Original subtitles

[Gen] Ha-ha! You came for me! Senku and the gang's all here!

Get me off this wild ride!

Ha-ha! We're sailing straight into the heart of the enemy!

You're kidding me!

[Senku] Nope.

We're going on a rampage to slow down Ibara.

The statue-retrieval team needs some time,

so it's up to us to buy them every millisecond that we can.

Huh? There's only nine of us, though!

And we're up against hundreds of hardened soldiers!

Your plan's a bust!

-[gunshot] -[Ibara gasps]

[laughing]

It looks like our futile fight's already begun!

[Magma laughing]

[Magma yells]

[Magma laughs]

[opening theme song playing]

It's sort of ironic, huh?

Everyone waxed philosophical about the gravity of reinventing the gun,

and was convinced we wouldn't use it to claim the lives of others.

Time to die, Ibara!

[all gasp]

[gunshots]

[metal rattling]

[warrior 1] They're messing up the boat!

[warrior 2] How many sorcerers are there?

Those lofty ideals were shot out of the sky within mere seconds.

Ruining plans is pretty much the only thing he's good for.

[laughs]

Now, just drop dead!

[Nikki] How 'bout you drop dead?

If anybody's dyin', it'll be you!

How are you standing after that? I'm almost kinda impressed.

Well, if you wanna dance, let's dance!

Praise be to Nikki, the group's trusty big bro.

[Gen gasps]

Don't waste ammunition.

Got that, Yo?

Wasting the bullets means wasting our secret weapon.

Seriously? The cylinder just has three shots left!

What is that, Senku? Another trump card?

[Senku] It's magnesium.

Get excited for some impromptu fireworks.

Ready.

[gun fires]

Oh-yo!

[Ibara] Wh-- Wha--

[Gen] Spear of Light! Unleash your fury!

[warriors gasp]

[Gen] There are 50 sorcerers aboard this vessel

and every last one's gonna go pew-pew and light up the place!

[warriors shouting]

All right! That bluff worked wonders!

[Senku chuckles]

Well, it kinda helps when it's not actually a bluff.

That gun is legit.

[Chrome] Check it out.

A boat is coming towards us instead of fleeing.

[Senku chuckles]

Somebody's certainly punctual.

Won't be escaping or talking our way outta this one.

It's a head-on battle with the biggest and baddest of them all.

[grunts]

[Nikki] We're counting on you, Sheriff!

[Moz] It just takes the flick of a sorcerer's finger

to work their strange enchantments.

That one's casting the spell.

I see your finger! It has to be you!

[Yo screams]

[screaming]

The gun! And just like that, we're done for.

[both grunting]

[Kinro groans]

[chuckles softly]

[Kinro groaning softly]

[Nikki grunting]

Well, Senku? Any tricks left?

Some scientific trump card?

Played all our cards from every suit.

Guess them's the breaks.

[both panting]

[footsteps approaching]

[Gen] Oh, man! We're trapped like ship rats!

[Chrome] Now I know why they call it a "dead end."

[thudding]

Hmm. You tried, but failed.

Well, well, well! At last we meet, invaders.

[laughs] You gave a valiant effort.

I confess, I was left in a state of awe!

However, the time has come to put an end to this.

[Senku scoffs]

You didn't corner us.

We backed ourselves into this room.

'Cause it's right where we need to be.

Huh?

Inside the storage room?

We actually do have one remaining card, Gen.

The one I didn't wanna use. The Joker.

[Gen] I see.

Ibara and his army of cronies weren't able to get through

this metal gate of science when they had the chance.

Very well, then. What choice do we have?

[clangs]

[gasps]

Ha-ha. No going back.

The wildest of wild cards is free.

[Kinro] Hyoga!

Take my spear. Our fate's in your hands.

But we lost the gun…

The only weapon that could put this guy back in his cage.

We know how insanely strong he is,

so how are we going to stop him?

[chuckles]

That's a problem for the future Kingdom of Science.

We don't even know if the great Hyoga will team up

with the people who caged him to begin with.

But if we want any hope of winning against their powerful ace,

our one and only option is putting the Joker into play.

[Ibara] The kid with the mask they're calling "Hyoga,"

I could've sworn he was a statue when we checked this room.

Actually, so was that one in the fancy hat over there.

[gasps softly]

Where the hell do you think you're going, you old--

[Magma groans]

[Hyoga] That swing was quite telling.

