04x19 - Stone Sanctuary

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We really did it!

We made a diamond!

Yeah!

It's like printing money!

We're all gonna be filthy, stinking rich!

Senku's a genius!

We can finally relax.

At least for a minute.

I hope it's okay that our diamonds are as small as grains of sand.

Size doesn't matter in this case.

What counts is that they're 10 billion percent diamonds.

It's finally coming together.

Our goal's within our reach.

We're resurrecting the power of Medusa.

All right, we've got the diamonds.

So now what?

I guess we just shove them inside a Medusa and say the magic words?

We're not exactly at that step yet.

Our little diamonds aren't nearly big enough to match the size of a Medusa battery.

Is there something we can do to make them bigger?

Negative.

We can't possibly make one big enough synthetically.

Which is why...

Which is why what?

We're going to dig up some natural diamonds too!

No way!

But if all that grueling work was pointless, why'd you have us do it?

It was a massive undertaking.

I'll m*rder you!

Simmer down, morons.

We need both types to make it work.

Diamonds are just carbon, like coal.

They're no different from any other rock you might find.

It's only when humans get involved that these ordinary stones transform into treasures.

Boom! You'll find them here!

Send out an expedition team from Xeno's Fortress.

It'll take them about a week to make it there.

The place is called Lassen Peak.

It's got a lava dome and still volcanoes and cinder cones.

Oh, and not to mention, super dope stratovolcanoes!

It's like a supreme pizza, yo!

And I'm supremely jelly, because the last time it erupted was in the early 1900s and it spewed kimberlite everywhere!

I saw it myself!

Real kimberlite ore!

There wasn't much back then, but it's been a few thousand years, so we're totes scouta !

Uh, uh... come again?

Translation, she's got us covered.

Miss Geographer knows where we can find some natural diamonds.

We made diamonds, but here we are...

I found a diamond!

Who's in the mood for a fun quiz?

In a battle between natural and synthetic diamonds, which of the two do you think is stronger?

That's way too easy!

It's gotta be natural!

There's no way it's harder than the crap we cooked up with pure science!

Ah, there it is.

The unfounded belief that natural must inherently be superior to man-made.

It's rather ironic.

The one who has lived without the benefit of our 21st century learnings readily came to the correct conclusion.

Basically, Chrome is right that synthetic diamonds are harder.

That's 10 billion points for Dr. Chrome.

Diamonds are the hardest substance in the known world.

And you can only cut one with another diamond.

That's why we need the synthetic version.

It's actually harder than the natural stuff.

We're gonna use a ton of synthetic diamond dust to make sandpaper.

I get it now!

We need those tiny fake diamonds so we can grind down and polish a big natural one!

Without either, we wouldn't be able to craft a battery that fits perfectly in a Medusa!

You want me to craft a diamond that's exactly identical to the provided sample?

Best to leave it to the professional.

Now prepare to witness true precision in polish made manifest.

Hey, sounds good!

We'll be cheering you on since it's about all we can do anyway.

The poor thing may never get used to us, ladies.

Listen up.

You won't hear from the expedition team again.

We're seizing all communication.

Are you serious?!

Don't forget about Stanley.

What if he's sailing around South America?

I'd be more surprised if he wasn't.

He's both clever and persistent.

As our true captain, I know exactly which route the Perseus is taking here.

They'll be on us sooner than you think.

Sending out radio signals would reveal our position.

It completely defeats the purpose of building a stealth ship.

This is the last time we'll be in contact.

Until this battle is settled once and for all.

Oh, and Joel?

We can't respond, but we're able to hear your communications.

So we're all counting on you to broadcast it like a madman when you've worked out a way to craft a diamond battery.

He's using clever phrasing to thinly mask our true intentions from Stanley.

He has no idea what's in store.

A mountain of medusas and utter defeat by the kingdom of science.

Let's say this Joel fella manages to make a diamond battery

and then tells us everything we need to know about how to craft one.

I still don't see how we can make it happen.

Hate to say it, but we don't even have diamonds.

Also, where exactly is our stealth ship headed next?

It's obvi, to Araxa!

Ara-what?

Good work, you win.

That's one quadrillion points for you.

Araxa, a city in Brazil born of the big-a*s Amazon forests and ridiculously long rivers

which gave rise to miraculous mineral veins.

A ton of rare metals drifted there and accumulated over time, making it a genuine marvel, a stone sanctuary.

It has metals necessary for rocket engines, ones that cannot be procured anywhere else.

It has loads of diamonds and other precious gems, too.

In short, that's where we'll build our super-alloy city.

That's convenient.

We were planning to build a city there anyway.

And it happens to have diamonds, which we need to make medusa batteries.

It's like k*lling two birds with one stone!

This doesn't come as a shock, does it?

Surely you guessed that would be our final stop in South America.

It's inconceivable Senku would fail to acquire the essential materials.

After all, we're both rocket scientists.

Can you hear it?

Some kind of static from their transmission.

I don't know what it is, but it's man-made.

