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[footfall]

[footfall]

Yo, Xeno.

Knew you'd be here.

[STANLEY] I have good news.

I'm happy to announce

the New World has its first guest.

[footfall]

[GEN] I'm getting serious Senku vibes.

No, actually...

this guy's an adult.

[footfall]

[GEN] Meaning he's the professional version.

[clinks]

A real scientist.

[camera shutter clicks]

[birds chirping]

[KOHAKU] What's that thing?

The tall, slender tower that's leaking smoke.

[CHROME] Oh, damn.

They're definitely using science to make something bad!

We've gotta gather as much intel as we can,

then pass it on to Senku's team.

[CHROME] I'm confused, though.

I don't see Gen.

Do you think that means he was able to infiltrate their base?

[scoffs] There's no way that he could mess this up.

This is Gen we're talking about, here.

The guy was born to schmooze.

[KOHAKU] He's the most trustworthy liar

in the whole world.

Blahdy blah!

[CHROME] How can he be such a great liar

and trustworthy at the same time?

[telephone ringing]

[CHROME] Hello? Can you hear me, Perseus?

We had a sudden change of plans, so we need to--

Got it. No need to say another word.

-Huh? -Huh?

[CHROME] Um, huh?

I see. We have to be very careful.

Mm. They are well versed in science.

So our enemy could be eavesdropping.

It's a logical assumption.

They always seem to be one step ahead.

[RYUSUI] Hmm.

Then we can't rule out the possibility

that our enemy speaks our language.

[TSUKASA] Answer this as simply as possible.

Who's with you?

Also, what's the current situation?

Uh, it's just me and Koha...

It's just me and the woman right now.

A, Gen's been taken hostage by the enemy.

B, he's feigning betrayal to infiltrate their base.

[snaps fingers] Then it's B.

A sailor's instincts are never wrong.

[laughs]

Nothin' to do with instincts.

I'm ten billion percent positive that's it.

Boop.

-[both gasp] -You hung up the phone?

They could trace the origin of the radio signal

if we stayed on for too long.

[UKYO] A good precaution,

since we don't know how advanced their tech is.

This is a first for us,

unlike any prior battle.

Scientific prowess has always been our advantage.

But now, there's a real possibility

we've been surpassed on that front.

[laughs]

So it's a hardcore battle between scientists.

This is exhilarating.

Get excited.

[telephone ringing]

Huh?

-Dammit, Chrome. -[telephone ringing]

What the hell are you doing, you scrawny, stupid idiot?

Didn't they tell you not to call us?

-[XENO] Ah, salutations. -Huh?

[XENO] There we are.

Found your frequency.

So this is how you stay in touch.

Hmm.

[XENO] It's a pleasure to meet you,

and your fledgling Kingdom of Science.

[UKYO] I can't believe they made contact!

[gasps]

[laughs]

So, you're the bad guy, then!

Lucky for you, I like your guts!

Please forgive my rough Japanese,

but I fear this isn't a conversation for idiots.

[XENO] My name is Doctor Xeno,

and I wish to speak with your scientist leader.

I've much to discuss with Doctor Taiju.

Huh? Huh?

Doctor Taiju?

[gasps]

[SENKU] Brilliant.

That's our Gen.

[smirks] He made sure to set up our toughest guy as the decoy.

Taiju's already your bodyguard, so it makes sense.

Well played.

What?! So I'm the new Senku?

Mm-hmm.

♪

[chuckles]

I'll take his place, using the power of science!

Why the goofy getup?

It's a voice call.

Whatever helps him nail the role!

This is Taiju! Doctor Taiju here!

Hope that you can hear me loud and clear.

I have something important to tell you!

So listen up!

Shooting innocent people with machine guns

isn't right!

It's wrong, you hear me?

[ALL] Bet he knows that.

Yes, I'm aware.

You must forgive my soldier, Stanley.

It was necessary to open your eyes.

[XENO] As you have seen,

we are operating at a much higher level.

Doctor Taiju.

As a fellow man of science, I must warn you.

We are already in possession

of a fully functional Haber-Bosch plant.

Holy! Whoa! Harvard borscht?

No way! Good work with that, Doctor Xeno!

I'm impressed!

[SENKU] Dammit, quit running your mouth, you big oaf!

You're gonna give us away!

Um, what's this Haber-doohicky he seems so smug about?

They've built a Haber-Bosch plant.

It's an ammonia chemical factory.

And in layman's terms...

[SENKU] They can create not just a ton,

but limitless gunpowder.

Which means they likely have access

to an infinite amount of ammo.

Okay, then, so you can use that machine gun of yours

as much as you want to!

Is that what you're telling me?

That's correct.

I knew you'd understand me, Doctor Taiju.

[snaps fingers]

[ALL] You made him believe you already knew all that!

Maybe Taiju missed his true calling as an actor.

Or he's exceptionally earnest.

[XENO] We are a group of adult professionals.

While you're a ragtag team of children

pretending that you're scientists.

