At noon, the scorching sunshine desperately tried to boil the Coral Sea water to cook a large pot of assorted fish soup that could be consumed by people all over the world.

On the rippling blue sea, the whaler Nagatsuka Maru, which was far away from the regular route, had already increased its speed to 18 knots and was diligently chasing the huge group of whales not far ahead.

Thanks to the chat in the captain's room just now, Wei Ran, who was supposed to go to the warehouse to work, also entered the command room with a camera at the invitation of Captain Fernando and watched the whole process of the captain instructing the sailors to hunt down the whales.

After getting permission from the other party, Wei Ran took a few photos of the sailors in the command room. Fernando, who invited him up, also introduced in his spare time, "There are about two groups of whales we are hunting so far.

There are more than ten, and we can probably catch a quarter of them, and if we are lucky, we may be able to kill half of them."

Before it finished speaking, the whaling cannon on the bow of the ship had already opened fire. Through the glass window of the command room, Wei Ran could clearly see that the javelin fired with a white rope hit it easily.

A whale appeared on the side of the ship, and everyone in the control room immediately let out a burst of cheers.

But this time, the whaling ship did not stop or slow down, and even the sailors on the deck did not salvage the hit whale.

Under the puzzled gaze of Wei Ran, the whaling cannon on the bow fired again, and a particularly conspicuous inflatable float appeared at the tail of the rope dragged by the javelin that was first fired and hit the target.

As the whaling cannon fired again and again, javelins were shot out one after another, and the originally blue sea surface was also dyed with masses of red. In the center of the constantly rolling red sea water, there was also a conspicuous floating in the center.

Inflatable float.

Just when Wei Ran tried to raise the camera several times and failed to press the shutter several times, Fernando walked up to the Japanese hemorrhoid flag hanging on the wall on the side of the command room with excitement, stretched out his hand from under the flag, and fixed it on the wall.

On the knife holder above, he took off a katana that was fixed on it with a belt, put it on the floor as a cane, folded his hands, and put his palms on the handle of the knife.

In addition to this bastard practice posture that made Wei Ran want to chop him, Fernando's original command in English was also switched to Japanese broadcast through loudspeakers throughout the ship. And those who were busy in the command room and even on the deck

The sailors also responded loudly to the corresponding orders.

Under this efficient killing, in less than an hour, the last whale in sight was hit by a javelin fired from a whaling cannon.

"Captain! A total of 11 sperm whales have been killed, all of which are sperm whales!" A sailor reported loudly from the loudspeaker in the control room, followed by a cheer from everyone except Wei Ran.

"Good job, let's get started!"

Fernando bent over the fixed microphone on the podium and issued new orders.

Soon, the whaling ship started busy salvaging after going around in a circle. Weiran also left the command room at the invitation of Fernando, who still had a camera hanging around his neck but had a samurai sword in his hand.

Went to the stern deck.

Almost at the same time they stepped onto the deck, the last captured whale had been pulled up through the ramp trestle at the stern of the ship.

"Victor, today is a good day for the harvest. Please help us take some photos."

As he spoke, Fernando handed the camera hanging around his neck to Wei Ran, and then pointed at the whale that had just been pulled up with his samurai sword, "Just take pictures of the hard-working sailors at work. It's best.

A photo was taken of each whale as it was pulled up."

"Mr. Nagatsuka, don't you mind appearing on camera?"

When Wei Ran took the camera, he deliberately used Japanese and deliberately used the surname Nagatsuka to call the captain, "This is a memorable day for the captain of a whaling ship."

"It's my honor." After Fernando said this, he resumed driving with his hands holding the samurai sword, and even straightened his waist and tucked in his belly.

Are you posing with me together?

Wei Ran muttered to himself, raised the Nikon camera, put the bloody scene of whale slaughter on the deck, and Fernando, who looked like a smug villain on his face, into the frame and pressed the shutter.

After taking five or six photos from various angles for Fernando, the latter took over his camera with satisfaction. At the same time, he pointed at the second sperm whale that was about to be pulled up and said, "We have gained a lot this time. Wait.

After we fish out all these whales, we can return home."

"So fast?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.

"We have limited cargo capacity"

Fernando explained, "And we don't have a lot of supplies. If we send these harvests back first, and then purchase more supplies, we can go further."

Let’s just say that I didn’t have the money to buy extra supplies last time I sailed...

Wei Ran muttered to himself what he had guessed was the truth, but he asked, "Does that mean we are still docking at Sydney Harbor?"

"No, we are going to Brisbane Port," Fernando explained. "We will definitely gain more on the way back."

Before he finished speaking, someone among the sailors on the deck blew a whistle, and immediately after, four busy sailors quickly ran into the cabin. When they came out again, each of them had a lot of money in their hands.

Got a whaling gun.

Soon, the four sailors ran to the edge of the deck and fixed the butts of their whaling guns on the railing with iron pins.

"It's a shark or dolphin stealing meat."

Before Fernando finished speaking, two of the sailors opened their mouths in no particular order and shot out the small javelin connected to the rope from the barrel.

