Description of the seasonal migration of terrestrial harbor seals

Hello readers, I would like to introduce to you the creature called the spotted seal.

The harbor seal is a carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Phocidae. It has a plump, spindle-shaped body, a round head, large eyes, and a short, wide snout. Its webbed limbs are covered with fur, and its inner toes on its forelimbs are long, while its outer toes are short. It measures approximately 1.2 to 2 meters in length and weighs around 100 kilograms. It feeds on fish and cephalopods, such as squid and octopus. Upon landing, it crawls like a giant worm, relying on the movements of its forelimbs and upper body. Its gait is difficult, stumbling, and slow. (The above description is from Baidu Encyclopedia.)

About five years ago, because I met most of the above descriptions, I was secretly identified as a rare, land-dwelling species of harbor seal, receiving subsidies for Atlantis-1 protected wild species. After receiving this recognition, I briefly considered myself a superior species, confident that I would live an ideal life: eat and sleep, sleep and eat, wake up to be fed, and sleep to be accompanied.

However, life is bleak and unsatisfactory. Officially, Atlantis is not widely recognized in my current environment. Therefore, after graduating from the Main Division's Ryucho Practical Dojo, the spotted seal, for the sake of survival, was forced to shed his dojo uniform and don work clothes, disguising himself as a slightly larger shrimp. During the day, he toiled at his workstation, poring over spreadsheets, rambling reports, clichéd presentations, and pointless research documents—a series of tasks crucial to basic survival needs like eating and sleeping in a confined space. At night, he diligently dreamed and typed at his computer, composing entertaining stories in exchange for this month's special subsidy for land-based spotted seals.

This kind of life has lasted for more than a year. Although it is tiring and exhausting, and there will be no beautiful female breeder who will come down from the sky with a great mission to take me on the True Crimson Spiral Rock Emperor Unit ν to save the world in the foreseeable future, it will continue unless there are any accidents.

However, when I was recently cruising the sea at night, I suddenly received a divine revelation from the Great Sage of the Ocean, informing me that in the near future from October 1st to October 8th, a warm ocean current carrying a large number of nutritious fish and cephalopods will flow through the west of my continent.

This divine revelation plunged me into a state of deep hesitation and uncertainty. If I followed the current, I could feast and eat to my heart's content, which would undoubtedly release the pressure I'd accumulated over the past year and fully maintain my enthusiasm for writing entertainment stories. However, harbor seals have simple brain structures and can't focus on two things at once. If I embarked on this food-hunting journey, I wouldn't be able to both feast and write, thus affecting my seal subsidy for next month, which would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to my food budget.

However, thinking about this, I realized that the stories I've written so far are filled with squid, octopus, eels, and other fish and cephalopods. If I could see them feasting on the ocean currents, my future descriptions of them would be more vivid, delighting readers and undoubtedly increasing the amount of seal subsidies. From this point on, feasting is no longer just about feasting, but a way to capture the glory of the spotted seal family.

Coincidentally, my employer, where I pretend to be a shrimp during the day, had kindly granted me statutory leave, allowing me to step away from my workstation. I realized this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, one I couldn't let slip. So, I packed my bags, teamed up with a couple of seafood friends, and embarked on a journey to find some delicious seafood.

Considering that this trip has a significant impact of up to 1% on improving the quality of the work, we hereby inform all readers that the book will be temporarily suspended from October 1st to October 8th. We hope that you will give full support, understanding, respect and encouragement.

If you have a different opinion, you can also pat the seal's belly, pat pat pat pat.

I would also like to wish happy holidays to all the land primate readers, as well as the marine readers, flying readers and alien readers who may or may not exist.

From Prince 2326, who is embarking on a journey of feasting and drinking.

(End of this chapter)