03x04 - Eyes of Science

[bunniefuu]

[SUIKA]

No way! They spoke to us?

Who is this mystery person?

This may just be

wishful thinking,

but perhaps there's

another group of survivors

somewhere across the ocean.

It could be a rescue

request, right?

Some ship lost at sea

might've picked up our signal.

Then the message would

be "SOS" or something.

But a million "whys" is more

like asking what we're doing.

Worrying's not gonna

solve anything!

So let's leave it

to the thinkers.

There's still plenty

of work to be done!

Now let's get to it!

Yes, I couldn't agree

with you more, Taiju.

Too many cooks spoil

the broth, as they say.

We should leave the strategizing

to the guys in the w*r Room.

They heard the message

firsthand, after all.

Plus, they're the

five sharpest minds

in the Kingdom of Science.

[KOHAKU]

Our generals.

Well, I'm not sure about Chrome.

[CHROME]

Hm?

He's smart, but a little

too goofy for the title,

in my opinion.

I am not goofy!

You're proving my point!

Okay, now I'm a little worried.

[UKYO]

All right.

Let's review what we know,

so we're on the same page.

[UKYO] One day, a wave of light

washed over the planet

and turned all of

humanity into stone.

[UKYO]

There was no known technology

capable of such

a thing back then.

[UKYO] By the time Senku

willed himself to break out

of the stone,

, years had passed.

[RYUSUI] Huh. So we're

thinking our "Why-Man"

was behind everything then?

I guess that name

is as suitable as any.

[RYUSUI]

But there's no way he'd be alive

after , years. That is,

unless he petrified

himself along with us.

Everybody slow down a sec!

I admit, I got

freaked out before, too.

But how can we be sure

Why-Man is an enemy?

There's a chance he'll

turn out to be an ally!

Yeah, there is a chance.

It's just that we have no reason

to consider that possibility.

Let's say he is friendly.

All that means is that

we'll have over-prepared

and can breathe

a sigh of relief.

[GEN] I suppose, although he

didn't seem particularly

neighborly out there

on the water.

You remember?

So are you the mastermind?

[GEN] He completely ignored

Senku's provocation.

The endless onslaught

of "whys" ceased

and he's been

radio silent ever since.

An unseen enemy.

One that could come for us

from anywhere at any moment.

We're in a tough spot.

[SENKU gasps]

That's it!

[UKYO, GEN gasp]

[SENKU chuckles]

This makes things a lot simpler.

We just gotta see

this unseen enemy

with the new eyes of science.

[GEN]

An Erlenmeyer flask?

[KOHAKU] We're going to see

the enemy through this?

Oh surely that can't be it.

No, that's it.

I was right?

Got a job for ya, power team!

First, we're taking this stuff

from Chrome's huge

gem collection.

It's called sphalerite.

Uh-- Oh yeah.

I remember when we found those!

We're gonna smash the hell--

[BOTH grunting]

Powdered instantly!

Gonna smash the hell out of it.

Then we dissolve it in water,

pour it into

this flask, and wait.

We want to let it

stick to the bottom.

And we've got fluorescent paint!

[KASEKI]

This next part's an old trick.

We gotta turn the flask into

an extra-large vacuum tube,

same way as usual!

[laughs] It's easier

with all the room to work!

[RYUSUI]

Hmm. Despite your explanation,

I still have no idea

what this is.

[SUIKA] That's okay,

I bet it'll make more sense

when we turn it on! Boop.

[ALL gasp]

[SENKU]

Just like with the vacuum tube,

we use electrodes to

accelerate thermions,

AKA electrons emitted by heat.

Electron beam!

[SENKU] And the fluorescent

paint at the bottom of the flask

lights up right where

the particles hit it.

[ALL gasp]

[SENKU]

It's the birth of the display.

I'd been planning on

making these puppies

so we could have a proper

display for the GPS.

But that was easier

than I thought!

Could you really

call this a display?

It looks more like,

you know, a dot.

Yeah, I think Senku's

finally lost it.

All that mad science

has made him go crazy.

[SENKU]

The beam creates the point.

But moving it around

turns it into an image.

It's gotta be done

at a precise rate,

left to right, top to bottom.

That's how those old CRT TVs

worked back in the day.

They just did it across

the entire screen.

