That Person from Tottori Prefecture / The Memorial Gathering Attended by Vermouth

Having known Jiang Hang for a few months, I know that although Jiang Hang sometimes likes to act like an expert in front of others, he still doesn't joke around when it comes to serious matters.

"But you still don't know where Takeda Shinichi found out that his daughter wasn't his biological child, right? Are you going to check every single hospital in Tottori Prefecture?" Miyano Shiho looked at Jiang Hang with some suspicion, feeling that he wanted her to be his errand boy.

Moreover, if the hospital doesn't use these methods and still relies on old-fashioned paper documents to store patient information, they might spend a lot of time only to find nothing in the end.

Hearing Miyano Shiho's doubts, Jiang Hang shook his head. "The scope is not large. In fact, there is only this one hospital that we really need to investigate."

Jiang Hang opened the website of a public hospital in Tottori Prefecture and explained to Miyano Shiho, "Hattori's identity is still very useful. He used the resources of the Osaka police to quickly find the hospital where Ms. Takeda Misa, who committed suicide three years ago, was born. And this hospital happens to be the one where Takeda Misa worked after she grew up. If we can't find anything in this hospital, we probably can't find anything anywhere else."

After listening to Jiang Hang's explanation, Miyano Shiho nodded slightly. In fact, this kind of work was not difficult, but she really wanted to see how good Jiang Hang's hacking skills were after practicing in private. So she nodded silently and watched Jiang Hang's operation from the side.

To be honest, Jiang Hang had done a lot of preparation these past few nights for today's practical exercise, such as finding server vulnerabilities, network packet capture, remote intrusion, and a series of other high-level operations, which he has now mastered.

Jiang Hang had made a lot of preparations, even creating several layers of disguise and stepping stones for his IP address to avoid being discovered.

As a result, nearly half an hour was spent on preliminary preparations, leaving Miyano Shiho, who was sitting on the sidelines watching, completely stunned.

Finally, when it came to the actual combat, before Jiang Hang could even put his advanced techniques to use, a brute-force cracking software that he had casually cobbled together while practicing easily granted him access to the hospital's database.

When the brute-force cracking software indicated that the crack was successful, Jiang Hang was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Miyano Shiho next to him with some uncertainty.

Miyano Shiho gave him a strange look. "I think I've confirmed it. You've really just learned your hacking skills. But I'm really curious about who taught you hacking. Didn't they tell you any of this basic stuff?"

In Miyano Shiho's eyes, Jiang Hang's previous series of preparations were indeed quite professional. Some professional hackers might not have been as meticulous as Jiang Hang in terms of his techniques for disguising IPs and finding stepping stones to avoid being tracked.

But using it on a regular public hospital operating system would be a huge waste of its potential. Judging from Jiang Hang's preparations, Miyano Shiho thought Jiang Hang was planning to hack into the Pentagon.

In reality, most "hackers" don't need such advanced operations in most cases. The most common DDoS attack method used by hackers in network attacks is simply a network version of the human wave tactic of using a large amount of traffic and data to attack the target server and paralyze it.

It seems simple and straightforward, but in reality, even the best hackers don't have a very good way to deal with DDoS attacks.

Of course, top hackers won't easily reveal their real IP addresses.

The operating system of the public hospital that Jiang Hang was planning to hack was not a high-end product, and the doctors who used it were not computer experts, nor would they care about the security issues of these public computers.

The doctors' work accounts, which they've used for years, may still be using the default login passwords from the beginning. Coupled with the numerous vulnerabilities in the servers themselves that no one has bothered to fix, there's no need to use any sophisticated techniques to crack these operating systems. Brute-force attacks are the simplest and most effective way to do so.

Jiang Hang was learning the most professional hacking course provided by the system in the learning space. Even though it was just a beginner's tutorial, the homework questions provided by the system were like elementary and middle school math olympiads: although they did not involve advanced mathematics, some of the questions were so tricky that even a university math professor might not be able to figure out how to solve them.

Brute-force attacks were of no use to those practice problems, and those problems successfully led Jiang Hang to make many misjudgments about real-world network defense technologies. It wasn't until he actually put them into practice that he realized that expertise doesn't necessarily equate to practicality.

The problem-solving strategies he's learning in his study space are meant to broaden his abilities as a hacker, enabling him to find solutions to various situations and avoid any weaknesses. However, as things stand, what he's learning may not be of much use right now.

Chapter 426: Chapter 422: That Lord of Tottori Prefecture

Jiang Hang's mediocre hacking skills, which haven't even made it onto the skill panel yet, are already considered quite good in Miyano Shiho's eyes. You can imagine how amazing his hacking skills would be once he meets the system's requirements.

