02x07 - Secret Mission

[bunniefuu]

[whistling]

[CHROME]

How do you like me now?

I'm melting through the fibers

using a chemically

decomposed liquid.

This is how ol' Chrome does

a scientific prison break!

[gasps]

[KOHAKU]

No way!

[VILLAGERS gasping]

[SUIKA]

Chrome is free, you guys!

You broke outta there

all by yourself!

Way to go, boy!

Science is so incredible!

I mean, it even helped

you to break outta jail!

I'm pretty amazed you managed

to keep your science tools.

I thought for sure those guys

would've taken them.

Yeah, about that.

I had some help from

Taiju and the others.

They slipped me this battery.

[SENKU]

Hmm.

[SENKU chuckles]

I'm ten billion percent

sure that meathead

would've never thought to

do something that clever.

Ah, so it was Yuzuriha!

That makes sense, logically.

Although Yuzuriha should be too

busy with her secret mission.

She's not the type to get

distracted from the task at hand

and slack on her duties.

She's got a "secret mission?"

You mean the infiltration?

In order to keep in contact

using the cell phone?

[chuckles]

Well, whatever happened

there, someone saved me.

Ah! The hell's this huge,

ridiculous gorilla machine?

[laughs]

I'm so happy that we won't

have to just throw away

our adorable little

Steam Gorilla now!

Yeah. Our odds are ten billion

times better with this t*nk.

Now we can storm the enemy

on the final b*ttlefield.

Say what?

What do you mean?

I'm talking about the battle

to take control of

the miracle cave.

Whoever has access to the

nitric acid brewing in there

can make revival fluid

and whip up some gunpowder.

That means, if we're able to

take it away from their side...

...then Tsukasa won't be

able to get more people!

Oh, and that also means

we get our hands on the

ultimate w*apon of science!

[SENKU]

Like I said before,

the condition for a kingdom

of science victory

is ridiculously simple.

We're not looking to

annihilate the enemy.

All we wanna do is capture the

cave with the miracle fluid.

You know, Tsukasa's gonna

throw his whole army at us.

We can pull this off.

With sorcery.

I mean, with our science stuff!

[SUIKA] But they've gotta have

around a hundred people or so.

[KINRO] Meanwhile we've only

got about a dozen fighters.

We're totally outnumbered.

[chuckles]

For now.

But that's why Taiju and the

others are working so hard.

[ALL gasp, chuckle]

Which means that the rest of it

is up to the

mentalist's big mouth.

We'll bring 'em all

over to our side.

Quite the responsibility.

Be honest with me.

This impersonation thing,

you sure it'll work?

[GEN] Thanks to Nikki the super

fan's intense coaching style,

I can finally reproduce

Lillian's voice perfectly.

Still, it's better

that it doesn't reach

Ukyo's uper-say sensitive ears.

We have to be real careful

he doesn't find out.

[UKYO chuckles]

You know what, forget the rope.

He was at the miracle cave,

just scouting it

out all by himself.

I'll bet he's after

the nitric acid.

[SENKU] All right.

Let's get started, guys.

We've got one last mission

before we can move on

to the final phase,

the strike on the

Tsukasa empire.

[laughs]

I can't believe this is my

adorable Steam Gorilla.

My baby's even more

adorable than before!

[LILLIAN]

♪ One small step from zero. ♪

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ 'Cause the world

that we want ♪

♪ Is right here for us to make ♪

♪ Just taking one

small step to hero... ♪

That's Lillian Weinberg!

Yeah, it's her song!

[LILLIAN] ♪ I'll be thinking

the same thing I always do ♪

♪ It's always you ♪

[LILLIAN] Hey, y'all.

It's Lillian Weinberg!

[ALL gasp]

It's really her!

That's crazy!

Howdy! You folks in

Japan, listen up!

Can y'all hear me?

[NIKKI]

All of our training paid off.

He's even nailing her

Southern drawl perfectly.

One hundred points, Gen!

I'm totally in love.

[LILLIAN]

I wanted y'all to know

the USA's got our

civilization back.

We're coming to save y'all.

[ALL cheering]

We're gonna be saved!

Oh, hell yeah!

Hush. We gotta keep

it down, everyone.

Don't forget, Tsukasa rejects

the entire structure

of the old world.

Do you guys honestly think

he's suddenly gonna

play nice with the US m*llitary?

So? How is he gonna reject them?

[MAN B] Yeah! She just

said the US is back!

And Tsukasa may be

strong or whatever,

but if they come with g*ns,

it's gonna be over like that.

Yep. You are darn right.

But it's gonna be just a little

while before the US m*llitary

can get all the way over yonder.

We would really love to

stop this Tsukasa fella

from destroyin'

more stone statues.

So please, until then,

cooperate with Senku.

He's got a real good plan.

[TAIJU] I can't believe how well

this Lillian thing is working!

