Original subtitles

[whistling]

[CHROME] How do you like me now?

I'm melting through the fibers

using a chemically decomposed liquid.

This is how ol' Chrome does a scientific prison break!

[gasps]

[KOHAKU] No way!

[VILLAGERS gasping]

[SUIKA] Chrome is free, you guys!

You broke outta there all by yourself!

Way to go, boy!

Science is so incredible!

I mean, it even helped you to break outta jail!

I'm pretty amazed you managed to keep your science tools.

I thought for sure those guys would've taken them.

Yeah, about that.

I had some help from Taiju and the others.

They slipped me this battery.

[SENKU] Hmm.

[SENKU chuckles]

I'm ten billion percent sure that meathead

would've never thought to do something that clever.

Ah, so it was Yuzuriha!

That makes sense, logically.

Although Yuzuriha should be too busy with her secret mission.

She's not the type to get distracted from the task at hand

and slack on her duties.

She's got a "secret mission?"

You mean the infiltration?

In order to keep in contact using the cell phone?

[chuckles]

Well, whatever happened there, someone saved me.

Ah! The hell's this huge, ridiculous gorilla machine?

[laughs]

I'm so happy that we won't have to just throw away

our adorable little Steam Gorilla now!

Yeah. Our odds are ten billion times better with this tank.

Now we can storm the enemy on the final battlefield.

Say what?

What do you mean?

I'm talking about the battle

to take control of the miracle cave.

Whoever has access to the nitric acid brewing in there

can make revival fluid and whip up some gunpowder.

That means, if we're able to take it away from their side...

...then Tsukasa won't be able to get more people!

Oh, and that also means

we get our hands on the ultimate weapon of science!

[SENKU] Like I said before,

the condition for a kingdom of science victory

is ridiculously simple.

We're not looking to annihilate the enemy.

All we wanna do is capture the cave with the miracle fluid.

You know, Tsukasa's gonna throw his whole army at us.

We can pull this off. With sorcery.

I mean, with our science stuff!

[SUIKA] But they've gotta have around a hundred people or so.

[KINRO] Meanwhile we've only got about a dozen fighters.

We're totally outnumbered.

[chuckles]

For now.

But that's why Taiju and the others are working so hard.

[ALL gasp, chuckle]

Which means that the rest of it

is up to the mentalist's big mouth.

We'll bring 'em all over to our side.

Quite the responsibility.

Be honest with me.

This impersonation thing, you sure it'll work?

[GEN] Thanks to Nikki the super fan's intense coaching style,

I can finally reproduce Lillian's voice perfectly.

Still, it's better that it doesn't reach

Ukyo's uper-say sensitive ears.

We have to be real careful he doesn't find out.

[UKYO chuckles]

You know what, forget the rope.

He was at the miracle cave,

just scouting it out all by himself.

I'll bet he's after the nitric acid.

[SENKU] All right. Let's get started, guys.

We've got one last mission

before we can move on to the final phase,

the strike on the Tsukasa empire.

[laughs]

I can't believe this is my adorable Steam Gorilla.

My baby's even more adorable than before!

[LILLIAN] ♪ One small step from zero. ♪

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ 'Cause the world that we want ♪

♪ Is right here for us to make ♪

♪ Just taking one small step to hero... ♪

That's Lillian Weinberg!

Yeah, it's her song!

[LILLIAN] ♪ I'll be thinking the same thing I always do ♪

♪ It's always you ♪

[LILLIAN] Hey, y'all. It's Lillian Weinberg!

[ALL gasp]

It's really her!

That's crazy!

Howdy! You folks in Japan, listen up!

Can y'all hear me?

[NIKKI] All of our training paid off.

He's even nailing her Southern drawl perfectly.

One hundred points, Gen!

I'm totally in love.

[LILLIAN] I wanted y'all to know

the USA's got our civilization back.

We're coming to save y'all.

[ALL cheering]

We're gonna be saved!

Oh, hell yeah!

Hush. We gotta keep it down, everyone.

Don't forget, Tsukasa rejects the entire structure

of the old world.

Do you guys honestly think he's suddenly gonna

play nice with the US military?

So? How is he gonna reject them?

[MAN B] Yeah! She just said the US is back!

And Tsukasa may be strong or whatever,

but if they come with guns, it's gonna be over like that.

Yep. You are darn right.

But it's gonna be just a little while before the US military

can get all the way over yonder.

We would really love to stop this Tsukasa fella

from destroyin' more stone statues.

So please, until then, cooperate with Senku.

He's got a real good plan.

[TAIJU] I can't believe how well this Lillian thing is working!

