On January 28, just past 4 a.m., there was a flurry of activity aboard the "Fenjin."
After watching the first SBD take off for its reconnaissance mission, Spur returned to the Command Bridge and sat in the chair that belonged to him.
In his quiet state, Spur resembled a Stone Buddha.
Most of the time, he was in this quiet state.
Tanimoto even joked about it, saying that if Spur had been born in the Saiyi Imperial Country, he might have become a high-ranking monk.
It wasn't until the last SBD took off that Tanimoto hurried over, and it was now 4:30 a.m., about an hour before dawn.
Sending out the Reconnaissance Aircraft an hour before sunrise was Spur's idea, and Tanimoto did not object.
