03x12 - The Kingdom of Science's Counterattack

[bunniefuu]

Um, is it almost done?



Kohaku and the rest of the spy team

went deep undercover to get that platinum stuff for us.

And now we've got our own miracle water.

Nitric acid has been acquired!

Oh, man.

It's hard to believe that the petrification beam

nearly wiped us out over years ago,

and then came dangerously close to doing it again

here on this random island, just in the last week.



But now we can un-petrify folks.

At this point, humanity's revival is all but guaranteed.

Let's begin the kingdom of science's counterattack!

So now we've got our nitric acid, huh?

And I know that's one of the ingredients

on the gunpowder recipe.

Meaning g*ns are next on the menu?

There's no way we're making that much of it.

We'd need to construct a whole freakin' factory

to produce enough!

Not to be a bummer,

but we're making tiny amounts with some janky-ass gear.

So we'll have to use it wisely.

Making enough for w*r would take months.

We obviously don't have that much time on our hands.

Nope. We still have to make our move real quick.

Soon as we've got enough revival fluid to wake one friend up,

we're gonna head straight over to do just that.

First, we're saving our god-tier craftsman, Kaseki,

so he can work on our drone.





Oh, no, the island people are just dumping our friends

into the water!

Why wouldn't they?

To those guys, our buddies are just useless piles of rocks.

Hear me out, though.

I'm not so sure we could've gotten through the guards

and back on the ship to save them,

but if they're just in the water we can dive down

and pick them up.

We'll need to find all the pieces

before the current washes them away.

If that's the case, we're gonna need Ryusui!

He knows how the ocean currents work.

Ah!

No one unimportant dresses this fancy.

Which means that this one must be their leader.

Uh! Oh, no! They're taking Ryusui away with them!

Okay, kids.

I hate to be the bearer of some rather disturbing news, but...

Some sneaky little pest may have infiltrated our beauty contest.

Therefore, I have no choice but to flush the vermin out.



Unless you have a relationship

with this stone fellow we picked up,

you won't mind smashing him to bits, will you?

Next up!

I oughtta smash up these scumbags.

Try to keep your cool, Kohaku!

Please don't do anything crazy.

Remember, even if they break him into tiny little pieces,

he's still alive.

Or he will be when we put him together

and pour the stuff on him.



Hey, Kohaku.

You should have a statue headed your way.

Heh. Don't worry too much about it...

Wait, you have a plan?



All right, you're up next, blondie.

Kohaku, or whatever your name is.

Now get to smashin', would ya?

Huh? Unless you're the little pest we're after.





Ah! What the--? Ryusui!



Somethin' like that, right? Anything else?

Whoa! She's a monster!

Ha! Oh, dear.

There you go making a mess again, Kohaku!

I'll clean it up! Just a second and it's all done.

Hah. Don't worry.

Without Yuzuriha, we'll have a hard enough time

putting him back together.

I wanted to break him up as cleanly as possible.

Hey, we just got a bunch of stuff

sent over from the spy team.



Sweet. Looks like the first delivery's here!

Huh?



Uh. Hold on a second.

Are they using the mini-mice mobiles

to send Ryusui back to us piece by tiny piece?

Yep! Heh. It's not like there's any other option.

The only upside to their petrification

is this piecemeal prison break.

Now, don't get me wrong,

I can see the ogic-lay behind this approach for sure.

Still, though, it comes across as something

a psychopath would dream up.

Ah! Damn rats! Why are they everywhere today?

Oh, that's just awful!

I'm sure Kohaku will be able to catch all of them for us!

I can practically hear Ryusui.

Ha-ha!

Dismembering me like that was a stroke of genius!

Thanks to your help, I have the distinct honor

of being the only person in the world to be revived two times!

That's what he'd say!

Have you gone crazy?!

Well, it does kinda sound like him.

Poor Ryusui. He was the one who saved me.

The bad guys took away his favorite captain's hat,

so I thought I should make him a new one out of paper.



Huh? That's a bit odd.

Are we not going to hear

the "crackle crackle" sound like usual?

Naw, he wasn't turned to stone all that long ago.

The crackling's due to the skin eroding and falling off,

but that takes millennia.

