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

Conan anticipated this and hid to the side, shouting loudly:

"Ichitake is a charlatan! Matsumoto-sensei, please don't let him fool you!!"

These words immediately caused Ran Mouri, Sonoko Suzuki, and Sayuri Matsumoto to frown.

"How could Mr. Yizhu be a charlatan?"

"He foresaw in advance that there would be problems at today's wedding!"

"If it weren't for Mr. Yizhu's reminder, I might already be..."

"And Mr. Yizhu even saved my father!"

Matsumoto Sayuri's words revealed her deep admiration for Itsuki Karuta.

Sonoko directly retorted:

"Conan, you little brat, you didn't help at all."

"What right do you have to criticize Mr. Yizhu?!"

"If Mr. Yizhu hears these words, I think you're in for a world of trouble!"

The Valentine's Day incident was accurately predicted by Izuki Karuta.

The fact that the Matsumoto father and daughter were targeted at this wedding was also accurately predicted.

Sonoko Suzuki was already a little superstitious, and now she had no doubt about Karuta Itake's abilities.

At the same time, I felt fortunate.

Fortunately, they had asked Izuki Karuta for help beforehand.

Otherwise, I really don't know how badly that vicious groom would have hurt Matsumoto-sensei.

"So what if I heard it? I'm not afraid!"

Conan retorted firmly, "I'm just stating the facts. Izuki Karata is a fraud! A charlatan!!"

"Inspector Matsumoto already had quite a few enemies because of his profession."

"It's highly likely that our enemy will choose to cause trouble on the day of Matsumoto-sensei's wedding!"

"Itsuki Karuta is deliberately using this high-probability event to intimidate people!"

"He just discovered the poison in the lemon tea a little earlier than I did."

"The groom's sudden act of offering a toast is also suspicious."

"Everything makes sense! It's a joke that Izuki Shigeta could predict disasters!"

Conan patiently analyzed the logic behind it.

then,

Ran Mouri grabbed him by the back of his collar with one hand and started to roll away.

"Conan, your analysis is so good, how come you weren't helpful at all?"

"Even if Mr. Yizhu is really talking about a high-probability event, as you said."

"Didn't Mr. Izuki actually save Mr. Matsumoto and Inspector Matsumoto?"

"Is there anything wrong with giving some money to express gratitude?"

"Or is it that you, Conan, have a habit of criticizing, gossiping about, and spouting nonsense about your benefactors?"

Ran Mouri's words left Conan speechless.

Because it's a fact that Conan wasn't able to help.

It is true that Izuki Karuta was a great help.

"And, if it weren't for that one sentence you said, Conan..."

"Even Inspector Matsumoto almost committed murder!"

Ran Mouri grumbled again.

Conan lowered his head even further and dared not speak again.

Previously, Ran Mouri didn't have many male friends. The only men she knew well were Kogoro Mouri and Shinichi Kudo.

Comparing the two, Shinichi Kudo is clearly better than Kogoro Mouri, who is an alcoholic, gambler, and greedy man.

But now that Ran Mouri has met Karuichi Itake, and compared to him, Shinichi Kudo is completely outmatched, and all his shortcomings have been exposed.

Ran Mouri couldn't understand how she had ever tolerated Shinichi Kudo's flaws.

Afterwards, the three women whispered among themselves again about how much reward they should give Izuki Shigeta.

Conan, listening from the side, was extremely frustrated, wishing he had become a child and that there were so few things he could do.

If it weren't for the fact that I'm too short when I'm a child...

He, Shinichi Kudo, would definitely discover the lemon tea was poisoned before Izuki Karuta did!

Moreover, the investigation doesn't need to be conducted in secret.

Izuki Karuta was just lucky!

Conan made a silent decision in his heart.

Sooner or later, he will have irrefutable evidence to reveal to Ran Mouri and the others that Izuki Karata is a fraud!

"Little Lily, where did Mr. Izuki go?"

After Matsumoto Kiyonaga finished dealing with the scene and saw the guests off,

Back in the preparation room, I wanted to thank Itake Karuta in person.

After learning that Izuki Karuta had left, Matsumoto Kiyonaga gave his daughter some instructions:

"Dad did something wrong today. He has to write a report and write a self-criticism when he gets home. He also has work to do."

"Little Lily, find some time these next few days to thank Mr. Yizhu properly on behalf of your father."

Then Matsumoto Kiyonaga added, "By the way, do you have a girlfriend, Mr. Itake?"

Matsumoto Sayuri blushed slightly: "Dad, why did you ask her to ask such a question?!"

Noticing his daughter's slight shyness, a hint of joy flashed in Matsumoto Kiyonaga's eyes, though his face remained serious.

"Don't overthink it. It's just because Izuki Karuta is involved in other cases."

"The people we sent to inquire about information did not receive a clear answer."

"I was just thinking of having you, Sayuri, try to get some information out of me."

"Little Lily, your strong reaction suggests you might have already taken a liking to Yizhu..."

Before Matsumoto Kiyotaka could finish speaking, he was shoved and driven out of the preparation room by Matsumoto Sayuri.

……

Three days later,

Izuki Karuta continued to operate its business as usual.

While taking a break, he used the absorbed evil energy to cultivate and improve his Reversal Mystic Heaven Technique.

After consuming 20 units of malevolent energy

The Reversal of the Mysterious Heaven Technique has been upgraded from level 4 to level 5.

The influence of negative energy on luck has also been reduced to 60%.

Aside from being relatively less unlucky,

In the future, if you absorb 1 units of evil energy, you will only need to donate 60 yen to offset the effects of the evil energy.

Inadvertently, this also helped Izuki Karuta further alleviate her financial pressure.

On the day Izuki Karuta left Matsumoto Sayuri's wedding, the total amount of malevolent energy had reached 41.

It cost 20 to upgrade my skills. I've absorbed some customers in the last two days, and the total amount of evil energy I have left is 25.

"Boss, I have some important things to do tomorrow and the day after."

"I'm asking for leave in advance."

"It's lunchtime," Catherine began.

"Okay, then we'll suspend operations for two days."

Izuki Karuta nodded.

The employment contract stated that Catherine would have two days off each month, which she could arrange as she pleased.

Alternatively, you can choose not to rest and accumulate your vacation days.

"By the way, a woman who doesn't want to give her name just called."

"They said they were your previous clients, boss."

Catherine relayed, "They also said they would come to visit this afternoon."

Unwilling to give an name?