13 - Watching the Same Moon

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[00:01] (Flashback) Xeno
    Capacitor charged.
[00:04] (Flashback) Xeno
    Replacing the accelerator with
    low-resistance copper alloy.
[00:09] (Flashback) Xeno
    Wind speed: approximately 2.8 knots.
[00:12] (Flashback) Xeno
    41 degrees Fahrenheit.
[00:15] (Flashback) Xeno
    All conditions green.
[00:20] (Flashback) Xeno
    Commence the experiment.
[00:33] (Flashback) Xeno
    Aluminum doesn't quite give
    me the precision I need.
[00:38] (Flashback) Xeno
    I may need to make custom projectiles
    with an offset center of mass.
[00:41] (Flashback) Stanley
    Lower the firing angle by 1.27 degrees.
[00:46] (Flashback) Stanley
    It isn't your gun's fault that you missed.
[00:49] (Flashback) Stanley
    It's just a matter of skill.
[00:52] (Flashback) Xeno
    So you think you can hit it, then?
[00:54] (Flashback) Stanley
    I can.
[01:01] (Flashback) Xeno
    Elegant indeed.
[01:04] (Flashback) Xeno
    To think you calculated the
    trajectory on pure intuituion...
[01:07] (Flashback) Stanley
    This is no ordinary gun.
[01:09] (Flashback) Stanley
    Who made this?
[01:11] (Flashback) Stanley
    You?
[01:12] (Flashback) Xeno
    When you say "this," which
    one are you referring to?
[01:15] (Flashback) Xeno
    This particle accelerator?
    This ring launcher?
[01:18] (Flashback) Xeno
    The one we just shot is called a rail gun.
[01:21] (Flashback) Xeno
    It fires projectiles not with gunpowder,
[01:23] (Flashback) Xeno
    but with magnetism—
    that is, with the Lorentz force.
[01:28] (Flashback) Stanley
    What, are you trying to start
    a revolution or something?
[01:31] (Flashback) Xeno
    That doesn't sound like a bad idea.
[01:33] (Flashback) Xeno
    I simply want to experiment and assess the
    rules and principles underlying all things.
[01:37] (Flashback) Xeno
    The purpose of science is to reveal
    the mechanisms of this world
[01:41] (Flashback) Xeno
    and make new, unknown discoveries.
[01:45] (Flashback) Xeno
    Aerospace engineering brought
    to life a space probe
[01:49] (Flashback) Xeno
    that captured the fantastical scenery
    of Mars, 75,280,000 kilometers away.
[01:55] (Flashback) Xeno
    Meanwhile, quantum mechanics is
    unraveling the mysteries of the universe
[02:00] (Flashback) Xeno
    on a scale of quintillionths of a meter.
[02:03] (Flashback) Xeno
    The joy of science is in the endless
    exploration and new discoveries that it offers.
[02:08] (Flashback) Xeno
    Science is elegant!
[02:14] (Flashback) Stanley
    You're an odd one.
[02:18] (Flashback) Stanley
    Stanley.
[02:23] (Flashback) Stanley
    It's a handshake. Don't you know of them?
[02:26] (Flashback) Xeno
    I'm aware of it on an intellectual level.
[02:30] (Flashback) Xeno
    But...
[02:34] (Flashback) Xeno
    This is my first time
    actually engaging in one.
[02:37] (Flashback) Stanley
    Same for me.
[02:40] (Flashback) Xeno
    I'm Xeno.
[02:41] (Flashback) Xeno
    Stanley, allow me to show you
    the beautiful light of science.
[02:56] Senku
    You're finally awake.
[03:01] Senku
    Good morning, Doctor Xeno.
SIGN    Watching the Same Moon
[04:44] Tsukasa
    All right. We need to clarify
    our direction going forward.
[04:48] Tsukasa
    To that end, let's start by going
    over our current situation.
[04:52] Gen
    Yup, that's definitely important.
[04:54] Gen
    We need to get our new
    buddies up to speed, too.
[04:59] Ukyo
    So...
[05:00] Ukyo
    We want to revive humanity by the billions.
[05:05] Ukyo
    So we came to the Americas in search of corn.
