16 - Medusa Mechanism

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[00:06] Xeno Soldier
    Shit, what the hell is this?
[00:08] Xeno Soldier
    The plane engine is charred black!
[00:14] Brody
    That's burnt sugar.
[00:16] Brody
    They got us good.
[00:23] Stanley
    Let's get the plane fixed.
[00:27] Stanley
    We're going after the Youth Science Team.
[00:29] Stanley
    Brody can give us instructions
    for the repairs over the radio.
[00:33] Maya
    Wow!
[00:35] Maya
    It's like working remotely in the stone world!
[00:45] Ryusui
    The enemy's blasting radio comms
    without any encryption, huh?
[00:49] Ukyo
    Not that there's anything
    we can do in response.
[00:53] Senku
    Why don't we join them for
    some remote work battle fun?
[01:00] Senku
    We have a huge mission for the safe zone team.
[01:06] Senku
    You have until we arrive at ground zero
[01:09] Senku
    to take apart the Medusa and
    figure out what makes it tick.
[03:11] Homura
    The river's calmer than it appears.
[03:15] Homura
    Which means...
[03:46] Nikki
    We're going to be reviving a
    million people here at Corn City.
[03:50] Nikki
    Some of them are going to be sick or injured.
[03:53] Nikki
    If we can figure out how the Medusa works,
[03:56] Nikki
    we'll have a doctor—a doctor stone—
    ready for when we need it.
[04:02] Nikki
    This is what you want, right, Senku?
[04:05] Nikki
    You never gave us any reasons,
[04:08] Nikki
    which means you just want us to
    talk truth and do what we can.
[04:12] Brody
    That makes plenty of sense.
[04:14] Brody
    I have no reason to object.
[04:16] Brody
    But am I overthinking it by
    being suspicious of the timing?
[04:24] Ryusui
    I see!
[04:25] Ryusui
    Neither the Americans
    nor Nikki have any idea
[04:29] Ryusui
    that we're headed to ground
    zero of the petrification beam.
[04:34] Senku
    Yup, you got it.
[04:35] Senku
    We're going to ground zero to get the OG
    Medusa that engulfed the entire planet.
[04:41] Gen
    At least, that's the hope.
[04:44] Gen
    It might be out of battery.
[04:48] Kohaku
    But if there's any way we can put up a fight
[04:51] Kohaku
    against Stanley's warplanes and machine guns,
[04:53] Kohaku
    the Medusa is our only choice.
[04:56] Senku
    Yeah.
[04:57] Senku
    Whether it's got any juice left or not,
    we're gonna have to get it working.
[05:02] Senku
    We'll remotely give instructions
    to crack the thing open
[05:06] Senku
    and dissect the hell out of it
    to understand its mechanisms.
[05:16] Brody
    Sure, I don't mind.
[05:18] Brody
    But we will be the ones holding on to it.
[05:21] Brody
    You'll only get to play with
    it under our supervision.
[05:25] Brody
    That's my condition.
[05:28] Yo
    I'm all for trying to figure out how it works,
    but are you sure we can disassemble it?
[05:32] Yo
    Is that even a thing?
[05:34] Yuzuriha
    Stanley-san's gun did put a dent in it.
[05:45] Nikki
    We aren't equipped to understand
    anything even if we do get it open.
[05:50] Nikki
    Isn't this a job for precision
    engineering specialists?
[05:54] Minami
    Precision engineering...
[05:56] Yo
    Yo, journalist, don't you know
    of any crazy good engineers?
[06:01] Minami
    There are plenty of famous high-end watch
    and jewelry makers in the US, but...
[06:07] Yo
    That's it! That's what we need!
[06:08] Minami
    How am I supposed to
    remember where they were?
[06:13] Ryusui
    High-end watches?
[06:16] Ryusui
    Well, sure.
[06:20] Ryusui
    It's a bit far, but the Rodex
    headquarters is near the airport.
[06:25] Ryusui
    That's common knowledge.
[06:26] Carlos; Max
    No, it's not!
[06:28] Ryusui
    Any new watch on the market...
[06:32] Ryusui
    I want!
[06:33] Ryusui
    Doesn't everyone?
[06:34] Carlos; Max
    No, they don't!
[06:36] Ukyo
    I think you're the only one
    who's that familiar with watches.