This pattern's consistent and intentional.

He hijacked the fledgling science team's signal.

Xeno is sending us a message.

He must be trying to warn us about something important.

What could he possibly warn us about?

We have radar on our side, which means we should have no trouble capturing those little brats.

Our victory is a foregone conclusion.

Radio jamming?

A stealth ship?

Maybe even anti-radar missiles?

Impossible.

Never say never.

I wouldn't underestimate them.

Xeno's sending out a warning, so there must be a good reason.

That message he blinked in Morse code when they were making their getaway.

We're going to Araxa.

Turn around!

We're done playing chase with the kids.

Instead, we'll beat them to their next stop.

Hold on.

Are we really there already?

Not quite.

We're just taking a shortcut to the stone sanctuary.

OMG!

Are you azycray ?

This isn't a shortcut, it's a mountain!

What's even worse is it's a cliff!

We just need to make it past this terrain.

We can whip out our bikes and ride when we're through.

You call this rickety thing an elevator?

But it's only a bunch of freaking ropes and pulleys!

Once I devise a way to craft diamond batteries, the petrification beam will forever be in humanity's grasp!

We're finding some diamonds and making a battery.

Then we'll equip our S-Tier weapon.

Our anti-Stanley measure.

A Medusa machine g*n to turn the tide.

The final battle will go down deep in the Amazon.

Within the stone sanctuary!

There's treasure waiting to be discovered!

It's at our fingertips, and what's more, I can practically taste all the rare metals we need to build our rocket!

Yeah sure, that's real bad and all, but how is there a pile of gems sitting around like a natural treasure chest?

Let me show ya!

The rocks separated themselves!

It's called gravity concentration!

So funsies!

The heavy rocks totally gathered at the bottom!

So it's the same principle as panning for gold!

Now expand that to a planetary scale.

For tens of thousands of years.

And you get the miraculous ore vein that is Araxa !

That's amazing!

The whole planet and that many years feels like way too much to wrap my head around.

Yeah, I know.

It's a lot.

Some people say, from the Earth's grand perspective, humans are nothing more than grody parasites.

I honestly don't really know the first thing about science.

Humanity has survived off the Earth's resources, collecting and sharing all kinds of wisdom over millions of years.

If you ask me, that's far grander.

Couldn't have said it better myself, Kohaku!

You're right!

I bet the planet wants us to make use of all these awesome rocks it's got!

Let's get to it!

Let's build our super alloy city!

Um, I may regret asking, but is there a reason we're building a sturdy-as-all-get-out fortress?

So we stand a chance in our final battle against Stanley.

What?!

He's gonna chase us down all the way out here?!

Stanley knows where we are!

I mean, not that I'm afraid of him or anything!

I'm just curious!

Our pal Dr. X was doing mischievous things with our radio signal.

His claws were a tiny bit magnetized.

Your little plan is contingent on luring Stanley to this location, is it not?

Either way, it'll be the same outcome.

It's the same my a*s.

We lost a sh*t ton of time with that.

No matter!

It's the ship that we want!

What does the ship have to do with anything?

I don't understand.

Think about our next move.

It involves crossing the Great Atlantic as we travel around the world.

We can't do that without a proper ship.

Nailed it.

The Perseus is our only option.

We're gonna take down Stanley and his crew, and reclaim the Perseus.

Meanwhile, Stanley will be trying to take us down and reclaim Xeno.

We both have similar goals in this race of ours.

We're gonna have to settle this thing here at the finish line.

How do you see this going, Tsukasa?

Our brutal w*r with Stanley?

Not well.

It's clear that your wound from Stanley's b*llet hasn't healed.

Neither has mine.

Our only other fighters are Kohaku and Ukyo.

Potentially Max.

We don't stand a chance against a fully equipped U.S. commando.

If he wishes to k*ll us, he will.

This is our only shot at victory.

Everything depends on it.

Our Medusa machine g*n.

It's not really going very far, is it?

This is our plan to beat Stanley?

I'm pretty sure we're oomedday.

We'll be properly sniped before they're in range, and that will be the end.

Here we go.

Fifty meters! One second!

Now that's how you make a Stanley trap.

We can set these things up everywhere.

Fifty meters! One second!

I predict lots of misfires.

We'll have to set up a bunch of these Stanley traps.

Our strategy heavily depends on the size of our arsenal.

How many petrification devices rebooted with new diamonds will we be able to prepare before he finds us?

We'll use a water wheel to polish our diamonds.

Try to keep the heat to a minimum.

We don't want to stand out.

Easy.

We just need to unleash Kasuki's fury.

We've got a problem.

Somehow it's one that even furious flexing won't fix.

And I'm afraid it's about our precious friend Medusa.

The inside is way too intricate and tiny.

I'm starting to think it's not possible to open these things without breaking them.

That's just the start.

We have to replace the insanely tiny diamonds with brand new ones.

Even our pro watchmaker is struggling.

Joel doesn't seem to have figured it out yet.

It's foolish to think we can make enough for that machine g*n attack Senku thought up.

