Thanks to my strong insistence, the hunting mission was changed from an elephant hunt to a lion hunt.

The target was an old lion that had been wandering near a residential area, and unlike the elephant, this one was a genuine threat. It was massive, almost monstrous, with thick, frozen fangs—a unique trait for a lion—and it had been attacking livestock near the village.

Moreover, it had reportedly attacked people on several occasions. Though those people had managed to hide in a car before the lion broke through the windows, they narrowly escaped when a group of hunters arrived and …