Vermouth's Revelation / Jiang Hang, Who Almost Became the Boss of the Organization

But that's not the point. What he really wants to know is how he, a perfectly good assassin, suddenly became "sweet potato" in this woman's mouth.

Besides, Brotherhood in this world just something he made up? Where did this woman get the idea that he's Templar Knight, and why does she think he is?

Jiang Hang suddenly remembered what his system had once told him: the Pioneer Foundation had made a fortune from the Karasuma Group in the early days of the Black Organization's establishment, and had even managed to force the Black Organization to swallow the whole thing.

Jiang Hang had wondered at the time if the system had simply sent a team of assassins to dance at the entrance of the Black Organization's hot springs. But now it seemed that his system had shifted the blame onto the Templar Knight at that time.

To avoid being exposed in front of this woman, Jiang Hang quickly sent an inquiry to his system, wanting to find out exactly what had happened back then.

Even at this point, his unreliable system didn't tell Jiang Hang anything more. It only told Jiang Hang that this was the most suitable method after the system's judgment, and that he should continue to use this identity to communicate with the other party.

Listening to his own explanation, Jiang Hang only felt a strong sense of perfunctoriness.

In reality, the Assassin System was just a perfunctory gesture towards Jiang Hang.

Because this Templar Knight is not something created by the Assassin System either; it's still the work of the root of all evil, the "Yen Generation Plugin."

As mentioned before, because this plugin was created by the "Behind-the-Scenes Tycoon System," after Jiang Hang named his detective agency "Pioneer Detective Agency," the plugin automatically matched Jiang Hang with the Pioneer Foundation.

The problem lies here: Jiang Hang underestimated the capabilities of his own system, while the Assassin System underestimated the power of this seemingly insignificant plugin.

Initially, this plugin simply altered the timeline from fifty years ago to allow the Pioneer Foundation to be born in this world, and its function was merely to provide the host with a legitimate source of funds.

However, when Jiang Hang questioned it about how the Foundation was exploiting the Black Organization, it discovered that although the Foundation generated by this small plugin was still established fifty years ago, the "pioneers" who founded this Foundation could actually be traced back to before the Common Era!

Chapter 214: Chapter 212: Vermouth's Information

In the Assassin's Creed universe, the Forerunners are an intelligent race that existed before the birth of humankind, and are also the source of the myths in the Assassin's Creed world.

Both the Templar Knight and the Assassins were founded by people with the blood of the Forerunners.

If Jiang Hang had simply given his detective agency a normal name and hadn't used the "Brotherhood" name when bragging to Gin, the plugin probably wouldn't have reacted much. It would have simply generated a low-key conglomerate or Foundation to provide its host with financial resources.

However, Jiang Hang named his firm "Pioneer" and also told others the name "Brotherhood," which happened to trigger the hidden setting created by the "Behind-the-Scenes Tycoon System" that made the plugin.

Speaking of which, let me briefly introduce the Behind-the-Scenes Tycoon System.

The Godly Tycoon System and the Behind-the-Scenes System are new types of systems that have emerged in recent eras. In the "Most Popular System Ranking," similar systems always occupy the top spots on the list.

The Behind-the-Scenes Tycoon System," which possesses both the "behind-the-scenes" and "godly tycoon" styles, can be described as a "system winner" born with a silver spoon in its mouth.

However, even though it was already ahead of more than 90% of the systems by nature, the Behind-the-Scenes Tycoon System was also well aware that the trend in the system circle was constantly changing. The upgrade system and the cultivation system that used to occupy half of the system circle gradually declined, and now, although these rich system types are still in their prime, they may become outdated at any time.

Therefore, it has been researching the future of the Godly Rich System.

Not long ago, when it was invited to provide a Money Plugin for a 2D Patch Pack, it added a lot of personal stuff to the plugin that it hadn't had time to try out yet.

In addition to providing the host with a legitimate source of money and its expertise in behind-the-scenes organization, it also includes its latest research on "customizing the behind-the-scenes organization according to the host's expectations (bragging)".

It didn't think too much when it created this hidden feature. After all, this 2D Patch Pack is mainly for systems that follow the "anime infinite flow" type, while systems that follow the "crossover anime daily life flow" type generally don't need the behind-the-scenes organization module. At most, they can turn off this feature after creating a large conglomerate.

However, no system could have imagined that a hardcore Assassin System would download this 2D Patch Pack.

