Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 617 - 404: Cat and Mouse, Who is Who?

Chapter 617: Chapter 404: Cat and Mouse, Who is Who?

Sean Knight dove back into the water, swam further away from the maritime patrol boat, and then stopped.

He wasn’t afraid of the maritime patrol boat’s radar detecting him - with his current body size, even if he appeared on their radar, they would most likely mistake him for a large fish.

He stared at the maritime patrol boat, occasionally submerging and resurfacing. Sean was betting on the fact that the maritime patrol boat wouldn’t stay here forever.

After all, this area was considered a dispute zone. If the maritime patrol boat stayed here for too long, nobody could say for certain if the marine police would show up.

However, Sean had prepared for everything. If the maritime patrol boat insisted on staying, he would take out a small single-person underwater propeller from his spatial realm and leave the area.

There was actually a small inflatable rubber dinghy with an electric propeller in his spatial realm as well.

However, it wasn’t practical to take it out during normal circumstances. If it really came to that point, he wouldn’t care so much about it.

Sean also believed that Elijah Hastings and the others would never just hide on the other side. If the maritime patrol boat really wanted to stay here, they would definitely take some measures.

Like making a phone call.

Suddenly, the searchlight on the patrol boat’s mast lit up and started rotating slowly, illuminating the surrounding sea surface.

Someone was standing on the deck and observing.

Sean immediately submerged into the water.

He guessed that the people on the patrol boat had sensed the intent of the motorboat, which was why they approached and turned on the light.

Then it seemed like someone shouted something from the deck, and the searchlight began focusing on two areas in particular; one on the other side of the ship and the other right where Sean was.

Sean realized that he had probably been detected by the radar.

He immediately dived underwater and swam further away.

The maritime patrol boat probably thought of him as a large fish, and they didn’t chase after him when he got out of the searchlight’s range.

Sean was prepared for a possible pursuit. If the boat did come after him, he didn’t mind igniting a larger conflict.

Leaving the area, Sean surfaced and took out a small rubber dinghy to rest on.

It was uncomfortable to stay in the water for so long.

After nearly an hour, the maritime patrol boat started up and slowly left, heading back to its original place.

As Sean was about to paddle over, he stopped.

He saw an even larger boat coming over, making a circle around the area.

It was a marine police boat!

Sean remembered it because Elijah and the others often mentioned that decommissioned warships would have their large weapons removed and be transformed into marine police boats.

They even sent Sean photos of these boats.

As a result, Sean had memorized the appearance of that boat.

Now, he discovered that the boat, which seemed so small in the photos, was actually enormous in reality!

A sudden sense of pride welled up in Sean’s heart for no reason!

It was just an inexplicable feeling of pride!

Then, he watched with excitement and surprise as the marine police boat approached the salvage ship!

It took Sean a moment to realize that although this was considered a dispute area internationally, in the eyes of China’s marine police, this was their maritime territory!

It was just like the so-called midline of the strait, which actually didn’t exist! Same reasoning!

Next, Sean sat on the rubber dinghy with great interest and watched the marine police boat go over and berate the salvage ship using a loudspeaker.

Facing the marine police boat, the large salvage ship seemed like a bullied daughter-in-law, completely unable to resist.

The maritime patrol boat on the other side didn’t dare to come closer either, and the salvage ship had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

Rarely witnessing such a pleasing scene on the sea, the frustration Sean felt from the maritime patrol boat’s appearance earlier disappeared like smoke. He even felt interested enough to take out a handful of pine nuts from his spatial realm and crack them open as he watched.

After the salvage ship left the dispute area and approached the nearby island, the marine police boat circled the area once more before slowly leaving.

So imposing!

Watching the marine police boat disappear on the sea surface, Sean turned his gaze to the maritime patrol boat and the salvage ship, realizing that they had no intention of coming back.

Well done!

Sean put away the rubber dinghy, estimating that Elijah and the others would be arriving soon.

As expected, in less than half an hour, the motorboat came over.

At this point, Sean had already put away the rubber dinghy. When the motorboat stopped, he swam over to it.

Elijah and his team anxiously scanned their surroundings from the deck. When they spotted Sean, their faces lit up with joy and they quickly pulled him on board with their combined efforts.

"Boss, are you alright?"

"Just now, the maritime patrol boat came by and..."

"No worries, no worries," Sean replied with a smile, "Did you guys call the marine police boat over? I just witnessed a great show, it’s a pity I didn’t bring my phone, otherwise, I would’ve definitely recorded it and uploaded it online!"

"What happened? What happened?" The attention of the worried Elijah and his team was immediately diverted.

Sean took off his diving suit, dried himself, and recounted the events just now:

"You have no idea, it was so imposing when they shouted! It was a thrilling sight to behold!"

"Ah—we didn’t see it!" Elijah and his team regretted missing the events. Hearing about it was different from seeing it first-hand; how exciting it must have been!

"Alright, it seems like the salvage ship and maritime patrol boat won’t be coming back any time soon, so let’s hurry up. I’ll rest for a bit and then dive down again."

"Boss, you don’t need to go down tonight; you’ve been in the water for so long..." Elijah said with concern.

"I’m fine," Sean waved his hand. "After absorbing those energies, I feel my body’s recovery speed is much faster than before. This is the best time. Our marine police boat can’t stay here forever, either.