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[Kohaku grunting]

Huh?

This is it.

The key to a scientific victory,

passed down by Senku's father and his team.

They used the ultimate treasure box…

the Soyuz spacecraft!

[chuckles]

The Spy Team already managed to track it down.

Now we're just a few steps away from nabbin' Byakuya's treasure.

[Kohaku] Somewhere inside of this thing…

lies the magic substance that will allow us

to revive all humankind.

Platinum!

[opening theme song playing]

[Kohaku] Ah! It's crumbling!

Heh. Of course.

Even if the metal outer shell was fortified

by the wisdom of modern civilization,

it still couldn't stand up to thousands of years of exposure.

But let's see how the inside held up.

[grunting]

Huh?

[tapping]

Stone.

[Gen] A concrete ball. Really?

[Senku] Yeah, assuming it survived.

Hard to beat a concrete shell

when it comes to preserving things over time.

[Kohaku] Right.

The glass record was preserved with a similar method.

We had a hint that it would be like this!

Back then, I was free to break the stone away by force.

But if I tried that now, in the heart of the enemy's camp…

[yelling]

[all] Hmm?

-[warriors yelling] -[Kohaku screams]

[groans, sighs]

[Kohaku] The secret to saving our friends and humanity itself is right here…

just out of reach.

But she's deep inside the enemy base.

If she makes too much noise, she'll be heard.

[Suika] It's not like there's a way to smash a boulder open all sneaky-like.

They'll catch her for sure!

[Senku] Hmm?

[groans]

If only we had somethin' like a silent bomb to work with.

[laughs] Too bad.

A spy weapon that ridiculous can only exist

in the daydreams of a middle-schooler.

-Huh? -Huh?

[Senku] I'm gonna have to burst your bubble there, Gen…

'cause silent bombs are as real as these hands.

You mean that crap actually exists?

And the name is seriously that on the nose?

[Senku] They're used to quietly bust up concrete in residential areas.

Think "Silent Bomb" was a brand name.

The technical term is "expansive demolition grout."

[Gen] Well, that's certainly a mouthful.

GENIUS MAGICIAN

[Senku laughing]

All I gotta do is pour a tiny bit of this powder

into this vial of liquid.

Why's he acting so creepy?

If he mixes up those vials, they're gonna go kablooey for sure!

Let's go ahead and try it out.

Hey! Wait! What's wrong with you? Are you trying to kill us?

[laughs]

I didn't call it silent for nothin'.

It's not actually explosive. It'll just turn into plaster.

[Gen] Huh? Plaster?

As in the stuff people use for sculptures and casts?

PLASTER ACQUIRED!!

[Senku] Spy Team, listen up.

[Kohaku gasps]

[Senku] Your mission is to crack open that treasure chest

and snag the platinum inside it.

[both] Huh?

-A pack of rats? -No, not again!

[warrior 2] There're so many!

There're somethin' weird about those rats.

Huh?

I've never seen anything like 'em.

-[Amaryllis] Pardon. -Huh?

[giggles] This is a little bit embarrassing,

but I'm practicing my dance for the master

and I want it to be perfect.

Might I trouble you gentlemen to watch and tell me what you think?

[all gasp]

[Amaryllis giggles]

[warriors laughing]

[Oarashi] Now that's what I call a miracle dance!

This girl's got moves!

[Ginro] Wow.

You two distract the guards. Buy me as much time as you can.

[chuckles]

[Oarashi] But what's this other woman's problem, huh?

-[gasps] -Aren't you gonna dance for us?

-[warriors agreeing] -[Ginro] Yes, sir! [grunting]

[Ginro] How the hell am I supposed to do this?

[Kohaku] This is…

[Senku] Grab the tools I sent you with the mini-mice mobiles.

Of course that's what we're calling them.

Why wouldn't it be?

And dig. The holes can be as skinny as you want.

[chuckles] I'm counting on your strength, Kohaku,

so feel free to go full lioness.

Ha. Don't call me a lio…

Oh, yeah, Senku can't hear a word I'm saying right now.

I'll be as quick and discreet as I can.

But I'll have to make some sound.

[whirring]

[Oarashi] Hmm?

[both] Huh?

[warrior 1] You hear that? Sounds like grinding.

[warrior 2] From the master's tree?

[Amaryllis] Uh-oh! What now?

[Ginro yelling]

Whoa there! That's my spear! The heck do you think you're doing?

I'm showing you my special spear dance,

which is totally not made up!

Huh?

[Amaryllis] Thanks, Ginro!

But this'll get awkward when they realize you don't know a spear dance.

