The Detective Conan's Luck-Changer: Ran Begs for Mercy at the Start

"And with a monthly salary of 300 million yen, if I were really desperate for women, I could probably sleep with countless ones in the red-light district!"

"Catherine, wake up, okay?"

Izuki Qingtian had no intention of having an office romance.

Not to mention having an affair with his female employees.

Seeing that Catherine seemed intent on seducing him,

Izuki Qingtian decided to be direct and clear-cut to prevent the assistant from overthinking and getting her position wrong.

"...Understood, boss."

Catherine paused for a moment, but quickly composed herself.

After signing his name and pressing his fingerprint on the two paper documents, he left the Yizhu family residence.

After leaving a certain distance,

Lucy Catherine's facial muscles suddenly shifted slightly.

In the blink of an eye, it changed completely.

Lucy Catherine looked somewhat different from before, but not too different.

Even her beauty has only increased.

"It seems that this Izuki Karuta is no ordinary person."

"No wonder that gentleman sent me to investigate."

Catherine murmured to herself, and her voice changed.

If Izuki Karuta were here, seeing and hearing Catherine's words and actions at this moment, he would definitely recognize her as the Distillery's ever-changing witch—Vermouth!

It was also because of that gentleman's direct order,

Vermouth had no choice but to take it seriously and used her most secret skills.

With exceptional facial muscle micro-control, the possibility of revealing one's identity due to appearance is eliminated.

"Is he truly capable, or just a charlatan trying to mystify things?"

"Let me investigate this thoroughly!"

Tonight, dark clouds cover the sky.

Vermouth stepped into the darkness and quickly disappeared.

Two hours later, at 10 p.m.,

The doorbell rang at Yizhu's house.

Itake Karuta opened the door to welcome Ran Mouri inside.

After a brief stay at Eri Kisaki's apartment for a few days, Ran Mouri has now returned to live at the Mouri Office.

After the other two people at the Mori office went to sleep...

Ran Mouri can then answer the call of Karuichi Itake.

Come over and we'll provide you with exclusive service.

Today, Izuki Karuta chose a service where she could bathe and soak together with Ran Mouri.

Since we're going to take a bath, we naturally need to scrub our bodies first.

"Since Mr. Yizhu has hired a beautiful assistant."

"Why do I have to do this kind of thing again?"

Ran Mouri rubbed Izuki Karita's back while muttering to herself.

There seemed to be a hint of jealousy in her voice.

Izuki Karita said calmly:

"I hire beautiful female assistants simply because I find them pleasing to the eye on a daily basis."

"What I value is work and experience; I don't have requirements like getting a scrub in the bath or warming the bed."

"And Ran Mouri, you are ultimately different to me."

After a brief explanation,

Izuki Karuta noticed a faint smile on Ran Mouri's face as reflected in the mirror.

It seems Ran Mouri is really jealous.

Izuki Karuta couldn't help but chuckle to himself:

Women are indeed strange creatures.

As long as you bring them enough joy and leave something in their hearts.

Even if it was originally just a purely transactional relationship, they will start to interfere in this and that.

Ran Mouri is particularly good at hiding her true feelings.

“Mr. Yizhu, you are different to me from other men…”

Ran Mouri said, blushing slightly.

But I was very satisfied with myself in the mirror.

That shy yet happy look will definitely win over Izuki Karita!

At the same time, Ran Mouri felt relieved.

Fortunately, the price was booked a few days in advance.

Although the price of 10 yen seemed a bit low at the time,

But now it seems that the 10 yen was definitely worth it.

Especially in the afternoon, Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki came over to join in the fun and saw a long line forming in front of Itake's house.

Ran Mouri saw countless expectations and excitement on the faces of the beautiful women who were interviewing, and she also heard them discussing how handsome Izuki Shigeta was, and even how they would want to win Izuki Shigeta over without pay.

This made Ran Mouri realize that her previous judgment was correct; Izuki Karuta had no shortage of women and could easily have a bunch of them for free.

If she hadn't reserved a spot in advance, the price would probably have been even lower than 10 yen if we negotiated the price today.

Moreover, with a monthly salary of 300 million yen, if it weren't for the fact that she has to go to school every day, Ran Mouri would want to apply for this assistant job!

"The scrubbing technique is quite good, like someone who has practiced it."

Do you sometimes help others scrub their backs?

Izuki Karuta enjoyed Ran Mouri's meticulous body scrubbing service.

I asked a question casually.

"Not before."

"I only got the hang of it in the last few days."

Ran Mouri told him the truth.

As for the guinea pig used to practice scrubbing, it was naturally Conan.

However, after his first experience of being vigorously scrubbed on the back, which felt like torture, Conan learned to take a bath on his own the very next day.

"Is that Detective Mori?"

"I had heard that Japan has a tradition of daughters helping their fathers rub their backs, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Izuki Shigeta said with a hint of envy.

Kogoro Mouri is truly blessed with good fortune. He married a stunning beauty like Eri Kisaki and has a beautiful daughter like Ran Mouri to help him scrub his back.

"It wasn't my father, it was...it was another...man."

As Ran Mouri spoke, she kept her eyes fixed on Karuichi Itake.

I hoped to catch a glimpse of jealousy on his face.

"Oh, it's Conan, right?"

"What a lucky kid."

"To have won your favor and affection, Xiaolan."

Izuki Shizuta said calmly,

As for being jealous, that's impossible.

After all, no matter how good Ran Mouri and Shinichi Kudo's relationship was, they never officially became a couple.

Ran Mouri now knows that Conan is Shinichi Kudo.

Whether out of shyness or defensiveness, one would definitely be fully covered when getting a bath, making it impossible for anyone to take advantage of them.

After all, recently, Izuki Karuta personally left Ran Mouri with many secrets that could not be seen by outsiders.

At yesterday's Valentine's Day party,

Izuki Karuta also vaguely sensed that Ran Mouri seemed to dislike Conan a bit.