Shotaro Wakabayashi's Talent / The Shadow Over Asahikawa and Sayu Hagiwara

"It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, and my family agreed, so we decided to just set up the first branch office now."

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, which means she was indeed the first person to know about it?

Although this kind of thinking is meaningless, Miyano Shiho can't help but think that way, and even feels a little secretly pleased.

"In that case, we really need to choose carefully. What do you think, Shiho?" Miyano Akemi could naturally see what her younger sister meant, so she simply threw the question onto her younger sister.

Miyano Shiho coughed lightly. "Let's go check out the areas in the city that are easily accessible first."

Chapter 592: Shotaro Tatewaki's Talent

Given Jiang Hang's aversion to trouble, he usually only needs to look at two or three places before making a decision.

But Miyano Shiho and Miyano Akemi are just too meticulous.

In one afternoon, I visited more than ten places and compared them from various aspects.

Fortunately, Jiang Hang had said beforehand that money was not an issue and there was no need to worry about cost-effectiveness. If you liked something, just buy it directly, and you could pay more even if the seller was unwilling to sell.

Otherwise, if we factor in the price, these women would probably inspect every single room in Asahikawa.

Finally, they found a suitable place on a Western-style street in the center of Asahikawa.

It's located near the river, with convenient transportation, and there's also a park nearby.

After reaching an agreement, they bought the two-story house outright.

The subsequent engineering and procedures can be handled by the system administrator who will send someone to complete them. He only needs to decide on the decoration style and name of the branch office.

According to the system administrator's instructions, the branch office should be able to officially open for business by the end of the year.

As for other things related to the firm, Jiang Hang didn't give them much thought.

His Tokyo office was designed based on the template of the Mori Detective Agency in his memory, only on a higher and more refined scale.

If he were to do it now, he would still choose this simple style that he is used to.

But his idea was rejected as soon as he expressed it.

Seeing that the Miyano Akemi sisters were equally interested, Jiang Hang simply asked them to help.

The two girls were busy all day, and Jiang Hang was not idle either.

He was keeping an eye on the Suicide Website while communicating with Shotaro Tatewaki.

He did intend to help the other party grow faster, and he also planned to have the other party sign an internship contract with his branch office in Asahikawa, so that the other party could come over and try some ordinary cases from time to time.

And this doesn't require much persuasion.

All you need to say is, do you want Sakurako Kujo to see your growth and stop simply treating you as her younger brother?

That's enough.

Boys who develop romantic feelings for mature women during puberty are so easily fooled.

In short, after consulting with Sakurako Kujo, Shotaro Tatewaki agreed to Jiang Hang's invitation.

Of course, he did confirm the contents of the electronic internship contract that Jiang Hang sent him.

However, Jiang Hang has always provided his employees with generous benefits, and he hopes that his employees are willing to work hard for him.

He didn't really care about those unwilling employees anyway.

Although the system's industry module doesn't show everyone's loyalty, as a detective, he can get a pretty good idea of people's mentality by hiding his identity and visiting those industries every month.

Moreover, he can apply skills to people, greatly increasing their learning speed.

But this still requires people to take the initiative to learn.

By simply checking their study progress periodically, you can tell whether those people are genuinely working hard or just pretending.

Anyway, there's no shortage of people in this world who are willing to work hard. Jiang Hang has the cheat code of the system, so even those who aren't very capable can get significant improvement as long as they work hard enough.

Of course, because Jiang Hang has high requirements for his employees, the compensation and benefits of his businesses are generally among the best in the industry.

After all, Jiang Hang never intended to get rich from these small industries. The income from these industries was enough to cover normal operation and maintenance and pay employee salaries. He himself basically just took advantage of the system.

Just like at the agency, when Shizuka Sakaki and Koharu Yoshino took on cases, Jiang Hang would initially give them all the commission money, while he would simply keep the system rewards.

The two girls felt bad because they thought that since Jiang Hang had trained them, even if they completed the task, they could only get half of the commission fee at most.

The internship contract that Jiang Hang provided to Shotaro Tatewaki was as lenient as ever.

Shotaro Tatewaki can set his own working hours, as long as he goes to the office at least once a month.

If he doesn't want to continue, he can terminate the contract and leave at any time.

Of course, as an internship contract, the base salary is very low, almost non-existent. To earn money, you have to complete tasks and earn commissions.

