Although Richard's choice of words was subtle, it was not nonsense. There really was a column of water rising from the sea — to be precise, it was a column of air, and the height of the rise was limited. If one did not deliberately observe it, it would be easy to miss it.
Just by looking at the momentum of the column of air, one could tell that it was not a large whale that was spraying water.
Zhang Zian moved the binoculars down a little and saw a tall black dorsal fin, like a saber cutting through the sea.
If one did not see the spray of water and only saw the dorsal fin, 80% of ordinary people would think that it was a great white shark. But if one looked closely, they would find that the dorsal fin was slightly different from the equilateral triangular dorsal fin of a great white shark. It was more like a quadrilateral with a narrow top and a wide bottom.
Of course, he was only in the mood to carefully observe the dorsal fin when he was safely on the shore. If he was close to the dorsal fin, his only thought would be to quickly escape …
In fact, whales and sharks were different in many ways, such as swimming. Sharks spent most of their time underwater. Even when their dorsal fins were out of the water, their bodies remained flat. But whales were different. When whales floated on the surface of the water, they liked to use their bodies to turn the waves in the sea.
There was also the way their tail fins moved. Sharks' tail fins swayed left and right, while whales and dolphins' tail fins swayed up and down.
Zhang Zian recognized that it was a whale. When it got closer, especially when its body was out of the water because it was happy, like a butterfly swimming on the surface of the water, he confirmed from its black and white body that it was a killer whale.
Killer whales were social animals, like a pack of wolves in the sea. Seeing one often meant that there was another pack nearby.
Sure enough, when he moved the binoculars in the direction of the deep sea, he saw more killer whales approaching.
Killer whales were the overlords of the sea. They even fed on other whales. Even great white sharks were no match for killer whales, but they were exceptionally friendly to humans. If they encountered stray cats and dogs outdoors, it was best not to touch them for safety reasons. But if they encountered a killer whale in the sea, as long as it was close enough, they could touch it to their heart's content.
They were already so friendly to humans. The half-human, half-fish Sihwa was closer to them in size, so of course, she was warmly welcomed by them.
Sihwa, who was originally in a bad mood, hugged the dorsal fins of the killer whales and swam around in the sea with them. It was as if she was having too much fun and had forgotten what her mission was. However, Zhang Zian was too far away to remind her, so he could only stare.
No matter what kind of social animal it was, it would have one or a few leaders. A group of dragons couldn't be without a leader.
Zhang Zian observed for a while and noticed that there was a larger female whale in the pod. When the other whales were playing with each other or playing crazily with Sihwa, they would all be respectful and carefully avoid this whale … If there was no accident, it should be the leader of this pod.
After playing with the other whales for a while, Sihwa finally remembered what she had to do. She floated on the surface of the sea as if she was looking for something and turned her head. When she saw the whale, she swam towards it and climbed onto its head as if she was whispering into its ear.
The female whale might have understood her meaning. It shook its tail fin and dived into the sea, while Sihwa grabbed its dorsal fin and hitched a ride.
The other whales dove into the water one after another.
The sea temporarily calmed down.
Fa Tui asked worriedly, "Is she okay?"
Fa Tui saw that she had not come out after sinking into the water, so he guessed that she would be in danger.
"Don't worry. The thing that can hurt her in the water hasn't been born yet." Zhang Zian was very open-minded. "Fortune favors fools. Besides, even if she is in danger, there are only a few of us. Who can save her?"
He grew up in the coastal area. Although he wasn't a non-swimmer, if he were to swim so far into the sea to save someone, he wouldn't have the strength to swim back. If Sihwa couldn't handle it, it would be pointless for him to go.
Fa Tui looked at the broken foot and murmured, "This must be the guidance of God. It let us find this broken foot and blow the horn for the destruction of the evil people."
The guidance of God …
Zhang Zian didn't think that this had anything to do with God. It was just that they happened to choose the path by the sea. Even if the wolves hadn't found the broken foot, the elfins would have.
At that moment, the water splashed everywhere on the surface of the sea. The pod of whales once again surfaced, and Sihwa was climbing on the dorsal fin of the leader whale.
The pod of whales swam to the coast, but they were limited by their size and didn't dare to swim too close. Sihwa swam the last part of the route by herself.
"How is it?" Zhang Zian asked.
Sihwa wiped the seawater off her face and nodded. "There is indeed an undercurrent flowing north under the coast. It's warmer and flows very fast. As for where it flows to … It's not clear. Anyway, it keeps flowing north. Just now, it took me to dive into the undercurrent to experience it."
She turned around and pointed at the female whale, saying excitedly, "It's very old, but it's very smart. It can understand everything I say. I've never seen such a smart whale before. It's even easier than talking to you!"
Zhang Zian asked, "… It's very old?"
"Very old. It's so old that it can't even tell how old it is. The other whales are all its grandchildren and even great-grandchildren!" Sihwa answered with certainty.
Zhang Zian thought about it. "So, maybe it's the killer whale that's officially called J2, but everyone calls it 'Grandma.'"
"Quack? J2？” Richard landed quietly and scratched its head with its claws. "I even know J2 + 6!"
Sihwa was intrigued. "So it's called Grandma? How old is it? "
Zhang Zian counted with his fingers. "It's said that it was born in 1911, a year before the Titanic sank. At that time, the Qing Dynasty hadn't fallen yet! It's already super old now! The last time it was seen was in 2016, and the last time was in 2014. At that time, it led a pod of whales from the coast of California to the Strait of Georgia in the north … After 2016, people haven't seen it again. They speculated that it might have died of old age. I didn't expect it to still be alive and well.
"In 2016, it was seen in the Salish Sea," Zhang Zian emphasized. But when he realized that the elfins didn't understand, he added, "The Salish Coast is where people frequently find broken feet."
J2 probably often led its family's whale pod to cruise along the northeast Pacific coast, especially the section from California to the Salish Sea. It definitely had the right to speak. Since it said that there was an undercurrent flowing north, it had to be true.
The pod of whales was still swimming not far from the shore. When the female whale turned over, it completely revealed its dorsal fin. From the iconic white patch on its dorsal fin, Zhang Zian confirmed its identity. It was J2, which had disappeared from human sight for a long time. He took a few photos.
When he left the Mahogany Forest, he would upload these photos online. It would definitely make many people who cared about J2's fate feel sincerely happy.
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