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[MAN A] Oh, yeah!

[gasps]

[SENKU chuckles]

[SENKU] We have them thinking I'm dead,

so you'd better visit my grave regularly.

Taiju.

See that? It looks like someone dug around here.

[TAIJU] Hm? You're right.

Good eye, Yuzuriha. Way to go.

You think it was Senku?

Maybe he and his team buried something here for us.

[YUZURIHA] What do we do?

She's watching us like a hawk,

so we can't just get a shovel and start digging.

[NIKKI] They come to visit this grave every day.

Why? Are they talking to the dead or something?

I got this.

[YUZURIHA] Huh?

Whoa, it's a--

[phone ringing]

[SENKU] Yo.

Senku!

[chuckles]

I missed you guys so much, I could almost start crying.

Even your ridiculously loud voice, ya big oaf.

[GINRO] Whoa!

Is this the guy we've been hearing about?

That's Taiju?

Woo-hoo! It's finally been connected!

Our cell phone hot line works, and over such a long distance!

Senku.

[chuckles]

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Hard to believe almost a year's passed.

Senku, I...

I am... Senku.

[TAIJU] I am... Senku. I am... Senku.

I am Senku!

No, you're not, 'cause I'm Senku. Get it together.

[TAIJU wails]

[TAIJU] Senku!

So the thing's called a "cell phone"?

And it makes it possible to talk to someone

who's really far away.

I can't even begin to understand how it works.

Voices dancing across the sky. So far.

The science of "radio waves" is connecting us

all the way to the enemy's home base.

It's amazing, Father!

[chuckles] Are you done blubbering yet, you big oaf?

You're killin' me, here.

I'm sorry about that, man. I'm just so happy.

Hey, Senku.

[SENKU] Yo, Yuzuriha.

You worked all the way up to cell phones in just a year, huh?

Heh. I always knew you were incredible, but wow.

[NIKKI] Huh...?

What's up? Why are they wailing and crying so much?

Is it the anniversary of the guy's death?

I'd love to sit here and talk about how awesome

my homemade cell phone is,

or just catch up on all the crazy stuff that's happened

for the next ten billion years,

but I know we're way too short on time for that kinda crap.

So, I'll get straight to the point.

Listen carefully.

You gotta get someone over there to leave the group.

Have 'em come over to the cell phone.

[BOTH gasp]

[SENKU] Give 'em whatever bogus reason.

I'll fill in the details later.

Uh. Are you sure you don't need to rehearse this first?

I'll bet that there's a guard watching them right now,

so it's probably not a viable option.

As a matter of fact, Taiju,

it'll be better if you don't know anything.

Just stay dumb and believe whatever weird stuff I say.

Are you trying to piss him off?

'Cause I wouldn't put up with all of that!

[TAIJU] Senku, let me make sure of one thing.

[SENKU] Hm?

You swear, your plan, it's how we can avoid bloodshed?

Yeah. With my way, nobody's gonna get hurt.

[TAIJU] All right, works for me, Senku.

If you say it's the best way,

then you don't need to explain anything else.

[ALL gasp]

Even though they've been apart for a year,

they still have absolute trust in one another.

I think I see how they did it.

How Senku and his friends could survive against Tsukasa.

[SENKU] We don't have much time left

until Tsukasa's Army launches a full-on attack.

As soon as Gen gets back to our base,

the mission begins in full swing.

Have you gotten any messages from Gen?

Huh? No. At least, none I know about.

We just noticed the ground had been dug up,

and then found the receiver.

[gasps]

Oh, dear.

So that means they just happened to find it

by a stroke of pure luck.

That's not Gen's style.

No. Something must've happened.

Why are we hiding in the bushes

like a bunch of damn cowards, anyway?

'Cause if we run into the enemy,

I'm just gonna straight-up murder the guy!

We don't even have a clue where they are, bonehead!

People who just rush out like that

are always the first ones to die!

The one stalking us now is Ukyo.

He's got an uper-say sense of hearing. It's unreal.

So then being in these bushes is bad.

Bingo.

If we keep scurrying around,

all the rustling sounds'll tip him off.

Trust me, we'd definitely get shot then.

Actually, the reason we're here hiding right now

is because he lured us into them.

He wants us here.

Ah, damn.

Gen's gotta get back to the kingdom of science,

with or without us.

We need him there to pull off this whole plan

with the cell phone and take down the Tsukasa empire.

[MAGMA] Ah.

If all we gotta do is get Gen home, I have an idea.

[GEN, CHROME] Huh?

[MAGMA] First, Chrome, you're gonna charge right out.

And I'll be right behind you!

Ooh! And what's the next step?

