Even the Fastest AE86 Can't Catch Her in a Mercedes / Akina Mountain's Fastest Legend

"It says here that Akagimaru was ranked fiveth in the 'Eastern Army' in the sumo tournament, and he only lost once on the eighth day of the half-month-long tournament."

Conan talked about things that Jiang Hang didn't know much about, and then made his final deduction.

"In the Togami Forest, when we came here this afternoon in Officer Yamamura's car, he mentioned a place called 'Fallen Jizo,' where a statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva lying on the ground is enshrined. I think that is the location indicated by the newspaper with the code."

At this point, Jiang Hang had a pretty good idea of what the code was all about.

"So, Akagimaru is one of the first five targets of the Eastern Army, and our destination is five steps to the left of the statue where the destination is located?"

Listening to Jiang Hang's explanation, Conan nodded and added, "Then the rankings in the newspapers are from the West Army down to the East Army. The winning games are hollow circles, and the losing games are solid circles. Only Akagimaru lost only once in the half-month competition, on the eighth day."

"Judging from the direction, you should first walk five steps to the east, and then eight steps to the north. That's probably where the deceased buried the money."

After listening to Conan's description, Jiang Hang simply shook his head. "A person who felt he might be killed didn't think about leaving before he died. Instead, he actually left a code for someone to decipher the money he had hidden... I'm starting to doubt their original intention in extorting that candy factory after they did something like that."

After thinking it over, Jiang Hang could only come up with the phrase "You're so gentle" to describe this man, whose brain was probably also missing a screw.

When they finally arrived at the location of the Fallen Jizo, Jiang Hang, without Conan's guidance, had already used his Eagle Eye ability to find the place where the man had buried the money five years ago.

The burial site wasn't too deep; Jiang Hang dug out a porcelain jar from the ground in about twenty minutes with a hoe.

As Jiang Hang had anticipated, the outcome of this money was not ideal.

Even though the long-haired man used two layers of protection—a ceramic jar and a plastic bag—he probably never imagined that the money would have been buried underground for a full five years.

Over such a long period of time, in a humid environment without proper moisture-proofing measures, more than half of the 100 million yen in cash had rotted and become completely unusable.

Of the remaining small portion of banknotes that were not completely rotten, more than half need to be exchanged for new currency at the bank before they can be used again, while the others need to be dried in the sun for a day before they can be reused.

Jiang Hang did a rough calculation and concluded that of the 100 million yen, probably less than 20 million would be usable in the end.

For this money, Jimbo Masao killed two people. I wonder if he felt even a little bit of remorse after learning about it in the hospital.

Chapter 469: Chapter 465: Even the fastest 86 can't catch up with her sitting in the Mercedes.

As for what to do with the money, it was naturally handed over to Misao Yamamura to take to the police station later.

One hundred million yen sounds like a lot, but the largest denomination of yen is ten thousand yen. One hundred million yen is actually only one hundred stacks, and it only weighs about ten kilograms, Conan can easily lift.

As for Jiang Hang, he had already extracted over 80 million yen in mission rewards from the system just from this Samsung commission, and it was all completely legal income. This was much better than this bag of extortion money that was mostly rotten and difficult to sell.

Misao Yamamura had originally planned to make more of a good impression on Jiang Hang, but when he saw the bag of money Jiang Hang brought back, he knew that the money needed to be sent back to the police station as soon as possible. So he quickly called a few more policemen late at night to come and take the money back to the police station with him.

But the "I'll be back" look in his eyes as he left gave Jiang Hang a headache.

"I never expected that this Officer Yamamura would be such a die-hard kung fu fan," Koharu Yoshino remarked beside Jiang Hang. She then tentatively asked Jiang Hang, "Actually, I grew up watching kung fu movies from Hong Kong. Could you teach me a little bit of your kung fu?"

In fact, Jiang Hang had been teaching Koharu Yoshino and Shizuka Sakaki some simple and practical grappling and fighting techniques. After all, Jiang Hang had a cheat that could speed up their skill proficiency. He wouldn't say that they could reach the level of Ran or Miike Sato in a short time, but it would be no problem for them to catch up with Wataru Takagi.

Jiang Hang treated his two assistants like disciples, teaching them as well. As long as they had the talent, he wouldn't be stingy with them.