Not only is it completely incompetent at using the features in this patch, but this Assassin System is also worried about losing its "Excellent System" title, a title that most new-generation systems no longer care about. After making a mistake, it dares not turn off the function that it could actually turn off, nor does it dare to report to the System Management Bureau. It can only continue to make the mistake.

The host chosen by this system this time happened to be an enthusiast of the Assassin System. Ultimately, due to various reasons, this seemingly ordinary plugin achieved 1000% effectiveness in the hands of Jiang Hang and the Assassin System.

Because of Jiang Hang, this plugin has created two organizations, the Assassins and the Templar Knight, in the timeline of this world "without affecting the major changes in history." In name, Jiang Hang has been the "sole leader" of these two organizations since their inception before Christ.

Regardless of the Assassin Organization's influence, the analysis from that plugin revealed that the Pioneer Foundation had become one of the Templar Knight's assets.

If this plugin continues to run, it might actually be able to create Isu Civilization that existed before humanity.

However, even if the Assassin System knew these things, it wouldn't tell Jiang Hang, let alone since it itself was still clueless about them.

Meanwhile, Jiang Hang, after a brief moment of confusion, still unaware that his background had become even more powerful, accepted the fact that he had been forcibly "rebelled" by his own Assassin System and transferred to the Templar Knight camp.

Although his own system didn't tell him the reason, it only told him that only the head of the Black Organization knew about the Templar Knight and had always been wary of the Pioneer Foundation. But Jiang Hang found a suitable reason for his own system: when he was chatting with Gin, he mentioned the Brotherhood and the Assassins. He guessed that the system created the Templar Knight to cover for him so that the Black Organization wouldn't find out directly.

In other words, the Black Organization probably doesn't know that he rescued Miyano Shiho and Miyano Akemi in the name of the Brotherhood, or that the Black Organization has already begun to suspect him as a "Templar Knight".

It seems like it's time to test my acting skills against this Hollywood actress.

Remembering what the system had told him—that only the boss in the Black Organization knew about the Templar Knight — Jiang Hang looked at the woman in front of him, whose identity he couldn't be fully confirmed, and his expression turned serious.

"Tell me your identity. You must be the one who installed the bugging device yesterday and impersonated Tomohaki Niide today. State your purpose."

Vermouth did not hide her identity and directly revealed her code name at the Black Organization.

Upon hearing that the other party was Vermouth, although he knew that the threat could not be ruled out, Jiang Hang still breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"The Karasuma Group? I've heard of you. Is the perpetrator in this case a member of your organization?"

Vermouth shook her head and explained why she had installed the bugging device, "Of course not. Actually, for some reason, I was once saved by that girl."

"So when I came to Japan and learned that she had lost her memory, I simply wanted to help that girl. But now it seems that I was overstepping my bounds," Vermouth said, focusing her actions on gratitude and repaying a debt of kindness, without mentioning anything related to Conan.

Jiang Hang nodded noncommittally, and the two of them "tacitly" skipped over the matter of Vermouth Tomohaki Niide to test Conan.

"So what brings you to us? Your organization hasn't forgotten what happened forty years ago, has it?" Jiang Hang asked Vermouth in a deep voice.

Vermouth chuckled and shook her head, "Of course not. Before I came here, the That Man from our organization told me not to offend you. Besides, our organization only came to inform you because we obtained information about the 'Assassin Brotherhood'."

Chapter 215: Chapter 213: Jiang Hang, who almost became the boss of the Black Organization

Jiang Hang now finally understands what it means to "investigate myself".

He's an assassin disguised as a detective, but the backdrop behind him is the Templar Knight. And now he's learned from a traitor in the Black Organization that the Black Organization boss seems to want to get information about the "Assassin Brotherhood" from him, this "Templar Knight".

According to Vermouth, one night forty years ago, Karasuma Renya, who was preparing to teach the Pioneer Foundation a lesson, met several Templar Knights and witnessed their "superhuman power".

Jiang Hang had no idea what power his system had displayed in front of Karasuma Renya.

However, according to the system's description, after witnessing the power displayed by the Templar Knight back then, Karasuma Renya even expressed his desire to offer up the entire Karasuma Group to become an outer member of the Templar Knight.

However, because this would cause a huge change in the world's situation, the system ultimately rejected it on the grounds that "the Karasuma Group is not qualified enough."

Listening to the explanation from his own system, Jiang Hang couldn't help but complain: Well, back then, the Pioneer Foundation not only almost bankrupted the Black Organization, but he almost became the Black Organization's BOSS to achieve the "I beat myself" achievement.

