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And under the guise of an intruder, he's gonna beat the enemy soldiers half to death!

Listen, that hooded warrior was beyond strong!

Even the great Oarashi's miracle power wasn't enough to stop him!

He might even be as strong as Moz!

Plus, there were three—no, five—no, ten other people with him, surrounding me with spears!

That's because it literally was me.

That moron's instincts are sharper than he realizes.

But don't worry! I fought them off with my miracle counterattack!

Unfortunately, they stunned me with sorcery!

Target a strong braggart.

He'll exaggerate his tale to make himself look better.

I was about to hit 'em with a giant boulder I picked up, and then "Wham"!

They caught me completely off-guard!

Now, then... Our sneaky inside job is really quite simple.

It all begins once the enemy is shaking in their boots

from the sheer strength of our mighty hooded phantom.

Step 1:

Before the aerial battle begins, we'll find a clear area to discreetly place our drone.

Step 2:

The hooded army is attacking!

Look up there!

Step 3:

I'd better turn them all to stone!

Step 4:

Ack!

That's assuming it all goes smoothly, right?

But with your luck, Senku-chan, nothing ever goes according to plan.

Either way, it's our only option.

I'm sure you've already thought of this, but there's one big problem with that plan.

Moz.

He's bound to be at the site of the decisive battle.

Am I wrong?

If these hooded warriors are truly as fierce as Oarashi claims,

then Kirisame and I will have to face them ourselves.

Really?!

Let's go!

Surely we can't lose with Moz-san and Kirisame-san! They're the invincible duo!

The moment our drone grabs the weapon out of the sky,

Moz will slaughter everyone in sight and steal it for himself.

That's why I'm cooking up an anti-Moz plan.

What a shame!

My adorable glass-blowing iron pipe, getting chopped up for parts?

We take these six macaroni-shaped tubes and stick 'em into a wheel, like so.

Check it out! It's going round and round!

Another fidget spinner?!

Since we went to the trouble of re-inventing 'em, why not put 'em to use for something else?

I crafted everything just like ya asked, but what's it all for, anyway?

I just wanna work on the drone some more.

When he said "anti-Moz plan", I was imagining some sorta crazy weapon.

Wait, is that what I think it is?

Seems like all the modern folk know what it is.

Damn!

The structure's not terribly complex.

If I remember right, some prisoners have even built them DIY style, using whatever they had lying around.

The internals are where things start getting complicated.

We take the gunpowder we made using nitric acid and pack it into the pipes,

then we plug the hole with a pachinko ball.

So once the gunpowder inside goes "Boom!", the ball goes "Zoom!", right?

I actually understand this one for a change.

It's not all that complicated.

You're on the right track, but how do you think the gunpowder gets lit?

With a match or something?

We'll need a detonator to handle that, and mercury fulminate is just the thing for the job.

Now we're back to incomprehensible jargon!

I take back everything I said!

Getting even one step wrong could literally blow up in your face,

so I gotta be the one to handle this part.

Mix together nitric acid, mercury, and alcohol,

and we've got ourselves a full-fledged detonator.

Hit the detonator with a hammer, and then...

Soon after we first woke up, Senku, Yuzuriha, and I set out for Hakone

to make this very thing as a last resort.

That must've been years ago, now.

About three years, yeah.

It's been a long road, but humanity once again wields the power of gunpowder.

And just like Prometheus, I'm definitely going to hell for giving it to them.

Whether man or woman, young or old,

this single tool lets us homo sapiens conquer the natural world.

It truly is the power of gods and devils.

There's nothing divine or devilish about a tool.

It all comes down to how people choose to wield it.

Sorry, everyone.

I know this is hardly the time to be spouting platitudes,

but at the end of the day, I still don't want to see anyone die.

So, if at all possible—

Platitudes?

Not at all, Ukyo!

Pacifism is no trifling matter.

Once people start dying, their loved ones can hold that grudge forever.

But if we avoid bloodshed, we might even be able to bring some of the enemy to our side!

It's only logical!

It's not like this pathetic thing could kill anyone, anyway.

It's so slapdash, there isn't even rifling in the barrel.

Given its low power and accuracy, it's better to just think of it as a good luck charm.

