Detective Conan: Death Note-Chapter 340: How Embarrassing It Is to Only Focus on the Results and Ignore the Dangers of the Process

That evening, the sea near Laiqin Island churned wildly. The massive sailing ship's bow broke through the waves like a leaping whale, rockin

That evening, the sea near Laiqin Island churned wildly. The massive sailing ship's bow broke through the waves like a leaping whale, rocking violently as it surged forward.

Inside the cabin, coughing and choking echoed sharply—Hayashi Yoshiki, clutching the oxygen cylinder, had been knocked unconscious but was now stumbling out, tripping and rolling on the floor several times.

Yet when he finally made it to the deck and glimpsed the red sun sinking on the distant horizon, a wave of relief washed over him. He hadn't found the treasure—but at least, he had survived.

"Ran! Brother Yoshiki! How are you guys?" called out Sonoko.

"I'm fine..." Yoshiki responded weakly, tightly holding Ran's hand. But Ran, her eyes closed, remained silent.

"Ran...? Ran!?" Sonokohurried over, panic rising as Yoshiki's expression shifted with concern. He took the oxygen cylinder from his mouth and scanned the cabin.

There, the wounded Izu Santaro lay unconscious, breathing shallowly, his body soaked with blood. Yoshiki's heart steadied as he realized she had only just lost consciousness.

Swiftly, Yoshiki pressed Ran's forehead, lifted her jaw, and opened her airway. Without hesitation, he leaned forward and kissed her lips—performing standard first aid for drowning victims who lose consciousness: two artificial breaths followed by thirty chest compressions.

Sonokowatched nervously as Yoshiki continued the rescue. Ran's chest was pressed hard; an urge to cough built inside her. Her mouth felt blocked...

Suddenly, Ran woke up, gasping and coughing violently. In her blurred vision, she saw Yoshiki pulling away and then pressing her chest again—an awkward, shocking moment that left her speechless.

Thankfully, Sonoko immediately noticed Ran's awakening: "Ran! You're awake! Brother Yoshiki, Ran is awake!"

Yoshiki paused, momentarily speechless.

Ran coughed again and was helped to sit up, feeling dazed and detached from the chaos around her. Her lips still burned with the salty bitterness of seawater.

"It's all right now," Yoshiki assured her gently.

But then, Yoshiki's voice sharpened with anger: "Are you stupid? You actually took the oxygen tank down for me back then?!"

Ran, dazed, could only smile quietly in response.

Yoshiki, apparently at a loss for words, simply asked Sonoko to care for Ran before moving toward Izu Santaro's side.

Checking the seriously injured man, Yoshiki saw that his breathing had just ceased. The blood staining his abdomen had been washed away by seawater, leaving his skin pale and blue.

At that moment, Kogoro Mori and others arrived. Outside the cabin, Yan Yongcheng shouted anxiously from the deck.

"Ran!" Kogoro's voice boomed from the nearby yacht. Seeing his daughter safe overwhelmed him with relief. "Ran! Are you okay? Daddy's coming to save you now!"

Yoshiki smiled faintly.

Though the outcome had been pre-calculated, the harrowing experience—surviving sea collisions and suffocating underwater—had taught Yoshiki a humbling lesson: it was embarrassing to focus only on results and ignore the dangers along the way.

He glanced at Ran.

When he rushed into the cabin after detonating the gas, the force of the rocks and seawater nearly capsized the ship, and Yoshiki had failed to secure the oxygen tank for himself. Without Ran's unexpected help, he might have lost consciousness.

But the most important thing was that the final safety was guaranteed.

The explosion caused by Yan Yongcheng's gunfire shattered the rock layers and flooded the cave—an act with an extremely high mortality rate.

Yet the Death Note would never cause the death of an uninvolved third party.

If a person's manipulated actions lead to the death of an uninvolved third party, the Death Note's effect becomes invalid, and the manipulated person dies of a heart attack.

Ran, Sonoko, and Yoshiki were not included in the Death Note's conditions.

Therefore, when Yoshiki wrote in the Death Note that "Jouji Iwanaga fired a gun to detonate the gas," two outcomes were guaranteed:

Either Yoshiki and his companions would survive safely;

Or Yan Yongcheng would die of a heart attack forty seconds later.

Yoshiki's plan was flawless.

As for Taro Izuyama, Yoshiki had prepared a death scenario—dying from excessive blood loss three minutes after surfacing alive on the boat.

Since someone seriously injured like Izu survived the trip to the surface, Yoshiki and the others—less injured—were undoubtedly safe as well.

Though the process was harrowing, the results were certain.

Yoshiki and his group waited anxiously for the police boat to arrive and began transferring aboard as soon as possible.

"Matsumoto Mitsuji died in the ruins. It was Mr. Iwanaga who fired the gun. Taro Izuyama died in the cabin due to excessive blood loss..." Yoshiki calmly explained to Megure Juzo, who listened with concern.

"I'm sorry, his injury was caused by me. At that time, to control—"

"It's okay. None of this is your fault, Brother Hayashi," Megure patted Yoshiki's shoulder reassuringly.

Turning away, Megure ordered the others to clean up the mess.

Jouji Iwanaga stood on the deck, a lone figure feeling lucky his murder had not been exposed—but unaware that his own life was nearly over.

Two days later, after the police and detectives left, he would dive back into the water, unwilling to give up the treasure. But fate had other plans—he was bitten to death by a shark attracted by the blood.