03x03 - First Contact

[bunniefuu]

Ha! We're sure covering

a lot more ground

in our oil search now that

we have cameras, huh?

[KASEKI laughs]

You bet!

My adorable creations

are pulling their weight!

Your eyes are great, Kohaku,

but putting all the burden

on you wasn't fair. [chuckles]

Huh.

Heyo, ground search team,

can you hear me?

This is Gen.

There's a suspicious

looking blur

just past the big river

beyond Mount Fuji.

[GEN] Could you check

it out, pretty please?

No problem, leave it to us!

[SENKU chuckles]

We'd better hurry up.

We need ten billion photos

before winter comes.

We're screwed after that.

Can't find anything once

it's all covered in snow.

Don't worry,

we'll find it by then.

That liquid gold

sleeping in the ground!

I want oil!

[gasps]

This sucks so bad.

Where the hell is the oil?

Ow!

[CHROME]

Chestnuts.

[KASEKI laughs]

Aerial photos are great!

They show us everything!

Helps prep for winter.

And we're well into fall.

It is the season of harvest.

[TAIJU gasps]

It grew this much

in just a few months?

Wheat is incredible, guys!

It's easy to see how it

became a staple worldwide.

Wheat's an

all-you-can eat treat!

[CHROME sighs]

[UKYO, CHROME panting]

[motor revving]

[CHROME]

Whoa, dude!

[YO groans]

I think I just pulled something!

Farming is back

t*rture, I swear.

Don't sweat it, Yo!

You can leave the rest to me,

I'm still raring to harvest!

Yeah, well you might

be the only one,

Mister Infinite Energy.

We get a lot more

food from farming

than we ever did from hunting,

but it takes much

more out of us.

I can see why we

never bothered with it

until there were more

people to put to work.

[RYUSUI laughs] Humanity finally

has our essential crop.

Time to open a restaurant.

A three-star Francois joint!

Huh?!

If that is what you wish.

I'll begin developing

the menu immediately.

Our aerial photos will be

a good source for ingredients.

[SENKU chuckles]

Not a bad idea.

A lot of people are

exhausted from

the crazy amount of work we've

gotta put in all of a sudden.

And you can't power muscles

on inspiration alone.

Working is its own science.

If the body's a car,

then food is our gasoline.

Ideally, we want

something full of protein

and easy to preserve.

Don't forget insanely

delicious and luxurious!

Yeah baby.

I'm talking truffles,

caviar, maybe foie gras?

None of that is ever

appening-hay.

Be real. Even if we wanted them,

we don't have the ingredients.

Huh. You think so?

I've never heard

Francois sh**t down

a request like that

in my entire life.

Just watch.

[FRANCOIS] Luxurious, high in

protein, and easy to preserve.

Uh--

[FRANCOIS]

Understood.

With that in mind,

I've got just the dish.

I'll be serving black

truffle boar rillettes.

Wait, truffle?

[FRANCOIS] I had a feeling

this might happen,

so I've taken the liberty

of summoning an expert.

The one most knowledgeable about

the flora and fauna

near the village.

Who the heck is that?

No clue.

Huh?

Long time no see, everyone!

[CHALK barks]

Suika!

Okay, they are way too prepared,

it's getting freaky.

That's my Francois.

Uh...

[SUIKA squeals]

Let's see.

It's hard to be sure because

of how fuzzy the image is,

but it looks to me

like something is

rubbing against

these tree branches.

Just a guess,

but maybe it's a boar!

[inaudible]

I can't wait for the pork!

'Kay, the meat's taken care of,

but what about the truffles?

They're so expensive that some

call them "black diamonds,"

so they must be rare.

Actually, you can find truffles

growing in many forests.

Even here.

Eriously-say?

[KOHAKU] So we're looking

for black fungus, huh?

Ha. Suika was able to spot

boars in these photos, right?

Was this one taken

around there, too?

With my eyesight,

I bet I can find what we need!

Spotting mushrooms

from a bird's eye view

might be too big an ask.

Not really a matter of

vision at that distance.

Hey, you never know.

If anyone can pull it off,

it's our girl Kohaku.

Huh?

She obviously has

idiculous-ray eyesight,

but maybe her skills

are less about talent

and more about experience.

She's lived her whole

life in the wild.

Perhaps she's developed some

unreal power of observation.

[KOHAKU gasps] I think I found

them, the black diamonds.

[BOTH]

Uh--

Hang on, there's no way

you're able to

see mushrooms

in that blurry-ass photo.

Then what's this

black splotch I'm seeing?

[CHROME] Huh. It is suspicious,

I'll give you that.

[GEN] Though proportionally

it looks a little big.

Like, around the size of

a puddle or something.

[SENKU gasps]

Hold up, you don't think...

[SENKU] A dark liquid

seeping up to the surface.

[chuckles] You didn't find

what you were looking for,

but this is better!

[ALL gasp]

[SENKU] It's the ultra-rare

treasure trove we've been after!

The Sagara Oil Fields!

[ALL cheer]

Wish the photo was less fuzzy,

so we could get

an exact location!