However, Bajiquan, a powerful and fierce style of boxing where a single strike can result in death or serious injury, is indeed not suitable for two girls to learn.

If he manages to obtain Wing Chun, a martial art originally created by women, from the system again in the future, he could actually teach it to them.

"You should focus on building a solid foundation first. If you don't build a strong foundation in kung fu, you might never even get the basics down in your entire life." Jiang Hang offered Koharu Yoshino a rosy picture for now, but when it would actually come to fruition depended on how well the system worked.

After solving the case, Jiang Hang did not forget his real purpose for the trip: to investigate whether the hotel was colluding with Suicide Websites, and to take the opportunity to drive his AE86 down Mount Akina a few times.

For Jiang Hang now, this kind of intelligence gathering work couldn't be easier.

In the early hours of the morning, disguise yourself and sneak into the hotel owner's room. Bring them a colorless and odorless spray that can improve sleep quality. Finally, openly investigate their phone and computer browsing history in their room.

If it were Conan, he definitely wouldn't agree to use this method, but Jiang Hang never minded using such methods.

As long as he wasn't discovered, it's as if he never did it.

After some investigation, Jiang Hang did indeed discover some clues.

The boss's web browsing history did indeed show traces of Suicide Websites, and these websites appeared to be Suicide Websites specifically targeting Gunma residents.

This website is not much different from those other websites that Jiang Hang discovered before that skirted the edge of legality; they all ostensibly claim to be anti-suicide sites but actually do the opposite.

On the surface, Togami Forest is recommended as a place for "tourism and relaxation," but if you look closely at the comments on these websites, you'll see that people intentionally steer the conversation towards the idea that "dying in such a beautiful place wouldn't be so bad."

However, although the hotel owner knew about these things, judging from his browsing and posting history, he did not actively incite people to commit suicide online. Most of the time, he simply remained silent and did not express any opinion.

It neither encourages nor expresses opposition.

So, this boss was just a silent spectator?

He opened a hotel near the Togami Forest, but while running the hotel business, he did not do anything to dissuade those who came to commit suicide.

Or perhaps he tried it, but eventually gave up after finding it ineffective?

After reviewing the information related to Suicide Websites, Jiang Hang had a general idea of what was going on.

Since the hotel owner wasn't one of those who incited suicide, let's put that aside for now. After all, he only browsed those prohibited websites and didn't post any inflammatory remarks. Strictly speaking, knowing someone is going to commit suicide and not doing anything about it is immoral and could even be considered illegal in a few cases.

In reality, the hotel owner, who did nothing wrong, is unlikely to face any criminal charges. Even if the police find out, they will probably just give him a verbal warning and that's it.

As for Jiang Hang, having obtained this information from the hotel owner, he had no intention of doing anything to the owner. At most, he would use some special medicine to give the owner a nightmare or a taste of "sleep paralysis" in the next few days.

Over the next few days, Jiang Hang stayed in Gunma to investigate the members of the Suicide Website.

Although Conan was also concerned about this matter, what freedom did a primary school student like him have?

After finishing the case and receiving his fee, Kogoro Mouri spent a day having fun before returning to Tokyo with Conan and Ran.

Before leaving, Kogoro Mouri pretended to be nonchalant and left with the words, "If you encounter any trouble, you can contact me anytime Kogoro Mouri."

However, he needn't bother with the Suicide Website issue.

Such matters are naturally best handled by official agencies like the police station. Therefore, after Jiang Hang located the website administrator, he passed the message on to Misao Yamamura, who was eager to become his apprentice and learn kung fu. Since the other party was going to become a police inspector sooner or later, Jiang Hang's little push shouldn't cause any butterfly effect.

Yes, after thinking about it all night, Jiang Hang felt that Misao Yamamura was still worth cultivating.

In Tokyo, Jiang Hang and Inspector Megure Takagi Wataru. However, Inspector Megure's career as a police inspector was nearing its end, while Takagi Wataru was about to Assistant Inspector, but his promotion assessment was temporarily suspended because of the suspect's escape last time. He probably won't be officially promoted until next year.

As for Ninzaburo Shiratori, he is both a professional elite and the young master of a conglomerate. Although his personality is not too bad, Jiang Hang has not had many interactions with him, and the effort required to train him is obviously not commensurate with the returns.

In contrast, the police officers in the professional group, like Misao Yamamura, are much more down-to-earth.

