Su Su was so focused on finding food and distracted by the humans that suddenly appeared in the sea that he did not notice a transparent fishing net quietly covering his head.
This fishing net is made of special material. When it is in the water, no trace can be seen at all. However, the material is extremely strong and sturdy. No matter how hard he bites and pulls, he cannot break free.
When he came to his senses, he had been lifted up and the whole shark was out of the water.
Su Su was suspended in the air. He looked down curiously and saw that the other end of the fishing net was connected to a boat, and there were many people standing on the boat. The fishing net slid along the track and opened an opening.
"Wow, it's so big. If the Admiral can't catch a yellowfin tuna this time, he will lose."
"You're cheating. Isn't it much easier to catch them with a mechanical net than with a bayonet?"
"What kind of cheating? We agreed on the tool selection, who told him to pick the spear gun?"
The noisy voices of countless people poured into Su Su's ears. There were so many voices that Su Su couldn't tell where they came from.
He stared down with his big round eyes, and saw a large group of humans gathered below. There were many cute humans gathered here, but looking around, it seemed that none of them looked as cute as the one who just entered the water.
"By the way, am I the only one who thinks this looks a bit like a shark?"
"That seems to me."
"Don't look like it, it's a shark."
"Well, it keeps staring at us. I wonder if it wants to eat us."
"Hey, hey, hey, Admiral Qi is on board too, and he's brought a big fish with him. Let's go and take a look."
People were far less enthusiastic about the shark than about Qi Hanyi. When they heard this, they swarmed to Qi Hanyi's side.
Su Su also twisted his body, trying to turn around to see the excitement, but the net above his body suddenly moved. Su Su was freed, and he passed through a water slide-like pipe and fell into a pool several meters wide with a splash.
The pond was pitifully small, yet filled with all kinds of fish. Su Su fell into it and could hardly get out.
But Su Su didn't think so. He rolled around in the pool excitedly, slapping the water happily with his tail.
At this moment, he had completely forgotten about the lovely human beings. Now in his eyes, there was only the school of fish around him that had formed a small hill.
Food! A pool full of food!
Su Su happily ate the buffet in the pool.
It seemed as if there were no end to the fish in the pond, and there were no other sharks around to compete with them for food.
Su Su was so hungry that he ate like a savage. He was not picky about food and would eat up anything he could fit into his mouth.
Qi Hanyi climbed onto the deck with the prey he had killed.
Everyone gathered around, no one noticed the chaos in the pool, they looked at the gutted yellowfin tuna in amazement, and for the first time felt the power of this admiral who was about the same age as them.
The crowd surrounded the young admiral as if they were welcoming a triumphant hero.
Someone exclaimed: "Is this SSS-level combat power? Fighting head-on with a tuna in the sea, and killing it in one blow?"
Someone praised him: "An admiral is an admiral. I didn't expect that even without a mecha, he can tear apart the Zerg with his bare hands."
Someone joked, "Is this really something a human can do? Admiral, you are not some newly developed humanoid weapon, are you?"
Qi Hanyi ignored them and silently handed the game to the servant who was in charge of this matter. Then he took off his oxygen tank, changed his diving suit, put on his shirt, buttoned up the top button as usual, and arranged his clothes without a wrinkle. Everything was in order, as if he had completed an ordinary daily task.
The servant took the tuna, which was already dead and could not be thrown into the pool for preservation. He passed by the pool where the prey was stored and subconsciously looked inside. He was so shocked that he almost fell in.
"Oh, who caught the shark?"
Qi Hanyi heard the exclamation and glimpsed the shark feasting in the pool. He turned to look at the owner of the yacht, Mo Lin, and asked, "Are you raising fish?"
"What?" Mo Lin didn't understand what Qi Hanyi meant at first, but when he moved his gaze to the pool, he understood.
The pool where the prey was previously stacked was now dyed red by blood. About one-tenth of the prey in the pool had been reduced, and several precious fish species that had been caught with great difficulty were bitten to death, with their flesh torn into pieces. A two-meter-long silver-white shark was struggling to swallow a huge piece of fish meat, while the other living fish in the pool struggled to stay away from the hungry and crazy shark.
This loss was not worth Morin's concern, but there was a big fish in it that Morin had caught himself. He had intended to give it back to his elder brother, but now it had been eaten by a shark, leaving only half of its tail. And the shark's eating manner was a bit too arrogant.
Maureen pointed at the shark with a mixture of anger and amusement, then turned to ask the others on the boat: "Who caught this shark? And no one is doing anything about it even though it's in such a bad shape?"
Everyone then turned their attention away from Qi Hanyi and remembered the shark that had sneaked onto the boat.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and the few who knew the truth cast their eyes on a young man named Zhang Lu. He was Mo Lin's childhood friend and was familiar with the people present, but his character was really not very good.
It was him who had cast his net just now, wanting to compete with the admiral for the limelight, but not daring to go out to sea himself. When the fish was just caught, he was seen boasting about it everywhere, but later he found out that the admiral had caught a yellowfin tuna, and he became silent again.
Seeing that the shark he caught had eaten Morin's fish, he didn't want to admit it and winked at the fisherman he hired to follow the boat.
The fisherman got the hint and immediately said, "It should be that the shark hit the fishing net that was cast earlier. The fishing net sensed the prey and sent it directly up. It happened that the admiral brought the prey on the deck, and everyone was busy watching the excitement, so they didn't have time to deal with it."
After listening to the fisherman's explanation, Morin waved his hands, glanced at his childhood friend, tacitly agreed with the theory that the shark hit the net, and waved his hands to signal forget it. He organized this trip, and the people who came were all prominent nobles in the empire. There was no need to make a fuss over a little prey, which would make him look petty.
