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It's been thousands of years

since all of humanity was mysteriously turned to stone.

Those of us who revived into the primitive,

post-apocalyptic world

have been working non-stop to rebuild civilization

from square one.

And at last, we've built a ship capable of crossing

the Pacific Ocean.

To anyone out there listening to this recording,

I'd like to say, hello.

My name is Hokutozai Minami

and I'm making this recording for posterity.

We're well on our way to uncovering the truth

behind this mysterious phenomenon.

Our final stop is the enemy's home base,

the moon!

Going from the stone age to space travel

is an enormous undertaking.

We'll need to gather materials from all over the world,

starting in America.

Don't you worry.

Once you meet our crew, you'll know that

we're in extremely capable hands!

Once humanity has been revived,

there will be those who'll misuse guns,

those who'll seek power

and rely on exploitation of their fellow man.

But I will not allow that.

They won't stain science with blood.

Now...my job is to make sure of that.

So pure!

America, huh?

Yeah, I lived there for ten billion years, or so,

then, it was packed to the gills with pretty girls.

Oh, yeah, the Statue of Liberty might still be around,

copper lasts!

They say she's made of it, but what do I know?

Stop messing around and get serious!

Since I helped out on the island,

they asked me to come, and I didn't have to stow away!

I'm gonna make myself even more helpful on this journey!

I've only ever seen you be extremely helpful, Suika.

You're using my precious recorder!

You are, right?

You're recording right now?

We're carving sound into an Urushi lacquer coated tube!

it works like a freakin' dream, if you ask me!

Well, what do you think? Pretty baaad design, yeah?

Listen, my whole gig here is to get your thoughts

on our big departure!

I was told to help you people out,

so I'm simply following the orders

that were given to me.

Well, aren't you fun?

Surely you have some personal thoughts or feelings

you'd like to share for the record.

Maybe there's something you'd like to say

about our other stoic crewmember, Kinro?

You may have more in common!

I have no comment, thank you!

My thoughts? On her?

Quite a skilled warrior.

Which means we'll have to train harder.

We cannot fall behind!

Now, Ginro, on the other hand...

I mean, how would he fare without Matsukaze's

tending to him?

Tending to master Ginro?

Nonsense, though I did briefly serve as his legs.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

Oh, man,

right before we were heading out,

my legs started hurting like hell!

I was like "no, what do I do?"

I mean, it's not like I don't want to go

on this super long voyage,

but I seriously don't think I can!

Of course, right then,

Matsukaze was all like, "Master"

then just scooped me up and brought me on board!

That just makes me so happy!

I hate it so much!

I'm gonna die of boredom down here!

It's only when the skies are clear, though!

How long is this gonna take, anyway?

Like, seriously.

This sucks so freaking bad!

This kind of work is gonna kill me, for real!

It's only like this in a storm, though.

When is this horrible journey finally gonna end?

In seventy days!

I say forty days!

Uh, oh!

This is bad, you guys!

It's Senku and Ryusui!

Oh, shit, they're not fighting, are they?

What?

No fighting allowed, you hear me?

Fighting?

We're having a gentleman's discussion.

A diss? You were dissing each other?

Yeah, that's what's happening, you big oaf!

It's a real serious fight.

I just said...

there's no fighting allowed!

I think they may have learned their esson-lay.

Talking about the route to America?

The submariner picks that up right away.

Sharp as ever.

The starting point was Tokyo, here.

And the end?

USA, right?

Yup.

Right here.

Naturally, we're gonna take the quickest route

to San Francisco.

So, we just wanna go in a straight line?

That's easy!

Even I could've figured that one out!

Hang on a sec, there's no way it's that simple.

It's gotta be some kinda trick question, yeah?

Excellent answer!

That straight route is what's called Rhumb Line.

You just travel in the same direction

for the whole voyage!

It makes navigation easy, and it's how ships

have been doing it throughout most of history.

We'll be taking that route

for seventy days to the US!

Whoa, nailed it!

-BZZZZT!

How about the actual correct answer?

If we want the shortest route...

it's this!

Seriously?

That'll obviously take longer!

Can't believe what you see?

Check out the globe and tell me what you think then.

-Suika? - Ah?

Hmm.

What in the...

It looked so much longer on the map,

but on the globe, it's shorter?

Yeah, you're right!

Well, that's because it's a sphere.

So, the quickest way for us to get there...

is the Great Circle Route.

And we'll be using that awesome

circumnavigational shortcut to get to the US in forty days.

In seventy days! We are taking the Rhumb Line!

The Great Circle Route means constantly having

to adjust your bearing depending on your position!

It's the most difficult route to take!

And It'll put extra stress on the crew!

We're getting there in forty days,

with the Great Circle!

This is a scientific vessel!

And it may be janky, but we have ol' professor GPS!

So, we're gonna stay ten billion percent on course!

You two need to ill-chay!

Yeah, I really don't love seeing the guys in charge

duking it out!

