Yusuke Sakata's First Mission / Detective... Assemble?!

"With Dr. San Cheng and Rokuro here, there shouldn't be any problems."

Jiang Hang glanced at Kubo Rokuro and then agreed.

Seiji Aso planned the murder, but Jiang Hang's interference forced him to abandon his revenge plan entirely.

Now, Seiji Aso not only possesses a murder method that could be used at any time, but is also a certified forensic pathologist who will soon be able to obtain his license.

It can be said that he is now very experienced.

In addition, Jiang Hang himself had the idea of bringing Seiji Aso into his camp, so when he saw Seiji Aso start to review and reason on the spot, he also reminded Seiji Aso of a lot of things.

"What a complete scoundrel," Seiji Aso couldn't help but curse as he looked at the man still unconscious on the ground. "Sending him to jail is too lenient for him."

As he said this, he couldn't help but kick the other person a few times.

Even at this time, Seiji Aso still showed a lot of youthful vigor.

This is a good thing for Jiang Hang.

If Asahi's personality had completely changed after the Moon Shadow Island case, then he would have been too embarrassed to bring him back into his Assassin Brotherhood.

His current state shows that there is still fire in his heart, and as long as there is a little flame, that is enough.

Meanwhile, just as Jiang Hang was uncovering the man's criminal diaries from over the years and the criminal plans on his personal computer, Takagi Wataru finally arrived at the crime scene, albeit belatedly.

Chapter 453: Chapter 449: Yusuke Sakata's First Mission

Watching the still unconscious prisoner being handcuffed and taken to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for questioning, Jiang Hang handed over everything he had investigated to Takagi Wataru.

The diary recorded the other person's perverted mental fetishes, and the records on the computer were even more significant.

The document contained browsing history for four or five Suicide Website. On average, the perpetrator had more than ten accounts on each Suicide Website and simultaneously deceived and induced dozens of young people with suicidal thoughts.

Jiang Hang had only glanced at it briefly before discovering that the other party had induced at least ten people to commit suicide over the past few years. It also seemed that there were several groups on the other communication software of the prisoners that specifically instigated others to commit suicide. The prisoners would also exchange experiences and learn "advanced techniques" with each other in these groups.

These things, even just a cursory glance, were enough to make one feel physically uncomfortable. Not to mention Jiang Hang and Seiji Aso, even seeing Takagi Wataru made one furious and want to beat him up.

With Takagi Wataru and the officers he brought sealing off the scene and requesting additional police presence, the case was considered closed.

Just as Takagi Wataru was telling him to leave, Inspector Megure was still arguing with the inspector from the next unit who was originally in charge of the case about who should be responsible for it. They were probably still debating who should be held accountable for the case.

Inspector Megure will likely be at a slight disadvantage in this argument, since the case wasn't originally theirs. Jiang Hang was commissioned to investigate the case, uncover the truth, and catch the culprit. Because he had dealt with Inspector Megure more often, Inspector Megure ended up getting the better deal.

Therefore, Jiang Hang estimated that in the end, apart from the credit for catching the criminal going to Inspector Megure, all the other credits for the case would go to him. For example, the other websites recorded in Onuma Satoru's diary, as well as the people he had abducted and deceived, could be investigated further in these two directions, and perhaps a lot of important information could be found, and it might even be possible to uncover a suicide industry chain behind it.

Of course, the probability of that is very small. If you want to keep investigating, there will definitely be resistance from all sides. In the end, this matter will probably just result in catching a few cats and dogs and then it will be over.

However, even if the police investigation fails, Jiang Hang will continue to pursue the matter.

Even disregarding the fact that this commission would inevitably be classified as a five-star commission by the system, out of his own feelings, he wouldn't allow those scumbags to simply keep a low profile for a few months and then go back to normal once the storm had passed.

If there's any mystery left in this case, it's probably the real name of the calico cat who was murdered.

However, according to the police's current investigation, Sanmao had been in Tokyo for at least half a year, but even so, no one knew her real name during that time, not even the landlord of the room she rented before her death.

Moreover, no one knows whether she spent any time or anywhere else before coming to Tokyo.

Finding the real name of this deceased girl and her family under such circumstances would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Most importantly, the girl's own attitude before her death probably indicated that she no longer wanted to have any contact with her family, and the police could not possibly expend so much manpower for her.