[06:40] Ryusui
    I wouldn't know how to get
    there in this world, though.
[06:44] Chelsea
    I gotchu!
[06:44] Chelsea
    Give me a rough idea, and I'll make us a map.
[06:54] Taiju
    Now we just need to upload this
    to Yuzuriha in Corn City, right?
[07:00] Suika
    Upload?
[07:02] Gen
    I know, right?
[07:03] Gen
    Even after all this time, we haven't shaken
    our 21st century civilization habits.
[07:09] Senku
    Aw, hell.
[07:11] Senku
    We need it for remote work, so...
[07:13] Senku
    Let's make a fax machine.
[07:15] All
    What?!
[07:16] Suika
    Fax?
[07:17] Carlos
    It lets you send pictures to each other.
[07:20] Chrome
    How the hell does that work?
[07:23] Senku
    There we go. Fax machine.
[07:24] Gen
    A bit quick, no?!
[07:30] Gen
    A graph?
[07:33] Gen
    Grid paper?
[07:35] Gen
    Don't tell me...
[07:39] Gen
    I knew it!
[07:39] Chelsea
    X-1, Y-3, AX-1, AY-1: white.
[07:41] Ukyo
    I guess we're sending the black or
    white of every cell by morse code.
[07:43] Chelsea
    X-2, Y-3, AX-2, AY-1: white.
[07:46] Luna
    Manual fax...
[07:47] Gen
    Why me, though?!
[07:47] Chelsea
    X-2, Y-3, AX-3, AY-1: black.
[07:49] Gen
    How do I end up with all
    the painful grunt work?!
[07:52] Tetsuya
    The great Tezuka Osamu did a manga chapter
    while overseas doing something similar.
[07:58] Minami
    I had no idea that was even possible.
[08:35] [SONG] Text
    m 0 0 l 210 0 l 210 70 l 0 70
[08:35] [SONG] Text
    (Manual) Fax
    acquired!!
[08:46] Minami
    I interviewed the Rodex CEO
    once before we were petrified.
[08:51] Minami
    I remember what she looks like.
[08:54] Minami
    That's her. I'm sure of it.
[08:58] Minami
    So, yeah.
[09:00] Timelord
    Ah.
[09:02] Timelord
    I have the perfect person for the job.
[09:06] Timelord
    Our ace employee.
[09:26] Joel
    Wait... Why am I...
    Where are my clothes?
[09:28] Joel
    What's happening to me?!
[09:30] Minami
    Nice to see someone with a
    proportionate reaction for once.
[09:31] Joel
    Don't look at me!
[09:32] Joel
    Please, look away!
[09:32] Yo
    Everyone else we've woken up
    has had freakish mental fortitude.
[09:44] Nikki
    So, I know we just woke you up, but...
[09:48] Brody
    Nikki's talking to you.
    Are you listening, greenhorn?
[09:52] Joel
    "Greenhorn"?
[09:54] Joel
    Is that how you talk to someone when
    you're asking them for a favor?
[09:57] Joel
    I have a name. Joel.
[10:00] Joel
    Is that too hard for you to remember?
[10:03] Brody
    All right. My bad.
[10:06] Brody
    Take apart the petrification
    device and tell us how it works.
[10:09] Brody
    We're counting on you, Joel, our watchmaker.
[10:12] Brody
    Happy now?
[10:14] Yuzuriha
    This is the device.
[10:15] Yuzuriha
    It has a bit of a dent in it.
[10:19] Brody
    Ah. It's not that he wasn't listening.
[10:22] Yo
    He's been too dedicated to his
    work to know how to talk to girls.
[10:27] Yuzuriha
    Your wrist...
[10:29] Yuzuriha
    A watch?
[10:30] Yuzuriha
    Wow! You made that?
[10:33] Yuzuriha
    Is it handmade?
[10:35] Yo
    That's crazy!
[10:36] Yo
    You just arrived here,
    and you made it already?
[10:38] Joel
    I helped myself to your tools and equipment.
[10:42] Joel
    It's the wristwatch that makes a
    man who fancies himself punctual.
[10:47] Joel
    It's completely off, but it's
    better than a bare wrist.
[10:50] Yo
    You're hella suave when you're talking to guys.
[10:53] Joel
    Let me take a gander...
[10:54] Joel
    at this device.
[10:58] Joel
    Wh-What...
