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At last, I'm living like a human being.

Well then,

it looks like I've reached the limit

of ignoring my fatigue.

Damn it!

I can't possibly survive if I'm on my own,

let alone work on science and progress.

I could use some assistance

from one more person with a lot of strength.

I already have someone in mind.

Right by where I was revived,

there was the uncannily masculine hand of a guy who'd been swept here

from the same direction as me.

I've already seen more of this face than I ever wanted to.

It has been 3,700 years.

Hey, Big Oaf.

Now,

let's get started on the Senku Research Laboratory.

Hey, Big Oaf.

What should I do to get you revived like me?

I wonder what happened 3,700 years ago

that led to the petrification of the entire human race.

ET SCIENTIFIC INVASION

The first theory.

These earthlings are getting on our nerves.

Let's turn them all into stone.

The tests on the swallows were successful.

Fire the Petrification Beam!

This is so exciting!

The second theory.

At last, it's time for me to use my petrification machine!

Oh no! It got me too!

NOVEL VIRUS

The third theory.

We are petrifying viruses.

We only infect humans and swallows.

This is so exciting!

Only one thing is for sure.

Only humans and swallows turned into stone.

It seems like some kind of insane fantasy, but there must be some underlying rule.

Which means I can fight it.

Figuring out the rules is the basis of science.

I'm standing in the face

of an uncharted branch of science.

This is so exciting.

All right, think.

How did I break out of my stone?

Is it simply because of deterioration?

If I was revived because of the stone deteriorating,

wouldn't the exposure to the elements have de-petrified me first?

But other statues are stone all the way through.

For me,

the surface remained as stone while the rest changed back into living cells.

No, it's the opposite.

The surface was too deteriorated to revert to living cells.

That's why it turned into a stone husk.

The parts of the surface that happened to be less petrified reverted to cells.

That must be why there are pieces missing from the shell.

Then the key to my revival isn't deterioration,

but some other particular external cause.

The fragments closest to my head were on the ground in a pile.

In other words, my revival started with my head.

There must be something in there.

This odor…

Nitric acid?

The hair on the back of my neck is still petrified.

Let's try it on this petrified hair.

Why is it that only I was revived with nitric acid?

It doesn't work even the slightest bit

on Taiju, Yuzuriha, or anybody else.

Why?

What sets me apart from the others?

Think.

All I need is a hypothesis.

Think.

I see.

It's because I've been thinking.

For the past 3,700 years,

I've never lost consciousness.

The brain burns through 400 calories in a day.

Multiply that amount of energy by 3,700 years

and you get two trillion joules.

How did I get so much energy?

E=mc².

Energy and mass have an equivalent exchange.

It's the foundation of science that Einstein derived.

Energy cannot be created from nothing, no matter what.

There's something in the stone

that I was consuming in order to use my brain.

Which means if I can figure out what that was, I can undo the petrification.

Try everything.

Just try everything.

I really want to try Nital,

the industrial etching solution.

Damn it. Too bad I don't have alcohol.

Have faith.

Try everything.

Try everything.

Keep on trying!

Remember,

no matter how fantastical the petrification phenomenon,

the foundation of science can never be shaken!

I need more manpower!

Now, get soaked in nitric acid and wake up,

you simpleton.

I know you're conscious in there.

Like you've always been for the past 3,700 years!

You're the same as me.

You're someone who never gives up!

Senku!

I…

Taiju!

-I believe in you and I'll wait for you! -I believe in you and I'll wait for you!

-I'm hopeless without you! -I'm hopeless without you!

Come back, Taiju!

Come back, Senku!

It stopped raining.

The thunderstorm that was keeping us camouflaged is gone.

So don't shout anymore.

If Tsukasa hears us, we're screwed.

-You're right. -Tsukasa is not coming, is he?

I'm impressed you noticed my neck.

I hardly gave you a speck of a hint.

Taiju, Yuzuriha.

You both earn a ten billion percent score.

Sen…

Ku.

Never mind my cervical nerve,

you just crushed my entire body!

I'll kill you!

You guys should've known by now,

but don't thank me for every little thing.

I won't thank you either.

Sure.

Welcome back,

Senku.

Don't you think the shape on this hide kind of looks like a rocket?

Surrounded by stars.

You're way off the mark.

It looks like a science flag. I bet it'll look good on Senku.

-Let's put it on his neck, just in case. -I see!

It'll be even better with a splint. See?

I don't need this at all.

I'm all right now.

Dr. Senku's self-sacrificing human experiment was a success.

The regenerative ability of de-petrification

is far more potent than I imagined.

The petrification that has given us

so much grief is what cured you too.

You said it when we made soap.

But maybe this petrification

is the stone of life that replaces doctors for us.

It's Dr. Stone!

Yes.

Come to think of it, it's really out of this world.

When the petrification is undone,

it fixes everything around it too.

What a considerate scientific phenomenon.

I've always wondered.

Who on earth turned us all into stone

and who launched the attack?

No.

Was it really an attack?

Since Senku's neck can heal,

maybe we can put these broken statues back together

and revive them by pouring the fluid on them.

