"Ah—" Yumi Ono screamed and covered her eyes with both hands.
Just as the boat was about to crash into the reef, a sudden gale blasted in from the right, carrying massive waves that almost flipped the Miaogao, the wave slammed full-on into the wheelhouse windows, seawater poured in through the cracks in the glass, and in an instant the water level was up to their waists.
The Miaogao lurched under the force of the wind, the whole boat was lifted and flung to the left, dodging the reef; only the stern clipped it, with a dull "thud."
The Miaogao slipped into the calm waters between three reefs, light slanting down from the blue sky overhead, as if in a blink they'd gone from night into day.
Xu Duoduo felt completely drained, collapsed weakly into the captain's chair, her arms hanging limply down.