In terms of police rank, he will officially become a police inspector next year, and there is still a lot of room for promotion in the future. His status within the Gunma Police Station will also be easily improved.

In terms of personality, Misao Yamamura comes from an ordinary family and doesn't have any messy thoughts. Apart from lacking the talent for deduction and being timid and afraid of ghosts, his desire to be a good policeman is relatively simple.

Moreover, unlike Kogoro Mouri, who has a wild imagination and is always making up theories, Misao Yamamura, although he also lacks self-awareness, has actually not made many deductions on his own initiative.

As long as he stops his reasoning, it shouldn't cause any major problems.

As for how to control the other party's reasoning thoughts?

That's easy to handle. This guy wants to become his apprentice and learn kung fu, so he can just agree.

At worst, he'll just do what Conan suggested and teach Misao Yamamura basic introduction to improve her fighting skills.

After all, he is a famous detective. Since he has taken on Misao Yamamura as a student, he should at least teach him some crime-solving skills, otherwise it won't sound good to others in the future.

When the time comes, as Misao Yamamura's teacher, he can teach him some advanced criminal investigation techniques that don't require reasoning, so that Misao Yamamura won't think about reasoning all day and can just honestly continue down the path of scientific investigation.

After all, modern criminal investigation technology mainly relies on comprehensive technical investigation methods, relying on meticulous investigation of the traces left at the crime scene to ultimately locate the criminal's whereabouts.

This is actually Jiang Hang's most commonly used method for solving cases. It's just that Jiang Hang has skipped more than 90% of the steps by relying on the Eagle Eye cheat, and even saved a lot of the work that requires reasoning.

But if we let Misao Yamamura, who has absolutely no talent for reasoning, give up his idea of reasoning and honestly take the path of scientific investigation, maybe he can go further on the path of police work?

If Misao Yamamura performs well, he can indeed use the system's cheat code to help him speed up his learning progress.

In short, in dealing with the Suicide Website in Gunma Prefecture, Jiang Hang, after pretending to be reserved a few times, finally gave in to Misao Yamamura's persistent pleading and took her in as a student.

However, since Misao Yamamura is a police officer, and an elite member of the professional team at that, it wouldn't be something to boast about if outsiders knew that a professional police officer had become an apprentice of a detective, even if that detective was an advisor to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Therefore, on the surface, it was just that Misao Yamamura invited Jiang Hang to a meal to formally become his apprentice, and that was the official name.

Jiang Hang was never one to keep secrets, so he taught Misao Yamamura the basics for two days, then prepared a medicinal bath formula for him and some self-defense items. It was during this time that he told Misao Yamamura about the website administrator.

When this matter was told to Misao Yamamura, the righteous maniac Misao Yamamura, without saying a word, prepared to go to the police station to call people to bring the website administrator back for interrogation.

Jiang Hang stopped him and patiently taught him some criminal investigation and interrogation techniques. Finally, he made him take several pages of notes before letting him leave.

After that, Jiang Hang left everything to Misao Yamamura. After all, if Misao Yamamura couldn't handle this kind of thing, then he would truly be a hopeless case.

However, judging from the reports that Misao Yamamura gave him every night, under his guidance, Misao Yamamura has made considerable progress compared to before.

After the matter of the Togami Forest came to an end, Jiang Hang quietly appeared at the foot of Mount Akina.

Koharu Yoshino didn't really understand why Jiang Hang would deliberately take a detour to Mount Akina, and since Jiang Hang got closer to Mount Akina, he seemed to drive much faster than before.

Koharu Yoshino instinctively gripped the handles tightly in the car, afraid that Jiang Hang might suddenly start drifting again without warning.

Fortunately, Jiang Hang managed to control himself this time and drove the car down the mountain smoothly.

What puzzled Koharu Yoshino even more was that if Jiang Hang just wanted to go racing, he could have just gone to Mount Akina at night. Why did Jiang Hang suddenly drive to the front of a tofu shop?

Looking at the sign above the tofu shop, "Fujiwara Tofu Shop," it didn't seem like a famous shop. At least, she couldn't find the name of this shop when she searched for restaurants near Mount Akina online.

Is this a hidden gem of a shop that's actually quite niche but has an exceptionally delicious taste?

Koharu Yoshino looked at Jiang Hang with some curiosity.