We're bringing in so many people!

Yeah. Honestly, it's a little scary if you ask me.

When people get comfortable, they get complacent.

That's when things can be the most dangerous.

[ALL cheering]

[UKYO] You guys're havin' fun.

[BOTH gasp]

I'd like to get on that phone call, too. That okay?

[NIKKI] Oh, no! We can't let Ukyo hear the impression!

This is it. We're in too deep to stop now.

I know.

It's my impersonation, trained by my super-fan teacher Nikki

versus Ukyo's super hearing.

Time for a sudden-death duel!

[LILLIAN] Howdy, this is Lillian Weinberg.

Who do I have the pleasure of speakin' with?

Incredible. It really is Lillian.

I would've never seen that coming in a million years.

However, I can't detect a vibration in your voice,

after singing so enthusiastically.

I suppose that would be hard for you to imitate... Gen.

We couldn't fool him for a second!

Oh, no! I was scared I wasn't eady-ray!

Wait, hold on a minute, Senku.

[SENKU] Hm?

Ukyo may've busted us, but he said it so softly.

[gasps]

[GEN] Because he didn't want the others to hear

what he was saying.

The things he's doing are quite odd.

And I'm suspicious about his motivations.

When he found us at the gravesite,

he chased after us by himself

without telling Tsukasa or anyone else, for that matter.

[SENKU chuckles]

Shrewd observation, mentalist.

That puts the Gen versus Ukyo showdown at one to one so far.

At this point, it's stupidly obvious

who slipped Chrome the battery.

It had to be you, that right?

[chuckles] Not bad.

You sure do catch on quickly, don't you?

If I hadn't gotten involved, you'd've come to save him,

and both of you would be dead.

Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not really on your side.

Yeah, I didn't think so.

If that were the case,

then you never would've captured Chrome.

[UKYO] I guess you could say...

...I'm assessing the situation.

I want to know what kind of people you really are.

I saw what you're up to, the unbelievable secret mission

your friend is trying to pull off.

[MEN chattering]

Gonna go make some clothes.

'Kay!

[UKYO] That's odd.

I hear something rattling in the bag.

Stone fragments. And lots of 'em.

If she's sewing, why would she need those?

It doesn't add up.

[UKYO gasps]

[YUZURIHA] And done.

[UKYO] She's finished that quickly?

That's weird.

Everybody thinks she's pulling all-nighters in here,

sewing away.

[UKYO] But if that's just some kind of act,

what the heck is she doing with the rest of her time?

[YUZURIHA] Looks like today's is even more advanced than usual.

That's okay. I'm actually kinda used to this.

[UKYO] Hold on. Those rocks are--

The statues' surfaces are too weathered

to revert to living cells.

That's why when you're revived,

you break through a thin layer of rock.

In other words, if the statues that Tsukasa's destroyed

are reassembled before they have time to erode and break down,

then just maybe...

It's almost impossible to believe...

...but if my hunch is right...

[gasps]

[UKYO] It's insane.

Even with things as far gone as they are now...

...your people are still trying to save humanity

with the power of science.

[MAN F] I'm so sorry, but that primitive guy

melted through the rope and got out!

I dunno how it happened. I swear!

Don't worry yourself too much about Chrome.

It couldn't be helped.

Though... I would like to know what became of Yo.

Well, he, uh...

[YO] Oh, man. I let Chrome get away!

It's over for me, guys. I am so screwed!

This is my last order, so listen close.

A subordinate does what their superior tells 'em,

so responsibility goes up the ladder. Understand?

I'm talkin' 'bout me.

[YO chuckles]

I let Chrome escape, okay?

Tell them that it was all my fault.

And then tell 'em, "Yo totally fell into the waterfall!

That dude is dead!"

I am outta here, man! Time for another reset! See ya!

[SENKU] Sounds crazy, but even the ones that were smashed.

If we put them together like 3D puzzles,

there's a chance we could save them.

[chuckles]

Ten billion points for finding out.

So now what, Ukyo? You gonna rat me out to Tsukasa?

[UKYO] No.

Honestly, I'm open to cooperating

with you and your team, Senku.

But I do have one condition.

[gasps]

[GEN] Ukyo and his uper-say sensitive ears

would be an owerful-pay ally to have on our side, but...

A condition, eh? Perhaps I should take over.

Negotiation is a mentalist's specialty.

Let's not beat around the bush, okay?

Get straight to the point. Just tell me your condition.

What the heck are you doing, Senku?

That's a errible-tay approach to negotiation!

[UKYO chuckles]

[UKYO] Okay, fine.

My condition is pretty cut-and-dry.