However, upon closer reflection, it's not surprising. After all, the decades since the birth of the internet have also been the decades of the most rapid development of human civilization. Nowadays, the amount of information a person receives online every day may be more than the amount of information an ordinary person in ancient times could access in their entire life. Moreover, this gap will continue to widen as the internet further develops.

While hacking skills cannot enhance Jiang Hang's combat capabilities, as long as Jiang Hang lives in this era, hacking techniques can provide Jiang Hang with greater convenience in terms of intelligence and information, while also allowing him to better conceal his own information.

Moreover, with the advancement of the times, hacking skills will only become more and more useful to Jiang Hang.

Given the nature of the system, the hacking skills he has learned are probably far ahead of the current era. As long as he can get the system's approval and have his hacking skills added to the skill panel, he will already be able to dominate the internet in this era.

If you reach an advanced level, you could probably become the god of the internet in this era, and maybe even create an artificial intelligence to work for you.

However, these things are still a bit far off for Jiang Hang right now. After all, in Jiang Hang's mind, although the difficulty of learning basic hacking skills may not be as great as Bajiquan, hacking involves almost all the network technologies on the Internet. Therefore, the skills that Jiang Hang needs to learn are the most he has ever seen since he obtained the system.

It's estimated that it will take at least half a month or even longer to add hacking skills to the skill panel.

Of course, the focus now is on checking whether Takeda Shinichi left any examination reports at that hospital after entering its database.

However, when Jiang Hang found the information that the Takeda family had left at this hospital, the expression on his face began to become subtle.

It seems that the truth behind the two suicide cases three years ago is much more dramatic than he originally guessed.

Takeda Misa, who committed suicide two years ago, was indeed not Takeda Shinichi's daughter, because the hospital's test report clearly recorded that Takeda Shinichi was infertile.

However, the person that Takeda Kayo had an affair with was not the Takeda Family business partner who had recently committed suicide, as Jiang Hang and the others had previously guessed. Instead, it was Takeda Family's second son, Takeda Ryuji, who has now left the Spider Mansion and is working in Tokyo.

According to the information at the hospital, Takeda Misa is their daughter.

It was perhaps because of the exposure of this matter three years ago that Takeda Misa and Takeda Kinuyo committed suicide. However, since this matter was a family scandal, when the police came to investigate, the Takeda Family members agreed not to tell the police about it. After confirming that there were no signs of homicide at the crime scene, the investigating police confirmed that the two had committed suicide and did not continue the investigation. Therefore, this matter was not recorded in the police files.

"These family scandals are disgusting. Is this the kind of thing you want to investigate?" After reviewing all the documents next to Jiang Hang, Miyano Shiho clicked her tongue. It was clear that she had absolutely no liking for this kind of thing.

Jiang Hang ignored Miyano Shiho's complaints and, after figuring out the truth behind the previous two suicide cases, continued to ponder whether this recent third suicide case was related to the case three years ago.

Knowing this secret of the Takeda Family, the second son of the Takeda Family, Takeda Ryuji, would indeed have a criminal motive if he wanted to avenge his daughter.

But if he really was the one who did it, he should have targeted Takeda Shinichi instead of that business partner of the Takeda Family.

Furthermore, according to the investigation conducted by Koharu Yoshino and her colleagues over the past few days, when the recent suicide occurred, Takeda Ryuji was still working at his company in Tokyo. A round trip from Tokyo to the Spider Mansion would take at least a day by car, so it is clear that Takeda Ryuji did not have the opportunity to commit the crime.

Even if he did commit this crime, he must have had an accomplice at the Spider Mansion in Tottori Prefecture to help him.

In other words, there are still no clues about the identity of the mysterious client, and there are probably still many secrets hidden in this case.

Moreover, the biggest question in this case is: why did the victim, Negishi Toshihiko, choose to commit suicide in the third "suicide" case, or why was he murdered and the murder staged as a suicide?

To this day, there is still no clue about this problem.

Shizuka Sakaki and the others investigated the deceased quite a bit, and Heiji Hattori also conducted a lot of investigation into the deceased's identity in Osaka. However, apart from knowing that Negishi Toshihiko usually lived a very low-key life and rarely interacted with outsiders, and only went to the Spider Mansion at the beginning and middle of the month to pick up goods and deliver them to buyers, there was no other special information.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hang shook his head slightly.

There must be a secret about this Negishi Toshihiko, but he has been dead for quite some time now, and his house has probably been searched by the police. After so much time, even if he went there now, it would be difficult to find any useful clues in his house.

Jiang Hang tentatively asked Miyano Shiho for her thoughts, but without any prompting, let alone Miyano Shiho, even Conan and his father Yusaku Kudo probably wouldn't be able to come up with any valuable deductions.

"It looks like I'll have to go there and see for myself. Are you coming with us this time?" Jiang Hang asked Miyano Shiho.