They may have had some training,

but we're a band of newbie sailors,

and we could go down!

We're not crossing the Pacific on armchair idealism!

Seventy days, and that's it!

As a sailor, I'm telling you that's how we're getting there.

Am I wrong?

We won't be able to make it in time

to harvest the yellow dent corn.

Even taking forty days will barely get us in by fall!

That's as late as we can be

if we wanna make revival fluid.

Dick around at sea for almost double that,

and we'll hit winter, which is way too late.

We'll be waiting a whole year for fall,

and we don't have that kinda time.

We gotta get there in 40 days,

and it's not rocket science, it's the only logical way.

- Am I wrong?

You know, I'm not an expert on this stuff,

but it kinda sounds like they're both right to me.

Yeah.

Ryusui's cautiously pragmatic

for the sake of our crew,

and Senku's as logical as always

for the sake of the future.

Seems like there's not just one right answer here.

I think if both approaches are right.

I've gotta side with Ryusui on this one.

It sounds like there'll be way less hard work involved.

Well, I agree with Senku's strategy.

It won't be worth the journey

if we don't make it there in time.

Of course, you'd say that, Kohaku.

You're always a fan of immediate action.

We're gonna have to double everyone's rations.

You're right, sounds good to me.

Doing that will cut

our maximum voyage time in half, are you positive?

As long as we get there earlier.

We can shave off ten days from the trip.

But that's it.

Try for more and you're forcing my hand.

I'll have to stand up for the crew.

Hear me?

I'll fight you if that's what it takes.

Forty days.

We're on nature's timeline here!

Looks like we'll need to battle!

Oh, no, the situation just got way worse!

They're doing it for real, aren't they?

It's a duel!

-Uh? -This is the duel?

Poker, eh?

Why obsess over the fancy clothes, ya dumbass?

Come on, isn't it obvious?

I mean, it's a pretty clear way to show the gallery

that this is a formal game.

Makes them more likely to follow the victor's orders.

And by the victor, I mean me, obviously.

You know why?

Hey there, Senku, old friend.

So-orry-say.

But this time, I'll be riding with Team Ryusui!

Are you kidding me?

There's like a ten billion percent chance

that this shifty dude's gonna cheat!

His whole deal is he's a fraud!

Well, what an ugly thing to say.

Everybody's free to take a seat.

Am I wrong?

Oh, my.

We've got a little tag-teaming, huh?

-Hm? -Huh?

If that's the case, you boys wouldn't mind me

playing with Senku, would you?

Sounds great.

Once again, your eagle eye will come in handy.

Keep a watch on Gen for any slight of hand.

High stakes are on the table tonight.

It's a showdown between our ship's captain

and our science captain,

to decide our route across the ocean!

Man, crazy!

This is hard to call.

Yeah, you said it.

No telling who'll win.

It's gamblin' time!

All in on Ryusui!

'Cause with Gen on his side,

they're gonna cheat their way to victory!

I dunno what gambling is, but Ryusui seems like

he may be better at games.

There's no freakin' way that Senku would lose

in a battle of wits!

Do you even know that Kohaku's got,

like, super-powerful eyes?

You guys are having way too much fun!

Don't forget that your lives are on the line here!

Well, are we ready to play?

I'll go ahead and deal the first five cards.

Moving forward, we'll take turns

dealing each round.

Let's choose the first dealer with a game

of rock-paper-scissors.

Okay.

First comes rock.

Rock-paper sci--

Whoopsie, pardon me!

I wasn't trying to get in the way of the

rock-paper-scissors game.

I can't believe I did that.

Well, that was kinda weird.

But, unless I'm mistaken.

That looked a lot like you put a specific card

on top of the pile.

However, if that first card

is anything besides the ace of hearts,

I'll be willing to admit that I was wrong.

Um?

Oh, my,

what a shocking twist!

We've got ourselves a heart-shaped ace!

Must be a coinky-dink!

Whatever you do, don't let

this cheating bastard touch those cards!

Little bitty ol' me?

I raise.

I call.

Full house.

Three-of-a-kind.

Got a straight.

Flush here!

From what I can tell, they're neck-and-neck so far.

Maybe, but it looks like Ryusui

has a few more chips than Senku.

Raise.

Now that's a hefty raise by Ryusui!

Will Senku accept the challenge or will he fold?

This guy is the epitome of "cocky,"

so it's ridiculously hard to tell

if he's bluffing or not.

-I call. - Mm-hmm!

You sprinkled something onto the deck.

Care to explain?

That sugar?

He could be trying to make the card slide

a bit differently.

Oh, come now, Kohaku!

I never even touched a single card!

No waving your hands over them, either!

Yeah, okay.

I see what's going on here.

You mind checking his sleeve for me?

A beetle?

How are you supposed to cheat with that?

Once it senses the card with the sugar on it,

those antennae will twitch just a little bit.

Seriously? How sketchy can you be?