Soon, the third whale was pulled up, and a little later, several dolphins with small javelins stuck in their bodies were also pulled up! The four sailors who originally used whaling guns also changed their tools.

, skillfully slaughtered and cut the struggling dolphins into large and small pieces of meat.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Their tail fin meat is very delicious, especially when making sashimi. You can try it for dinner."

After Fernando finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the command room, "Victor, just stay here and take pictures for everyone."

Looking at Fernando's back, Wei Ran hid the murderous intent in his eyes and continued to watch the slaughtering and salvage of whale carcasses on the deck through the camera lens in his hand.

Wei Ran couldn't describe how big a sperm whale was. Perhaps the only accurate word he could think of was "mountain of meat."

But the whole process of such a mountain of meat, from being towed to the ship, cut into pieces, and then sent to the refrigerated cargo hold on the lower deck, only takes half an hour or at most 40 minutes. And the upper deck of the stern of this whaling ship, once

You can kill three whales at the same time!

In less than two hours, the 11 sperm whales hunted previously, as well as 7 additional sharks and more than 20 dolphins caught along the way, all became the trophies of this boat.

And the only traces that prove that they once existed in this clean sea are the track on the sea that was stained red by the blood washed off the deck, and the various marine creatures that swam over after smelling the smell of blood.

With the help of Fernando's temporary identity as a photographer, Wei Ran was able to follow the last whale's cut body into the assembly line on the lower deck, and witnessed with his own eyes the entire process of refining whale oil and filtering spermaceti oil.

He even saw a few sailors hiding on the lower deck, surrounding a young dolphin that was still alive on the table, tasting intoxicated the fish that a Japanese sailor had cut off the skinned tail fin.

The twitching lump of flesh.

With an expressionless face, he took a group photo of the sailors who were surrounding the young dolphin and smiling at him. Wei Ran, who left here quickly, couldn't help but think of those man-eating demons in the jungle and Helen's Reef.

The man-eating Wendigo reminds me even more of the little arm that was hit beside me in the explosion on the battlefield in Teng County, and the string of Five Emperors' coins that remained on the arm.

"vomit--!"

While running back to the upper deck, he finally couldn't help but feel nauseous. He lay down on the railing and began to retching facing the blood-stained water outside the ship.

"Victor, what's wrong with you?" At this moment, Karan and Valoro walked out of the cabin carrying a long-handled brush and a tin bucket respectively.

Waving his hands to indicate that he was fine, Wei Ran calmed down and then asked, "Aren't you helping in the kitchen?"

Karan spread his hands and said nonchalantly, "I just heard Hugo say that it seems that the captain decided to eat whale meat today to celebrate. Now the kitchen is filled with the most skilled sailors, and we can't help at all, so

I was ordered out to clean the deck."

"Where's Hugo?" Wei Ran spat towards the outside of the boat and continued to ask.

"He has been helping to operate the radar all day today," Valoro hinted, "It seems that he has a bad stomach."

"I guess it's because I drank too much fish soup last night," Karan added with a wink.

Before Wei Ran could ask any more questions, the Japanese second officer on the ship also shouted to Wei Ran and asked him to go down and open the door of the warehouse.

Just like yesterday, what the other party picked up this time was still two boxes of sake, some beer and some vegetables.

Just after sending away the second mate, the first mate also came over with a dozen sailors. After Wei Ran registered them one by one, he sent barrels of spermaceti oil and refined whale oil into the warehouse.

"Victor"

After all the oil drums were put into the warehouse, the first mate signed and said, "Tell your friends for me to come and join our celebration tonight. This time we can have a few more drinks, and we don't have to drink them tonight."

work overtime."

"We will make it to the appointment on time," Wei Ran responded with a smile.

"Bring your camera with you"

The first mate handed the signed record book to Wei Ran, "How about you take some more photos for us then?"

"No problem" Weiran promised again.

Not long after seeing off the first mate, Japanese music was once again played from the speakers throughout the whaling ship, and Japanese songs sang by groups of sailors could even be heard throughout the ship.

In this warm atmosphere, Wei Ran shuttled among the sailors with the camera in his hand and took photos of them. The upper deck at the stern was also carefully watched by sailors including Karan and Valoro.

Cleaned up and set up small tables one by one.

When night fell, the speed of the whaling ship slowed down a bit and the music played louder.

On the brightly lit upper deck at the stern, a barbecue grill with a length of four meters was also set up. Several Japanese men who had changed their clothes were also standing behind the barbecue grill, either busy grilling food or frying food.

Make tempura, stew oden and other snacks.

The festive scene gradually became more tidy with the arrival of Captain Fernando, who had changed into a kimono, but Wei Ran, Hugo and Valoro all frowned and cheered.

Looking around, Fernando didn't say anything, just waved his hand.

Soon, sailors one by one brought plates of food, which were delivered to each table like water.

Among the food that was served, there were teppanyaki steaks that were still sizzling and dripping with oil, sashimi that made the four Weiran people sitting around the table frown, and grilled meat on a barbecue not far away.

Fresh seafood skewers and freshly baked tempura.
To be continued...