I've tried it before.

They just went back to be a shattered corpse.

Since its regenerative ability is so potent, then why…

Yuzuriha.

I'm ten billion percent sure that Taiju is too crude for this.

I can only count on you for your craftsmanship.

This is one hell of a difficult mission.

Do you think you can do it?

That is really one highly demanding task,

but I'll try.

What a quick response.

Craft is all about perseverance!

What are you whispering about?

Don't be so sneaky.

Tell me!

The thing is,

I'm going to see Tsukasa.

I see. So you're going to see Tsukasa.

What?

But why?

He killed Senku. He's a dangerous guy!

But he didn't actually die.

He was a good guy, but…

At the very least, he thought he'd killed Senku!

That's exactly what we accomplished in that fight.

Tsukasa is now under the impression that I already died.

Meanwhile, I can always know where Tsukasa is.

We'll have a big advantage in this battle.

First, I need you both

to serve as my spies and infiltrate the Tsukasa Empire.

I've already told Yuzuriha the plan in detail.

Taiju, you're in charge of protecting her.

For a simpleton like you, the less you know, the better.

Sure, you can count on me.

Tsukasa intends to use the Miracle Fluid

to amass an army of young people

to make a new world ruled by military might.

In order to bring down the Tsukasa Empire

and stop its mass destruction of humanity,

I must form a revolutionary army that fights with science.

But how are you going to do that all on your own?

That's right.

If Tsukasa has the Miracle Fluid, the nitric acid,

you can't make gunpowder

and you can't grow your manpower, which is important.

There is one solution to this problem.

We'll find the mysterious folks behind the smoke signal

and team up with them.

The problem is that Tsukasa may get to them before I do.

I'll just have to bet on the chance that they haven't met.

You mean,

you want us both to spy on Tsukasa Empire

while you seek allies for your scientific revolutionary army?

We'll each be fighting our own battles then.

That's right.

I'm getting all teary-eyed thinking about our sad goodbye.

You're both so casual about this.

Goodbyes between men are so dry.

Yes, that's because Senku likes to be rational.

We won't be seeing him for a while.

It could take weeks or even months.

Or even…

Senku! You must…

Wait, I can't raise my voice.

Hang in there while I'm gone.

I mean,

we've been through it for 3,700 years.

Waiting for a few more months or years

is going to be a walk in the park.

I'm going to build a kingdom of science.

Fifty-seven meters from my right.

Yes.

You've been following me quietly for the past two minutes.

Who's there?

Blue eyes.

She's young.

Did Taiju and the others just revive her?

Or are there other ways for people to be revived?

How rude.

Shouldn't you say hello?

Shut up!

Save your introductions for hell!

How is it possible?

She's so young, yet she's a powerful fighter.

The martial arts community should have heard of her.

Who on earth is she?

I saw what happened.

You held that girl hostage

and then you ruthlessly killed the gentleman

who took the hit for her.

I didn't hear your conversation,

but I'm not interested in your side of the story!

Repent to the sorcerer gentleman

until your soul rots away!

Did you say "sorcerer"?

How quickly you've forgotten what happened.

You angered the mountain with your suspicious black powder!

"Angered the mountain?"

Does she mean the explosion?

I see.

Could it be

that you may not be one of the revived,

but rather, one of their children?

No.

What generation are you from?

She's one of the pure, primitive people who doesn't know science.

I could rule over them easily

and kill them anytime.

I don't need to fight her.

In that case,

what I should do now

is to go back to the cave.

I must get ahead of Taiju and Yuzuriha

who have seen the gunpowder-making process

and take hold of the source of the Miracle Fluid.

Farewell.

You're the sorcerer gentleman who protected that girl.

You're still alive?

Stop talking.

You can introduce yourself all you want later.

Now save your strength.

Can you hang on until dusk?

If you can't bear it much longer,

I'll just try and blow it up with the rest of the gunpowder.

But if you can,

I'll ten billion percent save you no matter how long it takes.

You're the only one who can make the decision!

Tell me now, what's it going to be?

Yes, my organs and bones are fine.

I can still hold on.

The fallen tree weighs roughly one ton.

Tilting it to the side would take half of that which is 500kg.

Assuming my own weight is just over 60kg,

multiplied by two to the third power to get to 500kg.

I can barely make it with three.

The bamboo is barely strong enough.

I'll just have to pack them with dirt.

I didn't expect soap to be useful here.

It's an all-star team

of the great Dr. Senku's inventions.

What is it that you're making?

This is science.

It was invented by Archimedes

a few hundred years BC.

It converts the measly strength

of a high school kid into Herculean might.

It's called a pulley!

Amazing.

No,

I'm not talking about that Archi-or-whatever's wisdom.

I'm talking about

your unwavering diligence in forcing yourself through every step

until you solve a problem.

My name is Kohaku.

It seems like

I've taken quite a liking to you.

NEXT EPISODE

THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION.

MATERIALS AND METHODS ARE BASED ON REALITY.

DO NOT ATTEMPT FOR YOUR SAFETY.

Subtitle translation by: CL Tan