Therefore, her identity will truly become an unsolvable mystery in five years— Jiang Hang learned from Seiji Aso that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Sanmao's ashes and her belongings will be accepted by UDI and then kept in the storage room for at least five years.

Five years later, barring unforeseen circumstances, these unclaimed belongings will eventually be disposed of, leaving at most a few kilobytes of data about the girl in the databases of UDI and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Although Jiang Hang already knew about this matter, he couldn't help but sigh when he heard it from someone else.

Because he still had to give a statement at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, after sending Matsukura Hana to Beika Hospital for treatment and recuperation, Jiang Hang stayed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department with Mikoto Misumi and her group until evening before being released.

Judging from Mikoto Misumi's expression, she probably still wants to go to the hospital and spend more time with the girl.

As for Kubo Rokuro, when he learned that the culprit seemed to have quite a few "accomplices" behind him, which was obviously fodder for a big news story, he was probably already thinking about contacting the magazine to break this big scoop.

Jiang Hang had been thinking about whether he should go to Kubo Rokuro's house tonight to warn him, but after thinking about it, he realized that Yusuke Sakata had been training in the Animus for about ten days, and it was time to let him out for some fresh air and complete some tasks that weren't too difficult.

Watching Kubo Rokuro's departing figure from afar, Jiang Hang then turned to look at Seiji Aso.

"Your colleague has quite a few secrets; you'd better be more careful in the future."

Although Seiji Aso was somewhat puzzled by the reason, he knew that Jiang Hang wouldn't talk nonsense about such things, so he nodded cautiously.

"I'll be careful, but if anything really happens, I'll have to ask you for help."

Jiang Hang patted Seiji Aso on the shoulder and said, "With me here, you don't need to worry too much. Besides, most of the people who get into UDI have some pasts they don't want others to know."

Seiji Aso almost became a murderer.

During Mikoto Misumi's childhood, her entire family committed suicide by burning charcoal in the living room. Only she, being young and naive, thought the smell in the living room was unpleasant, so she ran to her bedroom to escape the poisoning before it became too severe.

Needless to Kei Nakaido, Nakado Kei's girlfriend was killed by a serial killer, and his biggest motivation to live now is to find that killer and avenge his girlfriend.

In comparison, Kubo Rokuro's undercover identity doesn't seem like such a serious problem.

Seiji Aso had obviously thought about his own situation as well, and couldn't help but give a wry smile.

"It's not easy to speak up for the deceased. Right now I'm just an assistant. When I'm finally able to stand on my own in the future, I'll probably feel even more pressure than when I was a doctor."

Although that's what he said, looking at the contented expression on Seiji Aso's face, anyone could tell that he was quite satisfied with his current life, which was much better than when he was on Moon Shadow Island, facing patients with a fake smile all day long.

After finishing his story, Seiji Aso suppressed his smile and looked at Jiang Hang seriously, "I'm doing alright here, but Mr. Jiang Hang, you're in real danger. You're the one who needs to take the most care."

This afternoon, while searching for clues in the prisoner's house, he personally witnessed Jiang Hang performing numerous operations on the prisoner's computer.

Those operations involve more than just recording data from those websites.

Based on his understanding of Jiang Hang, he probably still wants to continue investigating the people behind these Suicide Website in private.

Just thinking about it, he could feel the danger involved.

However, he did not offer any words of advice to Jiang Hang, only giving him a brief reminder before falling silent.

After a brief chat with Seiji Aso, Jiang Hang said goodbye and headed straight for the Beika Art Museum.

In the basement, Yusuke Sakata, who had received Jiang Hang's text message, had already logged out of Animus.

Although Jiang Hang has been checking on Yusuke Sakata's progress every two or three days, he couldn't help but nod when he saw that Yusuke Sakata 'Jiang Hang demeanor was completely different from when he was a policeman.

When famous detectives are searching for criminals, they also take into account the suspect's demeanor.

A person's appearance can be changed through various means, but changing one's temperament is not something that can be done overnight.

As an elite police officer with numerous merits, Yusuke Sakata naturally exuded righteousness just by standing there.