[05:08] Gen
    That's when we ended up in a battle with
    a crazy good science dude named Xeno-chan.
[05:13] Tsukasa
    And he took our ship and our men.
[05:17] Tsukasa
    But in return...
[05:19] Chrome
    We captured the enemy boss, Xeno!
[05:23] Ukyo
    With hostages on both sides,
    we agreed to make Corn City a safe zone.
[05:29] Gen
    But now, we're fleeing in this tiny boat
[05:34] Gen
    from master sniper Stanley Snyder-chan
    and his fully-armed special forces.
[05:42] Gen
    Their carrier is coming after
    us to take Xeno-chan back!
[05:46] Gen
    This is just too much!
[05:48] Suika
    There's no way we can win!
[05:50] Ukyo
    Yeah, well, when you put it that way...
[05:54] Senku
    Yup, that's right.
[05:56] Senku
    We're gonna keep dodging
    Stanley-sensei as we head...
[06:03] Senku
    to South America!
[06:06] Ryusui
    Off to South America!
[06:08] Ryusui
    Straight to the source of the
    wretched petrification beam!
[06:12] Chrome
    Imagine if there's a giant petrification
    device there or something.
[06:17] Kaseki
    We might find something amazing there!
[06:19] Suika
    I can't wait!
[06:22] Kohaku
    Why are you guys so excited?
[06:24] Kohaku
    We're being pursued.
[06:28] Xeno
    Supposing there's been something at
    the source for thousands of years...
[06:34] Xeno
    Dr. Senku, would you consider that
[06:39] Xeno
    it might belong to people from the Moon?
[06:45] Xeno
    Ah, so you did know.
[06:48] Senku
    You, too, Xeno.
[06:50] Senku
    Obviously, with so much big microwave
    energy coming at us from the moon,
[06:54] Senku
    we were bound hear it.
[06:56] Xeno
    The two top scientists of
    the new world are both here.
[07:01] Xeno
    Combine our efforts, and we might be able
    to monopolize it to make a new weapon.
[07:08] Senku
    Not that I care to monopolize anything.
[07:11] Xeno
    Together, the two of us will get to the bottom
    of the petrification beam and the Moon.
[07:20] Senku
    All right, why don't we, master and
    student, start by sharing notes?
[07:25] Xeno
    Very well. Science is elegant!
[07:40] Maya
    We're heading out as soon
    as we load up on fuel.
[07:44] Maya
    To get Xeno back.
[07:46] Xeno Soldier A
    You people, to the fortress!
[07:51] Nikki
    Point that gun elsewhere!
[07:53] Nikki
    This is a ceasefire zone now.
[07:55] Nikki
    We're all on equal footing here.
[08:04] Kinro
    Ginro's missing. Where is he?
[08:09] Yuzuriha
    Matsukaze-kun!
[08:11] Matsukaze
    I must go in and retrieve Ginro-dono.
[08:16] Xeno Soldier B
    Hurry up and get moving!
[08:18] Yuzuriha
    He's too severely wounded.
[08:20] Minami
    There's no way he can walk!
[08:23] Homura
    Carry him too far, and he'll die.
[08:32] Maya
    I threw him in the med bay.
[08:35] Xeno Soldier C
    We're taking him on our ship?
[08:38] Stanley
    That's fine.
[08:39] Stanley
    If he dies, we can throw him in the ocean.
[08:41] Stanley
    And we can use him as a hostage if
    we show him to the science kids.
[08:51] Kinro
    We're counting on you, Matsukaze.
[09:03] Ginro
    Guys...
[09:05] Matsukaze
    Ginro-dono.
[09:11] Ginro
    Matsukaze came back for me!
[09:14] Ginro
    You vanished right after you hid me!
[09:16] Ginro
    I didn't know what to do!
[09:19] Matsukaze
    To think you were hidden in
    the enemy ship all this time...
[09:22] Matsukaze
    I understand your plan, Ginro-dono!
[09:26] Matsukaze
    You are hiding out here so you
    can learn of their situation!
[09:32] Ginro
    Yeah, well, something like that.