Then, the internship contract will last until Shotaro Tatewaki graduates from high school. After he graduates from high school, if he wants to continue to work in this field, he can apply for a permanent position. Moreover, even if he wants to continue his studies, it will not affect his treatment as a regular employee.

If you were a seasoned professional who had worked for many years, you would probably burst into tears upon seeing this contract, which is almost entirely about benefits and has virtually no restrictions.

However, Shotaro Tatewaki is, after all, just a high school student.

He didn't think much about the internship contract Jiang Hang gave him; he was just curious why the other party wanted to give him this internship contract and also establish a branch of the detective agency in Asahikawa.

Of course, it's to win you over, the male lead who will be abandoned by the female lead sooner or later.

Although the female protagonist's fiancé is hardly mentioned in the work, Jiang Hang did a little research and found out that they were childhood sweethearts and betrothed since birth. It's just that the story has some elements of a melodramatic female-oriented novel, but it's not a true melodramatic female-oriented novel.

Shotaro Tatewaki cannot change this outcome at present.

Let's bring Shotaro Tatewaki over first and give him his skills. If Shotaro Tatewaki can change himself and break his original ending, turning from "younger brother" to lover, it will be a way for this pure love warrior to fulfill a regret from his past life. Moreover, given Shotaro Tatewaki's personality, he will definitely work harder to earn money so that the person he likes can be happy.

If that doesn't work, then by the time Shotaro Tatewaki graduates, his skills will probably be almost completely gone.

At the same time, it's time for the other party to start working hard to generate income in order to bury their inner feelings.

Regardless of the circumstances, Jiang Hang is undoubtedly the ultimate beneficiary; he's won big.

In short, after signing the internship contract electronically, Jiang Hang naturally saw Shotaro Tatewaki's character panel.

As a Watson- esque gentle male protagonist, Shotaro Tatewaki's attributes are naturally quite good.

He possesses several detective abilities, including forensic science, as well as numerous everyday skills, including advanced martial arts talent in combat.

In other words, the opponent's combat power ceiling, if placed in Conan, would be at the level of Kogoro Mouri.

However, the other person's personality is not suited to be an assassin, so let them rest assured and become a detective or forensic doctor in the future.

After muttering this to himself, Jiang Hang cast a disguise skill on the other party, reducing their learning efficiency to 30%, letting them adapt to this speed first.

Don't underestimate the 30% increase; now, level 5 firms provide employees with five to six times the learning efficiency boost that firms did at the beginning.

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Hang only adjusts the concentration for Shizuka Sakaki and the others to between 60% and 80%. If it goes any faster, although it won't have any impact on the human body, it's easy to become addicted to learning.

Just like when Shizuka Sakaki and the others are currently synchronizing with Animus, in order to help them master those skills more quickly, Jiang Hang has given them a rare 100% efficiency setting, allowing them to fully experience how every thought they have can improve their abilities.

Of course, this still can't compare to Jiang Hang, which has its own learning space.

After all, Jiang Hang in the learning space is always in a perfect state.

He is focused, diligent, and talented; everything can be absorbed into his mind in the shortest amount of time.

In just one night, one can reach places that others might not be able to reach in a lifetime.

In short, even disregarding Jiang Hang's overpowered abilities, a 30% efficiency is already considered a super genius-level cheat.

Let the other party adapt first, then gradually increase the efficiency, and finally adjust to the most suitable position for the other party.

At the same time, I sent the disguise techniques that I had taught Shizuka Sakaki and the others to Shotaro Tatewaki in text form, so that he could study them on his own.

If there's anything the other person still doesn't understand, they can ask them again later.

Having just signed the contract, Shotaro Tatewaki looked at a document sent to his phone, thinking of the deceased Kiyomi Mizushima and Ms. Sakurako who was being targeted by that Hanabusa, and made up his mind to protect Ms. Sakurako well.

Ms. Sakura had warned Mr. Jiang Hang from Tokyo that he was a very dangerous person.

After he returned, he investigated the other party's resume and found that he was indeed a very important person.

When he was with Ms. Sakura, he felt that he would encounter several cases almost every month, which would be difficult to handle.

But Jiang Hang has solved dozens of murder cases, hundreds of online fraud gangs, and several armed terrorist groups in just six months. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department made an exception and granted this foreigner the status of Metropolitan Police Department Special Advisor.