However, after discovering the truth about his father's death in a car accident, he took off his police uniform to avenge his father and became an avenger. He became tainted with a lot of blood, and this unsettling aura reached its peak after he personally killed the politician Sōji Munetaro who bore the main responsibility.

Such a demeanor would certainly be fine for getting involved in the underworld, and even joining the Black Organization wouldn't raise any suspicions, but it Brotherhood.

Although Jiang Hang did not intend to actually create a 21st-century assassination organization, he did intend to create an intelligence organization that was at least as capable as the intelligence capabilities of various countries, and these members naturally could not be too high-profile.

Yusuke Sakata, who received orthodox assassin training at the Animus, now appears much more composed than before.

Although he was still far from being qualified, the occasional hint of ferocity he displayed was just right for the task he was about to undertake.

Jiang Hang didn't stand on ceremony with Yusuke Sakata and sat down directly to bring up the matter of Kubo Rokuro.

"I know he's currently making money by leaking news to a gossip magazine. If he had just wanted to use my news as a gimmick, I could have let him off the hook for a while longer. But this suicide case involves a lot of things. If it's leaked by a bunch of idiots, then a lot of things that could have been found out might not be found."

Those unscrupulous reporters don't care whether their revelations alert the enemy; all they want are higher ratings and more money.

Jiang Hang especially remembered clearly that in the plot of the unnatural death, a reporter from the gossip magazine clearly already knew the identity of the perpetrator who killed Kei Nakaido's girlfriend, but instead of reporting it to the police, he started to provide the reporter with criminal ideas so that he could report it in the future.

Although Yusuke Sakata was no longer a policeman, he still couldn't help but frown after hearing about this gossip magazine.

"I understand. I'll handle this."

Jiang Hang nodded. "Go for it. As long as no one dies, the Brotherhood take care of everything for you."

Although the Brotherhood's facade is just for show, Jiang Hang is incredibly wealthy. As long as no one gets killed, Jiang Hang can handle anything for those money-grubbing media professionals.

As for Yusuke Sakata, after witnessing Jiang Hang's military prowess and personally experiencing the groundbreaking and amazing Animus machine, he was already convinced of Jiang Hang and the Foundation behind him.

As long as Jiang Hang keeps his promise, it doesn't matter if his life is in Jiang Hang's hands.

This task was indeed quite simple for him, and it didn't go against his wishes.

After making some preparations, and with Jiang Hang's help, borrowing the appearance and identity of an ordinary member of the Pioneer Foundation, Yusuke Sakata quickly went out to deal with Kubo Rokuro, hoping that Kubo Rokuro wouldn't be scared to death by Yusuke Sakata, the man who suddenly appeared in his room and exuded murderous aura.

I also hope that Kubo Rokuro is an easy-going person; if he is unwilling, then I guess he will definitely get a lesson.

It's worth mentioning that since 100% of the core members of the Pioneer Foundation are "tools" arranged by the system, and even among the basic members, tools make up more than 60%, Jiang Hang thought it would be a waste to leave these tool identities unused. So he found a way to get a lot of tool identity information from the system and planned to have those Brotherhood members who couldn't be seen in the light of day wear the tool persona in the future.

This is how the identities of Yusuke Sakata and the Miyano Sisters were resolved.

After Yusuke Sakata left, the basement became empty again.

At this moment, Jiang Hang was using the art museum's computer to log into the Suicide Website he had seen earlier that day, as well as the chat tool that the murderer used to communicate with others.

When he discovered these things, Takagi Wataru hadn't arrived yet. Although he handed all the information over to the police, he naturally needed to keep a backup copy for himself.

Seiji Aso watched him do these things.

To be precise, this was exactly what he wanted Seiji Aso to see.

"Well... let's look around these websites and see if we can find any information about the Lavender House case," Jiang Hang said softly, and then began to work on the computer.

He remembered that Natsuki Kosimizu had mentioned to him the lavender house locked room case that forced her friend to commit suicide; the victim had also died by suicide.

Another example is Takeda Misa, who committed suicide three years ago in the Spider Mansion case.

Although, based on the on-site investigation conducted by Natsuki Kosimizu and the police files, it is indeed possible to rule out the possibility of other people being present at the scene.

But who knows if they've been affected in other ways online?

Chapter 454: Chapter 450: Famous Detectives... Assemble?!