Jiang Hang was looking at the headline in front of him with a sigh.

People in this world certainly don't know how famous Mount Akina was in Jiang Hang's previous life.

So when Jiang Hang discovered that there really was Fujiwara Tofu Shop in this world, his first reaction was to run over there to take photos.

This feeling is similar to how he often likes to hit Conan on the head like Kogoro Mouri; it's all a way of reminiscing about his past life.

As for the timeline here, Jiang Hang had a general idea after doing a quick survey of the information about Takumi Fujiwara, who bore a five-point resemblance to Jay Chou.

He got his driver's license less than a month ago, and it's estimated that it will be more than half a year before he has his first official competition.

Although he only got his driver's license a month ago, Takumi Fujiwara had actually been driving his AE86 on Mount Akina to deliver tofu since he was a first-year junior high school student four or five years ago. Now he is already a seasoned driver.

Jiang Hang was disappointed that he wouldn't be able to hear the classic line, "He uses inertial drift to take the corner, and he's very fast," for the time being.

But from another perspective, this point in time seems a bit too late— Natsuki should already be riding in her uncle's Mercedes by this point in time, and even if Takumi Fujiwara chased after her in his AE86 six months earlier, he wouldn't be able to catch up.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hang shook his head. He couldn't accept this hellish joke. He would have to use his phone to tap the electronic wooden fish a few times to make up for this deed when he got back.

Suppressing the jumbled thoughts in his mind, Jiang Hang glanced at the AE86 parked next to the shop and walked into the unassuming tofu shop.

Chapter 470: Chapter 466: The Fastest Legend of Mount Akina

From a customer's perspective, the environment of Fujiwara Tofu Shop is really not very good.

Upon entering the store, you are greeted by a strong smell of bean curd. The tofu soaking in water looks rather ordinary, and while the taste isn't bad, it's certainly not great either.

No matter how you look at it, this is just an ordinary-looking tofu workshop.

Therefore, as soon as she entered the tofu shop, Koharu Yoshino's face turned somewhat dejected.

She initially thought this was a small shop making tofu delicacies, but upon entering, she discovered it was simply a shop selling tofu.

Could it be that Jiang Hang traveled all the way here just to buy some tofu and take it back to Tokyo to eat?

However, this idea completely fell apart after seeing the unkempt, squinty-eyed middle-aged owner of the tofu shop with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

Although Koharu Yoshino appearance, she found it hard to believe that such a middle-aged man could be the legendary "Tofu Immortal."

Putting everything else aside, if you open a tofu shop and the entire shop is made of tofu, what should you do if you smoke in the shop and your cigarette ash falls on the tofu?

"What kind of tofu would you like to buy?" Fujiwara Bunta asked Jiang Hang, who had just walked into the shop, not very enthusiastically.

The tofu market in Japan is quite large, and because of the connections he made during his racing days, he can now supply several hotels around Mount Akina. Therefore, when dealing with individual customers like Jiang Hang, he doesn't think of himself as a customer being treated like royalty. The fact that he even bothered to ask a question is a favor he's doing because of the AE86 parked outside his shop.

Jiang Hang sized up Fujiwara Bunta in front of him, and sure enough, he looked like a hermit monk.

If Jiang Hang hadn't already known that the other party was still the fastest legend on Mount Akina, even with his Eagle Eye observation skills, he wouldn't have been able to discern many clues.

"Eighteen years ago, in Gunma Prefecture... no, I should say it was the fastest race car driver in all of Japan at the time, Mount Akina, Fujiwara Bunta."

Jiang Hang had no intention of beating around the bush; he went straight to the point with Fujiwara Bunta.

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Fujiwara Bunta's expression did not change. Instead, he scratched his nose and turned around to check the condition of the tofu in his shop.

It's clear that even though he has been retired from racing for nearly twenty years, many people still find out about him and come here wanting to challenge his title as the "fastest legend on Mount Akina".

However, after giving up his career as a professional race car driver and opening a tofu shop, Fujiwara Bunta restrained his youthful arrogance and completely ignored any provocations from those who came to his door.

"If you're not here to buy tofu, please go somewhere else. This is just a tofu shop," Fujiwara Bunta Jiang Hang casually as he inspected his tofu.

Listening to their conversation, Koharu Yoshino behind him widened her eyes slightly, looking at the unassuming tofu seller in front of her with surprise.