Chapter 114 Merry can no longer sail
Dock No. 1, Usopp was robbed. Yes, Usop Jun, the fat sheep with a huge amount of 200 million Bailey, was robbed twice in succession by the same gang in the same place in less than 10 minutes, and both succeeded. The first time was outside the dock, but the money was robbed, but fortunately, the foreman of the dock helped get it back. The second time was in the dock. Usopp was taken captive along with Bailey. And what makes people speechless is that they were robbed twice, and Nami and Luffy didn't notice it.
At this time, Kaku, who had gone to check on the Merry, returned.
"Nami, where's Usopp?" Luffy jumped up to Nami and didn't see Usopp asking.
"Well, I was dangling over there just now," Nami pointed to less than ten meters away from her, only to notice that Usopp was missing.
While the two were confused, a boatman came over with two suitcases.
"Hey, I said you, these bags are yours."
"It's the bag Usopp carried, it's ours." Nami recognized the box.
"Thank you." Luffy thanked.
"I can't stand where Usopp has gone. Leave such an important amount of money alone. Nami, who didn't see Usopp everywhere, grumbled.
"Money?" The boatman asked.
"Ah, there's 200 million Baileys in there." Luffy.
“-_-!” The boatman broke out in a cold sweat. What 200 million Baileys, it is clearly two empty boxes. Besides, what idiot would put 200 million Baileys around.
"Two hundred million Baileys, how is it possible, then goodbye. It's impossible. The boatman turned and left.
Incomprehensibly, Nami, who is usually clever and intelligent, seems to be unusually slow to react at this time. This money was mainly used to repair the Merry, but Usopp looked at it more closely than anyone else, how could he casually put such an important money aside and run away by himself. After thinking about it for a while, I knew that something must have happened, but Nami never reacted.
And just as Luffy was talking about how to repair the Merry, Kaku told the two of them a lot of unacceptable news to the Straw Hat Pirates, that the Merry could no longer be repaired and could no longer sail.
"But so far it's been running normally."
"Let's use an analogy. Even if you insist on repairing it, the possibility of reaching the next island is zero," Kaku's words were tantamount to directly sentencing the Merry to death.
"Why, aren't you great ship repairers? If you want money, you see, I have as much as I want. Luffy said excitedly.
"It's not about money, no matter how much money you pay, the ship can't be restored." Kaku.
"But it's more impressive to be able to sail here in that state."
"What do you mean, what the hell happened to the Merry?" Nami.
"Do you know what a keel is, shameless little girl?" It was another foreman who spoke. Because Nami was wearing a short skirt that exposed most of her thighs, the bag thought that Nami was immoral, so she called Nami shameless.
"Shameless. Are you talking about the one at the bottom of the boat?" Nami was embarrassed to hear what she called herself in her bag, and a big cold sweat broke out on the back of her head.
"That's right, it's the most important piece of wood that runs through the bow and stern of the ship. The selection of a ship begins with the placement of the keel, followed by the bow wood, stern wood and rib wood, then the ribs, elbow wood and deck beams, all the wood is carefully arranged and combined with the keel as the center, which forms the ship. The keel of the ship's skeleton is the lifeblood of the ship, and if it is badly damaged, it cannot be replaced, and repairing it is like rebuilding a ship. So everyone has already patched it up, and your ship is now just a bunch of building blocks waiting to die. Bao Li told Luffy and the others about the importance of the keel to a boat, which is irreplaceable.
"Wait, how can you talk like that." Nami felt that the words in the bag were too hurtful, completely ignoring the feelings of the people present.
"I don't care, that's the truth." The bag didn't care.
"In that case, I ask you to build a new ship, and the same Golden Merry." Luffy retreated.
"That's impossible." Luch, who belonged to the same five foremen, said the pigeon on his shoulder.
"Why?" Luffy was puzzled.
"We can build similar ships, but strictly speaking, no one can build two ships that are exactly the same. No two ships are the same. The pigeon said very humanly.
"What do you mean," Nami asked, puzzled.
"Are there two trees in the world that look exactly the same?" The pigeon asked rhetorically.
Nami was speechless.
