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

Ran Mouri reached out to help Chikako Ikeda, only to find the latter looking annoyed.

"I never expected Mr. Kakutani to be this kind of person! Conan, call the police! Arrest him!"

Before Sonoko arrived, she saw the photographer's back and quickly turned away, afraid of offending his eyes.

"No, I can't get through."

Conan, however, pressed the emergency call button.

Unfortunately, Japan's telecommunications infrastructure is terrible. Deep in the mountains, especially on a rainy day, there wasn't even half a bar of cell phone signal.

"I said, all of you, calm down."

"This is just a personal hobby of Mr. Kakutani and Ms. Ikeda."

Izuki Karuta offered a somewhat helpless explanation.

When I first saw it, Izuki Shigeta realized that something was wrong.

First, Chikako Ikeda's shouts were too soft; they didn't sound like a real cry for help.

Secondly, it was difficult for the male photographer standing next to the tree trunk to completely control Chikako Ikeda.

A better approach is to press it down onto the ground.

Finally, neither of them had any injuries.

If Chikako Ikeda truly resisted and struggled...

The photographer should have at least a few fingernail marks on his body.

"I'm sorry to bother you."

"I didn't mean to, I just thought..."

After figuring out what had happened, Ran Mouri quickly apologized.

Izuki Karuta went over to check on the photographer's condition.

He's still breathing, and his injuries are minor; he just can't get up for a while.

As for Chikako Ikeda, she wore heavy makeup and had an average figure, so Izuki Karuta didn't even give her a second glance.

"Tch, mind your own business!"

Chikako Ikeda looked annoyed as she straightened her disheveled clothes.

"What's your attitude?!"

"Xiao Lan clearly meant well and wanted to save you. Even if it was a misunderstanding, there was no need for this!"

Sonoko was very annoyed by Chikako Ikeda's attitude.

"OK OK."

Xiaolan quickly pulled Yuanzi back, telling her best friend to stop talking.

Then Ran Mouri noticed that Conan was staring intently at Chikako Ikeda, who was tidying up her clothes, as if he were completely mesmerized.

Bang-!

Ran Mouri clenched her fist instantly and, without any mercy, punched Conan on the head.

Sure enough, Conan is a huge pervert!

That's incredibly rude of you! You're trying to take advantage of me in this situation!

Under the iron fist, Conan's eyes rolled back, and he fainted from the pain.

When Conan woke up, he was already in front of the living room ceiling of the villa, lying on the sofa.

Looking at the time again, it was already six o'clock in the evening, and the aroma of food wafted over, clearly indicating that dinner was being prepared.

Just now in the forest, after Conan may have fainted, Izuki Karuta and the others waited in the same spot for a while.

Only after the photographer was able to stand up did he slowly walk back to the villa.

Halfway there, it started raining heavily.

Of the group, only the photographer had brought an umbrella, but it was too small to keep out the heavy rain.

When they returned to the villa, all of their clothes were soaked by the rain.

After changing into clean clothes in their room, Ran and Sonoko boiled water and took a quick hot shower, which made them feel much more comfortable.

As for what happened in the woods,

Izuki Karuta and the others didn't want to know anyway, so they naturally didn't say anything.

Perhaps fearing the others would speak out, the photographer didn't blame Ran Mouri for injuring him... although his eyes were full of displeasure.

"Mr. Ota, what happened?"

Conan had just woken up when he noticed that the man in the headscarf looked a little off.

Then they learned that the rope bridge at the entrance of the villa had broken and had been deliberately sabotaged.

Furthermore, the only landline telephone in the villa had its line cut.

They were essentially trapped in the villa, unable to contact the outside world.

It's getting dark now, but the rain has stopped.

"Could it be... that bandaged weirdo?"

"But what exactly is his purpose? And who is his target?"

Conan fell into thought.

Before long, all the dinner dishes were ready, and the people in the villa gradually appeared in the living room.

Fat man Ryoichi Takahashi has finished repairing the leak in the roof and is preparing to come down from the second floor.

"Who? Who's there?"

The fat man suddenly shouted, attracting the attention of everyone in the living room.

"what happened?"

"Someone's there! Someone's next to the window downstairs!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to the window, but saw nothing but a dark forest in the distance.

Just as I was wondering, a dark shadow flashed by.

The lights inside the villa illuminated the shadows outside the window.

It was a person wearing a black cloak, with bandages wrapped around their face, carrying another person in their arms, quickly passing by the window...

Although it only lasted a second or two, it was enough for people to see clearly that it was Chikako Ikeda who was taken away.

"What's going on? Isn't Chikako resting on the second floor?"

"That guy wants to know where Yoshiko went?!"

Ayako Suzuki was frightened; she was both scared and worried.

"Chikako! Chikako!"

The photographer stood by the window and shouted in the direction the shadow disappeared.

"I wonder what that strange man will do to Chikako..."

The man in the headscarf also approached the window.

At that moment, a leisurely voice rang out.

"So, you're just going to watch from the window?"

"Aren't you planning to chase after them?"

Izuki Shizuta looked at the photographer and the man in the headscarf with a half-smile.

"It's so dark, how could we possibly find anyone?!"

The man in the headscarf retorted.

Izuki Shizuta smiled and pointed to the emergency flashlight next to the wall.

At that moment, Conan grabbed the flashlight and ran out of the villa.

Seeing that even Conan, who was a child, had gone to chase after someone, the photographer and the bandana-wearing man had no choice but to follow, and they even called out to the fat man who was standing there in a daze on the second floor.

"Hey, you, Yi Zhu, what are you still sitting there for?!"

The man in the headscarf spoke with a questioning tone.

"Of course I'll stay and protect the others in the villa."

Izuki Shizuta looked completely at ease.

Headscarf Man: "I think you're scared, you coward!"

The photographer's tone softened, "Mr. Yizhu, every extra person helps at this time, please come and help as well."

Izuki Karita couldn't be bothered to pay any attention.

"The problem is, I have no connection with Ms. Ikeda."