We're bringing in

so many people!

Yeah. Honestly, it's a little

scary if you ask me.

When people get comfortable,

they get complacent.

That's when things can

be the most dangerous.

[ALL cheering]

[UKYO]

You guys're havin' fun.

[BOTH gasp]

I'd like to get on that

phone call, too. That okay?

[NIKKI] Oh, no! We can't let

Ukyo hear the impression!

This is it. We're in

too deep to stop now.

I know.

It's my impersonation, trained

by my super-fan teacher Nikki

versus Ukyo's super hearing.

Time for a sudden-death duel!

[LILLIAN] Howdy,

this is Lillian Weinberg.

Who do I have the pleasure

of speakin' with?

Incredible.

It really is Lillian.

I would've never seen that

coming in a million years.

However, I can't detect

a vibration in your voice,

after singing so

enthusiastically.

I suppose that would be hard

for you to imitate... Gen.

We couldn't fool

him for a second!

Oh, no! I was scared

I wasn't eady-ray!

Wait, hold on a minute, Senku.

[SENKU]

Hm?

Ukyo may've busted us,

but he said it so softly.

[gasps]

[GEN] Because he didn't

want the others to hear

what he was saying.

The things he's doing

are quite odd.

And I'm suspicious

about his motivations.

When he found us

at the gravesite,

he chased after us by himself

without telling Tsukasa or

anyone else, for that matter.

[SENKU chuckles]

Shrewd observation, mentalist.

That puts the Gen versus Ukyo

showdown at one to one so far.

At this point,

it's stupidly obvious

who slipped Chrome the battery.

It had to be you, that right?

[chuckles] Not bad.

You sure do catch on

quickly, don't you?

If I hadn't gotten involved,

you'd've come to save him,

and both of you would be dead.

Don't get the wrong idea.

I'm not really on your side.

Yeah, I didn't think so.

If that were the case,

then you never would've

captured Chrome.

[UKYO]

I guess you could say...

...I'm assessing the situation.

I want to know what kind

of people you really are.

I saw what you're up to,

the unbelievable secret mission

your friend is

trying to pull off.

[MEN chattering]

Gonna go make some clothes.

'Kay!

[UKYO]

That's odd.

I hear something

rattling in the bag.

Stone fragments.

And lots of 'em.

If she's sewing,

why would she need those?

It doesn't add up.

[UKYO gasps]

[YUZURIHA]

And done.

[UKYO]

She's finished that quickly?

That's weird.

Everybody thinks she's pulling

all-nighters in here,

sewing away.

[UKYO] But if that's

just some kind of act,

what the heck is she doing

with the rest of her time?

[YUZURIHA] Looks like today's is

even more advanced than usual.

That's okay. I'm actually

kinda used to this.

[UKYO]

Hold on. Those rocks are--

The statues' surfaces

are too weathered

to revert to living cells.

That's why when you're revived,

you break through

a thin layer of rock.

In other words, if the statues

that Tsukasa's destroyed

are reassembled before they have

time to erode and break down,

then just maybe...

It's almost impossible

to believe...

...but if my hunch is right...

[gasps]

[UKYO]

It's insane.

Even with things as far

gone as they are now...

...your people are still

trying to save humanity

with the power of science.

[MAN F] I'm so sorry,

but that primitive guy

melted through the

rope and got out!

I dunno how it

happened. I swear!

Don't worry yourself

too much about Chrome.

It couldn't be helped.

Though... I would like to

know what became of Yo.

Well, he, uh...

[YO]

Oh, man. I let Chrome get away!

It's over for me, guys.

I am so screwed!

This is my last order,

so listen close.

A subordinate does what

their superior tells 'em,

so responsibility goes up

the ladder. Understand?

I'm talkin' 'bout me.

[YO chuckles]

I let Chrome escape, okay?

Tell them that it

was all my fault.

And then tell 'em, "Yo totally

fell into the waterfall!

That dude is dead!"

I am outta here, man!

Time for another reset! See ya!

[SENKU] Sounds crazy, but even

the ones that were smashed.

If we put them together

like D puzzles,

there's a chance we

could save them.

[chuckles]

Ten billion points

for finding out.

So now what, Ukyo? You gonna

rat me out to Tsukasa?

[UKYO]

No.

Honestly, I'm open

to cooperating

with you and your team, Senku.

But I do have one condition.

[gasps]

[GEN] Ukyo and his

uper-say sensitive ears

would be an owerful-pay ally

to have on our side, but...

A condition, eh?

Perhaps I should take over.

Negotiation is a

mentalist's specialty.

Let's not b*at around

the bush, okay?

Get straight to the point.

Just tell me your condition.

What the heck are

you doing, Senku?

That's a errible-tay

approach to negotiation!

[UKYO chuckles]

[UKYO]

Okay, fine.

My condition is

pretty cut-and-dry.