[Ginro yelling]

[warriors gasp]

[Ginro yells]

-[Ginro yelling] -[Amaryllis laughing]

[warriors cheering]

[Amaryllis] Hey, that's insane! Where did you learn to handle a spear?

I'm actually one of my village's gatekeepers, so…

Obviously, I'm ready to run from anything.

I've spent hours honing these flashy yet pointless tricks

so I can spin my way to safety anytime!

[Amaryllis] Why are you saying that like you honestly think

it's something to be proud of?

[Senku] Once you've dug out your holes,

get your two vial types and shove 'em on in.

The one full of liquid is just water straight from Sulfurina's lake.

While the powder filled one is called anhydrous calcium sulfate.

I mixed heated sulfuric acid with crushed seashells.

Once the mix started clumping up,

I took some more shells and alum and… Uh…

Never mind. No time for long explanations.

Heh. It's not like I would get it, anyway.

So, next I push them both down with this plug, right?

-[glass shatters] -[Senku] Now, leave it for a while.

Let our two substances mix

and soon enough they'll turn into plaster.

And-- And what'll happen then?

It grows, but since it's stuck in that tiny-ass hole,

the plaster is forced to make room for itself.

It'll shatter the concrete from within,

hitting it with a force of 300 kilograms per square centimeter.

SILENT BOMB ACQUIRED!!

[insects trilling]

[Kohaku] I set the bomb at around noon, so time to see if it worked.

[Kohaku gasps]

[rumbling]

[Byakuya] Senku,

there's no telling what you'll need in the future.

But I'm leaving you this inheritance.

A treasure chest stuffed with rare materials.

Gold. Diamond. And also, platinum.

Because, Senku, I know that someday, you're gonna revive the whole world

in a snap… just like that.

[chuckles]

Nothing's achieved in a snap, dummy.

This'll take patience and hard work.

But you're right.

Someday, it'll happen.

-[stone crumbling] -[Kohaku gasps]

[Senku] Science will quietly break stone.

[Kohaku] This is it. The power of science cracked open this treasure box.

If my sister's Hundred Tales are accurate…

[imperceptible]

[Kohaku] …then towards the center of the stone,

I'll find the platinum we need.

But locating something I've never seen before won't be easy,

and then there's the matter of digging it out.

Even with the stone cracked,

I can't avoid making noise as I take it apart.

Actually, noise might be helpful here.

If I hit something that sounds weird,

it may well be the treasure.

[crash]

[Kohaku] So loud!

[warrior] Huh? What was that?

[Kohaku] Heh. Please don't tell me that I just shattered the contents

of the treasure box we've been after all this time.

No, no, no. I'm sure it's perfectly safe.

Oh, my God!

[Kohaku cries]

It's literally just sand?

[Oarashi grunts, yells]

[footsteps approaching]

[Kohaku] No.

Despite its appearance, the sand itself must have value.

That's how it always is with Senku.

He takes all these little fragments of our Stone World

and transforms them into something useful.

[warriors] Huh? [muttering]

[Kohaku] Ha. Without really intending to,

I seem to have become a full-fledged citizen

of the Kingdom of Science.

[warrior 1] Look here!

Huh? It musta crumbled on its own.

I mean, it's not like we heard anyone hammerin' at it, right?

[whirring]

Damn it all. This motor's trash. The axle's too wobbly.

At least it was good enough for the mini-mice mobiles.

The janky movements made them more lifelike.

[Senku] Yeah, but a drone made with these?

It'll crash for sure.

I could really use Kaseki's skills right now.

[motor whirring]

[Suika gasps]

[laughs]

Look, a mouse mobile!

Think we just got a special delivery

-from Kohaku and the Spy Team! -[Senku gasps]

[gasps]

[Suika] Huh?

[Gen] It… It's just sand.

[Suika] It does have a lot of sparkly bits, so there's that.

It's gold dust.

Byakuya and his people must've collected it…

…from the tiny river on this island.

Talk about arduous labor.

[chuckles] Thing about gold dust is, depending where its gathered,

it can very, very, rarely contain bits of platinum.

-Case in point. -Ah-ha!

So this tiny little speck is…

That's platinum? But it's so little!

Think it's gonna be enough?

We've gotta work with what we have, but it's far from ideal.

If we had a fingertip's worth, we'd be in business for sure.

[Suika] No worries, guys! I'll go get a bunch from the river!

Don't bother, Suika.

Look, I need you to understand just how friggin' rare platinum is.

Sift through a ton of the Earth's crust

and you'll find .001 grams.

I'm grateful to have even a grain of the stuff.

If you're just scrounging through a riverbed,

you'd need decades to find more.

Look at all that! How could they have found so many?