Nobody dies.

Heh. I'm having a hell of a time trying get a read

on who you really are, Ukyo.

You're either some kinda sunshine and rainbows idealist--

Ha, an "idealist"? That's not quite it.

I'm the biggest coward there is.

Aren't you... Shishio Tsukasa?

It's nice to meet you. Yeah.

Welcome. My reporter friend has told me about you.

The former submarine sonar operator, Saionji Ukyo.

You'd made quite a name for yourself.

Known for "exceptional hearing and rational decision-making."

[TSUKASA] Ukyo, I need your help in order to build

a beautiful stone world-- better than the old one.

[gasps]

[UKYO] The first time I saw Tsukasa destroy a statue,

it made me sad and angry.

I thought, "What gives you the right to do that?"

Still, I wanted to keep those

who had been revived from killing each other.

I decided to turn a blind eye to Tsukasa's destruction.

"They're just statues. Inanimate objects.

Not reviving them isn't actually murder."

That's how I tried to convince myself it was okay.

I know that I'm a hopeless coward.

[UKYO] But... the truth is...

...I can't take it anymore.

I can't bear to see anyone else die.

Isn't that the last shred of humanity

we can hold onto in this crazy world?

[UKYO] If you make a promise of zero casualties,

I'll cooperate with you.

But if even one person dies, then...

[SENKU laughs]

Works for me! Count us in!

It's perfect, really!

From the very beginning,

we said we'd do this without spilling a drop of blood.

Now that's just a requirement instead of an ideal.

That's gonna be a tough promise with this battle!

Thank you.

[TAIJU] Huh?

Well, after this, there's one thing I'm sure of now.

[SENKU] Huh?

[UKYO] When Hyoga attacked your village,

he reported something back to us.

He said our men were killed by what you did to them.

He lied. It couldn't have been your doing.

It was Hyoga.

Tsukasa and Hyoga are both at the top,

but they're totally different creatures.

I can't sit on the fence any longer.

There's going to be bloodshed between those two, I know it.

[HYOGA] These footprints are way too neat.

It looks like the place was cleaned up,

and then someone stamped in these footprints

to hide something.

Were there several people gathered here?

[HYOGA] I've heard that a few of our men had come to the grave.

Were you here?

[TSUKASA] No.

But I've come now to pay my respects to the late Yo.

I want him to return back to the earth.

Gozan. Yuki. Ren. Akashi. Kyoichiro. Morito.

He deserves to rest in peace with them.

[HYOGA] Gozan? Yuki? Who are they?

They're our fallen brothers.

Those killed by poison gas in the village raid.

[HYOGA] Ah.

[TSUKASA] I'd like to bury what we have left of Yo

next to his comrades.

[ALL gasp]

Time to get excited, you guys,

because our awesome papercraft tank is rarin' to go!

So does this cannon actually fire?

We don't have gunpowder.

We're gonna be usin' a leather rupture disk.

[GEN] A rup-- A what?

A burst diaphragm. It explodes when it's expanded.

We'll zap some water inside the tank with electricity,

which'll make it boil.

And when the oxygen and hydrogen gas

that's released completely overfills the disk... blammo!

Oh, I see! Even I can understand how that one works.

Wait!

If it blows up, that means we can only use it once!

Yeah, but once will be enough.

[chuckles] As soon as we roll up in this tank,

the odds are ten billion to one those modern people

are gonna lose the will to fight.

[GEN] Ahh.

That'll scare them into giving up.

If we're gonna do this with no casualties,

that initial shot has to seal the deal.

We'll be relying on shock and awe!

Yeah. Control of the miracle cave is at stake here.

Once it starts, we've only got a few seconds to finish.

We'll throw everything the kingdom of science has at 'em!

So we need him, the toughest guy that I've ever known.

His crazy stamina is like a cheat code from mother nature.

[ALL gasp]

It's strange.

I've never met you before,

and yet, I already know who you are.

Taiju.

Senku!

[chuckles]

Now, the kingdom of science is playing

with a stacked deck of cards.

It's the beginning of the final battle

against the Tsukasa empire.

So get excited, you guys.

[HYOGA] Hm?

[gasps]

[SENKU] I've done some reading on human behavior.

According to Harvard psychologist

Shawn Achor's research,

a human impulse lasts about 20 seconds and no longer than that.

So that means the enemy will only have the instinct to panic

and run away for the first 20 seconds of our raid,

and then who knows what'll happen?

After that time's up,

some of them may decide to start fighting back!

And if we do fight, then people will die!

Everybody, get ready!

These next 20 seconds will decide the future of humanity!