Ha, ha! That's not a problem!

We can narrow it down

if we work smarter!

Let's split up and

search the area on foot!

[FRANCOIS] Our job is to

support the search effort

with the culinary delights of

our soon-to-be restaurant.

But we still haven't

found the black diamonds.

I'm starting to think that

maybe there aren't any.

Don't worry, Suika, there are.

And luckily for us, the boars

know what they smell like.

I'm not very well-versed

when it comes to science,

but any chef worth their salt

is familiar with this fact:

The scent of truffles

is very similar

to that of boar pheromones.

Because of that overlap,

boars are adept at locating

underground truffles.

[URIBOU]

Ooh, what did I find?

Whatever it is,

it's time to pig out!

[SUIKA, CHALK gasp]

Right, how could I

have forgotten?

This is the exact reason

that people stopped

using boars and pigs

for hunting truffles.

Everything will

be okay, Francois!

Huh?

The Great Detective Duo,

Suika and Chalk,

can take it from here!

[CHALK barks]

We'll use chalk's nose!

He can track the scent

now that we found some.

[barks]

[gasps]

[SUIKA gasps]

[CHROME panting]

It's no use.

Damn it, if only the photos

were just a little more clear.

Yeah. This is tough.

I'm running on umes-fay!

[UKYO] We're looking for a

puddle inside this vast forest.

We need something more to go on.

[KOHAKU] And once it snows,

the puddle will surely

vanish without a trace.

That's effectively our deadline.

We have to find it by then

or all our efforts will have

been for nothing.

[SENKU] We're doing so much,

my brain's all over the place.

I must've missed something.

Some hint, staring right at us,

floating around my hippocampus.

[FRANCOIS] With that in mind,

I've got just the dish.

I'll be serving black

truffle boar rillettes.

[GEN]

But what about the truffles?

They're so expensive that some

call them "black diamonds,"

so they must be...

[KOHAKU] Suika was able to spot

boars in these photos, right?

Was this one taken...

[SUIKA] But we still haven't

found the black diamonds.

I'm starting to think that

maybe there aren't any.

[FRANCOIS]

Don't worry, Suika, there are.

And luckily for us, the boars

know what they smell like.

The boars know

what they smell like.

[SENKU gasps]

Right! The boars!

[ALL]

Huh?

Quick, in , how did they

discover the Sagara Oil Fields?

Uh. I don't think any of us are

gonna know that answer but you.

[SENKU]

It's super common for wild boars

to roll around in the mud.

But one day,

people came across one

that reeked of oil

for some reason.

They were like "What the hell?"

So they followed it

as it did its thing.

Now that we found the truffles,

we can finally move on to

making food for the restaurant!

Let's start at once.

First we'll simmer the boar

meat for the rillette.

[SAGARA cries]

Huh? That's strange,

this boar smells of oil.

Stop, we need him alive!

[snorts]

We want you to take us

somewhere you've been.

It's wherever you were

playing in the mud.

Do you understand?

The liquid gold is there!

[SAGARA snorts]

Oink, oink!

[SUIKA gasps]

[CHROME]

That's so bad.

She's practically

tamed the little guy!

Thank you, Sagara!

You're the best!

Sagara? Did you really

give that boar a name?

He's still food.

Well, we can't be friends

if we don't know

each other's names, right?

[SAGARA squeals]

[SENKU panting]

[SAGARA squeals]

[ALL gasp]

Yeah, this is it!

We made it to the

black puddle I saw.

It looks just like

what's in the photo.

Hey, what are you

doing, Senku?

[ALL gasp]

The mud water's burning!

Which means it

isn't water at all!

And this is the power

we're using to move the boat?

Yeah, in this new world,

humanity's finally got it.

Oil, the king of resources,

is ours for the taking!

We've discovered

the Sagara Oil Fields!

All right!

Really good job, Sagara!

[gasps] But Francois is

going to cook you up now,

I'm sorry buddy.

Francois.

[FRANCOIS]

Hm?

Can we get your opinion

as a pro chef?

Whaddya say?

Is that boar worth eating?

No. The oil smell is soaked in.

It's unfit for consumption.

You heard them.

Let 'em loose or

take him home. Up to you.

[gasps] Thank goodness!

Now we can really be friends!

[SENKU] Gotta reward people

for their accomplishments

or it'll t*nk our morale.

You're right, but was that

really why you did that?

Huh? Yeah, of course it was,

why else would I do it?

[SAGARA snorts]

Now then, let's get

right to an oil test.

This is what it looks like?

Yup, it's a motorboat.

Oh. Wait, sorry,

you were talking about

the engine, weren't you?

It's known as a Stirling engine.

Remember the

Stirling refrigerator

we made to freeze Tsukasa?

It turned piston movement into a

heat differential. This just...

[GEN] I wasn't asking

about the engine,

but I don't think anything'll

stop you at this point.

With this boat,

we can finally set out.

To the sea!

Well, depending on the

quality of the oil we found.

And we're sure this is safe

to pour in? No isk-ray?