He's on an entirely other level.

This Moz person,

I take he's the reason you revived me?

Yeah. Good job on piecing it together yourself.

[Hyoga] Did you forget the fact that I'm your enemy?

Nope, not for a millisecond.

[Hyoga] Which means I could either join forces with you

and we can reign over the Kingdom of Science together,

or I could join Moz and we can annihilate the lot of you.

Decisions, decisions.

Regardless of what you want,

the choice is solely mine to make in this situation.

[Ibara] Those sorcerers have magic

that brings petrified people back to life!

Even if they've been shattered to bits!

This is bad! What if they revive him?

The smashed remains of the master's statue still pose a threat!

[Gen groans]

[Gen] We need to get Hyoga to declare Moz his mortal enemy somehow!

Surely there's an oolproof-fay means to make that happen.

You're a mentalist, Gen, so think!

Maybe if I can convince Moz that Hyoga's our sworn ally

and will die to defend us,

the latter will be forced to fight the former.

-[Gen] Proposition for you. -Huh?

Pretend you're madly in love with Hyoga, okay?

[Nikki gasps]

Um, hello?

Amaryllis is the one who's good at faking

like she's in love with someone, not me, Gen!

Yes, but you're the only woman here now.

You can't be any worse than Kohaku, and even if you are, who cares?

Pucker your lips like this and say those three small words!

-Easy as pie! -[groans]

All right. I'll say it if it'll really help.

There's just one issue.

Those three small words,

well, they aren't so small to me.

I won't say "I love you" unless I'm genuinely in love with them.

That rite of passage is special.

[Gen] Ah! I forgot! She's the purest romantic of us all!

[whimpers]

[Hyoga] Shut that slimy, deceptive mouth of yours, Gen.

Consider it shut and locked! I beg you to spare me!

[Hyoga] You don't have to beg.

I value your silver tongue as if it were made of solid gold.

You've been given a task in this world and you excel in it.

The same goes for you, Nikki.

You were quick to act,

despite how hard it would be for you to go through with his request.

Yes, you are indeed proper.

If I ally myself with this formidable Moz,

I would have to kill almost everyone here behind me.

You still want to save all of humanity, don't you, Senku?

Pity you put stock in that short-sighted goal.

Quite simply, I believe humans should be culled.

Leave the countless fools of the petrified to their slumber

and only pass on superior genes.

Through evolution, we will give rise to the apex of our kind.

Moz, what are your thoughts regarding this matter?

[Ryusui] He's evaluating us.

His answer will determine who he sides with.

Huh. Have to say I agree.

Hyoga is your name, isn't it?

Well, then, Hyoga, you're right.

This culling of yours sounds great.

I can gauge his strength

about as well as I can see his masked face,

but that's the answer he wants to hear, right?

In fact, we already put your beliefs into practice on this island.

The prettiest women are selected from the herd.

If you're as strong as I take you for, you too could have a harem of your own.

But I'll still kill you.

[snaps fingers]

[Ryusui] Ha-ha!

What a childish mindset, Moz!

All women are beauties in their own right.

To think you're blind to such eye-candy.

I desire every woman in the whole world!

They're all beauties?

[Gen] Well, I suppose it would be more surprising to hear

that there was something he didn't want.

[Moz] Hmm.

[chuckles]

[Hyoga] So if I'm reading you correctly,

the lone factor that determines a person's worth to you

is how physically attractive they are?

[Moz] Hmm?

Of course. When it comes to ladies.

Doesn't every man alive?

[Hyoga] Ah, I see.

It was anyone's guess whose side I chose.

I wasn't leaning one way or the other.

Both have pros and cons.

But I've made up my mind.

Wow.

It's done!

[Soyuz] Father.

Took 20 years, but I finally returned to you.

And now, we return you to all of your people.

[Ibara] What's this?

Kirisame!

What're the odds?

She came exactly when I needed her to!

-[Hyoga] Senku, stand aside. -Uh-huh.

[Hyoga grunts]

[yells]

-He'll fight better without us in his way. -[Gen whimpers]

Let's move out!

[yells]

Hang on, everybody,

because the retrieval team is just about there!

[Moz groans]

[Hyoga] See?

Setting me free was the correct call.

My allies have done quite well.

Shazam!

Don't hurt me!

[Gen] Best stay down!