In his case, it's only been a few days,

so nothing's that far gone.

What we're witnessing now is the real de-petrification reaction.

Ha-ha! Excellent work, everyone!

Thanks to your help, I have the distinct honor

of being the only person in the world to be revived two times!

It worked!

Though not sure I'm the first today.

You are, actually.

Well, if that's the case...

We want Kaseki's statue next! Am I wrong?

Check him out, guys. The dude catches on quickly.

You've done very well, Suika!

You were the lone survivor on the b*ttlefield.

In my eyes, you're a full-fledged warrior

of the kingdom of science.



Heh. I get the gist of the situation.

Never doubt a sailor's instincts.

We're catching the petrification w*apon when they toss it.

A mid-air battle with a kite! Am I wrong?

You're wrong!





The plan is so wild

that even the greediest man on earth is at a loss for words!

No. I like it.

Chase down what you want!

That's how the kingdom of science does things!

Uh...!

Is it just me, or is the security, like, insanely tight?

Even creepy ol' Ibara and the scary guy Moz are there!



They're ten billion percent suspicious of an intruder,

which means tons of precautions.

We aren't getting a millimeter closer.

Uh, maybe we should sneak in really late at night.

We can't search the sea floor without daylight.

Plus, they'll see when we surface for breath.

That means... we should dive in now!

Come on, Soyuz!

Snap decision!

So, uh, I guess you and I

were never even considered useful for physical tasks.

Too rimpy-shay.

Oof, that's too bad.

Not enough breath for a search and rescue dive.

Science has the perfect solution.

How 'bout a little scuba diving trip?

With homebrewed oxygen tanks.





You're way too eager to take apart our mobile lab!

We don't have time to build the tanks from scratch,

so that means we'll have to repurpose some stuff.

This was part of the lab, but it's just a steel pipe.

All right! Lid me!

That looks so sloppy!

Are you serious, Senku?

An oxygen t*nk has to handle a lot of pressure.

Well, I have tested it out before.

Just seal it up and solder those seams as tightly as possible.

It'll hold up to about a hundred atmospheres.

Though that one blew up a month later.

I'm not sure how I feel about this, but you are the expert.

I mean, you used to build rockets and stuff.

So that's it? This is our "oxygen t*nk" thing?

It looks like crap. Even for us.

Old man Kaseki's the master craftsman, not me.

It's got a clunky charm to it, though.

So we'll fill it with a clunky pump!

I'll bet one of these engine pistons'll do the trick!

Ah! He's taking it all apart!

I'm swipin' the regulator to cap off the t*nk.

Kaseki's gonna freak out.

Oh, my poor, beautiful mobile lab!

Wouldn't worry about that guy.

Once we revive him,

he can put it all back together, no problem.

Yeah, that he can.

It's good to believe in people,

and the man is exceptionally skilled,

but that's still a lot of hard work

that you're gonna make him do!

All right.

Now we've just gotta fill this bad boy up

with our homemade pump!

I don't wanna jinx things,

but I get the feeling that this is gonna be t*rture.

Like pretty much all the previous

kingdom of science projects

that resulted in back- breaking manual labor.

Ah. I'm the tiniest one here,

and it's not givin' me any trouble at all!

You're kidding me.

Oh, whaddaya know about that? I was totally expecting...

That's how it starts.

At around two atmospheres, it's like a glorified bike pump.



Suika!

I'm gonna need you to do something for us,

like as soon as humanly possible!

The pump's gonna heat up like crazy and explode,

so hurry up and dump some water on it!

You can count on me!

Hey, we almost done yet? Surely there's not much longer.

Just lemme think.

Based on its total capacity,

I'd say we have about five hours.

Or maybe twice that.

I knew it!

Whoa! The air pump exploded into pieces!

This is terrible!

No, it's perfect.

Now we just need one more of 'em.

Oh, wow. We're really breathing underwater.

Quick question, Senku. How long will those tanks last?

Depends on how deep they go. If I had to guess, ten minutes?



That's all?!



Ten hours of pumping for ten minutes of air?

And all of our pumpy things went boom.

They're the only oxygen tanks we'll have.

