After learning from Jiang Hang that he had also come to the museum because of the recent rumors about the walking armor, Ran Mouri immediately became extremely enthusiastic.
She even invited Jiang Hang and Yoshino Koharu to tour the museum together with them.
It was obvious that Conan's group had come here purely because Ran's curiosity had gotten the better of her.
However, under the combined resentful gazes of Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa, Jiang Hang eventually abandoned the idea.
Conan's displeasure came from Ran's unusually warm attitude toward Jiang Hang.
As for Kogoro Mouri…
His irritation was directed toward Yoshino Koharu, who was standing behind Jiang Hang.
Although Kogoro Mouri enjoyed Jiang Hang's flattering words, his mood subtly shifted after realizing that this rookie detective had hired such a beautiful assistant.
Damn it…
I want a beautiful assistant helping me with cases too!
Kogoro Mouri grumbled inwardly.
After entering the museum, the two groups naturally split up and explored different sections according to their interests.
Once they were out of sight of Conan and the others, Jiang Hang looked at Yoshino Koharu and asked teasingly,
"So, what do you think of him? That's a very famous detective, you know."
Yoshino Koharu responded with a skeptical look.
"He doesn't look anything like a legendary detective. Honestly, he just seems like an ordinary perverted middle-aged man."
"Is he really the amazing detective you mentioned?"
"That's exactly why appearances can be deceiving," Jiang Hang replied.
"Have you already forgotten the case from a few days ago? The man who looked like the murderer turned out to be the victim, while the well-mannered company president was the real criminal."
"You can't become a good detective by judging people based only on appearances."
Of course, such people were perfectly qualified to serve as assistant characters.
After all, solving cases alone wasn't enough to highlight how brilliant a detective was.
There always had to be someone nearby who wasn't quite as sharp—someone who could unintentionally make the detective shine even brighter.
Bao Zheng had Gongsun Ce.
Di Renjie had Li Yuanfang.
Sherlock Holmes had Dr. Watson.
Even in the Conan manga, whenever Kogoro Mouri opened his mouth, it practically guaranteed that whoever he accused was not the real culprit.
That kind of almost supernatural ability to avoid the real murderer was extremely useful for an assistant.
But Yoshino Koharu wasn't even a beginner in deduction yet.
For now, she could just focus on being his driver.
With that thought in mind, Jiang Hang continued wandering through the museum with her.
Since this was only a local museum in Beika Town, it didn't contain any particularly priceless works.
Although some pieces were created by famous artists, they were mostly lesser-known works rather than masterpieces.
For Jiang Hang—who had absolutely no artistic sensitivity—looking at these exhibits only triggered thoughts like:
"Ah… that painting looks pretty good."
"This statue seems very realistic."
"That specimen is interesting."
In other words, completely shallow impressions without any deeper meaning.
Yoshino Koharu, however, knew far more about art.
According to her, she had taken several art appreciation courses as electives during university.
Although she didn't possess much artistic talent herself, she had at least learned the basics of evaluating artwork.
Unfortunately, after graduating, none of that knowledge had proven useful in her job search.
After walking a short distance, Yoshino Koharu suddenly spoke up.
"I just looked up some information about this museum."
"It seems the building will be demolished and renovated sometime soon."
Jiang Hang was slightly surprised.
Even while visiting the museum, Yoshino Koharu hadn't forgotten to gather background information.
His assistant was doing a pretty good job.
Perhaps he had underestimated her earlier.
"Come to think of it, today is a holiday," Jiang Hang said thoughtfully.
"Museums usually receive their highest number of visitors on days like this."
"Besides, the rumors about the walking armor have been spreading lately."
"And yet there aren't many people here today."
"If visitor numbers are this low, the museum probably can't even maintain normal operations."
"In that case, it's understandable that the building might be sold."
Jiang Hang rubbed his chin.
Since he was already certain that a case would happen here, and now he had this new information, some ideas began forming in his mind.
The museum was going to be sold.
The person buying it likely planned to do something harmful to the museum—or to the artwork inside it.
That would naturally cause resentment among the museum staff.
And resentment could easily lead to murder.
The details might differ slightly, but the overall logic should be something like that.
After watching so many episodes of Detective Conan and binge-reading numerous detective stories from this world recently, Jiang Hang had developed a certain instinct for these situations.
He activated Eagle Vision and attempted to observe the entire museum.
Unfortunately, even though there weren't many visitors, the building was still large.
Including staff members, there were around forty to fifty people inside.
When he tracked Toyo Abe earlier, it had worked because he had already marked him with Eagle Vision beforehand.
Once activated, the ability automatically locked onto the marked target.
But now Jiang Hang had no idea who the murderer or the victim might be.
Without a target, Eagle Vision couldn't lock onto anything specific.
And his brain was still just that of an ordinary human.
Since he could only use Eagle Vision for one or two seconds every minute, monitoring forty or fifty people simultaneously was impossible.
After thinking it through, Jiang Hang made a simple decision.
He locked his observation onto Conan Edogawa.
Then he waited for the system to issue a case notification.
After all, Conan was always the first to discover the crime scene.
As long as Jiang Hang knew where Conan was, he wouldn't miss the case.
Solving murder cases was the fastest way for a detective to gain fame.
Any great detective inevitably grew through countless murder investigations.
But Jiang Hang didn't want himself to become accustomed to them.
Perhaps that conflicted with the system's supposed purpose of turning him into the world's greatest legendary detective.
But after thinking carefully about it, Jiang Hang realized something.
This system had originally been designed to train him into a legendary assassin.
It was only because the system had accidentally brought him to the wrong world that it had been forced to switch careers and become a detective system.
Even now, although it wore the outer disguise of a detective system…
Its core was still the original assassin system.
And Jiang Hang himself wasn't truly a proper detective either.
He was simply an assassin disguised as a detective.
A scammy system pretending to be a detective system.
And a positive-energy assassin pretending to be a detective.
There was really no need for them to follow the rules of genuine detectives.
Jiang Hang smiled slightly.
He had already compromised so much.
It was only fair that the system compromised a little as well.
After all—
Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.