He's shootin' from up there, huh? Ha! I've got you now!

Smash!

Ah-ha! Now I see!

Or not! If we do that, I'll die!

Come on!

So you're not willing to die for the cause, huh, Chrome?

Only worried about yourself, ya selfish bastard, you!

Seriously?!

Why the hell am I the decoy?

Uh. Decoy.

[CHROME] The spare battery we were supposed

to give Taiju and Yuzuriha.

There's a "positive" and "negative," right?

All I need to do is connect the ends

and it'll make the wire heat right up, like, crazy bad.

The noise and smoke would give away our position

if we sat there rubbing wood to start a fire,

but with science, we can do it in a flash!

[GEN, MAGMA yell]

[chuckles]

This is bad!

Real bad!

[GEN] He's hiding under the smoke and screaming his head off

to drown out the sound of me running through the underbrush.

[laughs]

This is awesome.

A hell of a lot better than just sneakin' around.

--[MAGMA yelling] --[CHROME] This is bad!

[CHROME] Attaboy, Gen!

You've gotta run now,

or we'll be putting our lives at risk for nothing.

You've got the ridiculously important job

of talking people from Tsukasa's army

into joining up with us!

If you don't make it home alive after all this, I'll kill you!

[CHROME] This is bad!

[YUZURIHA] I already know who we should try to bring over first.

Hey, there's something you gotta hear.

[YUZURIHA] If we get our guard to join up with us,

then with a little persistence and determination,

we can keep winning them over, one by one.

[KASEKI] Woo-hoo!

Look at this, guys!

I made a little swirly thing outta copper!

[ALL gaps]

That thingy Kaseki made

is making the record spin so smoothly!

Doing it by hand messes up the song,

'cause it's hard to keep up a steady pace.

[SENKU] Even with the record playing perfectly, though,

it'll never work without Gen here.

Yuzuriha and Taiju are gonna bring their target

to the cell phone soon.

If Gen doesn't get back before that happens, it's game over.

[GEN panting]

All right, my dear Senku,

who's gonna the first person that I need to seduce?

It's Gen!

I'm so happy you're okay!

[TAIJU] Your name's Nikki, right?

Just hear me out. Come over and--

Not happening!

My job is to keep an eye on the two of you.

To see you don't meet anyone

or do anything that is remotely suspicious.

I know Tsukasa wouldn't want me to tell you all of this,

but I don't care.

I assume you're smart enough to've figured it out, anyway.

Just so we're clear, we ain't friends!

I have no intention of gettin' buddy-buddy with you,

so don't even try!

The only thing I'll accept in response is "Yes, ma'am."

Say any more than that

and you're gonna be in a world of hurt!

Please just listen!

[YUZURIHA squeals]

Didn't I tell you not to say anything but "Yes, ma'am"?

[NIKKI] That didn't hurt him at all.

No. He's just taking it.

I don't care!

I'm willing to let you clobber me on every third word I say,

but you have to hear us out!

Just listen to my friend! He's got something big to say.

Hm? What is that?

[phone ringing]

A phone? There's no way!

That's impossible in the stone world!

Hey! Lillian Weinberg here sayin' howdy!

[ALL gasp]

Now, I'm not the smartest guy around,

but I do know who she is!

Do you know her, Nikki?

Do you think I'm that stupid? Yeah, of course I know her.

Hey! And I'm Sebastian, her personal assistant.

[TAIJU] Sebastian? No, that's Senku's voice!

Wait, he said to stay dumb

even if he says a bunch of weird stuff.

[LILLIAN] Anyhoo, I'm callin' from the US of A!

[SENKU] Yes, we're in America at this very moment.

[LILLIAN] Y'all in Japan should listen

to what I'm fixin' to tell y'all.

[SENKU] What she's about to say is extremely important.

[LILLIAN] The USA is back from the stone.

[SENKU] That's right, America is up and running again!

[gasps]

Oh, snap! Did you ladies hear that? Finally, we're saved!

[YUZURIHA] Wow, is that really their plan?

I think I see where they're going with this.

I can at least tell that Senku's trying to play her.

Stop right there.

First of all...

...Lillian was up in space when everything happened.

Yep.

Soon as I got back to Earth, I was turned to stone.

But some folks recently revived me!

[NIKKI yells]

Lillian, please listen.

I finally have a chance to tell you

just how much you mean to me!

Your songs helped me get through some rough high school years!

You really saved my life back then!

[NIKKI] Honestly, I'd do anything for you. No question.

But if I find out this is someone pretending

to be Lillian Weinberg...

...I'll kill you myself!

[GEN] This could get ad-bay.

[SENKU] She's being legit.

We got a super-fan right off the bat.