Nobody dies.

Heh. I'm having a hell of

a time trying get a read

on who you really are, Ukyo.

You're either some kinda

sunshine and rainbows idealist--

Ha, an "idealist"?

That's not quite it.

I'm the biggest coward there is.

Aren't you... Shishio Tsukasa?

It's nice to meet you. Yeah.

Welcome. My reporter friend

has told me about you.

The former submarine sonar

operator, Saionji Ukyo.

You'd made quite

a name for yourself.

Known for "exceptional hearing

and rational decision-making."

[TSUKASA] Ukyo, I need your

help in order to build

a beautiful stone world--

better than the old one.

[gasps]

[UKYO] The first time I saw

Tsukasa destroy a statue,

it made me sad and angry.

I thought, "What gives you

the right to do that?"

Still, I wanted to keep those

who had been revived

from k*lling each other.

I decided to turn a blind eye

to Tsukasa's destruction.

"They're just statues.

Inanimate objects.

Not reviving them isn't

actually m*rder."

That's how I tried to convince

myself it was okay.

I know that I'm

a hopeless coward.

[UKYO]

But... the truth is...

...I can't take it anymore.

I can't bear to see

anyone else die.

Isn't that the last

shred of humanity

we can hold onto in

this crazy world?

[UKYO] If you make a promise

of zero casualties,

I'll cooperate with you.

But if even one person

dies, then...

[SENKU laughs]

Works for me! Count us in!

It's perfect, really!

From the very beginning,

we said we'd do this without

spilling a drop of blood.

Now that's just a requirement

instead of an ideal.

That's gonna be a tough

promise with this battle!

Thank you.

[TAIJU]

Huh?

Well, after this, there's

one thing I'm sure of now.

[SENKU]

Huh?

[UKYO] When Hyoga

att*cked your village,

he reported something

back to us.

He said our men were k*lled

by what you did to them.

He lied. It couldn't

have been your doing.

It was Hyoga.

Tsukasa and Hyoga

are both at the top,

but they're totally

different creatures.

I can't sit on the

fence any longer.

There's going to be bloodshed

between those two, I know it.

[HYOGA] These footprints

are way too neat.

It looks like the

place was cleaned up,

and then someone stamped

in these footprints

to hide something.

Were there several

people gathered here?

[HYOGA] I've heard that a few of

our men had come to the grave.

Were you here?

[TSUKASA]

No.

But I've come now to pay

my respects to the late Yo.

I want him to return

back to the earth.

Gozan. Yuki. Ren. Akashi.

Kyoichiro. Morito.

He deserves to rest

in peace with them.

[HYOGA]

Gozan? Yuki? Who are they?

They're our fallen brothers.

Those k*lled by poison gas

in the village raid.

[HYOGA]

Ah.

[TSUKASA] I'd like to bury

what we have left of Yo

next to his comrades.

[ALL gasp]

Time to get excited, you guys,

because our awesome papercraft

t*nk is rarin' to go!

So does this cannon

actually fire?

We don't have gunpowder.

We're gonna be usin'

a leather rupture disk.

[GEN]

A rup-- A what?

A burst diaphragm.

It explodes when it's expanded.

We'll zap some water inside

the t*nk with electricity,

which'll make it boil.

And when the oxygen

and hydrogen gas

that's released completely

overfills the disk... blammo!

Oh, I see! Even I can

understand how that one works.

Wait!

If it blows up, that means

we can only use it once!

Yeah, but once will be enough.

[chuckles] As soon as we

roll up in this t*nk,

the odds are ten billion

to one those modern people

are gonna lose

the will to fight.

[GEN]

Ahh.

That'll scare them

into giving up.

If we're gonna do this

with no casualties,

that initial sh*t has

to seal the deal.

We'll be relying

on shock and awe!

Yeah. Control of the miracle

cave is at stake here.

Once it starts, we've only

got a few seconds to finish.

We'll throw everything the

kingdom of science has at 'em!

So we need him, the toughest

guy that I've ever known.

His crazy stamina is like a

cheat code from mother nature.

[ALL gasp]

It's strange.

I've never met you before,

and yet, I already

know who you are.

Taiju.

Senku!

[chuckles]

Now, the kingdom of

science is playing

with a stacked deck of cards.

It's the beginning

of the final battle

against the Tsukasa empire.

So get excited, you guys.

[HYOGA]

Hm?

[gasps]

[SENKU] I've done some

reading on human behavior.

According to Harvard

psychologist

Shawn Achor's research,

a human impulse lasts about

seconds and no longer than that.

So that means the enemy will

only have the instinct to panic

and run away for the first

seconds of our raid,

and then who knows

what'll happen?

After that time's up,

some of them may decide

to start fighting back!

And if we do fight,

then people will die!

Everybody, get ready!

These next seconds will

decide the future of humanity!