[CHROME]

But how are we supposed to move

the beam around so precisely?

That's a good question.

We're calling upon the power

of a magic stone--the crystal!

Yikes, now he's talking about

seeing our enemy

in a crystal ball?

The guy's definitely

cracked up, no doubt.

[SENKU]

Relax.

I'm half messin'

around over here.

There seriously is

some magic power

to be found inside

a crystal, though.

[GEN] Uh... We're still

talking science, right?

[SENKU] This is ten billion

percent scientific.

Apply some voltage to a crystal

plate and it vibrates.

At a ridiculously

consistent tempo, too.

[SENKU] Those precise vibrations

lead to incredibly clean

waves of electricity,

almost like magic.

So we make a sandwich

out of two crystal plates...

[ELECTRON A]

Curve!

[SENKU] ...and the electron beam

passing between them

makes a perfect curve.

--[RURI gasps]

--[MIRAI] The dot grew sideways!

It just spread out left to right

and turned into

a perfectly straight line!

I didn't follow all that,

but it sounds like

we have a crystal TV?

Well, crystals are bad!

That's all I know so far!

So much power coming

from one single stone.

The laws of nature,

they're just so mystical!

Yeah, and when we

discover those laws

and use them to our advantage,

know what it's called?

Science.

[ALL gasp]

For the final step,

we're adding some

vertical curves.

All we do is connect

our radio antenna

to a crystal sandwich

tilted vertically.

[ALL gasp]

Of course!

I recognize this, it's obvious!

[chuckles] What kind of

sonar operator am I?

I should've been

the first one to catch on!

Seeing an unseen enemy

with the eyes of science.

It's a radar!

[SENKU] Just have to swap out

the antenna for a microphone,

and we got an

underwater sonar system.

Ukyo, this is your territory.

[UKYO]

GPS, radar, sonar.

This has all the technology

of a modern boat now.

[SENKU chuckles]

I told you, didn't I?

Humanity's strongest w*apon

has always been

telecommunications.

We're gonna pull back

the curtain on you, Why-Man.

I don't care if you're on land,

up in the sky,

or down in the water.

First thing you said

when you saw us

making moves was "why,"

and I wanna ask you

the same question.

You have something to do with

the petrification, don't you?

[CHROME gasps] This bendy line

shows us what's under the water,

I get that, but this flat part

is the ocean floor?

So, then what's this part?

The zig-zag thing

right in the middle.

Senku! Ukyo!

There's something in the water!

And lots of it!

[UKYO chuckles]

[UKYO]

Nice job, Chrome.

[CHROME]

Huh?

[SENKU chuckles]

[SENKU] Half the reason I

wanted sonar in the first place

was for this.

[grunts]

It's gonna be a long trip.

The other side of

the planet is no joke.

Bread's great,

but we need to be able

to source food on the go, too.

[CHROME gasps]

This thing doubles

as a fish-finder!

[RYUSUI grunts]

[ALL laugh]

[CHROME]

What a haul!

[RYUSUI] Ha, ha!

So what you're saying is,

with our radar and sonar,

we can light our path all

the way across the world,

and track down the

mysterious Why-Man!

[SENKU] Yeah. Honestly,

I feel like thanking Why-Man.

We didn't even know

what we were looking for

until he decided

to drop us a line.

[chuckles] But luckily,

our new friend chose to

enter the game all on his own.

Thanks to that,

we're a major step closer

to figuring out

the petrification.

You sure make this

sound rather un-fay.

[chuckles] And while the enemy

could surprise us at any moment,

if Why-Man's creepy

message was meant

to be a thr*at warding us off,

it's pretty funny how much of

the opposite effect it's had.

[UKYO] That kind of thing

doesn't work on Senku.

[GEN]

Yeah, you're right.

That's just the type of person

our dear Senku is.

[VILLAGERS gasp]

[SUIKA] Wow, I've never seen so

many fish in one place before!

[FRANCOIS]

Between my bread and the radar,

our voyage will certainly

not lack for food.

[VILLAGERS gasp]

[VILLAGERS chattering]

What a strange device.

We can catch all the fish

that we'll need with it.

Radar and sonar are

powerful beyond belief!

Yup. Whether it's the dark sea

or some cloudy skies,

that tech'll let us

see through anything.

