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Chapter 303: Chapter 258 Hunting Saltwater Crocodile (Part 1) Chapter 303: Chapter 258 Hunting Saltwater Crocodile (Part 1) Noah knew where Leisha lived, so he took her straight home.

Chu Mingcheng returned to the hotel alone, made a video call with Jiang Luoluo, and then went to sleep.

The next morning at eight o’clock, Noah came knocking on his door to tell him about the profit-sharing issues after selling the crocodile.

Following Leisha, he wouldn’t get a share of the money.

As for Noah himself, he could only get ten percent of the total profit as he wasn’t involved in the direct hunting, usually assisting and helping with various tasks.

He claimed that he was rather fearful of death, feeling content to do some simple tasks and get a share of the money.

But Chu Mingcheng was a newbie, and Noah had asked several friends, none of whom were willing to take on a rookie.

In the end, it was Leisha who was more approachable and willing to take him in, but without any share of the money.

Chu Mingcheng frowned. He hadn’t expected Noah to bring this up now.

But whether it was earlier or later, it didn’t make much of a difference. After all, without someone to guide him, he wouldn’t rashly go hunting for saltwater crocodiles on his own; one mistaken move and his life could be over.

Seeing that Chu Mingcheng had no objections, Noah took him to Leisha’s house.

However, on their way there, he hesitated for a while, as if he had something to say.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng couldn’t help but say, “Noah, just speak your mind!”

At those words, Noah shrugged and spoke bluntly, “Alright then, I’ll say it. Mingcheng, you really shouldn’t have turned down Leisha. If she had been happy last night, she might have given you ten percent of the profit.”

“But clearly, she won’t give it to you now. So you’ll just have to gain some experience, and later on, I can introduce you to another crocodile hunter. You can shoot videos for him and help out.”

Chu Mingcheng was somewhat speechless: “Uh… Noah, I don’t care about the money. What’s important is that I need some experience hunting saltwater crocodiles and in the wilderness, so I can go solo later.”

“Ten percent of the profit is just over two thousand Australian dollars, which isn’t worth wasting my time.”

“You want to go solo?” Noah abruptly slammed on the brakes and stopped the car on the roadside, his expression one of shock.

Chu Mingcheng smiled and nodded: “Of course. If you’re willing to be my photographer and give me a hand, I don’t mind giving you an extra ten percent of the profit.”

But Noah was not in the mood to joke: “You’re crazy. So many hunters die at the hands of saltwater crocodiles every year. You better drop this idea.”

“It’s fine. You can just watch how I do,” Chu Mingcheng didn’t dwell on the matter.

Some things can only gain sufficient trust when the other person sees them for themselves.

If it wasn’t for Noah helping him out quite a bit, and indeed needing someone to assist and help with filming, he would definitely have gone solo.

Seeing that Chu Mingcheng said so, Noah didn’t continue this topic either and drove on to Leisha’s house.

Entering the house and seeing her with a headache and a dispirited look, it was obvious she had indeed drunk too much the night before.

Upon seeing Chu Mingcheng, Leisha didn’t get angry. Some things could be understood over a meal of drinks, no need to make everyone uncomfortable.

However, her attitude couldn’t help but cool down, lacking the warmth of the previous evening.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t mind; all he wanted was to learn some hunting skills and gain experience.

Besides, if there’s no money being offered, who the hell would keep following her around?

After a while, a young man came to Leisha’s house.

Through the introduction, they learned that the man was her younger brother, named Victor, who had just graduated from college.

But he had already been hunting crocodiles with Leisha for three years, always assisting and helping with the filming and logistics.

A hunter team required at least two people, usually around three.

After all, for saltwater crocodiles over four meters, some locations were inaccessible by car, requiring people to carry the crocodile out — impossible with too few hands.

After getting acquainted, Victor took out a laptop and told Leisha, “The target has been approved for hunting.”

He then informed Noah and Chu Mingcheng about the specifics of their target, showing pictures and the habitat of the saltwater crocodile on the laptop.

The target was an adult male saltwater crocodile about three meters long, living in a bay. Currently, no other crocodile was found near it, making it a relatively easy task to deal with.

After preparing to set off, Leisha even took out a semi-automatic shotgun.

According to Victor, this shotgun had killed over one thousand adult saltwater crocodiles.

Other tools for dealing with crocodiles included rods with iron hoops, lassoes with long handles, and such.

Some bounty tasks were issued by zoos looking for live crocodiles, so crocodile hunters would attempt to capture crocodiles alive.

These rods, lassoes, nets, and the like were tools for capturing crocodiles alive.

Most of the time, crocodiles were in the water; they had to be trapped and pulled out before being killed.

The shotgun could only be used directly when crocodiles were on land basking in the sun.

All the tools were loaded onto a large pickup truck with a crane at the back, obviously designed to help move the catch to the cargo bed.

Victor drove the pickup ahead, while Chu Mingcheng and Noah followed in a rented off-road vehicle, heading towards the suburban area.

The car was stocked with plenty of food, indicating that hunting a crocodile would take no small amount of time.

“Noah, do you know where to buy a shotgun? And what kind is Leisha’s, and about how much does it cost?”