You were just saying collecting that much would take decades?

[gasps]

[Byakuya] There was a certain theory in my time.

Some folks thought that if people were all but wiped out,

rebuilding human civilization would be impossible.

If all the easily accessible materials that foster new technologies

have already been stripped from the Earth's surface,

then without that early infusion of resources,

civilization goes nowhere fast.

[panting]

With that in mind,

I think it'll help bootstrap a new civilization

if we gather as many rare minerals as we can now

and gift them to those who come after us.

[groaning softly]

[Byakuya] Maybe this stuff'll come in handy someday.

Or maybe it won't. Hell if I know.

Then why work so hard? Why not rest?

Yeah, why are you so desperate to gather it?

[Byakuya] Why?

Isn't that obvious?

It's who I am.

I'm an astronaut. The last one this planet has.

I say that working towards a future full of science…

…it's part of my job description.

I'm lining things up for the next astronaut.

[Senku] Been petrified for 675,102,440 seconds.

One. Two. Three. Four.

[Byakuya] When I kick the bucket,

throw all the stuff I gathered

into that round thing over there.

[Byakuya grunts]

[Senku] 1,014,599,230 seconds.

One. Two. Three. Four.

[Byakuya breathing heavily]

[groaning softly]

[water splashes]

[Byakuya] Ah. How lucky.

I fell forward,

so I can see the stars reflected in the water's surface.

I don't mind that I'm not the one who gets to look up at them now.

Senku.

[Gen] While you patiently marked the passing of each second,

your dad was on his hands and knees

steadily sifting through decades of sand.

[Gen scoffs]

You're alike.

[chuckles]

Yeah, and we aren't even blood relatives.

Huh? Wait, what do you mean by blood relative?

Is he not your real dad?

The only thing he ever told me…

is that I was his friend's kid.

I never pressed him to say more 'cause I never gave a rat's ass.

Those kinds of details just don't matter.

[Gen chuckles]

True.

They really don't matter. Not a bit.

After all, the connection you two share

is self-evident, I think.

It's in your unbending will. Your unbreakable spirits.

Damn straight.

And now more than ever, I'm grateful as hell, Byakuya.

Thanks for your years of hard work. We'll take it from here.

PLATINUM ACQUIRED!!

[Soyuz and Suika gasp]

Let's get this thing started.

It's time for us to whip up a machine

that can make unlimited Revival Fluid!

[girls] Huh?

[Amaryllis] What's going on?

[Ginro] I… I don't know! Is something wrong? I'm scared!

[Kohaku] That path leads to…

[Ibara] Hmm.

Hmm?

Ice?

[warrior] I think it came from the room made of clear ice!

[Kirisame] Minister Ibara.

[Ibara] Hmm. This isn't good at all.

Why, it's a jolt to this old heart of mine.

[gasps]

It seems we have intruders amongst us.

[group gasps]

[Gen] This is your most science-y looking doohickey thingamabob yet, Senku!

[Suika] This means we can free everyone who ever got turned into stone now, right?

[Senku chuckles] In theory, yeah.

[Gen] I have absolutely no idea what I'm looking at.

Isn't this thing dependent on the platinum that your dad spent decades collecting?

Can you at least point out where that is for me?

[gasps]

[Soyuz] That coil.

[Suika] It really is just a tiny bit.

[Senku] Yeah. The gas just needs to touch it.

This Pythagora Switch Rube Goldberg machine lookin' thing

races our ingredients through its maze

toward the final flask.

Till, drop by drop, we get our miracle fluid.

Nitric acid.

Even now, I still can't pretend to understand

anything about how this nitric acid works.

But I do know one thing for a fact.

[imperceptible]

[Gen] This substance that we valued enough to fight for,

enough to go to war for, even…

has ceased to be a miracle and become a product of science,

because you, dear Senku, made it with your own hands.

NITRIC ACID ACQUIRED!!

Yeah.

At this point, humanity's revival is all but guaranteed.

[Senku chuckles]

But before we get to the rest of our species,

let's revive our friends on the ship.

Get the Kingdom of Science back to full strength.

[rumbling]

Here we are on the island where it all began.

We're nearing our final objective.

Fight for the Petrification Beam and win.

Hmm!

[chuckles]

This is exhilarating. Get excited.

[closing theme song playing]

THE KINGDOM OF SCIENCE STRIKES BACK

NEXT EPISODE THE KINGDOM OF SCIENCE STRIKES BACK

THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. THE PLANTS, ANIMALS,

AND PRODUCTION METHODS DESCRIBED ARE REALITY BASED.

PLEASE DO NOT IMITATE WITHOUT EXPERTISE.