Even the railway tunnel explosion two days ago, judging from online comments, seems to have been resolved by Jiang Hang.

Looking at Jiang Hang's photos online, he finally realized that none of them matched the Jiang Hang he had met today.

When he saw this, he was a little worried that the Jiang Hang he met today might be an imposter.

But Jiang Hang seemed to see right through his thoughts and explained using the disguise technique he had provided.

According to Jiang Hang, he doesn't like to show his true face; as a detective, he should be more low-key.

So when he goes to interviews or appears on television, he will deliberately adjust his appearance to avoid being photographed.

"Even photos taken secretly by others with their mobile phones, my technology can modify and adjust my appearance in the photos."

"Of course, if you are interested in these techniques, I can teach them to you in the future, but that will have to wait until you are ready to formally become my apprentice."

Looking at the message Jiang Hang sent, Shotaro Tatewaki couldn't help but recall the way Jiang Hang typed on the keyboard in the coffee shop.

What teenager at this age isn't a bit immature and eccentric?

It's just that his chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) moments didn't align with the direction his heart was drawn to.

On the other hand, someone like Jiang Hang appears out of nowhere, effortlessly uncovers the truth of a case, and then casually sips coffee in a café while saying things like, "I took down a lot of Suicide Website in Tokyo before, those people wouldn't dare mess with me."

Even when facing the Hanabusa, which even Miss Sakura had to treat with extra caution, Jiang Hang's attitude was completely indifferent, as if as long as that Hanabusa dared to appear by his side, it would only end up being captured by him personally.

This was the first time in the year he had known Miss Sakura that he had seen a man who surpassed her in every aspect of aura and ability.

Just thinking about the scene when he met Jiang Hang today was enough to make the young man's heart flutter.

As for Sakurako Kujo's reminder, the boy was already thinking about whether he could get closer to Miss Sakurako if he studied with her.

With this in mind, the teenager, who felt unusually focused, turned his attention to the documents. He wanted to master them as quickly as possible to create that illusion for those around him who were watching him.

Shotaro Tatewaki felt that he was in a great mood for studying tonight. Even though he was encountering the words for the first time, they felt unusually familiar to him, and he could figure out their general meaning after thinking about them for a little while.

Even for words whose meanings he doesn't know at all, he can quickly form a fairly complete impression in his mind by searching for their general meaning.

Could it be that he is really talented in this area?

Looking at the last message Jiang Hang sent him.

"I can see the talent you possess. Your talent is no less than that of Heiji Hattori, but these talents still need someone to discover them."

Heiji Hattori... Although it was a name he had never heard of, a quick online search would reveal that he was a famous high school detective from the Kansai region.

Do you think you can reach that level in the other person's mind?

Thinking about his undeserved title as a high school detective, Shotaro Tatewaki once again composed himself.

Although he doesn't know what he wants for the future, it doesn't seem like a problem to try to get closer to Miss Yingzi in the direction that Mr. Jiang Hang has pointed out to him.

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The next day, after Jiang Hang woke up in the hotel, he was greeted by a bunch of questions sent to him by Shotaro Tatewaki.

This kid is really going all out to help Sakurako Kujo; he probably didn't sleep well last night.

However, this is also good, as it is relatively difficult for a novice to fake such a tired expression.

He answered a few questions briefly, telling them not to rush and to take their time. After sending a message to the Miyano Sisters, who had also been busy all night, he headed to the location of his other target.

Chapter 593: The Shadow Above Asahikawa and Ogihara Sayu

The homicide and suicide rates are very high in Asahikawa.

In terms of proportion, it might even be much higher than in Tokyo.

After all, there are more than 30 million people living in the Tokyo. Even though all sorts of cases happen there every day, generally speaking, unless you are a famous detective with a detective's talent, you may never encounter a murder case more than a few times in your life.

Asahikawa, with a population of only about 300,000, which is one percent of the Tokyo metropolitan area, has a persistently high crime rate due to a variety of cases.

Of course, it's not just Asahikawa; the crime and suicide rates throughout Hokkaido are also quite high, and many cases reveal some clues about this.

What caused all of this was the shadow that had been looming over Asahikawa City for many years.

The Hanabusa, and the organization he founded with the aim of inducing others to commit suicide or crime.

Jiang Hang spent half the night carefully sorting out the crime records of Hokkaido over the years, and then traced those past records online.