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

Tanaka Hisae stood at the door, her heart pounding with anxiety, unsure if her decision was the right one.

But the situation just now left her no time to think it over.

Izuki Karuta already knew that she had killed someone.

If she doesn't agree to the deal, she might never have another chance to get her revenge.

And not having to go to jail is indeed a very attractive condition... if Izuki Karuta can keep the promise she just made.

Before Itake Karuta knocked on the door, Tanaka Hisae was preparing to use a rope to strangle Hamano in her room.

It remains to be seen what methods Izuki Karuta will use to deal with Hamano.

As arranged by the lottery, Tanaka Hisae went to the kitchen to boil water for her bath.

Twenty minutes later, the bath water was ready.

To check if Hamano was still alive

This was also to create conditions for Izuki Karuta to take action.

Tanaka Hisae went out of her way to knock on Hamano's door.

Hamano was found to be alive.

Tanaka Hisae suggested that Hamano think of programs while taking a bath, arguing that bathing can relax the mind and body and make it easier to come up with good ideas.

Hamano didn't stand on ceremony and quickly went to prepare a change of clothes.

To avoid potential suspicion, Hisae Tanaka quickly went to the living room and stayed with the others.

A short while later, under the watchful eyes of everyone in the living room, Hamano came downstairs with a change of clothes in hand, and walked through the living room toward the bathroom.

Everyone was busy preparing for the party and didn't pay much attention.

However, Tanaka Hisae noticed that Itake Karuta was also in the living room and showed no intention of leaving.

Just now and now are the best opportunities to take action, so why hasn't Izuki Karita made any move?

As time ticked by, twenty minutes later, Tanaka Hisae realized she had been tricked.

It seems that this Izuki Karuta has no intention of helping her get revenge at all.

He was just threatening her on purpose and stealing her family's heirloom ruby ​​necklace!

"The party will start in about ten minutes."

"Has Mr. Hamano not finished showering yet?"

Just as Tanaka Hisae was feeling frustrated, the fat man suddenly asked a question.

"They probably drowned by accident."

"After all, Mr. Hamano has had very bad luck today."

Izuki Shizuta replied very calmly, as if stating a fact that had already occurred.

Whether it's true or false, it sent chills down everyone's spine.

Amid vigilance and curiosity, everyone rushed to the bathroom door, knocked, and called out to Hamano.

There was no response from the bathroom.

"She's probably just asleep..."

The fat man gave a forced smile, then forced the door open and barged into the bathroom.

Then they found Hamano drowned in the bathtub.

His face was calm, as if he were asleep.

quickly,

All the surviving people in the villa gathered in the living room.

Having just recovered some energy after resting for a while, Conan immediately became energized upon hearing about the murder case and quietly slipped into the bathroom to check on the situation.

As for the others, they all sat in the living room, watching Izuki Qingtian openly and secretly, their hearts filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

After all, during dinner earlier, Izuki Karuta had mentioned that Hamano had very bad luck.

Just now, as if I had a premonition, I said that Hamano might die in the bathroom.

And it actually happened.

"Don't look at me like that, so scared."

"If you think I have done anything wrong, please provide evidence."

As she flipped through the book in her hand, Izuki Karita spoke calmly.

Ran Mouri then spoke up: "If I remember correctly, Mr. Itsuki has been in the living room the whole time, right?"

Her gaze wasn't directed at Izuki Karuta, but rather at the other people in the living room.

After delivering food to Conan, Sonoko and Ran Mouri also went to the living room and kitchen to help prepare for the party.

Ran Mouri has seen Conan handle cases and knows that the most important way to prove innocence is to produce an alibi.

The other people in the living room checked their time and discovered that Izuki Qingtian hadn't left the living room for thirty minutes.

Several people witnessed Hamano coming down from the second floor and going to take a shower in the living room.

Simply put, from the time Hamano lived until her death, Izuki Karuta never left everyone's sight.

"It's also possible that someone used sleeping pills."

"This caused Hamano to fall asleep while taking a bath and accidentally slip into the bathtub and drown."

"That way, even with an alibi, they can still commit a crime."

At this point, the fat man made a conjecture.

They didn't directly point the finger at Itake Karuta, only saying that it was a possibility.

"If it's sleeping pills, then we'll just have to wait for the police to come tomorrow."

Izuki Shizuta smiled.

"Why tomorrow? Can't the police come tonight?!"

The villa owner seemed to have caught something and immediately questioned him.

Sonoko replied, "Hey! Have you lost your memory? Mr. Itake already called, but we couldn't get through!"

"Not to mention cell phones, there's no signal at all."

"It's still snowing outside, and it's late at night, how can the police come?"

The villa owner could only sit down with an awkward smile. He had been so convinced that Izuki Katsuta was the murderer that he was somewhat paranoid.

Izuki Shizuta chuckled inwardly.

The telephone line to this villa had long ago been cut by Hisae Tanaka.

Japan's infrastructure is poor, and cell phone signals drop off deep in the mountains.

It was only through the satellite phone provided by the winery that they were able to contact Vermouth and have her send someone to clean up another crime scene.

As for evidence of Izuki Karuta's murder, it is naturally impossible to find.

Before taking action, absorb all of Hamano's 100,000 evil energies.

Normally, people without malevolent energy are unlikely to die.

However, Izuki Qingtian cultivates destiny, which allows him to transcend cause and effect, disregard this rule, and still strike with deadly force.

If Tanaka Hisae were to make the move, the assassination attempt would fail, and Hamano might even be stabbed a hundred times, but each stab would avoid a fatal wound, making it an absurd situation where he couldn't die even if he wanted to.

After a while, Conan also returned from the bathroom to the living room.

No clues or suspicious points were found.

If we rule out the possibility of sleeping pills, the situation really does seem like an accident.

"Um, Mr. Izuki..."

After a few minutes of silence, the girl with glasses spoke up weakly: "Among us, is there anyone as unlucky as Hamano?"

The others immediately became extremely alert.

"No, you're all pretty lucky."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at Izuki Karuta's answer.

Assuming that Izuki Karuta is indeed the murderer, he would only kill according to his predictions.

Since it has already been said that the other people were lucky, even if they were the real murderer, they wouldn't kill anyone else.

Or perhaps... this really was an accident, and Hamano was just unlucky?

The group sat in the living room for another half hour.

After much discussion, it was finally discovered that, apart from Izuki Karuta and Conan, who was a child, no one else had a perfect alibi.

In other words, Izuki Karuta is actually the least suspicious.

Fearing that further suspicion would turn them into suspects, the group dispersed and went back to their rooms to rest.