As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 363 - Chapter 363 Chapter 286 The Ancient Sunken Ship with Nothing

Chapter 363: Chapter 286 The Ancient Sunken Ship with Nothing Left_2 Chapter 363: Chapter 286 The Ancient Sunken Ship with Nothing Left_2 Economic loss and all that is secondary, we must never compromise with Japan.

“Bro, how about we give Japan a taste of their own medicine? I’m pretty good at fighting. Maybe their patrol boat doesn’t have any serious weapons–I could just go over and beat everyone up, right?”

The captain of the fishing boat couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the suggestion, “Kid, are you still a young hothead? We can’t do that. Even though they’re Japanese, if we go too far, we’ll still be held accountable back home.”

“Leave this matter to me!”

As soon as his words fell, Chu Mingcheng noticed that the speed of the fishing boat began to slow down, and realizing this, he too slowed his pace.

“Bro, what are you doing?”

“The Fishing Administration’s boat hasn’t arrived yet, and they just want to take the people back, so let’s just leave it at that!”

The fishing boat captain had many concerns. The fishing vessel wasn’t his alone.

The majority of deep-sea fishing boats in the country were purchased by groups of fishermen pooling their resources together, and with so many people on board, he had to take responsibility.

They were already within Huaxia’s maritime territory. Japan wouldn’t dare to mess around; they only requested the return of their people. Thus, the captain decided not to escalate the situation, especially since the Huaxia patrol boat had not yet arrived and they were being chased.

Chu Mingcheng could roughly understand the captain’s concerns and likewise came to a halt.

Although he couldn’t help with the situation, the presence of his more luxurious fishing boat nearby was something the Japanese would likely be more cautious of.

Chu Mingcheng adjusted the angle of his boat, casting its floodlight directly onto the deck of the fishing boat.

Only then did he see clearly. There were seven individuals in Japanese Fishing Authority uniforms gathered at the bow, and on the other side, five Huaxia fishermen armed with spear guns and other weapons were in a standoff with the Japanese people.

Two minutes after they had stopped, the Japanese patrol boat arrived at the fishing vessel’s location and slowly approached.

The Japanese on deck, seeing the boat approaching, seemed excited, although it was unclear what they had suffered aboard the fishing boat.

Chu Mingcheng, driven by curiosity, picked up his binoculars and peered through them. Eh, why were two of their pants wet? Had they been scared to the point of wetting themselves?

After the Japanese had picked up their own people, they promptly left.

Obviously, they knew that if they encountered a Huaxia patrol boat in Huaxia’s waters, they would be “escorted” out of the area.

At that moment, the voice of the fishing boat captain rang out again.

“Kid, your boat can go into the Public Sea, right? You might want to avoid it for a while. After this incident, Japan might send out their Self-Defense Forces.”

“Those Self-Defense Forces are armed, not like these small officials who are easy to bully.”

Chu Mingcheng raised an eyebrow, “Thanks, bro, I was actually planning to go out to the Public Sea to fish.”

“No problem, when it comes down to it, this whole mess was caused by me. By the way, since you’re going fishing, let me give you some coordinates to a reef area, where you should be able to catch quite a haul.”

With that, the fishing boat captain provided Chu Mingcheng with coordinates, which he quickly noted down.

“Well, bro, I’ll be off first. I need to refuel from an oil ship and explain today’s events to the patrol boat. Carrying the Japanese around for ten hours, man, it’s exhausting.”

Chu Mingcheng was astonished; so they had been out for ten hours–that explained why some of the Japanese had wet themselves.

Turns out it wasn’t from scare but from being held too long. One could only say, well done.

However, ten hours had passed, and the domestic patrol ship hadn’t yet shown up–that was incredibly slow.

Unbeknownst to Chu Mingcheng, there had been a miscommunication.

Initially, when they were in international waters, the fishing boat captain hadn’t called the domestic Fishing Administration.

He was used to fishing in international waters and had plenty of experience dealing with the Japanese.

When the Japanese first attempted to drive them away, he completely ignored them, continuing to fish as they pleased.

Later, when the Japanese couldn’t drive them away, they had no choice but to board the ship and detain them, which was their usual protocol.

Little did they know they would encounter a tough nut. Barely had the officials boarded than the fishing boat captain immediately took off with the trawl net.

The fishermen on board were divided; some armed themselves in defense, while others continued to work.

As the Japanese ship had people on board the fishing vessel, they didn’t dare take new action. Moreover, with the fishing boat now at increased speed, the Japanese couldn’t continue to send more people on board.

After several hours like this, the captain estimated that Japan would send new ships, so he changed course towards the domestic waters and made contact with the domestic Fishing Administration.

The domestic maritime territory was vast, and with patrol boats not so abundant and distances quite substantial, even when they encountered Chu Mingcheng’s boat, the patrol ship from their side still hadn’t arrived.

Chu Mingcheng checked the coordinates given by the fishing boat captain on his navigation, setting the destination. It turned out to be just over thirteen nautical miles away, reachable in under an hour.

That area of water was coincidentally the habitat for the Eastern Sea Bass, as indicated on the map.

Chu Mingcheng immediately set his boat to cruise mode and arrived at the destination after just over fifty minutes.

The Eastern Sea Bass is a deep-sea fish, generally living in waters about a hundred meters deep, favoring rocky areas.

Theoretically, the fish could grow up to a meter, but the exact maximum size wasn’t known.

There was little research on the Eastern Sea Bass in the biological community, with almost no detailed research reports, which was rather strange.

However, Chu Mingcheng, with his years of fishing experience, could estimate their weight by looking at pictures of Eastern Sea Bass and comparing the length of the fish.

Its actual size was similar to that of a sea bass, but a bit fatter, so a one-meter Eastern Sea Bass could weigh about ten to twenty pounds more.

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