765: Chapter 765: Leaving Tokyo 765: Chapter 765: Leaving Tokyo Using the identity of a temple to conceal operations, it nevertheless harbored a large amount of smuggled goods, presumably including Buddha Statues among other items.
“Hurry up!”
This group wasn’t small at all—there were at least a dozen people, including monks who were likely impostors.
One by one, wooden boxes were moved from the temple to the transport truck, and after about a dozen boxes, a huge one appeared; this box was nearly two meters in both length and width.
Four burly men struggled to lift this large box onto the truck, and Ye Chenfeng was astonished to see eight of these massive boxes being loaded.
“Go down and see what’s inside the boxes?
You might be able to hide in them!”
Ye Chenfeng deduced that this group was definitely planning to take these items to the dock to ship them out, and if he could blend in with them, it would be perfect.
The heavy rain and the cover of night provided Ye Chenfeng the perfect concealment, allowing him to silently approach the transport truck.
Due to the rain, a tarp had been hung at the back of the transport truck, which offered further cover for Ye Chenfeng.
There were two transport trucks in total—one was already full, and they were loading the other.
Ye Chenfeng got on the truck and after confirming it was safe, he opened a large wooden box and jumped back in shock at what he found inside—a huge golden Buddha Statue.
“This could work!”
Ye Chenfeng’s eyes lit up as if he had discovered a new world.
He quickly flipped the Buddha Statue over, back facing up.
Naturally, such statues were not solid—making them solid would be too costly.
The Buddha Statue was hollow, just right to climb into from behind, easily concealing Ye Chenfeng.
But there was a problem, Ye Chenfeng could hide inside, but the statue’s back was facing up, and there was no one to flip Ye Chenfeng over.
If someone were to inspect it, Ye Chenfeng would be exposed immediately.
However, Ye Chenfeng smiled, lifted the Buddha Statue up with its back facing upward, and then placed it on the edge of the wooden box, balancing it carefully—the statue quietly lay on the edge of the box.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, Ye Chenfeng moved, leaping into the Buddha Statue like lightning.
“Swoosh!”
As Ye Chenfeng entered, the Buddha Statue rolled toward the inside of the box.
This roll positioned the statue’s back perfectly on the ground, solving the problem.
However, the statue falling into the box would inevitably make a loud noise, sure to draw attention.
Just as the statue was about to make rough contact with the bottom of the box, Ye Chenfeng’s military knife suddenly pierced the bottom of the box, then he supported the weight of himself and the statue, and slowly let the statue settle down without making a noise.
Ye Chenfeng had specifically made ventilation holes in the box.
Through the eyes of the Buddha Statue, he could breathe, thus avoiding the risk of suffocation.
“Bang!”
Apparently, the other truck had also been loaded up, and someone jumped onto this truck, likely for inspection.
But seeing the scattered lids to the side, he hesitated, then put the lid back on the box without any suspicion, after all, who would think someone was hiding inside a Buddha Statue?
When the lid was secured, Ye Chenfeng secretly sighed in relief.
The rain kept pouring down, quickly forming puddles on the ground.
The mountainous road was extremely bumpy, tossing Ye Chenfeng around quite a bit, but he found it rather enjoyable—definitely better than being chased and killed outside.
Soon, the transport truck arrived at the dock and the vehicle stopped.
The men began preparing to move the boxes to the ship, and just then—
“Hold on, I need to inspect!”
At this time, voices arose outside the car.
“Sir, it’s just a bit of trash, no need for the fuss, this token of respect from your men.”
Another obsequious voice sounded.
It was definitely the leader of those smuggling the Buddha statues trying to bribe the Yamaguchi-gumi.
“I’m not here to check what’s inside; I want to see if the person we are looking for is hidden here.” It seemed the Yamaguchi-gumi’s tone had changed quite a bit, probably due to receiving some benefits.
“Oh, I see, then you can search confidently.
There’s absolutely no one hidden among my goods.” The smuggling leader also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, having thought that the other party would target his goods.
“Thump thump thump…”
Soon Ye Chenfeng sensed someone boarding the vehicle, at least three or four people.
“Bang bang…”
These people roughly opened the crates, searching each one.
When they came to the large crates, they turned serious.
However, when they opened them and saw the giant Buddha Statues, they observed for a while, tried lifting them, and found the statues quite heavy; too heavy for one person to lift.
This made them lower their guard as, in their view, no one could be hidden inside, and it never crossed their minds that someone could be inside the statues.
After inspecting the outside ones, they grew more relaxed as they checked the big crates inside.
Upon opening and seeing the Buddha Statues, they immediately left.
Ye Chenfeng had anticipated this, so among the four large crates in the vehicle, he had chosen the most secluded and awkwardly placed one.
“Reporting to you sir, all the crates have been opened, they all contain Buddha Statues, and there are no people,” hearing his subordinate’s report, the man waved his hand: “Alright, alright, load them onto the ship.
If you find any suspicious person appearing, be sure to report to me.”
Actually, those conducting the inspection were extremely impatient as well.
It was raining hard and all were dressed in raincoats.
“Thank you, sir!”
Hence, the crates were one by one loaded onto the ship.
Ye Chenfeng narrowly escaped danger, his crate now placed in the dimly-lit hold of the ship.
Finally, at one o’clock in the night, the ship set sail.
When it had traveled ten nautical miles from the dock, Ye Chenfeng finally took a deep breath.
“Finally leaving this damned place.
Next time I return, I will definitely flatten you all!”
A cold light flickered in Ye Chenfeng’s eyes, and this thought later brought substantial unrest here.
…
“What?
He’s gone?”
Hojo Hideki was dumbfounded upon hearing the news.
All his efforts over these days were in vain.
“We can’t find any trace of him in the whole of Tokyo, and it started raining heavily again tonight.
Ye Chenfeng had no reason not to use this opportunity to leave.”
“Damn it!
This really pisses me off!” Hojo Hideki was extremely angry: “Quick, go search.
Without news, I won’t believe that he has already left Japan.”
“He’s gone, no need to bother anymore.”
At this moment, a person entered Hojo Hideki’s room, it was Nogawa.
“Nogawa?”
“I can sense that he’s left Tokyo.
No need to search further,” Nogawa said in a hoarse and cold voice.
Hojo Hideki looked unwilling to let go, “Are we just going to let this slide?”
“I will definitely kill Ye Chenfeng.
My dear brother didn’t die for nothing,” Nogawa said.
Hojo Hideki’s eyes lit up, unable to help asking, “Could it be, Nogawa, that you’re going to Divine Land again?”