[TAIJU]

Hm?

[sniffs]

Hey, that's the love potion!

You find someone you

wanna use it on, Senku?

[ALL]

Hm?

What's a love potion?

[GEN] Yes, what are you

talking about, Taiju?

You 'member that stuff

you whipped up

in the lab back in the day.

That would've given

me extra confidence

to confess to Yuzuriha?

Just before we were petrified?

You know!

[SENKU]

Huh?

I've developed this drug

as a kind of "love potion."

It maxes out your

pheromone levels,

granting you a ten billion

percent chance

of winning her heart.

[SENKU chuckles]

[SENKU laughs]

I did say that!

Oh man, the "love potion"!

Never stopped believing

that lie, huh, you big oaf?

That stuff was gasoline!

Wait, what? Are you serious?

You smelled this without

any preconceived notions

and were confident

it was the same.

[SENKU chuckles]

Then that settles it.

Our Sagara oil is

the same as what I made

out of plastic bottle

caps that day.

With a carbon count of to ,

this is some grade-A gasoline.

[RYUSUI]

Huh. Is that so?

You mean to tell me

the last bit of science

you did in the old world

was making gasoline?

And in this moment,

in this new world of ours,

we've already caught up

to that point?

Guess all that's left

is to go beyond it.

All aboard!

We're headin' out now!

[gasps]

Ahh, bad! It's freakin' fast!

Ha, ha! Time for us

to leave Japan!

We're off to an uncharted world,

to the open seas,

on a ship of science!

[CHROME laughs]

[CHROME] So bad! The coast's

already completely gone!

I know, right?

The horizon's only

a few kilometers away.

I've never been out here before.

We're just surrounded by water!

There's something

kind of lonely about it.

Like we're the only ones

in the whole world.

Yeah. I know the earth

is percent water.

But seeing it firsthand

is always something.

I don't even know

which direction

we came from anymore.

Are we sure we can

get back home?

And the plan is to go, like,

hundreds of times

farther than this right?

The ocean is bad!

Ha! Not to worry, Chrome.

We have our sextant!

Wasn't Senku a little

suspicious of that thing?

Yeah. And since we're all gonna

be risking our lives out there,

we're gonna want our coordinates

to be ten billion

percent accurate.

Yes, "want" being the

operative word there, I guess.

Unless you've got something

new up your sleeve?

Yup, we're making a GPS.

G.

P.

S?

[CHROME]

Huh?

[SENKU] It's a navigation system

in cars and phones.

It uses satellites to estimate

your exact position

in the world.

Satellites? Navi-what now?

We can't be making satellites!

Yeah, no kidding!

Luckily we can get

a similar result

with a massive

land-based radio beacon

placed in friendly territory.

[KASEKI laughs]

The waterwheel packs a lot more

of a punch than a battery.

It gives our phone signals

a major upgrade.

Time to turn this thing on! Ha!

[SENKU] Let's run a test

on our new beacon.

I'm counting on your

sonar skills for this, Ukyo.

Just keep spinning the

antenna around at random.

We'll get our position

from the direction and

strength of the signal.

This last part

relying on manual labor

makes it feel a little slapdash.

How's it going, sailors?

Have you found your bearings?

Is everything working?

Yeah, we're in business!

[GINRO clears throat]

Say, Ruri.

Remember that first phone call

between you and Chrome?

The one where he

chickened out and

couldn't tell you how he

really felt, deep down?

This is some pretty

bad stuff, huh!

Science is awesome!

You've been given

a second chance!

How about you share

your feelings this time?

This is the first

land-to-sea call!

Do something special!

Whaddya say?

Girls are allowed to

make the first move, too!

In fact, I bet he'd like that!

Huh? Share my feelings?

Whatever are you talking about?

Hey, Chrome?

[RURI] Everyone's telling

me that I should--

--[buzzing]

--[CHROME gasps]

Come on, what a cliché!

Static, right when we're

getting to the good part?

[buzzing]

[UKYO]

That's not static.

[GEN, CHROME]

Huh?

[UKYO]

How? Just now, we suddenly got

a strong signal from somewhere,

but it's too saturated

to tell the direction.

Plasma from space?

[SENKU]

No.

It's no natural phenomenon.

It's deliberate.

It's tuned to exactly

the same frequency we're on.

[SENKU]

Meaning, when we fired off that

powerful signal

from our radio tower,

someone out there took notice.

Wait, what do you mean

by "someone out there"?

But even if someone

else was revived,

would they have the tech?

[buzzing]

Uh... Wait a second,

could it be--

I think that's morse code!

It's a message meant for us.

It seems to be repeating

the same signal over and over.

Let's see,

there's a "W," then "H."

[gasps]

It's "W," "H," and "Y."

Huh?

It just... says "why."

[SKELETON A]

Why, why, why, why?

[ALL gasp]

[SENKU]

Yo.

[SENKU] Are you the mastermind

behind humanity's petrification?

[SENKU chuckles]

[SENKU]

So we finally meet.

Been waiting ,

years for this.

I can't help but get excited.