The Diligent Assassin System

Takayuki Yagami smiled and said, "While I wouldn't have agreed with your statement when I was a lawyer, I'm a detective now, and I know that if we're too obsessed with procedural justice, we might really have trouble supporting ourselves."

In the years he's been a detective, he's naturally used some special methods to obtain intelligence, including the rather direct method of threatening force.

Compared to fists, Jiang Hang's hacking skills sound much more impressive.

He knew that he was not Kyohei Hamura's defense lawyer after all, and that Kyohei Hamura would never trust him, so the other party had no intention of telling him the truth of the case.

But Shintani Lawyer is different. Shintani Lawyer seems too harmless, and he is always careful in his dealings with clients. If things don't go well, he will decisively choose to give up.

Those who know him wouldn't think he would do anything dangerous.

Under such circumstances, it's possible that Kyohei Hamura might actually tell Shintani Lawyer some of the truth and offer him some benefits in exchange for keeping Shintani Lawyer a secret.

So Takayuki Yagami immediately began to investigate what important information Jiang Hang had obtained from Shintani Lawyer.

"To be honest, I'm not sure either, because what I found out is related to you."

Jiang Hang shook his head, leaving a question mark on Takayuki Yagami's face.

"I?"

Why is he investigating me?

Jiang Hang continued, "It's not about investigating you, but rather that the other party suddenly contacted that 'Cutting-Edge New Drug Development Center' today. I think you should still have some impression of that place."

When Jiang Hang uttered those words, for a fleeting moment, Takayuki Yagami could clearly feel the stiffness in his body and face.

How could he possibly forget this place?

It was the murder case that occurred in this place three years ago that completely changed his life, turning him from a respected lawyer into a third-rate detective who can't even pay salaries.

"So why did Shintani urgently contact this place?"

Jiang Hang shook his head again. "I don't know. The other party's phone didn't have the recording function on. I can't reconstruct these things with my own skills. I only know that the other party used a computer to search for information about that center today and also made a phone call to that center."

"If the other party doesn't have a health problem... I can't think of any other intention they might have had in contacting this place besides being related to the case."

Jiang Hang looked at Takayuki Yagami and gave him some time to adjust.

After all, that place was the Waterloo of their life, and now they need to face it again, so they naturally need some time to adjust their mindset.

So after a while, Jiang Hang finally spoke up to remind Takayuki Yagami.

"I don't know Shintani Lawyer, but there's something I hope you can subtly remind them not to try to investigate this case. After all, given their style, they've already caused three deaths, so they probably wouldn't care about causing the death of another lawyer."

"Moreover, if he is really investigating, the way he is investigating is indeed too obvious, which only increases the risk to himself."

Upon hearing this, Takayuki Yagami realized that not only him, but everyone connected to the case seemed to be in danger.

"Thank you for the information. I will remind Shintani Lawyer."

Takayuki Yagami paused for a moment, then made a suggestion to Jiang Hang.

"Now that we have two directions in front of us, why don't I take charge of investigating the connection between Shintani Lawyer and that Cutting-Edge New Drug Development Center? Mr. Jiang Hang, I'll trouble you to keep an eye on the real estate developer behind the Kyorei Association."

Jiang Hang doesn't really care.

He did indeed intend to choose one of the two sides to investigate first. He would investigate the background of the Kyorei Association first, and if there was no progress on Takayuki Yagami's side, he could then turn around and investigate the development center without wasting any time.

He just felt that this guy with the face of a protagonist might be someone worth befriending. Although he didn't necessarily have to get the guy to join the Brotherhood, if the guy could create value for him, it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy the guy's firm and have him work for him.

Moreover, Takayuki Yagami seems to have some strength. Although he should still be at the level of One-Punch Man like Makoto Kyogoku, who can ignore ordinary firearms and shatter cement pillars, being at Kogoro Mouri's level can ensure his safety during the investigation.

After reminding the other party that they could contact him if they encountered any trouble, Jiang Hang ended his chat with this "Mini Takuya Kimura".

I plan to go home for a meal and rest first, and then continue the investigation in the evening.

After all, Kamurocho only reveals its true face at night.

Chapter 611: The Assassin System's Efforts

At the office, Shizuka Sakaki prepared a delicious meal for Jiang Hang.

While eating dinner, Jiang Hang told Shizuka Sakaki about the general situation of his investigation that day.

"This case will probably take a few more days to complete. After all, it involves a wide range of things, and it won't be easy to pinpoint the real culprit and find concrete evidence of the crime," Jiang Hang said, telling Shizuka Sakaki to continue coming to work at the agency as usual these days and not to worry about anything else.

Seeing the trust on Shizuka Sakaki's face, Jiang Hang continued, "By the way, I've already contacted the Foundation. To prevent those Mafia members from attacking you, they'll send some people over to protect your safety."

Jiang Hang had actually applied for this with the system administrator a long time ago.

However, the system administrator hadn't given any leeway, only allowing the Foundation to be a simple source of income and unwilling to allow the Foundation itself to have too much contact with Jiang Hang.

However, today, the system finally relented, apparently because it knew that in addition to the usual criminals, the enemies he would face in the future would also include many unethical Mafia members.