No more tricks, I swear.

I don't know how the little fella got there!

Give those cards a look-see.

Go on and examine the whole deck.

Each and every last card...

very carefully.

Everyone, including me and Kohaku,

has our eyes glued to the deck right now!

How about I raise it to the max?

Ryusui has put even more chips on the table!

Are we watching him pull off his finishing move?

Ryusui's hand changed position

while we were distracted!

Didn't it?

You switched out his cards, didn't you, you cheater?

Oh, I can't believe you'd accuse moi!

You started by diverting everyone's attention

with your little sugar bug and overly dramatic card check,

pretty basic magic technique.

I should have caught on much sooner.

All that stuff seemed unusually careless and sloppy for you.

You gave us confidence catching an obvious trick,

and then, had everyone focus on the deck.

That's when you had your chance

to switch four of his cards.

So, all that nonsense before

was just to pull off this one big move.

If he's been setting it up this whole time,

all four of them have to be aces.

The strongest four of a kind.

The only way Senku can pull ahead now

is if he's got a straight flush.

The odds aren't looking good.

-From the top. - Uh!

The second, and the fifth.

And the second from the bottom.

Senku, you're going to have to fold, man.

- All right, then.

I'm goin' all in!

Now, Senku is going all in!

A bold move,

but will it prove to be worth the risk?

Whoa, what could he be thinking?

He's diverting everyone's attention.

A basic magic technique!

And we're gonna draw three new cards,

from the top of the deck, of course!

Slow down!

Did you really take those cards from the top

or from the middle?

Hm, from the top.

You'd really accuse moi?

Huh, those cards were from the middle of the deck.

Yeah?

I don't get why they'd wanna do that.

It's not like they could see

which ones they were or anything.

Upon closer inspection,

I'm not seeing any kind of markings on these.

So there's a good chance

ol' Senku could just be bluffing.

[both chuckle

This is fun!

Let's settle this thing right here and now!

I'm gonna go all in, too!

This just got real, folks!

I've got four-of-a-kind!

Royal straight flush will beat that, though.

-What? -What?

So that means all these chips belong to me, the big winner!

Looks like we've got five aces in play.

Guess that doesn't matter now.

How'd you pull it off, Senku?

I don't see anything!

This is crazy!

You had to've done something!

You should know science isn't sloppy.

And sometimes, it's practically invisible.

-Huh? - Urushiol.

There happened to be some

urushi lacquer lying around,

so I took a smidge.

I'd been looking for these key cards

from the beginning

and rubbing the lacquer onto the edges.

But why was that stuff lying around?

We're carving sound into an Urushi lacquer coated tube!

I don't understand how anyone could even see

that urushi stuff or whatever, if it's invisible?

How could Senku tell which cards had it on them...

Oh, yeah,

I'd forgotten that Senku is super allergic to urushi.

It affects his delicate skin.

The winner is Senku!

Of course, you're willing to risk your health for this.

We're taking the Great Circle Route

across the Pacific Ocean.

It's faster, but ten billion percent harder.

We'll coordinate with Ruri and the others back home

and GPS our way across the Earth.

A shortcut made possible by science.

I win all the Drago!

I blew almost all of my money on that stupid game!

Damn it!

Hey, what do you guys say

to one more game, double or nothing?

I gotta win back my cash!

Obviously not gonna happen.

You got it!

-Seriously? -Seriously?

One condition.

We're doing it out here!

Well, whaddaya know?

You've always wanted to have your own casino and here it is.

Luck's on your side after all.

Recreation is a vital part of our strategy.

If the goal is to shave 30 days off this voyage.

We'll make up for it

by improving conditions for the crew.

More generous rations will buy us the first ten days.

Letting them have a little fun will get us another ten.

We just gotta get one more component

to cover that last ten-day deficit.

What's left after food and fun?

I guess we've gotta have some drinks.

Oh, Francois is setting up another shop or something here!

"Bar Francois."

Hold on, are we getting a real bar?

With booze?

Let's drink to rejuvenation!

Cheers!

Another round!

I think this should cover that last ten days.

Everything ended up going Senku's way.

Perhaps a little too perfectly.

The poker game got everyone excited for the casino

and the crew gets a bar as an added perk.

The route may be tough, but we'll survive, now.

I get the feeling that if Ryusui had won.

Things probably would've worked out

pretty much the same way.

Seems to me, that from the moment

those two started fighting,

they were both working on getting us

to take the faster route.

One might suspect it was all choreographed

by a certain mentalist

with a flair for the dramatic.

A fun little theory, at least.

Well, sometimes things just happen, Ukyo.

I wouldn't read too much into it.

Although...

I'll let you in on a little secret.

The poker game was actually legit.

I was really trying to win, but I ost-lay.

I'd be lying if I said it didn't bum me out.

That one stung.

Just a little.

You got me, Senku.

We're gonna be in the New World in no time.

This is exhilarating.

Get excited!