[09:35] Ginro
    You get it, Matsukaze.
[09:38] Ginro
    You know my deep plot!
[09:40] Ginro
    But the thing is, now that I think
    about it, I should get out...
[09:44] Ginro
    I mean, it might not be a good
    idea for me to be such a hero.
[09:48] Matsukaze
    I, Matsukaze, shall at least
    serve as your guard...
[09:53] Ginro
    Matsukaze?!
[09:55] Ginro
    He's hurt?!
[09:56] Ginro
    Matsukaze, are you okay?!
[09:58] Ginro
    What am I supposed to do?!
[10:04] Maya
    All right, here goes the
    Doctor Xeno Retrieval Tour!
[10:13] Maya
    You can feel the music in the air!
[10:29] Stanley
    Torture time.
[10:32] Maya
    Wanna tell us where they went?
[10:36] Matsukaze
    Do as you wish.
[10:38] Matsukaze
    No matter what I must endure,
    I, Matsukaze, will not betray my masters.
[10:43] Matsukaze
    I will never divulge their destination!
[10:47] Matsukaze
    You must stay put, Ginro-dono.
[10:49] Matsukaze
    No matter what happens to me...
[10:52] Ginro
    H-H-He's right...
[10:55] Ginro
    My job right now is to stay in hiding.
[10:57] Ginro
    Like, it's the smart thing to do, y'know?
[11:01] Ginro
    My job right now is to stay safe,
    no matter how painful it is for him.
[11:08] Ginro
    S-S-South America!
[11:10] Ginro
    It's a place called South America!
[11:20] Ginro
    I'm sorry, Matsukaze, everyone.
[11:37] Byakuya
    I don't know who's listening to this
[11:39] Byakuya
    hundreds, maybe thousands
    of years from now...
[11:43] Byakuya
    But I'm the astronaut Ishigami Byakuya.
[11:49] Xeno
    I see.
[11:51] Xeno
    So he evaded the petrification
    beam because he was in space.
[11:56] Xeno
    And the astronauts were...
[11:59] Xeno
    The Russians...
[12:01] Xeno
    Connie...
[12:02] Xeno
    Lilian, and...
[12:05] Xeno
    Byakuya.
[12:08] Xeno
    He was a man who had command
[12:10] Xeno
    of two incompatible notions,
    those of emotion and reason.
[12:15] Xeno
    I could never come to an
    understanding with him.
[12:21] Xeno
    But to think he sent information to the
    future through records and storytelling...
[12:26] Xeno
    That's very much something
    I would expect of him.
[12:38] Byakuya
    We've figured it out from up here in space!
[12:41] Byakuya
    The petrification beam started
    somewhere in South America.
[12:45] Byakuya
    What are you all going to find there?
[12:47] Byakuya
    Science is all yours now!
[12:53] Senku
    We're gonna crunch this precious information
    with our brains going at full tilt, Xeno.
[12:58] Senku
    And we're gonna get there
    one step at a time!
[13:02] Xeno
    Indeed.
[13:03] Xeno
    Let us pinpoint the exact
    longitude and latitude together,
[13:09] Xeno
    to discover the origin of the mystery that
    petrified all humanity thousands of years ago!
[13:20] Luna
    Are you sure about this?
[13:22] Luna
    Don't we have more important
    things to do than have tea?
[13:25] Ryusui
    If anything, it would be unmannerly
    of us to interrupt those two.
[13:28] Ryusui
    Am I right?
[13:29] Ginro
    The two top scientists across
    millennia are collaborating.
[13:36] Suika
    Chrome, why do you seem so restless?
[13:39] Chrome
    I'm not restless!
[13:42] Kohaku
    You seem mighty restless.
[13:45] Chrome
    Oh, Francois!
[13:46] Chrome
    I'll carry the tea and snacks!
[13:50] Kohaku
    He wants any excuse he can
    find to listen in on them.
[14:00] Chrome
    Right now, I bet they're...
[14:14] Chrome
    Crap, those are some huge bubbles.
[14:16] Chrome
    This looks hella fun!
[14:18] Chrome
    Lemme in!
[14:20] Chrome
    Wait, no!