When Jiang Hang was collecting evidence this afternoon, he did not actually investigate the situation of these Suicide Website in detail.

Upon closer investigation, he realized that in a world with a high crime rate like Conan's, the number of people these Suicide Website could influence each year was quite staggering.

In the world before he traveled to, the country with the highest recorded suicide rate was Russia in the mid-1990s, with a recorded suicide rate of 0.05%, meaning that five out of every 10,000 people chose to commit suicide each year.

Russia's suicide rate of 0.05% is due to a combination of complex factors; in reality, the average suicide rate in that world is only about 0.01%.

In this world, Jiang Hang only checked the data briefly. Two years ago, Japan had already reported more than 50,000 suicides, a figure that was already close to 0.05%.

Jiang Hang felt a chill run down his spine when he saw this data. There must be many cases where highly intelligent murderers faked their deaths and committed suicide without being caught by the police. But the equally staggering number of missing persons was also not included. If you calculate it this way, the real suicide rate must be more than 0.05%.

It's truly remarkable that Japan has managed to maintain stability in this world.

Extremely high suicide rate + crime rate + all sorts of shady Yakuza and terrorist organizations.

On one side are the evil plans of terrorist organizations, on the other side are the wars of conquest between Mafia, and the whole society is a high-pressure society that has reached a certain level of involution. Perhaps in another ten years or so, it would not be surprising to seamlessly enter the cyberpunk worldview.

After silently cursing that it was all the world's fault, Jiang Hang stopped thinking about these things and returned to the main topic.

To be honest, although Jiang Hang had only been a detective for a few months, he had personally handled quite a few cases related to suicide. However, a significant portion of these cases involved murderers faking suicides. There were actually only four cases where suicides actually occurred. The earliest case he encountered was that of Ms. Mamegaki Taeko, who almost committed murder in the film crew's attempted murder case.

That Mamegaki Taeko caused her grandfather to commit suicide as an apology because of a mistake she made when she was young. Later, before her wedding, someone used the past incident as leverage to blackmail her. In the end, if it weren't for Jiang Hang's intervention, she would probably be in prison for murder by now.

However, thanks to Jiang Hang's intervention, Ms. Mamegaki Taeko changed the trajectory of her life. Shortly after the case, she married her lover. She even sent Jiang Hang an invitation, and Jiang Hang took the time to attend and give a gift.

The person who committed suicide in this case can be ruled out because the suicide occurred more than ten years ago.

The second case was the Tequila case, where the Black Organization was innocently caught in the crossfire. An employee of the same company, because his colleague cheated on his childhood sweetheart and caused her to commit suicide, prepared a bomb, swapped suitcases with the colleague, and wanted to blow him up.

Little did anyone know that the other party was making a deal with Tequila from the Black Organization. In the end, the box ended up in Tequila's hands. This guy, who had just appeared and was killed off, set a record for the fastest exit from the Black Organization, a record that no one has been able to break to this day.

This case does have some potential, but Jiang Hang doesn't know much about it. If he wants to use this case as a lead to investigate further, he'll probably have to go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to check the case files.

Finally, there's the mother and daughter who committed suicide three years ago in the Spider Mansion case, and the case of Natsuki Kosimizu's friend's suicide that he's currently investigating.

Of course, these are the cases that Jiang Hang has encountered.

Conan encounters cases much more frequently than Jiang Hang, and many of these cases involve suicide. For example, Conan Yoko Okino's ex-boyfriend committed suicide in Yoko Okino's room and deliberately staged it as a murder, trying to drag Yoko Okino down with his own life.

Although Jiang Hang had seen this case countless times on television in his previous life, he was busy preparing to establish his agency when the case occurred. He hadn't even officially interacted with Conan yet, and he never asked Conan for the details of the case afterward. He only heard Conan briefly mention his experience of meeting Yoko Okino.

Of course, not every suicide case can be related to these Suicide Website, but if he does manage to uncover some clues, then the power of these Suicide Website is already quite terrifying.

"So, we still need to ask Conan about this?"

Jiang Hang muttered this to himself.

The Suicide Website he has are clearly not the whole picture. If there is some kind of organization behind them, he may not be afraid to investigate further on his own, but what he finds out by himself will inevitably be somewhat one-sided.