And we're on a ten-minute time limit.

We gotta find Kaseki down there and save him

before the air runs out.

Ten minutes isn't long enough.

Where do we even look?

The enemy dropped the statues from the surface

with this much force in that direction.

I'm in awe of your attention to detail.

It's pretty mind blowing.

You know, now that I think of it,

having memories from your infancy

is no ordinary feat, either.

Thank you. That information is invaluable!

He can pull it off.

Ryusui's gonna be able to find all of 'em.

When it comes to ocean stuff, he's the absolute best!



I see.



We're dealing with a reef current.

A powerful rip current that occurs at the edges of a reef.

It's likely all the pieces were caught up in it

and sent to the open water.

Ha-ha! There you are!

Trusty sailors of the science vessel Perseus!

Well done staying at your posts through all this darkness!

You deserve a bonus, a massive drago reward!





There's three jellyfish!

That means they've found everyone!

I'm so happy!

We're gonna bring all of our friends back to life!

Yeah, it's great news,

but remember we have to prioritize who.

If we don't wake up ol' Kaseki first, we'll be totally screwed.

Since these are our only two oxygen tanks,

we've got one sh*t at this rescue dive.



All right, Kaseki. I want you!

He's completely stuck!

Yeah. He won't budge at all.

I'm getting orried-way.

Shouldn't we be getting the signal

to pull them up about now?

Are they okay down there?

How much air is left?

The average male breathes liters per minute.

But for what they're doing, I'd say they're breathing around .

Those tanks hold ten at a starting pressure of .

The question is their depth.

Judging from where the jellyfish surfaced

and the behavior of the rope, they're roughly meters down.



We've only got four minutes of oxygen left.

We're not going to make it.

He's really stuck! It'll take hours to dig him out.

But without Kaseki,

we can't make any more oxygen tanks.

Which means no more dives.

This is the only chance we've got!

We must bring him back to the surface!

When your own strength isn't enough,

you have to rely on the strength of your crew.

Every good leader knows that! Am I wrong?

Ah! They gave us the signal!

Yeah.

But isn't there something strange about the way

they're tugging the rope?

I think it may be some kind of message.

It goes like, "tuuug, tuuug, tug, tug."

Ah! Morse code.

Dash, dash, dot, dot. Is that a Z?

Do they not realize how long it's gonna take them

to send a message over the lifeline?

Don't worry. I don't think it'll be all that long.

'Cause friends like us can speak with more than words.

We'd just let Ryusui know that we don't have much time.

He must be telling us there's something they need.

He knows we're in a hurry, so he won't spell out a sentence.

Just a word.

But there are only a few words that start with Z.

Zoo. Zebra. Zipper. Zinc. None of those fit.

Which means it's Japanese Morse code.

Dash, dash, dot, dot.

"Fu." I need something that sounds like "fu."



Fluid! Revival fluid!

That was quick!

Oh, I see!

If we can wake up Taiju, who's got the most power,

he might be able to dislodge Kaseki's statue.

But how?

You can't pour that stuff on him while you're both underwater.

It's impossible!

I'll use what's left in the t*nk

to make a pocket of air.

And then I'll be able to spray the revival fluid on him

from below.

He decided to give up

the last bit of oxygen he had just like that.

Without a second thought!

Oh, no! He's missing part of his arm.

If we revive him now...

It's like he instantly knew

he was looking at Taiju's arm.

Did he remember the pose he was in when we were petrified?

His mind is incredible!





I'm rip roaring' to go!

Oof, guess we should've seen that coming.

Gotta be scary to wake up completely underwater like that.

I have to brief Taiju on the current situation

and what we need him to do right now.

If I can make another bubble around us, I can tell him.

Kaseki! We need to revive Kaseki first!

That one big breath is all I need!

You have to breathe, too, you know.

We don't need to talk, anyway.

We're a team.

And that means we know what's in each other's hearts!





Guess that's not very science-y of me, huh?

No, you're absolutely right, Taiju.

I hear what's in your heart.



We're getting dangerously close to that uh-oh time, aren't we?



Pull them up!



Yo, Kaseki. Yo, ya big oaf.

Seeing you guys makes me so happy!