[14:21] Chrome
    Why are you guys playing around?!
[14:23] Xeno
    We are not playing. This is a model.
[14:26] Xeno
    Throw some glycerin into the
    surfactant we made for shampoo,
[14:30] Xeno
    and you get gigantic super bubbles.
[14:33] Chrome
    Xeno isn't even tied down!
[14:35] Senku
    Yeah, not until we're done here.
[14:38] Senku
    He isn't running.
[14:39] Kaseki
    Okay, I made that thing you asked for!
[14:43] Xeno
    Ah, elegant work!
[14:46] Xeno
    Suppose the petrification
    device goes off in Brazil.
[14:54] Xeno
    A planet-scale freak beam spreads over a radius
    of 12,800 kilometers, engulfing Earth.
[15:01] Xeno
    That's the calamity that drove humanity to
    near-extinction thousands of years ago.
[15:06] Chrome
    That's so clear!
[15:09] Senku
    You went all-out on this display.
[15:11] Senku
    Aesthetics matter if you
    want an elegant solution.
[15:15] Chrome
    He did build a ridiculous castle.
[15:18] Chrome
    Senku's all about optimization.
[15:22] Chrome
    You're a lot more about form, huh, Xeno?
[15:26] Chrome
    Hang on! Just a sec!
[15:28] Chrome
    Crap, this doesn't make sense!
[15:30] Chrome
    If it really is like this model...
[15:33] Chrome
    From Senku's perspective on the other side
    of the planet, the petrification beam...
[15:38] Chrome
    would have come from the ground, wouldn't it?
[15:42] Senku
    Exactly.
[15:44] Senku
    But in reality, it came from beyond
    the horizon like a tidal wave.
[15:51] Senku
    We're gonna dredge up whatever
    hint we can from that paradox.
[15:55] Chrome
    So why the light came from the
    side rather than below, huh?
[16:02] Chrome
    This is just my gut talking, but...
[16:03] Chrome
    What if the beam takes just a tad
    longer to pass through the ground?
[16:07] Chrome
    I mean, like...
[16:09] Chrome
    It seems kinda tight and cramped, y'know?
[16:13] Xeno
    A fascinating hypothesis.
[16:15] Xeno
    But what's important for a
    science pro is not gut feelings,
[16:19] Xeno
    but for a phenomenon to be objectively
    reproducible, no matter who tries it.
[16:25] Chrome
    Objectively reproducible?
[16:30] Xeno
    Let's say someone here
    insists they can see ghosts.
[16:35] Xeno
    Why do you think a person of science
    wouldn't be interested in that?
[16:40] Chrome
    Because there's no such thing as ghosts.
[16:42] Senku
    Nope.
[16:43] Senku
    They'd ten billion percent
    study the hell out of it.
[16:47] Senku
    But only if this so-called ghost
    keeps causing the same effects.
[16:53] Xeno
    He or she sees a ghost.
[16:57] Xeno
    Whether that's true or not
    is supremely irrelevant.
[17:03] Xeno
    But if there's something that
    anyone can reproduce...
[17:07] Xeno
    say, a slight drop in temperature
    whenever there are ghosts around...
[17:10] Senku
    You could use the temperature
    difference to generate
[17:13] Senku
    a crapload of electricity
    with a Stirling engine!
[17:15] Xeno
    A ghost generator!
[17:16] Xeno
    How very elegant!
[17:19] Xeno
    That would even solve
    humanity's energy crisis.
[17:24] Chrome
    There's gotta be more to science
    than obsessing over efficiency.
[17:27] Senku
    We're way off-topic, idiot.
[17:30] Chrome
    You were all about it, too, Senku.
[17:32] Xeno
    The point is...
[17:35] Xeno
    We must now pursue reproducibility
    of the petrification beam
[17:39] Xeno
    to reconcile our respective truths.
[17:41] Senku
    I was petrified in the middle
    of the day, at 12:40:20.
[17:46] Xeno
    It was exactly 8:25 at night for me.
[17:50] Xeno
    We were at Pinnacles National Park,
    so taking time zones into account,
[17:56] Xeno
    it arrived at Tokyo fifteen minutes
    and twenty seconds later.
