The Sea Will Bring Us Together Again Soon

"This is the Japan Sea."

Looking out at the endless ocean before them, Wang Anyi couldn't help pursing his lips.

"It doesn't look any different from the sea back home. How come it's raised a bunch of animals?"

Gui Zhaolin came over to look in the same direction and chuckled.

"Old Wang, seawater moves with the currents. The water you're looking at might have flowed past our naval port just a few months ago. How could it be any different?"

"But knowing the Japanese, that might not be true a few years from now."

"Oh?"

Wang Anyi raised an eyebrow.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Gui Zhaolin nodded toward a certain direction and explained.

"I heard the Japanese set up an Atomic Energy Committee a few years ago. That East Sea Nuclear Power Plant they're tinkering with now should be up and running in just a few years."

"Nuclear power plants produce radioactive wastewater. Who knows when those devils might secretly dump it into the sea?"

"Of course, we can talk about this among ourselves, but don't bring it up when we meet the Japanese later. Quite a few of them speak Huaxia language."

With that,

Gui Zhaolin gave a meaningful glance at the several warships cruising a few kilometers away from the fleet.

Gui Zhaolin wasn't surprised to see the warships, nor did he take any particularly drastic measures in response. After all, they were near the edge of Japan's territorial waters.

National territory.

At any time, for any country, this was a notion that was unquestionably sensitive.

Most people, however, tended to think of national territory as land. In reality, jurisdiction over maritime areas was also an important part of a country's territory.

As far back as the Middle Ages,

the Italian legal scholars Azo and Bartolus had