Best case, it'll serve as a tranquilizer.

You made tranquilizer rounds?

We just have to avoid hitting any vital organs.

Once we have the weapon, we can make 'em good as new.

We just turn 'em to stone, revive 'em, and bam—fully healed!

When used like that, it's basically a tranquilizer gun!

Uh, well, can't argue with that, I guess...

All this extreme pragmatism is really starting to make you sound like a mad scientist, Senku-chan.

That's nothing new!

I see you've made it the size of a handgun so as to not arouse suspicion,

but who's going to use it?

Wielding a gun is a tall order for someone without experience,

and hardly anyone in Japan has used one before.

We'll be giving the gun to our former cop.

No complaints about that, right, Ukyo?

No freakin' way, man!

We really gonna give this jackass such a powerful weapon?

Th-That look is scary...

Yeah, his face says it all!

We can't trust this asshole!

Well, not necessarily.

Yo-chan's strong need for approval actually makes him the ideal candidate.

He's certainly the easiest to control.

My dear friend, you'll go down in history as the new world's very first sheriff!

Oh, my...

You and that thing of yours are just so cool!

That face!

Just leave it to me, fellas!

Back when I was on the beat, I used to shoot bad guys all the time!

Uh, that's not a good thing.

Yikes.

Huh?

He missed every shot.

All that bragging, and that's the best he could do?

A venomous snake!

Oh, man! He must've been aiming for it, instead!

Whatever the case, it seems we're no longer the hapless sitting ducks we once were.

Am I wrong?

Nice shooting, you dirty cop.

Stay cool, stay cool!

I can't let 'em know I was actually aiming for the bottles!

I'd better get practicing!

In order to bring down Medusa, we need four pieces of equipment!

Once we get those assembled, we can commence the operation.

We'll have hooded warriors confront the enemy and act as bait.

We're ten billion percent screwed if we don't scare 'em enough to make 'em use the weapon.

In that case, we'll want at least five hoods.

What's the world comin' to?

Clothes and food keep vanishin' from the storehouse...

This is bad...

If we don't do something to cover up all the noise from the cave, we'll be found out.

Amaryllis! You're back?

Did you come from the harem?

Please don't tell anyone!

I ran away!

I just couldn't stop thinking about my three, manly suitors waiting here for me!

I wish to elope with one of you! But I need to know you can protect me!

I'll decide who's strongest at the next festival! Whoever can beat the drums hardest will be the victor!

Did I lay it on too thick this time? No way they're gonna buy that, right?!

Nope, they bought it hook, line, and sinker.

Now I can practice all I want!

I'm shooting straighter already!

So, even if we can use this super-powerful "gun" thing to slow Moz down...

...how do we plan to acquire the weapon?

You posited waging an aerial battle with our drone,

but it's a bit too rickety for a dogfight, isn't it?

Really, the best we can hope for is to get the rope tangled in the propellers.

Bingo. Ten billion points for you!

So, in the end, it'll come down to a brute force game of tug-of-war, huh?

Exactly!

Wakey-wakey time!

You're up to bat, power team!

Go ahead.

I'm ready to hear it.

Something's happened to Ginro, right?

I'm sorry.

I was helpless to do anything.

You thought he was dead, didn't you?

Yes.

Thanks to Kohaku's quick thinking, he's still got a chance.

Yes.

Kinro, your job is to lead the squad of hooded warriors.

We need someone who can actually handle a spear, or they'll see straight through our bluff.

But the squad leader is ten billion percent more likely to get slaughtered by Moz and Kirisame.

I understand.

And I accept.

I'll make sure we win this battle.

Whatever happens, I will protect my comrades!

All right! Let's start training for tug-of-war!

Go, power team!

And to make sure that doesn't happen, the science team's got some more work to do.

It's the cotton candy machine!

Smells like crap, though.

What's this black stuff?

Unfortunately, no sweet treats this time.

It's the leftover dregs from burning coal: tar.

Take that black cotton candy, spin it as so, and...

You get the ultimate lightweight, unbreakable rope.

It's the rebirth of carbon wire!

Uh, right.

Now, let me guess...

