.

In addition, Conan and Ran have become increasingly well-coordinated in recent months. Sometimes, when Kogoro Mouri is still confused about the situation of a case, his daughter will take the lead and bring up an important clue.

The case was eventually solved, and Ran skillfully attributed the credit to him. But only Kogoro Mouri knew that he hadn't actually played a significant role in these cases.

Perhaps it was this uncertainty about her own abilities, coupled with Conan's current injury and need for Ran's care, that led her to proactively seek Ran's help in order to maintain her image.

Upon hearing that Jiang Hang had accepted the commission without much hesitation, Kogoro Mouri repeatedly expressed his gratitude and even said he would treat him to drinks next time. He then handed over the client's phone number to Jiang Hang.

After leaving the hospital, before contacting the client, Jiang Hang first looked at Shiho Miyano beside him.

"I was thinking of taking you and your sister out for a nice meal since you rarely go out, but it looks like we'll have to wait a couple of days. Do you need me to take you home now?"

Shiho Miyano didn't seem to care much about the fancy meal.

But she seemed quite interested in this commission that had been transferred from Kogoro Mouri.

"Since I happened to run into this request just as I was going out, let's go take a look together. It'll be a good way to relax, and it shouldn't take up too much time anyway."

This reflects Shiho Miyano's trust in Jiang Hang's abilities.

Seeing the interest in Shiho Miyano's eyes, Jiang Hang didn't pay much attention.

He had previously noticed that Shiho Miyano seemed quite interested in those cases.

She even seemed a little unhappy when they encountered a case during a company trip and didn't notify Shiho Miyano.

He was originally thinking about whether to inform Shizuka or Yuno, but now that Shiho Miyano is here, they can just head straight to the client's place.

So after getting into the car, Jiang Hang called the client using the phone number given to him by Kogoro Mouri.

Chapter 496: Chapter 492: The Magician Who Committed Suicide

The client who approached Kogoro Mouri was named Shichiko Kujuro, a middle-aged woman who sounded to be around fifty years old.

After receiving Jiang Hang's call, I hesitated at first because of Jiang Hang's young voice.

But after hearing Jiang Hang introduce himself, the client on the other end of the phone seemed to have heard of Jiang Hang as well, so he briefly explained his situation and seemed to want to arrange a meeting with Jiang Hang first.