[18:00] Senku
    So it would have taken a few dozen
    minutes to cover the planet.
[18:06] Senku
    That's hella weird.
[18:08] Chrome
    How is that weird?
[18:10] Senku
    The space station Byakuya and his team were
    on didn't just sit in the same spot in the sky.
[18:16] Senku
    It went around and around Earth.
[18:20] Senku
    It would have done half a loop
    in a few dozen minutes.
[18:25] Chrome
    There's no way it wouldn't have
    plunged into the petrification beam!
[18:29] Xeno
    In other words, the wave of light covered
    the entire planet at a rather low altitude.
[18:36] Xeno
    It isn't even light.
[18:38] Xeno
    It would have been faster if it were.
[18:41] Xeno
    If it were some kind of luminous body...
[18:43] Xeno
    and if the front flowed across the
    surface, held down by gravity...
[18:46] Xeno
    it would match our observations.
[18:49] Senku
    We're taking that hypothesis
[18:51] Senku
    and mashing together what we saw
    from our respective vantage points.
[18:55] Xeno
    If we're going to calculate the
    angle from which the light came,
[18:58] Xeno
    we'll need to think about the
    temperature and weather of the moment.
[19:17] Xeno
    Very elegant indeed!
[19:20] Xeno
    This reasoning ought to
    lead to new discoveries.
[19:25] (Flashback) Xeno
    The joy of science is in the endless
    exploration and new discoveries that it offers.
[19:34] Kohaku
    Chrome is mighty late.
[19:36] Kohaku
    He's been gone since he went
    to spy on Senku and Xeno.
[19:53] Xeno
    From the moment we saw
    the light on the horizon...
[19:56] Xeno
    ...to when we were petrified...
[20:00] Xeno
    56 seconds passed.
SIGN    56 seconds
[20:08] Chrome
    The petrification beam doesn't change
    speed at all as it's growing.
[20:15] Senku
    That discovery of yours, Chrome,
    is another stupidly useful reproducible fact.
[20:22] Xeno
    Its speed is constant.
[20:24] Xeno
    Now, how high into the air did the
    petrification beam rise above the surface?
[20:28] Senku
    It petrified everyone on a plane, too.
[20:32] Xeno
    Then we can guesstimate the light to
    have reached 20,000 meters in altitude.
[20:35] Senku
    Assuming the atmosphere has
    a refractive index of 1.06,
[20:37] Senku
    the horizon would have
    shone 500 kilometers away.
[20:40] Xeno
    If it traveled that distance in 56 seconds,
    then the beam's speed was...
[20:44] Xeno
    I've got it! 32,000 kilometers per hour!
[20:47] Senku
    Your place got petrified fifteen minutes
    and twenty seconds ahead of my place.
[20:52] Senku
    Therefore,
[20:53] Senku
    constructing a shortest distance line from
    the epicenter along the earth's ellipsoid,
[20:57] Senku
    the point exactly 8,181 kilometers
    away is our bullseye!
[21:02] Xeno
    That's most definitely correct.
[21:06] Chrome
    Therefore what, though?!
[21:08] Chrome
    There's nothing to fore!
[21:09] Chrome
    You guys are done calculating way before
    I can even see where you're going!
[21:13] Senku
    Now we just need an angle.
[21:14] Senku
    Ballpark is good enough.
[21:15] Xeno
    Yeah.
[21:16] Xeno
    These are all approximations,
    but if we combine deductions,
[21:21] Xeno
    the solution will emerge on its own.
[21:25] Xeno
    The celestial bodies and the shadow cast
    by my desk give me a rough recollection.
[21:30] Senku
    Seven Skytrees to the left.
[21:34] Senku
    We never could have gotten here alone.
[21:40] Xeno
    But with our minds together...
[21:43] Senku
    We can achieve.
[21:51] Senku
    Two lines can only meet another at one point.
[21:56] Senku
    It's 3 degrees 7 minutes south,
    60 degrees 1 minute west.
[22:01] Xeno; Senku
    That is where the root of everything is!
[22:10] Senku
    This is exhilarating!
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