If you surrender quietly,

I will allow you to work for me.

That's all I ask.

[XENO] We lack adequate manpower.

What the hell is he saying?

No manpower?

There's loads of statues just lying around

for him to revive if he wants to!

[laughs]

In other words, they don't know about the revival fluid.

-Am I wrong -[laughs]

'Cause our neat little discovery

doesn't quite fit within the framework

of established science.

[XENO] Those who maintained consciousness

for the thousands of years after being petrified

can be revived with a bit of nitric acid.

All my colleagues and I

were able to accomplish such a feat.

That said, it just doesn't add up

that dozens of kids like you

all happen to possess mental fortitude

of the highest order.

[XENO] Tell me how you revived the statues.

Well...you see--

That secret is the only advantage

we have over them.

We can't let them know.

Don't forget that they shot at us on sight.

If we tell them, they'll create an army and destroy us.

True. They have the capacity to make a metric shit ton

just as soon as they figure out our recipe.

[SENKU] Nitric acid from their factory.

Alcohol from their cornfield.

It also means we have our Corn City

ready and waiting for us,

assuming we can seize control of it.

Just imagine...

enough revival fluid to wake everyone,

the entire world.

We'll never tell you about the revival fluid!

Request denied!

[radio static]

[XENO] Very well.

Then the negotiation has failed.

How unfortunate.

[radio static]

[water lapping]

[wind gusting]

[airplane whirring]

Huh?

[Suika gasps]

[SUIKA] Hey, we're in trouble!

That plane thingy is heading back this way!

[all gasp]

[airplane whirring]

[STANLEY] Well, now...

that's a mighty big sailboat, kiddos.

They did it.

Found us and the Perseus!

Those freakin' scumbags have more than one of 'em?

Why'd you assume they only had one in the first place?

That was a scout plane this time.

Yes, it makes sense to me.

They won't risk flying low.

Especially after what happened during the river chase.

[gasps]

But now we can't hit 'em

with our spears and bows anymore!

How can we fight against a plane?

Tell us, Senku!

[Senku laughs]

We'll just have to deploy our own plane.

The one they kindly gifted us.

[KASEKI] Woo-hoo!

This baby's ready to go!

I couldn't help getting fired up by it.

What a machine!

[all cheering]

Still, how will we take off?

Unlike those guys,

we don't have a runway at our disposal.

Yet, we'll be making one.

[ALL] Where?

Right here.

[SENKU] We're making a carrier!

Operation "Mod the Perseus" begins.

Let's get crackin'!

[yells]

I'm so ready!

[laughter]

A carrier?

♪

[clanking]

Right! Let's evaluate the situation, eh, team?

-[NIKKI] Huh? -Come on, doing this again?

It's freakin' weird when you act squeaky clean

and pretend you can speak properly, y'know.

Too bad!

So, you better shut your damn trap

or I'll kill you dead!

Ugh. Now you're back to your normal self

five seconds later!

You've gotta try harder than that!

That shithead's got it coming!

We've gotta take down Doctor Xeno.

I mean the guy has loads and loads of corn, doesn't he?

And we need as much as we can get

to make our plan work.

Let's bump him off and take everything he's got!

[YO] You want us to kill Doctor Xeno?

I just want one thing.

Hand over that gun on your waist, buddy.

[grunts]

Do it!

It's not like he's some kind of psychopath or anything.

So this is your one chance to contribute to our victory!

We can take the guy out, just the three of us!

[MANTLE] When everyone else is forgotten,

we'll be remembered for all time

as the heroes and saviors of humanity!

[drooling]

[yells]

Go! It's Xeno-hunting time!

[laughs]

[screams]

What a scoop.

Huh?

[gasps]

[whimpering]

[groans]

What kinda pea-brained moron thinks

that it's a good idea to go charging into a fight

against a machine gun?

It's not stupid if we have a gun of our own!

They still have ten billion times

more firepower than you.

Unless they'll wait for us to build a gunpowder factory.

If so, then yeah, sure.

Try your luck or whatever.

[footfall]

So, let's evaluate the situation.

[weeping]

[MINAMI] It's the same line as Magma's,

and yet somehow so much more inspiring!

[metal clanking]

♪

Whoa!

Whatever board game this is, looks epic!

Are we gonna play this thing, or what?

Forming a strategy?

Yes.

Before all else we must establish

where we are and where the enemy is.

That first part is stupid easy.

[SENKU] We're here.

Do we know the enemy's position?

Roughly.

We can calculate their direction and distance

based on the angle and timing of Chrome's radio signal.

[UKYO] They're around here somewhere.

[TSUKASA] Hmm.

That means our enemy isn't far from us.

Yes, that makes perfect sense.

Wait! Hold up!

Have you forgotten that they know where we are, too?

I vote we take the Perseus

and flee for our lives while we can.

But we can't escape from their patrol planes.

We're doomed if we set sail.

We would lose our ability to access the land.

Like I said!