Miyano Shiho gave Jiang Hang a rather strange look.

"I think I'll pass."

"And if you really intend to go there, I suggest you be careful, since the person in charge of the organization is currently living in Tottori Prefecture."

"That place can be said to be the deepest hiding place of the organization's power. It is no exaggeration to say that as soon as those with sensitive identities step into Tottori Prefecture, the organization will receive the news."

Although Miyano Shiho knew Jiang Hang's abilities and background, she was always afraid of the worst, especially after learning that the organization might have a Templar Knight Order behind it that Assassin Brotherhood behind Jiang Hang. She didn't want Jiang Hang to be exposed to the organization's sights like this.

Chapter 427: Chapter 423: The Memorial Service Attended by Vermouth

To be honest, Jiang Hang wouldn't have remembered this if Miyano Shiho hadn't mentioned it.

After all, the Black Organization's boss was only mentioned by name before Jiang Hang's time travel, and the clue that the boss was in Tottori Prefecture Conan.

But after hearing Miyano Shiho's words, a bunch of crazy ideas immediately flashed through Jiang Hang's mind.

Since Tottori Prefecture is the Black Organization's headquarters, wouldn't it be more convenient for him to ask Vermouth for help?

Currently, Vermouth and Conan maintain a certain tacit understanding, and at a higher level, the Black Organization and the Templar Knight Order also maintain a relatively "good" communication relationship.

In this situation, asking the Black Organization a favor and taking advantage of them isn't a big deal, right?

Since both Conan and Hattori have become his tools for missions, wouldn't it be wonderful to turn the Black Organization into his tools as well?

Perfect timing! A few days before the invitation from the Spider Mansion is the memorial service for a famous director that Vermouth will be attending. I can find some time to chat with Vermouth at the memorial service.

Jiang Hang had already inquired about the invitation to the party. As it stands, it shouldn't have anything to do with that woman, Vermouth. It's simply that Daibao Films and Television and Eito Studios are both established film companies with decades of history. Although they're quite declining now, they still produced many popular national hits back in the day. In addition, after Jiang Hang, the famous detective from abroad, forcefully acquired these two film companies, he made sweeping adjustments to their filming plans. Indeed, many people in the film industry wanted to take this opportunity to talk to Jiang Hang, which is why he suddenly received this invitation.

After successfully hacking into the hospital's network and uncovering the truth behind the Takeda Family's scandal, the investigation into the Spider Mansion case has reached its second bottleneck.

It's normal for a rift to develop between the eldest and second sons of the Takeda Family, since the second son, Takeda Ryuji, cheated on his older brother with his sister-in-law. After the affair was exposed, his sister-in-law and his daughter with her committed suicide one after another.

This does not mean that he is the murderer in this case, since the victim of the third suicide case does not appear to have any direct connection with him.

It seems unlikely that the case will make any further progress until other clues are found.

Afterwards, Jiang Hang handed over the clues he had obtained through hacking techniques to Shizuka Sakaki and the others.

This information clearly had a significant impact on Shizuka Sakaki and Koharu Yoshino, two naive young girls.

Unfortunately, the two girls were unable to find any new clues from the document until the day of the memorial service.

There was no other way, so Jiang Hang could only take Shizuka Sakaki to the memorial service tonight.

Since the theme of this gala is remembrance, it's naturally impossible to wear a flashy dress.

Jiang Hang and Shizuka Sakaki both ultimately chose to wear black suits. Jiang Hang's suit was practically identical to the one worn by the Black Organization. If Conan, that Black Organization PTSD sufferer, were to walk around in Conan, he would probably start to doubt Jiang Hang's identity on the spot.

Shizuka Sakaki, on the other hand, appeared slightly restrained in her black women's suit.

After all, this suit was prepared for her by Jiang Hang, and its price was much higher than her salary since she started working at Jiang Hang's firm. She was a little worried that she might accidentally damage this expensive suit.

This sense of restraint reached its peak upon arriving at the gala and meeting several well-known directors and actors in person.

Jiang Hang didn't feel anything for these big stars and directors, since he hadn't really seen many of their works. After entering the venue, his gaze was already fixed on Vermouth.

Vermouth, who appeared as Chris Vineyard, was quite different from the Jiang Hang had met in private the previous times.

When attending such formal occasions, Vermouth's makeup looks much more refined than when she meets people in private, which better reflects her aura as a Hollywood superstar.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Vermouth's makeup wasn't impeccable when they met in private.

To be precise, in order to avoid being noticed by fewer people and to prevent anyone from associating her with Chris Vineyard, Vermouth used quite sophisticated disguise techniques, but the direction of her makeup was simply to reduce the chances of being recognized by movie fans.