"Almost all of the materials used to make sailboats are wood, and the size and curves of the boats are determined by the shape of the wood, so it is impossible to build an exact boat even if you look at the same design. And even if you build a ship like that, you will feel strongly that it must be you who are completely different from the original. "The pigeon has said so much and summed it up in one thing: your ship has no hope of being scrapped.
"So is it true that the Golden Merry can't sail again?" Nami asked unwillingly,
"yes, either just wait for it to sink or tear it down." Kukadao.
"Isn't it a good opportunity for the ship to reach the end of its life, so let's die and buy a new one. You don't have a lot of boats, it sounds like your ship is a dhow, and the voyage with this old-fashioned sailboat will be very hard. Iceberg also spoke out on the side.
"No, I don't want to change ships." Luffy refused to exit. "Our only ship is the Merry! As long as it is repaired, it will definitely be able to sail, and it's okay, it's also comfortable to sail today. But you suddenly say that it can't go on, and how can we believe it? You don't know how acquainted you are with this ship to say that," Luffy shouted loudly. It's not that Luffy doesn't believe the shipwright's diagnosis, after all, the other party is the world's number one shipbuilder. Luffy didn't want to believe this fact, the Merry was not just a ship for the Straw Hats, but also a partner who had been with everyone for more than half a year and had gone through countless ups and downs together. Now he was suddenly told that this partner could no longer accompany them on the voyage, how could he accept this. "Are you going to take it until you are silent and not satisfied, I am convinced. Are you the captain of a ship? Iceberg teased the little hamster in his pocket and scolded Luffy.
Luffy bit his lower lip and didn't speak, his fists clenched tightly. "Everything that needs to be said has been said, think about it yourself. If you're planning to buy a boat, come back to me and I'll take care of you (discount?). If you take out all the 300 million Baileys in your hand, you can build even the latest ship. Then, Iceberg's beautiful secretary handed Nami a list of goods for the ship.
At this time, three world government officials came to the dock to look for the iceberg, and Luffy and Nami, who were pirates, hid aside.
"What's wrong?" After Iceberg and the officials of the World Government left, Nami saw that Luffy's expression was a little wrong.
"Just now, when I was carrying my bag and hiding it, I realized that it was really light." Luffy said as he lifted the box that the boatman had sent back earlier.
"Huh. Don't kid Luffy, how can a box with so much money be light. Nami smiled stiffly.
"Ah!!h Two ultra-high-decibel cries were remembered, and the entire shipyard crew stopped what they were doing.
"Stupid, what are you guys calling?" Ran over in the bag.
"200 million Bailey !!" "It's gone, it's gone!! Take a closer look, these two bags are not ours. "Luffy and the two opened the two boxes that the boatman sent back before, and found that the money inside was gone." Hey, what are you doing with that loud noise? "Lu Qi also heard the movement and walked over." The money is gone. "Luffy" is all gone. "Nami.
At this time, the two of them were all gray, and there was a ghost fire floating beside them. "Kaku, weren't you with the Frankie family just now?" Another foreman, Lulu, faced Kakudao. "What do you say, the old man hasn't seen anyone from the Frankie family at all today." Kaku denied. "That's weird, I did see your long nose." Lulu touched her chin and said strangely. "Wait, what are you talking about?" Lulu's words caught Nami's attention. "It's Usopp!" Luffy exclaimed. "Is he with the Frankies?" Nami vaguely guessed what was going on, after all, the 200 million Bailey that Usopp was in charge of before was almost snatched by the Frankie family. "It's not so much together as being taken away." Lulu's words confirmed Nami's suspicions. "Isn't that kidnapping? Luffy, go find it. Nami said anxiously to Luffy. Okay" Luffy, who was concerned about Usopp's safety, ran out of the dock in a puff of smoke. "Wait, where do you want to find Luffy." Nami wanted to stop Luffy, but Luffy didn't listen. "Hey, where is the Frankie family's base?" Nami asked Bagri. "It's more like a base than their factory, on the northeast coast of the rocky promontory where you parked your boat, called Frankie's House." The bag tells the location of the Nami Frankie family. "Thanks, uncle." Nami left the dock with the remaining 100 million Baileys. "Big, uncle" The whole person in the bag is not good.