The ninety-eight-ton Aso Maru is a whaling ship with a high-powered engine converted from a torpedo boat.

The ship belonged to the Japanese Navy before the war, and after Japan's defeat and surrender, Japanese fishermen became the biggest beneficiaries in the process of reducing the army and destroying the warships.

In Hokkaido, more than three-fifths of the fishing boats were rebuilt and repaired from scrap metal from the Japanese Navy to become distant-water fishing boats.

On the second day of sailing, the Aso Maru encountered heavy fog, which forced the captain to slow down.

At seven o'clock in the morning, it began to drizzle on the sea, and seeing that the weather was getting worse and worse, it seemed that everyone was sad, and the weather on anyone's face was not very good.

The Aso Maru had a crew of eleven people, and the fifty-one-year-old captain Mitsuki Ino, about two meters tall, was a dark-skinned, burly man with a mechanical arm covered in scars, and it was said that he used to be a professional karate player.

With more than 30 years of whaling experience, Mitsuki Ino is a first-class helmsman and a first-class shooter. Before the war, he had always lived an ordinary life as a fisherman, but due to the shortage of materials after the war, he gradually started the smuggling trade.

In the wheelhouse of the Aso Maru, there were only two people at this time, Leo and Mitsuki Ino, and most of the others on the ship were still asleep.

Short Leo looked out the window at the gray sea, and Ino Mitsuki stared at the compass, since boarding this whaling ship, Short Leo and Ino Mitsuki have been very close to each other, maybe this is because they are both smugglers engaged in black market transactions, so they feel so connected.

"Leo, weather like this. Are you going to continue the expedition? Ino Mitsuki asked with a gloomy face. His skin was dark and shiny, but his teeth were as white as snow. People in their fifties can still have such teeth. It's really enviable.

"Well, to be honest, I don't want to, but it's our job, just like you have to go out to sea every day to fish. If we don't conduct a scientific research investigation, who will pay us a salary, or you will be at ease, brother. Leo said dejectedly, even he didn't know how many nonsense he had made up these days.

"I think that little handsome guy should be your leader. You've always listened to him. ”

"You mean that little white face? Yes, he is a leader, but none of us want to listen to him. He has nothing but a handsome face, and he just uses his beauty to become our leader. ”

"Sounds like it's interesting."

"It's not interesting, the big boss of our scientific research group is a widow from the United States. Women in their thirties are naturally lonely, and they hook up as soon as they come and go. ”

"Ha, ha. Ha, I thought it was only rough people like us. will do this kind of unsightly thing. Hook up with a little widow. I didn't expect cultural people like you to like this kind of thing. Don't say it. These lonely little widows are really more flavorful than the yellow flower girls. ”

"It's not like that, everything is good on this ship, except for a few women missing. If I could have a few beautiful women with me, I wouldn't want to go back to shore for the rest of my life. ”

"Ha, ha, ha, it seems that we are really among the same people."

"On this issue, I think all the men in the world are probably all like-minded."

"Yes, yes, you're right, you're right."

"Then why, you don't get two women on the boat, when you are bored, you can also use it to pass the time."

"Ha, ha, ha, you Yankees, all you think about are women, and you really live up to your reputation, and you have not spoiled Japanese women all these years."

Naturally, Leo would not tell the people on the whaling ship that he was the true identity of the Soviets, and that Japan is full of Americans today, and that calling himself an American can also avoid a lot of trouble.

"I've heard that you Japanese people are always taboo about letting women on ships, thinking that it will bring disaster. We Americans don't believe this, there are female sailors among the soldiers of the coast guard! ”

"How can I believe those foolish superstitions, that kind of thing can only be believed by stubborn old antiques."

At this time, the Aso Maru finally sailed out of the reef area of Hokkaido and began to move north along the coast. Mitsuki Ino fixed the sailing setting in fully automatic mode, he has sailed hundreds of times in this area, there is nothing to pay special attention to, not to mention that the real purpose of his trip is not to hunt whales, even if there are strong winds and waves, he can still maintain the course.

"Let's go, let's go get something to eat, would you like a drink?" Mitsuki Ino said and walked out of the cab.

Leo also rushed out, the waves crashing against the Aso Maru, the hull of the ship swaying gently with the waves, and the damp and icy sea breeze blew, revealing a refreshing chill in the lungs.

"I want to ...... I do need a drink. ”

Mitsuki Ino and Leo were the first to arrive in the kitchen below deck and enjoy their hearty breakfast. Compared with ordinary fishermen, the food of the Aso Maru is a little too good.

Sausages and canned pork are rare in Japan, where supplies are scarce today, and sugar in particular is a scarce material recently, but on the Aso Maru, everything is available, and nothing is missing.

Even if you don't know anything about the smuggling business, if you look at the kitchen of the Aso Maru, you will immediately think of Mitsuki Ino, who is not just an ordinary fisherman.

Looking at Yi Neng's gobbling up appearance, he is really a careless man full of wildness.

At this time, the other crew members of the Aso Maru also woke up from their sleep one after another, and the silent Aso Maru gradually became noisy and rejuvenated.

After breakfast, Mitsuki Ino, who had never closed his eyes since he set sail, planned to go back to the captain's room to sleep.

Every time he goes out to sea, Mitsuki Ino always operates the Aso Maru by himself, and he doesn't feel at ease about handing over the Aso Maru to others, and the offshore area is the most prone to running on the reef and running aground.

Now the rest of the matter can be handed over to other crew members to deal with, they are all crew members who have followed him for more than ten years, and they are completely able to leave the simple affairs of the sea to them to deal with.

Mitsuki Ino needs to rest, and Leo has to go back to the cabin to find Frankimir and Genchino.

Ino Mitsuki had the three biologists live in a dark, damp cabin. Although this place is unsatisfactory, full of choking fishy smell, and there are many messy smells, but because they paid Ino Mitsuki a lot of money, the cabin that Ino Mitsuki provided them with is already the largest cabin on the Aso Maru, second only to the captain's room.

Leo didn't like this place very much, but he had no other choice. He walked into the cabin where they lived, and immediately noticed that the atmosphere in the cabin seemed to be something not quite right, and Frankmir and Gen Chino were discussing something with serious expressions. (To be continued......)