You know, I've always noticed something.

Your luck of the draw like ridiculously sucks, doesn't it?

I mean, the first person you revived was Tsukasa,

and that lightning struck before you were ready.

[NIKKI] Something's off here.

Your voice doesn't sound right to me.

If this really is Lillian, then forgive me...

...but could you answer some questions?

I have to know you're the real deal.

Lillian would know the right answer.

So, how many CDs have you sold in total?

[YUZURIHA] Ooh, what are they gonna do now?

There's no way Senku and Gen would know that!

We've got three options here.

Turin' to stone wiped my dang memory!

[GEN] One: Dodge the question.

How many? Ten billion.

[GEN] Two: Guess.

How rude! That's private!

[GEN] Three: Snap.

So what should we do, Senku?

Four: Be right.

[gasps]

[SENKU] Here's a quick Fermi estimate,

a logical approximation.

A seat on the Soyuz spaceship cost 50 million dollars,

or five billion yen.

Say Lillian has double that in cash, ten billion yen.

Given singers of her status

make most of their money from touring,

I can calculate her royalties in reverse.

At least 60 million copies, but I don't know how much more.

Yeah, okay, that makes sense.

I can take things over from there.

We had ourselves a big

"50 million copies sold" shindig a while ago,

but most of my sales don't come from CDs,

so I've plum forgot.

Sorry 'bout that. Should I wake up my manager?

No need.

[NIKKI] She's right.

Okay. I've got one more question.

If you know these numbers, I'll believe you.

Maybe your luck's not so bad, Senku!

If it's just hard numbers she wants,

you can use your Fermi-whatever technique, can't you?

Your measurements are?

Just give me a rough estimate!

It may be wrong, but if it is, I can just say I've changed!

[SENKU] I gotta estimate from memory.

Byakuya's height. The sizes of the equipment.

I can use that to calculate her proportions!

Eighty-eight, sixty-five, eighty-five!

You look a lot skinnier in your profile pictures.

[SENKU] How would I know that?!

Ugh, she's a professional.

Of course she shops her photos for her fans!

Bless your heart. But these are the honest truth.

'Course, Lillian would never tell a fan

her real measurements.

'Cause she's a pro.

Even in this stone world we're in now,

she'd wanna keep the fantasy alive for all her fans!

I know you aren't the real Lillian Weinberg!

[GEN] We're in deep ouble-tray.

Should we risk it and play the song?

No, if a super-fan heard her voice after my impression,

it'd be totally obvious I'm a fraud.

Should I keep talking and try to smooth things over, or what?

We'll play the record.

The sound quality's better now with the coil.

Instead of bluffing, we'll bet on science.

[LILLIAN] ♪ No where to turn... ♪

That's--!

Music?

[gasps]

♪ Someone to find ♪

♪ I know that times are tough, just down and out ♪

♪ Putting my faith in tomorrow ♪

♪ No way to know so I'll just... ♪

[YUZURIHA] Amazing. How'd he do it?

[LILLIAN] ♪ Each and every road ♪

♪ seems to be calling to me... ♪

[NIKKI] Yeah, that's real.

At least, the song is, anyway.

I'd never mistake it for anything else.

It's not something you can fake.

You have any idea how much I listened to this?

It must've been hundreds of thousands of times!

♪ Just taking one small step to hero ♪

♪ I'll take the chance ♪

♪ And when I do... ♪

I know Lillian's really gone now... and that's the truth.

[LILLIAN] ♪ It's always you ♪

You're right. She is.

But she can live on forever all because of you.

You bought this piece of her back to life though the song.

[CROWD cheering]

Got a science question for ya.

Can you use your power

to bring some more of Lillian's songs back from the dead?

Ah! Yes! You've gotta tell the girl yes, Senku!

There's no way in hell.

I'm ten billion percent sure that all recorded media

turned to dust thousands of years ago.

However, I'll make this one promise to you, okay?

I will protect this final song by using the power of science.

I swear on my life.

[NIKKI] You're kind of an awkward guy, huh?

I could tell right away.

But I believe you wouldn't lie about science,

so I'll put my faith in that.

Heh. I might even fall for you.

How about you don't do that?

To bring more of Tsukasa's troops over to our side,

I'll need this record.

Which means I've gotta protect the thing with my life.

Sounds like you'd give your life to preserve the song.

[chuckles]

So I'd say we're on the same team.

That works for me! You and I have a deal!

Whatever you're plannin' to do next, consider me on board!

[TAIJU yells]

[YUZURIHA] Thanks so much, Nikki!

[TAIJU] We did it!

It took a year, but we've finally got ourselves

a real ally in the Tsukasa empire!