We'll keep the Perseus right where it is!

Hyoga. If you were the enemy,

what would you do in Doctor Xeno's position?

[HYOGA] I would construct a pirate ship at once.

Assuming the man is a proper enemy, that is.

Knowing I had superior firepower,

I would approach in a small, high-speed boat.

And quickly claim victory.

Such a large ship would have no chance to escape.

Exactly.

The same tactic pirates from our time once used.

[HYOGA] Mm.

[gulps]

The scout plane has already determined

the precise location of the Perseus.

I would also attack from the sky.

[gun firing]

[HYOGA] No matter how capable we may be

in close-quarters combat.

We can't fly.

[gasps]

They have complete control over the skies in this battle.

We aren't going to win.

[laughs] That's a fair point!

There's only one way to take on a plane.

[RYUSUI] In a dogfight!

An aerial duel!

[KINRO] Huh?

A...real dogfight?

Yeah.

It's construction time.

[thudding]

[splashes]

[cheering]

[SENKU] We're turning the Perseus

into an aircraft carrier!

All hands, let's build this thing hella fast!

♪

♪

♪

Wow.

They're really building a runway on the ship's deck.

[MINAMI] Are you sure this is going to work?

[chuckles]

The plane we nabbed is ultralight.

That means it only needs 20 meters to take off.

Yup.

And to make sure we stick the landing,

we can grab it with a heavy wire.

Just like a real aircraft carrier.

That'll more than suffice.

Gee, but I wonder who the pilot's gonna be!

We're gonna hardcore mod that sucker, too!

It'll be stupid fast compared to building it from scratch!

Look at those eyes!

You're not even trying to hide it anymore!

You two were just looking for an excuse

to build a carrier!

[metal clanking]

[SENKU] Since we'll be driving the plane on wooden planks.

We'll start by switching out all the wheels

for the good ol' bamboo variety.

Leave it to me!

Oh-ho!

That's a lotta bamboo!

You brought all of that from Japan?

Duh. Bamboo is Japan's truly OP material.

It's the one advantage we have over these guys.

Good thinking.

There's no bamboo here in the US.

Huh? So that's why they used the glass skis

instead of lighter wheels.

[RYUSUI] It's the best they could do.

There's another reason.

Those skis open up their landing options,

let 'em land even away from their runway.

[chuckles]

They thought of everything.

[RYUSUI] When faced with a lack of materials,

they used it as an opportunity to improvise.

[laughs]

Nothing's better than a clever foe.

[RYUSUI] Like Doctor Xeno!

[gasps]

[footfall]

Hmm? Ryusui? What's wrong?

It's just, everything he does is calculated.

[RYUSUI] As a pilot myself,

I recognize that scout plane's flight pattern.

It was intimidating us,

letting us know there's nowhere to hide.

Plain as day.

You should know to never question a sailor's instincts.

They'll pin us down, and make sure we don't leave.

[XENO] They have no chance of escaping.

The scout plane I deployed made certain of that.

[Gen laughs]

[munching loudly]

So we'll hunt 'em down with the plane.

And then once they're cornered,

we'll go and beat 'em into submission?

No! Those clever youths

are too wary to be lured into a deadly chase.

That tactic will guarantee that they stay rooted to the spot.

-Don't worry. -[chomps]

I believe I've devised a solution

that's suitably elegant for our new friends.

Uh, uh...

We'll keep them pinned down right there

and assassinate the enemy scientist.

A-A-Assassinate?

[XENO] According to this gentleman, Mister Gen,

they only have one genius scientist.

So, it's simple.

In order to bring down

the fledgling Kingdom of Science.

All we have to do is eliminate that leader of theirs.

[cracking]

[shatters]

[XENO] Doctor Taiju.

That idea does sound completely illiant-bray.

But how can you be certain you can really pull it off?

♪

[exhales]

We can do it.

Huh?

How exactly?

I can do it.

Now, Mister Gen.

If Stan says he can do something,

you have no reason to pry any further, understand?

It can be done.

[GEN] I'm so sorry about this, poor Taiju.

[HYOGA] Gen, Chrome, and Kohaku.

If we abandon them and forfeit the corn,

then we can safely escape into the open seas.

We don't leave our friends behind, okay?

[HYOGA] Naturally.

But the enemy doesn't know that about us.

That's my whole point.

I think we can expect them to attack us without delay.

[chuckles]

Well, if that's the situation,

let's save them the trouble and launch our own attack

before they can make their move.

We'll deploy a special squad,

and take the source of their science.

Our goal is to capture Doctor Xeno.

On that team.

[SENKU] Tsukasa.

Hyoga.

Ukyo.

And also...

[SENKU] Suika.

[gasps]

[GEN] Neither side can move their base of operations.

Nowhere left to run,

barricaded by science.

This should be a legit battle.

There's a strong chance

that both sides have already figured out

how to score a checkmate and secure the win.

A Kingdom of Science versus a Kingdom of Science.

It's a standoff!

♪