[GINRO]

Let us see through...

[CHROME]

...anything?

How very intriguing.

Does that mean,

and I'm just asking,

it could see through clothes?

Specifically girls'?

Uh, I mean, specifically

for science purposes?

I've always had an

appreciation for science.

You are unbelievable.

Ginro, stop it!

X-rays can kinda do that,

but you'd see through

more than just the clothes.

So it can see through,

like, anything?

[GINRO]

That's not fair!

Chrome's thinking the same thing

and you're not berating him!

[KASEKI]

Nah, he's not like you, Ginro.

He's got that look in his eye.

The one that means

he's coming up with

some new, exciting project.

Not that I know what it is.

You're the expert here.

Any thoughts on our radar, Ukyo?

I think the biggest issue

will be the output.

We're gonna need more

than just regular batteries.

Don't worry.

We're packing the ship with

a bunch of huge-ass engines.

They're gonna generate

a ton of power.

[KASEKI] Woohoo! You sure

know how to fire me up

with all these impossible tasks!

So are these massive

engines the last step

we need to complete

before the ship's ready?

[SENKU] Yeah. There's just one

teensy little problem, though.

We're talking about producing

gigantic steel machines.

Not the kind of tiny creations

we whip up in the lab.

We're now in the realm

of manufacturing,

and we're gonna need

mountains of iron and oil

to make this happen.

Looks like we're starting

to run out of iron sand.

There's only so much we can

scoop up from the river.

[CHROME]

Radar sees through things.

Like the sky and the sea.

Well, what about land?

Could we see through the dirt to

find iron and other stuff then?

I need this coil thing

to sh**t out

those magnetic waves

or whatever they're called.

What if I attach it

to the radar screen?

[CHROME]

All right, let's give it a sh*t.

Better run a test by

putting it up to some rocks.

Huh?!

Any idea where Chrome

disappeared to?

He ran off.

And he had this crazy

big grin on his face.

He was like, "This is bad!

It could actually work!"

or something.

[CHROME]

Man, this place takes me back.

[SENKU chuckles]

Well, take a look at that.

The lightning god descends.

[CHROME] It's the bald

mountain where Kohaku,

Senku, and the rest of us

captured lightning together!

[CHROME] I rigged the radar

to react to magnetic iron,

and this is the spot

where it came from!

I just so happened to

find this bad boy

on top of that bald

mountain one day!

[CHROME]

Try to remember.

Where did I find it when

I explored here as a kid?

There's gotta be more

under the ground!

Huh, huh?

[CHROME grunting]

[sighs]

[gasps] It moved.

I-I'm not just

seeing things, right?

No, it definitely moved!

All right, let's do this!

Come on,

underground bamboo radar!

Ahh, bad!

This is tricky work,

but it's kinda fun, too!

Feels like I'm up to some

next level treasure hunting!

[gasps, laughs]

[CHROME]

Yeah!

[CHROME]

Senku!

[SENKU]

You made a metal detector.

The electromagnetic

waves make it

a radar for

the earth, basically.

Since the coil's magnetized,

the induced current

gets pulled in by magnetite

when it's near some.

Resource King Chrome

does it again.

You used science

and your own two feet...

...to explore your way

to an iron deposit.

[chuckles]

[ALL cheer]

Look at him, being all smug.

I know. Nobody build

him up too much

or he'll never

come off his high horse.

You don't have to

worry about that.

I'm not gonna start

acting like some bigshot.

It's just that I got

this idea in my head,

so I ran an experiment

and wa-bam!

It actually worked,

just like I thought!

This is bad. It's crazy fun!

[SENKU chuckles]

Oh yeah, I know that feeling.

Success is rare,

so enjoy it while you can.

I've gotta admit, this is quite

the haul we've got here.

[SENKU]

I told you, we're entering

the Age of Industrial

Manufacturing.

Which means we need way more

resources than before.

[YO]

Holy hell!

No way am I gonna be able

to carry this all the way back!

Oh, yeah, that's right.

We haven't thought

about how we're gonna

haul off everything

where it needs to go.

This stuff's weight is no joke.

That's a good point.

It's hard enough carrying it

through this cave,

and that's just the beginning.

We're surrounded by mountains,

and we need to cross the sea.

[SENKU] Did you know

the Kingdom of Science

is over a hundred

people strong now?