If Jiang Hang didn't know that Vermouth was Chris Vineyard, he probably wouldn't have been able to tell that the two people were the same person if Vermouth put their photos side by side without using Eagle Eye.

When Jiang Hang's gaze fell on Vermouth, who was in charge of intelligence work in the organization, noticed Jiang Hang's arrival immediately.

A strange look appeared in her eyes, a rare occurrence.

She was there because of a mission assigned by the organization: to assist another member in eliminating a politician at the party who might leak information about the organization.

That politician was someone the organization had groomed, but in recent years he had become arrogant, taking a lot of money he shouldn't have taken and learning a lot of things he shouldn't have known, which led to him being targeted by the police.

To prevent this guy from revealing the organization's secrets after being arrested by the police, the organization's higher-ups quickly devised a plan to have him killed in an accident.

The fact that the organization's top brass rarely used such a forceful order to give her instructions shows just how crucial this mission was.

Vermouth hadn't taken the mission too seriously, since her main purpose here was to cover for the organization member who was carrying out the operation, and she didn't need to do it herself.

If nothing unexpected happens, she'll be content to stand here for one night as a Hollywood star who can't speak Japan.

However, with the appearance of Jiang Hang, this "famous detective," it's hard to say what will happen next.

With that in mind, Vermouth subtly used coded language to remind her accomplice not to make any rash moves for the time being, while she herself pondered how to approach Jiang Hang in a reasonable manner.

Chris Vineyard is ostensibly a Hollywood star who doesn't speak Japanese, and is arguably the highest-profile celebrity at the party. Every move she makes attracts attention, making it extremely difficult for her to find an opportunity to chat with Jiang Hang alone.

Fortunately, Jiang Hang had come to the party specifically for her. After exchanging a few polite words with the organizer, Jiang Hang, along with Shizuka Sakaki, a big fan of Chris Vineyard, took the initiative to approach Vermouth, who was located in the center of the venue.

Chapter 428: Chapter 424: Vermouth, I'm your fan!

Beside Vermouth was a staff member who looked like a translator, but in Jiang Hang's Eagle Eye view, this translator was carrying a handgun, and should be a low-level member of the Black Organization.

The Black Organization wouldn't let many people know about the incident where the Templar Knight cornered and beat them up at their doorstep. This low-ranking member obviously didn't know about Jiang Hang's situation either.

Upon seeing Jiang Hang approaching, he stepped in front of Jiang Hang and asked him why he was getting closer.

Jiang Hang glanced at Vermouth, whose expression had returned to normal, and then turned to look at Shizuka Sakaki, who was standing behind him. She clearly wanted to go over and greet Vermouth right now, but dared not approach her for fear of being disliked.

"My friend and I are big fans of Ms. Chris Vineyard. She has always wanted to express her love for her works to Ms. Chris Vineyard in person. I wonder if Ms. Chris Vineyard is available now?"

After hearing Jiang Hang's purpose, the member of the organization originally intended to refuse him directly, but before he could speak, Vermouth behind him suddenly uttered a word that sounded like a code.

Upon hearing the word, the organization member paused slightly, then respectfully stepped aside to let Jiang Hang pass by.

Jiang Hang casually thanked the lowly worker from the Black Organization, then whispered to Shizuka Sakaki, "How's your English? Do you need me to translate for you?"

Since Vermouth was being cooperative, he naturally didn't need to expose the truth that she could actually speak Japanese.

Standing behind Jiang Hang, Shizuka Sakaki was initially quite excited that her idol had agreed to talk to her, but after hearing Jiang Hang's question, her face immediately turned embarrassed. "My English isn't very good, it's probably only at the level of a normal greeting..."

"Then you should take some time to study a foreign language when you get back. If you need to pretend to be a foreigner in the future, speaking with Japan accent will be the biggest flaw."

As Jiang Hang said this, he turned his gaze to Vermouth and pretended to be having a conversation with her as if it were their first meeting.

Vermouth maintained her aloof and mature persona, consistent with her identity as Chris Vineyard, and spoke to Jiang Hang in a calm and indifferent manner.

During their conversation, she quite naturally slipped in an Italian phrase into her English, asking him why he was there that evening.

This wasn't something that couldn't be said. Jiang Hang translated what he could into Japanese for Shizuka Sakaki, while also explaining in as concise a way as possible how he had received the invitation, how it had been thrown in the trash, and how Shizuka Sakaki had found it again.

"I heard that you'll be attending this party. It just so happens that one of my employees is a fan of yours, so I'll bring her along."

While mixing a few Italian phrases into English might seem a bit jarring, Shizuka Sakaki's English was only at a rudimentary level, let alone understanding Italian. Furthermore, Jiang Hang and Vermouth were both intentionally controlling the information exchanged and their expressions during the conversation, so Shizuka Sakaki didn't notice anything unusual at all.