Without the Japanese warships escorting them, the whaling ships were no match for the Ocean Guardian Association's anti-whaling fleet. Left with no choice, the whaling vessels turned around and headed back in frustration.
The Ocean Guardian Association's anti-whaling ships followed behind them, "escorting" them out of the whaling grounds before finally stopping.
As they watched the ships gradually disappear into the distance, the Ocean Guardian Association members aboard the anti-whaling vessels erupted into thunderous cheers.
This was the greatest success the Ocean Guardian Association had achieved since its founding!
All six whaling ships had returned empty-handed without killing a single whale—something they had never even dared to imagine before.
However, aside from their newly equipped anti-whaling ships and the whaling ship location information Gao Yuan had provided, the most important reason for their tremendous success was that missile that had fallen from the sky.
The Japanese soldiers were not the only ones utterly baffled. They, too, had no idea where that missile had come from.
Could some country's military also oppose whaling? Had they discovered what was happening here, found it unbearable to watch, and fired a missile to help them take out the warship blocking their way?
That would have been far too willful!
They did not believe that theory themselves, but they truly could not think of any more reasonable explanation.
Could it have been launched by mistake?
Judging by the way the missile had locked onto Japan's warship and charged straight at it, there was no way it had been fired accidentally.
But they soon discovered that sometimes, reality really was that dramatic!
Naturally, Japan would not simply let the sinking of its warship slide. They quickly investigated based on the information they had gathered and ultimately confirmed the missile's origin.
Although the warship had sunk completely