That's enough to split up

and handle multiple projects.

[KASEKI]

Senku!

How are these pieces

looking to you, good buddy?

Great. They're perfect.

Ten billion points to you.

All right. I'm leaving

you in charge, Kaseki.

Woohoo! I hope you're ready

to put some work in, Chrome,

'cause the craft team is

about to get stuff done-zo!

Huh?

[SENKU] Guess I should

check on how things

are moving outside, too, yeah?

What are you

talking about, Senku?

Wait. Are some of our people

working on something else?

We're making a huge,

fancy distribution network.

Y-Y-Y-You know,

if they can g-g-get

the i-iron though

the a-a-a-ave-cay,

we m-m-might be able

to d-d-d-drive it

the r-r-r-rest of the

w-w-w-way by c-c-c-car!

[GEN screams]

[UKYO] I'd be more on board

if the road wasn't so rough.

My body agrees.

[GEN gasps]

[gasps] What? No!

We can't possibly be at

paved roads already!

[chuckles] We've made the jump

from a primitive stone community

to widespread

infrastructure quick.

Yup. When the world

started using oil,

it changed the whole game.

Though to be fair,

asphalt is percent gravel,

so we were always

pretty close to it anyway.

Are you for eal-ray?

[TAIJU]

That's surprising.

Since it's dark and flows out

all goopy like mud,

I was sure it'd be mostly oil.

[GEN]

Indeed.

We're not wasting our precious

oil like that, ya big oaf.

Gravel and waste

byproduct, right?

Can't get more bang

for your buck than that.

[SENKU]

When we boil down oil,

asphalt is what

gets strained out.

[SENKU] Firm it up with

some gravel and spread it.

[NIKKI]

Go...

[ALL]

...rilla!

[gasps]

[SENKU] Smack the heck out

of it, and it's done!

[ALL] Gorilla, Gorilla,

Gorilla Team! Gorilla!

[GEN] The road's being built

in the blink of an eye.

So scientific,

yet still a tad primitive.

[UKYO]

Who needs heavy machinery

when you've got

the power team, huh?

[ALL]

Gorilla Team!

[SENKU]

Making a whole network of roads

would be too much to ask.

But just covering

the worst parts

on the shortest route

should be plenty.

[GEN]

Oh yeah, this is way better,

and very much appreciated!

Now that you've

made it to the river,

you can leave the rest to us.

Who better to take it from here

than the people of the water?

[KINRO] You hardly even

rowed the boat, Ginro! Sit down!

Transporting stuff

by water is smart.

I mean, it's at least

a lot more efficient

than doing it all by land.

[GINRO chuckles, gasps]

[RYUSUI]

Ain't that the truth?

[RYUSUI] It's one of

the upsides of this long,

narrow island we call Japan.

And fun fact,

the Nanami Conglomerate

got its start in Edo Period

cargo vessel sales!

Suddenly everything makes

a little more sense.

Is that how your

ancestors got rich?

Yup!

[GEN]

Everything outside is ready,

but now we have to prep

this orribly-hay bumpy hill

so it's easier to carry that

painfully heavy metal up it.

[gasps]

[RYUSUI] Now that we've reached

the age of manufacturing,

we're at the point where

a single genius won't cut it.

We need someone with

leadership qualities

to bring out

the best in everyone.

We need someone

trained for the job.

[RYUSUI] I had lessons drilled

into me from an early age:

"keep your emotions in check,"

"never indulge in passions."

[RYUSUI] But I never believed

in any of that crap!

My leadership style

is different!

A real leader's gotta

know how to have fun!

No one'll follow a stiff!

The best leaders have

one thing in common.

They know how to bring

joy to their people.

To the rest of the world!

Oh yeah? That philosophy

puts me at ease.

[ALL laughing]

[GEN] Because our Kingdom of

Science is a perfect match.

[SENKU chuckles]

There's only one right way

to get around in a mine!

[YO]

Mine carts!

[CHROME]

This is bad, but in a fun way!

Y'know what?

I don't care if you're

the mastermind

behind the petrification.

We're comin' for you, Why-Man!

[CHROME]

After we gather enough resources

to do some insane science,

you're next on our list!

It may have taken a lot of work,

but the Kingdom of Science's

resource network is complete!