He didn't need to worry about his own safety; he could use his phone to monitor the situation around Shizuka Sakaki and judge her safety.

But this is not enough to guarantee safety. If someone really wants to harm Shizuka Sakaki and Koharu Yoshino, even though they have undergone the trials of the Animus and possess considerable martial arts skills, they are still not confident that they can dodge bullets when facing firearms.

Especially now.

The Ptantom in Hokkaido already considers him a major enemy, and they might secretly instigate someone to come and test his strength.

The Mafia might also resent him for his recent actions against the dark web.

After this commission is completed, there may be even more important figures who are wary of him.

Therefore, with some protection from the system, he was able to complete these commissions without any worries.

Jiang Hang himself was unaware that the old-fashioned Assassin System wasn't truly unwilling to hand over the Foundation's power to him.

After all, this was a setting that Jiang Hang made up on his own, and sooner or later it would definitely have to be handed over to Jiang Hang to manage personally.

At that time, they had no idea what these system plugins were doing, so they didn't dare to hand them over to Jiang Hang directly, fearing that Jiang Hang might create something even more uncontrollable and have a further impact on the world.

For the past few months, the Assassin System has been multitasking, trying to figure out the specific uses and principles of these plugins in order to maintain its prestige in front of Jiang Hang.

A veteran system that has trained dozens of elite assassins still managed to muster great motivation to learn at the end of its system career. It would endlessly ask questions about the system code whenever it could get a response on the system forum. During this period, the Assassin System became somewhat famous in the system circle.

Fortunately, after several months of arduous training, the Assassin System finally figured out the functions of about 80% of the plugins in the anime gift pack it had installed, and how to correctly use these plugins to assist its host.

Unfortunately, he realized this a little too late.

Now, half a year has passed. In this half year, the Pioneer Foundation has changed from an investment organization that simply provided funds to Jiang Hang, with total assets of tens of billions of US dollars and fewer than 100 staff members, to one that has repeatedly adjusted and intervened in the timeline.

Today, the Pioneer Foundation's assets, which have been investigated by intelligence organizations around the world, are close to one trillion dollars.

The number of staff under its name is far more than ten thousand. It should be said that the number of combat NPCs trained by Templar Knight and Assassins has exceeded ten thousand. As for the working NPCs who have no combat power and are only responsible for maintaining the operation of the Foundation, plus the real people, they could easily overthrow a country.

Let alone Italian, most of Europe is practically becoming the Pioneer Foundation's backyard.

Even within political parties in the United States, there is a subtle infiltration of the Pioneer Foundation.

It could even be said that some of the intelligence funding used by major national intelligence organizations such as the FBI, CIA, MI6, and KGB to investigate the Pioneer Foundation may have come from the Pioneer Foundation's political investments.

It was during this phase that the Assassin System, through its newly acquired coding abilities, finally managed to curb the Pioneer Foundation's further expansion into becoming the uncrowned king of Earth.

Then some restrictions were imposed on the Pioneer Foundation, starting with the dismantling of the organization.

Afterwards, the staff was streamlined and its political influence was adjusted, at least keeping it within a relatively normal range.

The rest can be gradually handed over to Jiang Hang, allowing him to slowly take control of the newly split the Pioneer Foundation.

Jiang Hang currently has more funds than he can spend because of the task bonus he impulsively filled out earlier. If Jiang Hang wants to get the assistance of the NPCs in the Pioneer Foundation, then let's make him pay.

An elite assassin who has completed assassin training and possesses Eagle Eye and disguise abilities would surely command a salary of tens of millions of yen per month to work as a bodyguard.

Then, a single bodyguard can't keep an eye on the person being protected 24 hours a day; there has to be a three-shift system.

If one person needs three assassins to protect him, then with so many people around Jiang Hang, they can also recoup a considerable amount of money from him.

Moreover, by protecting the safety of those around the other party and gradually handing over the Foundation's power to Jiang Hang, the other party can be more dedicated to fulfilling the mission.

The Assassin System looked at its arrangements with satisfaction.

Jiang Hang has now reached level 5 in his agency. At the current pace, he will be able to complete his training mission when his agency reaches level 10.

As the Assassin System calculated how long it would take to achieve the "training complete" rating, Shizuka Sakaki couldn't help but show a surprised expression after hearing Jiang Hang's words.

"Protect us?"

Before this, Shizuka Sakaki was just an ordinary person, and with Jiang Hang's protection, she hadn't actually encountered too much danger.

To be honest, the dangers they've encountered recently have all been inside the Animus, because they were discovered after failing to fully infiltrate the area.

But now that Jiang Hang brought it up, Shizuka Sakaki realized that although Jiang Hang didn't really need to worry about these things, they might not be able to stop the Mafia's retaliation.

She also felt a little embarrassed.

After all, they were Jiang Hang's assistants, but they hadn't helped him in any way. At most, they could only organize some documents and handle some simple requests.

But Jiang Hang nurtured them little by little, teaching them knowledge they never dared to imagine before.

All of this alone made Shizuka Sakaki feel that she would never be able to repay Jiang Hang's kindness in this lifetime.

