Chapter 205: Rising Tide

After Usopp came back, everyone started to get busy. Since they knew nothing about ship repair, they had nothing to do, so they could only wander around on the Merry. Franky felt extremely helpless that these guys were in the way. , so in the end, after getting angry, he drove them all off the boat.

"Humph, why is this guy so bad-tempered!" Nami muttered softly.

"Hahahaha, if you hadn't been causing trouble on the boat, how could he be angry?"

Robin laughed from the side.

"Sister Robin, where are you?! These are the six of them. They have to pretend to know what they don't understand and say what they want to do to supervise the work. It's strange that they don't get angry!"

Nami said helplessly as she looked at Rey, Luffy and others who were messing around on the deck.

Although Usopp had just returned, he was soon messing around with Luffy and others again, as if nothing had happened between them.

While Nami and Robin were talking.

Rey walked away from the crowd.

"It's all these guys who are gesticulating that made me get kicked out!"

Rey couldn't help mumbling.

After hearing this, Nami said softly: "You still said that you are not the same. When I saw Babu, I was already so angry that I wanted to hit you with a stick. Fortunately, he endured it."

"You can't blame me! How can I not care about Mellie's 'surgery' now?!"

"You guys! Stop doing other people a disservice."

Robin looked at Rey and said with a smile.

Rey nodded: "Okay, Robin, by the way, Nami, have you found a problem?"

"Well, what's the problem?"

"The sea seems to be in danger of rising tide."

"Oh, Rey, when did you understand this? Whether the sea surface will have a high tide or not depends on the hydrology, wind direction and weather, so it is not that easy to see."

Nami replied with a smile.

"Well, so, what do you think the hydrology and weather are like now?"

Being asked by Rey, Nami also had some doubts in her heart, and she quickly went to see it.

After a while, she frowned and turned around to report, as expected, as Rey said, the tide will rise here soon, and according to the hydrology, the tide will never be small. Everything here will be flooded!

"What about the Melly?" Robin said, looking at the Melly that was being repaired.

Rey didn't appear to be panicked at all.

"Don't worry. Franky and the others have lived here for so long. This is definitely not the first time they have encountered a high tide, so they will definitely have a way to deal with it!"

"It makes sense, then I'll ask him now!"

Nami also had a resolute nature. She no longer delayed anything at this time, but ran directly to the ship and told Franky everything she had discovered.

Franky was not panicked at this time, after he heard Nami's words.

He said in a calm tone: "You are such an excellent navigator! There will indeed be big tides here!"

"But the Meli is currently undergoing repairs. How can it withstand such a big wave? It will definitely be broken apart by the tide!"

"There is nothing we can do about it. Although we have the drawings, we don't have enough time. So 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. Yes! We have done everything we can.”

Franky's words were clearly heard by everyone on the boat. Although they didn't want to admit it, they couldn't argue with the facts, so everyone's expressions became depressed at this time.

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 do preliminary reinforcement of the hull keel before the tide rises!"

After Frankie finished speaking, the boat became busier for a while.

At this time, the tide on the sea was also getting higher and higher.

Repairing the ship has become increasingly difficult as the ship's hull is bumpy on the sea.

When the waves gradually reached a height of one meter, Franky stopped what he was doing, then turned around and shouted to Luffy and others: "Get on the boat quickly! The next wave will submerge this place!"

The waves came so fast that everyone did not dare to hesitate, so they quickly climbed onto the boat.

After boarding the ship.

The crew members all perform their duties.

Sure enough, the second wave turned out to be about two meters high. When a wave came, the Melly was lifted high like a lonely leaf in the sea.

"Turn left and reef the sail!"

Nami shouted loudly, and the sound of wind and waves buried everyone's voices, so if she didn't shout at the top of her voice, it would be difficult for others to hear what she was saying.

Therefore, everyone acted accordingly.

The Meili was constantly shuttled among the wind and waves at this time. Fortunately, the hull had been reinforced before, so it could barely cope with these wind and waves at this time.

Otherwise, under this intensity, the Meili would definitely not be able to be saved.

Seeing that the wind and waves gradually subsided, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a second, bigger wave followed.

Everyone's hearts were in their throats at this time.

"Catch the waves and charge forward!"

"These guys are crazy."

Franky hugged the railing of the ship and said nervously, and his men also cuddled tightly with him.

The Melly faced the waves and was lifted directly to the top. However, such a violent movement also caused a crack to appear on the Melly. This is no wonder, after all, Franky only performed preliminary reinforcements on the Melly. , so it is impossible to withstand such storms at this time.

Others may not have noticed it, but Franky still clearly felt the strange movement of the ship's hull.

"Luffy, Rey! You can't do this anymore. There are already cracks in the keel. If we can't avoid the next wave, the entire hull may fall apart!"

After everyone heard the sound, they couldn't help but be slightly startled.

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 doesn't matter, the Merry will be fine. It's just a wave. Let me crush it!"

"This guy"

After hearing what Luffy said, Zoro pulled out two long knives from his hands. Rey and Sanji also made preparations. The four of them stood side by side, looking directly at the rising waves in front of them.

In a moment, the waves approached in front of them. As soon as the four of them stepped on the deck, they all jumped up.