Although Karasuma Renya's request to join the Templar Knight was rejected, he still heard some so-called "truths about the world" from those Templar Knights.

He knew that the Templar Knight were a mysterious organization that had been hiding in human society for thousands of years to maintain "a certain order," and he also knew that besides the Templar Knight, there was another assassin organization in the world with a completely opposite purpose.

Over the years, only a few senior executives at the Black Organization have known about these things.

They were secretly trying to investigate and make contact with other Templar Knight or Assassin organizations.

But in the past forty years, apart from having some minor connections with the Pioneer Foundation in some insignificant places, they have found absolutely no information related to the Templar Knight or the Assassin Brotherhood.

On the contrary, the more they dealt with the Pioneer Foundation, the more they felt the mystery and impenetrability of the Templar Knight organization.

To this day, no matter how hard intelligence agencies around the world investigate, they have not been able to find anything on the Pioneer Foundation. Moreover, the Templar Knight have been hiding for thousands of years. As for their the Black Organization, even though they have been careful enough over the past few decades, they still cannot avoid being detected by intelligence agencies from various countries. They themselves do not even know how many traitors and spies are in the organization.

After years of fruitless investigation into the Templar Knight, they had even given up on continuing the investigation when suddenly the "Brotherhood" that Jiang Hang had fabricated to frame Gin came to light.

They then discovered that Jiang Hang, the nominal heir of the Pioneer Foundation, had settled in Tokyo Japan, two months prior.

The Templar Knight had demonstrated their power and mentioned the Assassin Brotherhood in front of the Black Organization forty years ago, so after Gin leaked information about the Brotherhood, the Black Organization's higher-ups did consider whether it was a frame-up by the mysterious Templar Knight against the Assassin Brotherhood.

But upon closer reflection, they realized that the Templar Knight had nearly brought them down forty years ago. Even though they had secretly developed for forty years into a powerful criminal organization feared by countries around the world, they still didn't believe they could surpass the Templar Knight, who had been developing in secret for thousands of years and possessed unknown and formidable power.

In their eyes, the Templar Knight, who were far more powerful than them, had no need to resort to such troublesome means if they wanted to take Sherry away.

In other words, even if the Templar Knight were responsible for this, they are not ready to go to war with Templar Knight. Therefore, they currently believe that the Templar Knight discovered signs of the Assassin organization's activities in Japan, which is why they sent Jiang Hang here to investigate.

Vermouth was the person they chose to negotiate with Jiang Hang.

After all, Vermouth's position within the organization is quite special, and she also possesses extremely strong disguise and intelligence-gathering abilities. It would be best if she could find out Sherry's whereabouts. Even if the negotiations ultimately fail, at least it would ensure that she doesn't strain the relationship between the Black Organization and the Templar Knight.

Who would have thought that the two people chatting now are Vermouth, who is in a sense a double agent of the Black Organization, and Jiang Hang, who has not yet figured out how many "surprises" his own mischievous system has added to his life. Therefore, the two of them are thinking to themselves when they are talking.

Vermouth spoke "frankly" to Jiang Hang about the organization, while also subtly trying to elicit information from Jiang Hang.

Knowing that Vermouth wanted to extract information from him, Jiang Hang chose to speak as little as possible, or simply chat with her with a blank expression. He even ignored the subtle "hints" in her Jiang Hang, which were meant to help build a harmonious society.

However, Jiang Hang obtained a lot of information about the Black Organization from Vermouth, and he also revealed some information about the Assassin Brotherhood.

Of course, all this information was made up by him in his capacity as a Templar Knight. Brotherhood as "madmen who excessively pursue freedom" and spread rumors that important members of the Brotherhood "might have their left ring fingers cut off." Vermouth also casually mentioned a few famous historical figures who were assassinated, saying that they were all assassinated by assassins.

Vermouth will truthfully pass these things on to the Black Organization's higher-ups, and whether they believe them or not is their business.

Jiang Hang felt that Vermouth, being such a shrewd woman, should be able to understand what he meant.

During this negotiation, the two of them tacitly avoided mentioning Conan's matter.

Jiang Hang knew that among all the people in the Black Organization, only Vermouth, who had been saved by Ran and Shinichi Kudo, would pay attention to Shinichi Kudo, the high school detective who had been missing for two months.