Now that the other party is also providing her with protection, she feels somewhat guilty.

"Don't look like that. I personally trained you all. I know what level you are capable of. It's just that it hasn't been long yet, and your potential hasn't been fully developed. That's why you need some protection for now." Jiang Hang said this, which also indicated that the Pioneer Foundation would gradually assist him in establishing a branch base of the Pioneer Foundation in Japan.

"I didn't have many people under me before, and you can be said to be the first friends I made in Japan. In the past six months, I have completed the first phase of the Foundation's requirements, so they have given me a lot more authority."

"This teleportation Eden Artifacts, along with a group of talents cultivated by the Foundation, are all thanks to the Foundation's support for me. They will all be coming to Japan one after another. As those of you who have followed me to develop from scratch in Japan, you can naturally enjoy the taste of being a senior executive."

Shizuka Sakaki was still a little embarrassed by what she heard.

"How could I possibly be an executive? My previous idea was simply to be a qualified voice actor and work with my friends to create an animation that people would appreciate," she said, her voice becoming much softer.

"Right now, I just hope to continue serving as your assistant, Jiang Hang, and provide you with whatever assistance I can."

Jiang Hang nodded. "So I will arrange the protection. Your protectors will all be women, but they are definitely not weak. Moreover, with their abilities, you will not usually feel their presence."

Having personally experienced the assassins' stealth abilities, Shizuka Sakaki didn't think Jiang Hang's words were an exaggeration.

By this time, Shizuka Sakaki had accepted Jiang Hang's arrangement, and after the meal, it was obvious that her mood had improved considerably.

Although she herself knew that this protection wasn't just for them, the Miyano Sisters would definitely have it too.

But hearing Jiang Hang how they had built the Pioneer Detective Agency from scratch to where it is today still made her happy.

After dinner, Jiang Hang and Shizuka Sakaki chatted for a while about Animus. Then he started searching online for information about the Kyorei Association, preparing to find a starting point for his investigation.

As a result of the investigation into the Kajihira Group, the supporters behind the Kyorei Association, Jiang Hang did indeed discover quite a lot of information online.

Moriya Jun is right, things haven't been going well for the Kajihira Group lately.

According to information found online, this Kansai real estate developer was originally very powerful, having invested in a large area of land in the Kansai region, and also had connections in the Kyorei Association and illegal worlds through the Kyourei-kai gang.

The problem is that they made a fortune in the Kansai region and wanted to further expand their group's sphere of influence in the Kanto region, but they failed miserably in their first step.

Even the Minister of Labor of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, who had deliberately tried to curry favor with the other party, criticized them.

The result is that the other side had already arranged its development plan in the Kanto region and had even allowed the Kyorei Association's forces to enter Kamurocho, but now they are stuck here in a dilemma.

Jiang Hang investigated all the news related to the Kajihira Group online.

Fortunately, as a company operating openly, it couldn't hide itself like Mafia. Jiang Hang spent some time investigating and found the root cause of the Kajihira Group's poor performance.

That is, an unexpected event occurred on a piece of land that should have already been approved, disrupting their plans.

"It's this land," Jiang Hang muttered, looking at the official website of the Cutting-Edge New Drug Development Center in front of him.

So there really is a reason for this.

Jiang Hang rested his chin on his hand and began to analyze.

According to Masamichi Shintani, the de facto leader of the Matsugane Family, Kyohei Hamura, he probably knows some secrets and therefore wants to investigate this new drug center.

Meanwhile, the forces behind the Kyorei Association wanted to acquire the land for the development center, and for this purpose they even made some connections with the Minister of Labor of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, but ultimately failed.

However, judging from various news reports, neither Kyorei Association nor Kajihira Group has given up on the idea of that land and has been trying to relocate the development center in other ways.

They used every method imaginable, both legitimate and illegitimate, but it not only failed to achieve any results, but also made the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare develop a dislike for the Kajihira Group and begin to secretly target them.

As the situation worsened, the Kajihira Group became even more eager to use that piece of land to reverse the group's decline, thus creating a vicious cycle between the Kyorei Association and the Kajihira Group.

"Although using those despicable methods to coerce people is also a sign of mental instability, in the end, it's the person who suffers the most," Jiang Hang said, looking at the news information he had investigated and combining it with the information he obtained from Moriya Jun.

In short, regardless of the circumstances, both sides have now become involved with this cutting-edge new Cutting-Edge New Drug Development Center, which is clearly the true core of the operation.

Jiang Hang thought for a moment and decided to go see Takayuki Yagami again tomorrow to check on his progress. He then continued to investigate why the Kajihira Group was so persistent about that piece of land, and why it suddenly could not be sold.

This is easy to find, since these news stories obviously cannot be covered up.

"They've found the key cause of Alzheimer's disease and developed ADDC9, a drug that can completely cure it, making Alzheimer's disease disappear from the history books... They really dare to say that," Jiang Hang muttered to himself.

However, even though this sounds incredible, the paper has already been published, so at this critical juncture, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is unlikely to dismantle or relocate the development center.

If something goes wrong during the relocation process, leading to the failure of new drug development research, no one would be willing to take responsibility.