Yep, just as I thought!

More never-ending, tedious labor!

Senku, about these tops...

How come they're so stable when spinning in the air like that?

Ah, you're talking about the gyroscopic effect.

It's the reason things spinning at high speed wobble less.

Like how bikes don't fall over, or how the Earth isn't teetering around in space.

All right!

I just had a badass flash of insight!

Y'know how this version of our drone is all wobbly, right?

Yeah, it's nothing but some bamboo and feathers flying around haphazardly right now.

Don't fret!

Trial and error will sort it out.

What if we stuck one of those fidget spinners right in the middle of the drone?

It'd stabilize it with that gyro-whatchamacallit effect, right?

Whoa, you're right!

It's a huge pain in the ass to make a proper altitude control device!

Your idea's ten billion percent basic, but it'll get the job done!

Which is why...

I already added that to the new version.

Blargh!

Wow, it's way more stable than before!

And for the final iteration, we add this!

I've got no clue what that thing is, but clearly it involves more winding!

Will the spinning and winding never end?!

Poor Gen's been traumatized by all the spinning work.

Too bad, because we need one of these for each propeller.

It's a coil-based variable resistor, or potentiometer.

That's a long-ass name!

Sliding this switch adjusts the voltage going to the propeller.

So now, we can increase the juice going to a specific propeller, and...

Holy crap! It tilted!

So, hang on... Are you saying someone has to manually adjust these switches by hand to steer it?

I sure am!

That seems totally impossible.

We'll need someone used to piloting, who can also read wind patterns on the fly...

But who?

Oh, right.

Have you ever seen such a quick study?!

Seriously? Already?

It's no different from a video game!

And when I was little, I received plenty of e-sports coaching.

Right, I almost forgot...

This guy uses his money like cheat codes.

Yo, can I try that? Looks pretty fun!

I wouldn't mind taking a crack at your shooting range, either.

Get back to training, you two. This isn't playtime.

We are training!

We've finally got all the equipment we need.

The operation starts at first light.

We'll set the stage for battle right here, along the wave-breaking cliffs.

The crashing waves and roaring winds are loud enough to mask the sound of our drone.

It appears the army of hooded invaders has been spotted.

They're forming a defensive line along the cliffside.

Looks like we'll need to meet them there. With Kirisame and I in tow, of course.

Move out, men!

We're gonna murderize those bastards!

With the great Oarashi's miracle power,

and with Moz and Kirisame fighting alongside us, there's no way we can lose!

The bad guys are all coming here now?

They're gonna beat us real easy, since there're so few of us.

Yeah, in a straight brawl, we'd ten billion percent get our asses handed to us.

Let's go over the plan again!

Our winning condition is simple: force the enemy to toss the petrification weapon.

Otherwise, the aerial battle plan goes right out the window.

Yeah, so don't stress, Suika.

Our drone sneak attack is gonna get their weapon all sorts of tangled up!

Then, the power team hidden in the mobile lab will tug on that wire like their lives depend on it!

You can count on us!

Yeah!

Finally, Yo will force them back using his gun and we'll neutralize them with the petrification device.

I'm your man!

However, our greatest threat here is the third party: Moz.

Be careful, because he'll only be helping us at the start.

The moment we capture the petrification weapon,

he'll transform into a vicious enemy who'll massacre everyone in sight.

The forces about to clash here are:

the Kingdom of Petrification, hoping to eradicate us;

our Kingdom of Science, hoping to capture the weapon for ourselves;

and Moz, the ultimate warrior hoping to get rid of us and the weapon.

And so it begins:

the decisive three-way battle.

Th-Th-They're here!

In order to capture Medusa, we've gotta use every tool in our scientific arsenal.

Miracle Power: Revenge!

Shit, he's charging straight at us!

It's to their advantage to overwhelm us immediately, after all.

Which makes simple-minded warriors like him the strongest on the battlefield.

I should've seen this coming! He's just like Taiju!

Please, allow me.

This time, it's about more than just some petty bargain.

To achieve victory in battle,

and for myself,

I'll fight using this gift bestowed upon me by our Kingdom.

With this golden spear, shining as if it were the very sun itself,

I will protect us!