I'm starting to doubt we'll even get one or two finished before the enemy catches up to us.

In that case...



One, two, three.

Then it'll light up and start buzzing?

Only if it has a functional battery at the time.

I get it.

With Ukyo's bow and arrows, we can take out a whole bunch of them all at once.

But it will only work if we have some idea where Stanley is.

By the time they get close enough to tell, I'll have been shot and the rest of you won't be far behind.

I think I've come up with a plan that solves everything!

Best part is it only needs one petrification thingy!

Here it is!

I run at them with the Medusa in hand, then...

I just go ahead and petrify all of them!



One second!

So your big plan is to charge at them and self-destruct?

Just pour some revival fluid on me before the victory party!

There's a 10 billion percent chance that your dumbass would get shot.

I'll just tough it out until I'm petrified!

Have you ever heard of a headshot?

Self-destruct?

I've got it.

A surefire plan.

Inspired by Taiju.

All of us self-destruct together.

The moment we see Stanley coming...

Let's do 3,000 meters!

In one second!

One of us stays super far away from the battle.

And afterwards, they revive everyone on our side.

Good thinking!

That's genius!

Way to go, Chrome!

We're gonna win!

There's just one problem to solve.

What if our Medusa carrier gets shot before they can set it off?

Not only does our whole plan fall apart, but it's practically handing the device over to Stanley.

Yeah, that won't be a problem.

At least not one that good ol' science can't solve.

We'll station the Medusa and one of our speakers deep in the watchtower.

As for the microphones, we'll place a nasty number of them around the fortress.

As soon as we're under attack, one of us just needs to shout into a mic.

Let's do 3,000 meters!

In one second!

That horrible technology nearly wiped out humanity.

Now we've managed to transform it into our very own guardian angel.

Pretty much.

But first, we still need to reboot the petrification device.

Then victory is ours.

How on earth did you crack open the Medusa without wrecking it?

With extreme patience and grit, my boy.

I botched a whole bunch along the way, though.

You think we can squeeze some juice out of this lemon?

What do you think will happen if we take the diamonds out and pop it back in like Joel did?

I already tried it, but no luck.

Makes sense.

These things have been sitting around for millennia.

That's a good point.

The one Joel is working with is fairly new compared to all the rest.

What you're saying is we're gonna have to bust our asses even harder to get these new batteries up and running.

Don't kid yourself that it's an easy road ahead.

It'll be a miracle if we make it work.

Let's go with one meter in one second.

Still busted.

This is pointless.

Not helpful!

You're okay ?

The shape and size have been polished to perfection.

If my expert craftsmanship can't do the job, all hope is truly lost.

Maybe these aren't normal diamonds.

What makes them special?

It's been a while and we haven't heard a peep from our watchmaker.

It's starting to feel like a lot of wasted effort polishing all these diamonds for nothing.

Good thing I'm made of pure grit so I won't give up just cause the going gets tough.

This is definitely not for nothing, you old geezer.

Joel the pro is clearly struggling.

And our own master craftsman is stumped even with a bunch of samples to work with.

Which can only mean we're overlooking something important.

And that information is worth its weight in gold.

This old man is proud of you, Senku!

You actually gave a good pep talk for once!

Are you kidding?

There's no way in ten billion years something encouraging would slip out of Senku's mouth, right?

You make him sound like some kind of monster!

Although I kinda see where you're coming from.

He's just bluntly stating the facts like always.

This is the essence of trial and error.

Stacking up errors means we're making progress, plain and simple.

Totes true!

Let me think.

We figured out that the diamond can't have even the tiniest flaw.

Isn't that right?

Yeah, no worries there.

The diamond batteries you're making are tough as sh*t.

Like a bad amount of toughness.

If anything, they're even harder to crack than the ones they're replacing.

Thanks for noticing!

I haven't lost my touch!

I cut them all to perfection so there's no chance of them cracking!

That's the difference.

As a craftsman myself, I know full well how easy it is to cut these beauties in a way that prevents them from cracking.

So what happened?

I see cracks here.

It's true.

If I hammer a diamond from a Medusa just so, I can't help but wonder what'll happen to the tiny battery.

It's the same result for each of them.

Smacking them like that is splitting them into perfect halves!

Cleavage planes with weak atomic bonds.

Running right along the line at the point.

I must say, it's truly elegant.

Meaning that flaw is intentional and channeling something.

Now I'm getting fired up!

This work's going to be hard as hell but also incredibly satisfying!

Fine.

We're on the right track this time.

We're gonna figure out how those batteries work!

I sure wish there was some way we could tell Joel what we just discovered.

Sharing our information is the surest way to get this done in time.

True.

But it's too risky to use the radio.

We can't reveal our location to Stanley.

At least not until we're ready for the final showdown.

We're in a race against time.

The moment they arrive, they'll act without hesitation.

They'll sh**t each and every one of us dead.

Well then, all we've gotta do is finish fixing the Medusa before they get here.

If we can do that, we win.