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Leisha’s shotgun piqued Chu Mingcheng’s great interest, as no man lacks a fondness for such things.

It’s just that firearms are banned domestically, and he had never visited those shooting clubs, so he had never touched one.

“This model by Leisha is the Lady Timber, and it’s suitable for women. The price is around two thousand Australian dollars.”

“Mingcheng, forget about the shotgun. Australia prohibits foreigners from owning these weapons. You won’t be able to buy it through regular channels.”

Chu Mingcheng was stunned, “Doesn’t it say on this hunting permit that you can own a shotgun?”

Noah smiled and took out his hunting license, flipped it over, and pointed to a line of small text, “Take another look at this.”

Chu Mingcheng took a look and found, to his speechlessness, that it said only local Australians were eligible to purchase shotguns.

Even if a foreigner obtained a hunting license, they could only hunt Saltwater Crocodiles by other means.

Overall, the quota of one thousand two hundred Saltwater Crocodiles is prepared for local hunters.

Moreover, the hunting license had a disclaimer stating that if one were to be killed by wildlife while hunting with this permit, the Australian City Government was not liable to pay any compensation.

Upon hearing he couldn’t buy a shotgun, Chu Mingcheng couldn’t help but sigh softly.

The older generation in Huaxia were too effective, driving most of the wildlife to the brink of extinction, leaving nothing for their youth to hunt.

However, Huaxia couldn’t have developed so quickly without its demographic dividends. With so many mouths to feed, it’s understandable why wildlife has decreased.

Chu Mingcheng gave up on the idea of the shotgun as well, knowing there were many other ways to kill a crocodile, and a shotgun was only the simplest of them.

The journey this time was a long one, taking them directly into the wilderness.

After more than six hours, Chu Mingcheng saw a small cabin.

Noah pointed to the cabin and explained, “For the convenience of hunting crocodiles, Crocodile Hunters have built many of these small cabins in the wild for everyone to rest.”

“After all, hunting a fierce adult Saltwater Crocodile requires a lot of preparation.”

“If the hunt goes late, we might rest overnight in this cabin.”

Chu Mingcheng nodded in understanding, this was similar to the hunting lodges prepared in the far eastern regions of the battle-hardened nation.

The difference was that in the Far East, cabins were built personally and considered private property, complete with a cellar for storing game.

This one, however, was communal, just a temporary place to rest.

From this, one could tell that compared to Australia, the battle-hardened nation was the true hunting paradise.

The vehicle didn’t stop as it continued towards the bay, and after another hour, Chu Mingcheng heard the sound of waves, indicating they were close to their destination.

They had set off at about nine in the morning, and after a journey of over seven hours, it was nearly five in the afternoon when they arrived.

The bay was wide open, overgrown with wild grass but not tall enough to obstruct the view.

Everyone first observed the surroundings from inside the vehicle, making sure it was safe before disembarking.

Leisha, holding her shotgun, led the way to the seaside.

Victor followed, camera in hand and already filming, prepared to shoot at any moment if they encountered a Saltwater Crocodile on land.

Unfortunately, upon reaching the seaside, they found nothing; it seemed the crocodile was not nearby.

Seeing this, Leisha frowned and said to Noah, “Perhaps we need to lure the Saltwater Crocodile out. Let’s get ready then!”

“OK!” Noah nodded, walked over to the pickup truck and turned it around.

He then took out a frozen white-cut chicken, a white rope, and a sharp, large hook.

This white rope was in a large roll, flat, and Chu Mingcheng pulled on it to find it had some elasticity.

Seeing his curiosity, Noah explained, “Crocodiles like to roll upon death, and if it’s a round thick rope, it would entwine as it rolls.”

“It’s easy to hurt our hands if we’re pulling on it, and it’s hard to keep holding onto the rope to tire out the crocodile.”

“But this kind of rope won’t have that problem, it will roll with the motion, but only between the crocodile and us, not affecting us.”

Chu Mingcheng understood immediately, realizing that this type of rope indeed worked better.

Moreover, he was quite interested in the idea of fishing for crocodiles, as fishing happened to be one of his old hobbies!

It seemed that Noah had plenty of experience assisting in the wilderness capture of crocodiles.

Chu Mingcheng felt that if he could hunt a crocodile on his own, he wouldn’t need to work for free; he could take Noah out tomorrow to take on tasks independently.

But now that they were here, he might as well try to catch one alive later.

There was a spear in the vehicle, which could be used to kill the crocodile directly.

The precondition was to bind the crocodile’s mouth, but there was also a lasso in the vehicle; perhaps he could handle a three-meter crocodile himself.

Noah moved swiftly; in just a moment, he had tied the thick fish hook to the rope, attached the white-cut chicken, and carefully walked to the seaside to throw in the bait.

Then he quickly returned, took out a bag of already chopped chicken chunks, went to the seaside, and threw them into the water.

Chu Mingcheng helped by his side, the bag of chicken chunks seemingly used for chumming, to attract the Saltwater Crocodile back.

In his view, fishing for Saltwater Crocodiles appeared to be not much different from fishing, except for the difference in tools.

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