Furthermore, given that she deliberately disguised Tomohaki Niide to meet Conan, she probably already realizes that Conan is actually Shinichi Kudo, who has undergone strange changes in his body after taking the organization's Apotoxin 4869.

Conan, who shrunk because of Apotoxin 4869, and Miyano Shiho, who developed Apotoxin 4869 —even Jiang Hang, a third-rate detective, could sense the connection between the two. With Vermouth's intelligence, it wouldn't be difficult for her to figure it out.

But Vermouth's current attitude seems to be telling Jiang Hang that she is not that loyal to the organization, and she will not mention Shinichi Kudo to the organization.

Chapter 216: Chapter 214: The Amusement Park Where It All Began

Vermouth obtained information about the assassin organization, Jiang Hang acquired information about the Black Organization.

At the same time, the two of them also developed a subtle understanding because of Conan.

Jiang Hang will not tell Conan about Vermouth's affairs, while Vermouth will continue to provide Jiang Hang with some secret information about the Black Organization.

Jiang Hang didn't know how long this subtle understanding could last.

To be honest, Vermouth is indeed a very charming and extremely mysterious woman. Jiang Hang has no idea what kind of past she has or what her position is in the organization.

He couldn't even be sure how important Ran and Conan were to him.

However, given the current situation, Jiang Hang has once again achieved a win-win situation.

Jiang Hang couldn't help but sigh when he thought that his background was already powerful enough to easily destroy the Black Organization and even overturn the world order, while he himself still had to play a role-playing game with the Black Organization.

The feeling of being treated with utmost respect as a big shot was not bad, but he also felt that his gaming experience had become plain, unpretentious, and boring.

Of course, Jiang Hang did not get arrogant. He knew very well that his current strength was only at the level of someone who had just left the beginner village, so he quickly adjusted his mindset.

Moreover, he hadn't forgotten that he still had an unsolved case on his record.

After so much time has been wasted on Vermouth, it's time to bring this case to a close.

He drove towards Tropical Land, and at the same time made a phone call to Miyano Shiho.

At Tropical Land, it was already getting dark.

Having lost her memory, Ran, accompanied by Sonoko Suzuki and Kogoro Mouri, spent a day at the Amusement Park, experiencing almost every Amusement Park and attraction.

In this Amusement Park, Ran's spirits gradually improved, and she could even vaguely recall some people or events from the past.

Kogoro Mouri was quite gratified to see that his daughter's mental state was gradually improving.

Just thinking that the amusement park rides that Ran could recall were basically the ones she went on with Shinichi Kudo, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but recall that Shinichi Kudo had been missing for more than two months.

It seems that the last place Shinichi Kudo was seen was this Amusement Park, after which he completely disappeared.

After two months of not appearing in the public eye, even the police began to suspect that Shinichi Kudo's disappearance might mean he had been murdered.

Despite Kogoro Mouri constantly calling Shinichi Kudo "Detective Boy" and complaining that Shinichi Kudo stole his thunder,

But he knew very well that his daughter had devoted her whole heart to Shinichi Kudo since she was a child.

So after arriving at the place where Shinichi Kudo disappeared, Kogoro Mouri was constantly worried about what would happen if his daughter remembered Shinichi Kudo's disappearance here.

Over the past two months, he could certainly feel how much Shinichi Kudo's disappearance had affected his daughter.

He even couldn't help but think: rather than letting Ran worry about the missing Shinichi Kudo every day, wouldn't it be better for her to remember nothing at all?

At least for now, Ran seems quite happy.

Of course, this idea only briefly appeared in Kogoro Mouri's mind before he forgot about it.

As evening approached, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but say to his daughter, "Ran, how about we call it a day and come back to play tomorrow?"

However, Sonoko Suzuki, who was standing next to Ran, expressed a different opinion to Kogoro Mouri.

"There will be a celebration banquet at the amusement park tonight. Let's go after we watch the banquet."

As she said this, she walked over to Kogoro Mouri and whispered to him, "Last time Ran and Shinichi came over, they originally planned to watch the celebration party in the evening before leaving the Amusement Park. But Shinichi ran into a murder case that day, and the celebration party was postponed by the Amusement Park."

"The day after we returned from the Amusement Park, Ran told me that she was disappointed that she didn't get to see the celebration party. After Shinichi disappeared, she never came back here. Perhaps letting Ran see this celebration party that she had never seen before would have an effect on her condition."

Hearing Sonoko Suzuki say this, Kogoro Mouri still seemed somewhat skeptical.