Novel Star Chapter 205 Rising Tide
Chapter 205 Rising Tide
After Usopp came back, everyone started to get busy. Since they didn't know anything about repairing ships, they had nothing to do, so they could only wander around on the Merry. Frankie felt extremely helpless for these guys being in the way, so he finally got angry and drove them all off the ship.
"Hmph, why is this guy so bad-tempered!" Nami muttered softly.
"Hahahaha, if you haven't been making trouble on the boat, how could he be angry?"
Robin smiled.
"Miss Robin, how can there be?! These are the six of them. If you insist on pretending to understand and say you want to be a supervisor, it's no wonder they don't get angry!"
Nami looked helplessly at Rey and Luffy who were messing around on the deck at this time and said.
Although Usopp just came back, he soon messed up with Luffy and the others again, as if nothing had happened between them.
While Nami was talking to Robin.
Ray broke away from the crowd and came over.
"It's all these guys, pointing fingers, that made me kicked out!"
Ray couldn't help mumbling.
After hearing this, Nami said softly: "You are still talking about others, and you are not the same. When I saw Babu, I was so angry that I wanted to beat you with a stick. Fortunately, he endured it."
"It's also my fault! How can I not care about the Mellie undergoing 'surgery' now?!"
"You guys! Don't be a disservice to others anymore."
Robin looked at Ray and said with a smile.
Rey nodded: "Okay, Robin, by the way, Nami, did you find a problem?"
"Well, what's the problem?"
"The sea seems to be in danger of high tide"
"Oh, Rey, when did you understand this? It depends on whether the sea will rise or not. It depends on hydrology, wind direction and weather, so it's not that easy to tell."
Nami replied with a smile.
"Well, so, how do you see the hydrology and weather?"
When asked by Rey, Nami also had some doubts in her heart, so she hurried to look.
After a while, she frowned and turned back and forth, saying, it's not good, as Rey said, the tide here will be high soon, and according to the hydrology, the tide will never be low, if not, this place will be submerged!
"Then what about the Merry?" Robin said, looking at the Merry, which was being repaired constantly.
Rey didn't see the slightest panic.
"Don't worry, Franky and the others have lived here for so long, and it's definitely not the first time they have encountered a high tide, so they must have a countermeasure!"
"It makes sense, then I'll ask him now!"
Nami also has a swift and resolute personality. She didn't delay any more at this time, but ran directly to the boat and told Franky all about her discovery.
And Franky was not flustered at this time, after he heard Nami's words.
He said in a flat tone: "You are such an excellent navigator! There will indeed be a big tide here!"
"The Kemeli is under maintenance now, how can it withstand such a big wave? It will definitely be smashed to pieces by the tide!"
"There is no way around this. Although we have blueprints, we don't have enough time. The only thing we can do now is to continuously strengthen the hull, so whether it can withstand the tide depends on the Meili itself! We have done everything we can."
Everyone on board heard Frankie's words clearly. Although they didn't want to admit it, it was an indisputable fact, so everyone's expressions became depressed at this time.
And Luffy said loudly from the side: "I believe in the Merry! He won't be afraid of any storms!"
"Luffy, you."
"Yes, I believe in the Merry, no matter how big the storm is, we have encountered it, so there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Usopp echoed from the side.
"Oh, what a dazzling passion! Young man, hurry up and do it! We must make preliminary reinforcements to the keel of the hull before the high tide!"
After Frankie finished speaking, the boat became more and more busy for a while.
At this time, the tide on the sea is also higher than the wave.
Repairs to the ship have also become increasingly difficult due to the bumps on the sea surface.
When the waves gradually became higher than one meter, Franky stopped what he was doing, then turned around and shouted to Luffy and the others: "Hurry up and get on the boat! The next wave will submerge this place!"
The waves came fast, and everyone didn't dare to hesitate, so they quickly climbed onto the boat.
After boarding.
A group of crew members each performed their duties.
Sure enough, the second wave was about two meters high. When a wave hit, the Merry was lifted high like a lone leaf in the sea.
"Turn left, furl the sail!"
Nami shouted loudly, the sound of the wind and waves buried everyone's voices, so if it wasn't for shouting at the top of her voice, it would be difficult for others to hear what she was saying.
So everyone acted according to their words.
The Meli was constantly shuttling through the wind and waves at this time. Fortunately, the hull had been strengthened before, so it could barely cope with these wind and waves at this time.
Otherwise, under this strength, the Meili is bound to be lost.
Seeing the wind and waves subside gradually, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a second wave of even bigger waves came one after another.
At this moment, everyone's hearts were raised in their throats.
"Face the waves, rush up!"
"These guys are crazy."
Frankie said nervously while hugging the railing on the ship, and his subordinates also snuggled up to him.
The Merry met the sea waves and was directly lifted to the top, but such a violent movement also caused a crack to appear on the Merry, which is no wonder, after all, Franky only carried out preliminary reinforcements on the Merry, so at this time, it could not withstand such storms at all.
Others may not have noticed it, but Franky still clearly felt the movement of the hull.
"Luffy, Rey! You can't do this anymore, the keel has cracks, if you can't escape the next wave, the whole hull may fall apart!"
When everyone heard the voice, they couldn't help being slightly taken aback.
But if you look carefully, there is no trace of panic or hesitation in their eyes.
Luffy looked at the approaching waves and said coldly: "It's okay, the Merry will be fine, it's just a wave, let me beat it!"
"This guy"
Hearing what Luffy said, Zoro drew two long knives out of his hands, Rey and Sanji also made their own preparations, and the four of them stood side by side, looking directly at the surging waves in front of them.
After a while, the waves approached them, and the four of them jumped up as soon as they stepped on the deck.