But Morin is not the kind of person who will suffer a loss. He cannot get angry at others. But can't he cook a shark?
Morin looked at the shark eating its meal with a hostile look in his eyes and said in a grim tone, "Since you ate my hard-earned prey, I can only give you as a gift to show my filial piety to my dear brother."
Su Su, who had finally eaten his fill, looked up in surprise. He didn't think there was anything wrong with stealing Morin's prey. Sharks eat by stealing. They would steal their companions' prey, and occasionally they would steal human spoils.
"This is a good idea. Although shark meat is not tasty, shark fin is very nutritious. It also tastes smooth and delicious." Zhang Lu immediately agreed.
Su Su was shocked. Do humans also have the habit of eating sharks? The textbooks don't mention this!
Qi Hanyi frowned upon hearing this and warned in a cold voice: "Anyone who steals sharks without permission will be whipped ten times."
"Hahaha, Admiral Qi is really humorous. It's just a shark. Just eat it and no one will know. Everyone on the boat is our friend. Is there anyone who will complain?" Zhang Lu laughed while raising his spear gun and was about to aim at the shark in the pond.
Seeing Zhang Lu raising the spear gun and aiming at him, Su Su became nervous, but the pond was too small and the space for dodging was extremely limited.
At the critical moment, Qi Hanyi held down Zhang Lu's harpoon with one hand and pressed the opponent's wrist with the other hand. Before Zhang Lu could react, the harpoon in his hand had been snatched away.
Su Su, who was no longer in danger, looked at his savior with gratitude. Hmm, this seemed to be the human he had just encountered underwater. Now that he could see his face, he was indeed the cutest one among the group.
Qi Hanyi's words were indeed a bit impolite, and Zhang Lu was a bit embarrassed. He was Mo Lin's friend since childhood, and his family background was not bad. No matter how powerful Qi Hanyi was, he was of the same generation as them, and he was not his superior. Why did he lecture him in such a tone?
He was a little unconvinced, but he didn't dare to argue with Qi Hanyi directly, so he could only use Mo Lin's banner: "Catching one won't make any difference. Besides, what is the identity of the Second Young Master Mo? Who dares to judge him for a mere shark?"
In his heart, Mo Lin cursed Zhang Lu as a fool. Based on his understanding of Qi Hanyi, this man rarely showed any concern for anything other than work. Did he suddenly say this to uphold the laws of the empire? He didn't think so.
Mo Lin suddenly remembered a rumor that when Qi Hanyi was a child, he was shipwrecked and fell into the water, and was rescued by a shark. At that time, everyone thought it was just a joke, and few people believed it. After all, sharks eat meat, so it was good enough that they didn't eat them as food, how could they save people?
But now seeing Qi Hanyi's attitude, Mo Lin felt that the rumors might not be groundless.
He came here to make friends with Qi Hanyi, not to make enemies. Seeing that Qi Hanyi's eyes were getting colder and colder, he quickly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Misunderstanding, who said I was going to kill it? I just thought this shark was beautiful and wanted to take it back to give it to my brother as a pet. This is not illegal, Hanyi, you know that my brother likes to collect these things sometimes. He even has five or six crocodiles in the pond in the backyard."
Raise me? Su Su's eyes lit up, and a path he had never imagined appeared before him.
Yes, if he was raised by humans, wouldn't he be able to leave the sea and go to a world where he could see lovely humans feeding him every day and never have to go hungry again?
"Sharks belong to the sea, they are born free and should not be kept by humans." This time, Qi Hanyi raised objections.
Who said that!!!
Su Su raised his head indignantly, but unfortunately sharks had no vocal cords, so he could not refute them.
Qi Hanyi didn't let Mo Lin down and took the initiative to hand over the prey he had just hunted: "This was caused by my negligence. This one is my compensation. If it's not enough..."
"That's enough, that's enough." Mo Lin saw that Qi Hanyi was determined to protect the shark, so he didn't want to argue with him. He forced a smile and said, "This is the best yellowfin tuna, much more valuable than the one I caught. Besides, this fish was caught by you, Hanyi. If my father receives it, he will definitely be happier than receiving a gift from me, his own son."
"Well, as for this shark, I'll let it go." Qi Hanyi seemed to have no idea how to be polite to others. When he saw Mo Lin nodded, he took it as his agreement. He then stepped into the fish pond, grabbed the little shark's tail, and lifted it out of the water.
Hey! Don't decide other people's fate here. Has anyone asked the shark for its opinion?
Su Su struggled desperately.
[Who said sharks can't be raised? I can, I'm especially capable! I don't belong to the sea, I belong to humans, take me away! ]
Human pets are mentioned in the textbooks. They don’t have to do anything at home all day. All they have to do is act cute and they will get endless food, safe and comfortable homes, and the company and love of many humans.
When Su Su saw this profession called pet, he was extremely envious. Now that the opportunity was right in front of him, and he had just enjoyed a pond of fresh fish, he certainly didn't want to miss it.
The little shark twisted its body desperately like a scoundrel, spitting out a bunch of bubbles. But it couldn't convey its thoughts to humans.
Qi Hanyi's hand was stronger than Su Su's whole body. Poor Su Su was mercilessly lifted upside down from the fish pond by his tail and thrown into the sea.
With a "bang" and splash of water, a little shark's dream of being raised by humans was shattered into bubbles.
The author has something to say:
Su Su: Humph, man, you are no longer my little cutie.
Note: The plot about the shark being mistakenly caught on a fishing boat and eating a buffet was inspired by a short video on YouTube. You can search for it (it’s available on Bilibili), it’s very funny.