Ye Xiao silently floated up from beneath the water's surface. Once Jikyu Jiro's and Ueno Keisei's men had departed, he returned to the lakeshore where he had entered the water earlier and retrieved his phone and other belongings.
Ye Xiao had originally intended to contact Si Jinxiu and Second Elder right away, but as the taxi driver had said, there was zero cell signal here, leaving him with no choice but to retrace his steps.
Forty minutes later, Ye Xiao emerged onto the main road outside the Aokigahara forest.
Chapter 898