Dangerous sorcerers coming through!

[Hyoga] Though I'm sure you'd love to chase after them,

you can't simply turn your back on me.

You don't win battles by ignoring them.

Let's have a proper fight.

[Moz chuckles]

[Moz grunts]

[Kinro] We're heading back to the island?

[Senku] Yeah.

[Chrome] Which is a really bad idea!

The entire island's gonna get blasted by the petri-beam thing!

So why go back?

Well, for starters, we definitely need to abandon ship.

I was talking out of my ass when I said he'd fight better if we left.

Hyoga ain't soft, and he'd easily kill us.

[others] Well, yeah!

[Gen chuckles] That was in perfect harmony.

Truth be told,

there's a little something we gotta go pick up on the island.

If we can make what I'm hoping for, it's over.

We win.

Heh. All right, Hyoga.

If you really want a proper fight, then let's have at it.

I'm even focusing, because I know you're a strong one.

[Hyoga chuckles] Then he's finally going to stop holding back.

[Moz] So sorry.

I feel like I gave you the impression

that you stood a chance when you never did.

[yells]

[Hyoga groans]

[Moz growls]

[Ibara] Hmm.

Hey, Oarashi!

[Ibara chuckles]

I have a job for you to do.

Take this trinket here

and run it up to the island's center, quickly!

[Oarashi] Hmm?

That means you're petrifying the entire island?

You can't!

If Oarashi is holding the device when it's activated,

he'll be caught in the light.

There's no way to escape it!

And? How exactly does his fate affect me?

Come to think of it, though.

Petrification's not a death sentence.

The sorcerers have a way to revive stone people.

But even so, you're staying here with me.

You have to protect me,

and you'll do a much better job than Oarashi.

And besides, he's just a disposable pawn. Right?

You're writing off your loyal guard?

Either way, not all of the islanders are safe yet!

[Ibara] This is the master's will.

You would dare to defy him?

It's the master's will?

[boy] Hey! Master!

[overlapping chatter]

Pretty please?

Will you turn the mountain to solid rock?

The whole thing! Bam!

But why? Just for a little fun?

We heard there's a monster up there now.

We're scared. Really scared!

-[Soyuz's dad] Hmm. -[children gasp]

[both scream]

[Soyuz's dad] It's a scarecrow.

One that's seen better days, so someone must've discarded it here.

[children] Ohh!

I want you to understand something.

The Petrification light mustn't be used over a whole mountain,

or any broad area for that matter.

Though we're a blessed species,

the world doesn't exist merely to serve us humans.

It belongs to all living creatures, both great and small.

May this be a lesson you'll always remember.

[Kirisame] Petrifying the island's not only unheard of,

it's without a doubt an abuse of that power.

Minister Ibara,

I'll ask you one time, is this idea truly the master's will?

[Taiju] Hey!

Check it out, everybody!

We brought the master!

Hey, do you see?

Your master's here!

Or what's left of him,

'cause he's nothing but a stone statue now!

Wow, I bet everyone can hear him, even from way up here.

He certainly projects.

We have to show them up close.

Hearing it doesn't mean they believe it's true.

-[Taiju continues shouting indistinctly] -He was turned into stone?

What's going on? Explain now!

[Taiju] Look! This is the master!

Just one meter. And one single second!

[grunts]

[soft whirring]

No! Why, Minister?

You-- You're pure scum, Ibara!

Farwell, my dear.

Thank you for your hard work, dedication,

and above all else, your gullible nature!

Shame it turned out this way, but what could I do?

You're guilty of knowing my secret.

[Yuzuriha] They might attack!

[Ukyo] Let's go! Run as far as you can!

Well, it's almost done.

Only thing left is to turn these invading rats

into crumbling piles of rock.

[gunshot]

[gasps]

Um, what was that noise?

[groans] It's sorcery.

[Yo] Ibara, you have the right to remain silent!

[Ibara groaning]

[chuckles] I've been dying to say that for years!

I shot one bullet in the air and a second at Moz,

but I saved the last one for the big bad.

Crap you say will be used against you.

How'd the rest go? And is this battery?

Obstruction of somethin'-or-other.

Ah, whatever.

The point is, you're under arrest! For being a jerk!

[Ibara groans]

[gasps]

[grunting]

[screaming]

[laughs] Sweet victory!

Snatched the Medusa!

[closing theme song playing]

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