[11:01] Joel
    This isn't the science that we
    know from the 21st century.
[11:05] Brody
    That's right.
[11:09] Joel
    Let me concentrate.
[11:12] Joel
    Feel free to watch me, but say one word to me...
[11:17] Joel
    and I'll kill you.
[11:24] Kinro
    Matsukaze mentioned that all the
    Medusas on the island were destroyed.
[11:29] Magma
    Well, there you go.
[11:31] Magma
    That means you can smash it open
    with whatever you have on hand.
[11:34] Minami
    That's not the same thing
    as disassembling it cleanly.
[11:45] Joel
    Almost every part is a solid volume,
    like it was 3D printed.
[11:51] Joel
    The whole circuit is... glass?
[11:54] Joel
    Is it some kind of mineral?
[11:57] Joel
    There's no way I could know how it works.
[11:59] Joel
    But it's the same as a watch.
[12:03] Joel
    Each and every part has a purpose.
[12:09] Joel
    This piece...
[12:11] Joel
    It's stained black.
[12:15] Senku
    The core that everything
    is connected to is diamond?
[12:20] Joel
    If this thing's like a battery
    that degrades over time,
[12:24] Joel
    taking it out and putting it back in might...
[12:27] Joel
    Just might...
[12:39] (Flashback) Nikki
    If the petrification device
    starts working again,
[12:41] (Flashback) Nikki
    you can activate it by speaking the
    startup time and area of effect.
[12:47] (Flashback) Nikki
    I'm warning you: don't try it on your own.
[12:53] Joel
    One meter.
[12:55] Joel
    One second.
[13:16] Minami
    You jostled the connections inside
    and it gave one last drop of juice?
[13:21] Joel
    Maybe.
[13:22] Brody
    It won't flash anymore, huh?
[13:24] Brody
    We won't be able to make use of it, then.
[13:26] Joel
    Hold it.
[13:28] Joel
    Do people in the stone world have a
    habit of chickening out right off the bat?
[13:32] Joel
    You hired a professional.
[13:34] Joel
    I'm going to see it through to the end.
[13:36] Yo
    You were getting all squirmy around
    a girl just two seconds ago.
[13:39] Yo
    You sure are a tough guy around dudes.
[13:42] Joel
    It doesn't matter how hard it is.
[13:44] Joel
    It's gotta get done.
[13:46] Joel
    Mountains are there to be scaled.
[13:51] Chelsea
    Bam! Time for some mountaineering!
[13:55] Ryusui
    This shall be our Mt. Tenno!
[13:57] Xeno
    Mt. Tenno?
[13:58] Xeno
    We're at the Andes Mountains.
[14:00] Francois
    It's a Japanese figure of speech meaning
    that this is our decisive battle.
[14:03] Taiju
    The Andes Mountains!
[14:05] Taiju
    I think I've heard that name before!
[14:08] Chrome
    Crap, these mountains go on forever.
[14:11] Chrome
    There's no end in sight.
[14:13] Kohaku
    It doesn't look like there's any way around.
[14:15] Kohaku
    We're going to have to
    pass over these mountains.
[14:28] Senku
    We're leaving the Corn City guys to
    analyze the petrification device.
[14:33] Senku
    Meanwhile, we're going full steam ahead to
    where the petrification of humanity began.
[14:40] Kohaku
    Capturing and activating
    the petrification weapon
[14:42] Kohaku
    is our one shot at beating Stanley.
[14:46] Francois
    It'll be a long journey.
[14:47] Francois
    Please be sure to keep yourself well-fed.
[14:50] Hyoga
    We don't have much time left.
[14:53] Hyoga
    Stanley and his team ought to be
    done repairing their plane by now.
[14:59] Senku
    We just need to make it
    to the Amazon rainforest,
[15:02] Senku
    and the ridiculously tall trees
    will serve as a natural barrier.
[15:07] Senku
    No plane is gonna be able to
    bombard us or land there.
[15:10] Taiju
    I see!
[15:12] Taiju
    How far do we need to go make
    it to this barrier forest?
[15:15] Ukyo
    We don't know.
[15:17] Ukyo
    The environment's changed
    too much over the millennia.
[15:20] Ukyo
    It was the same in Japan, too.
[15:25] Chelsea
    No probs!
[15:26] Chelsea
    This is definitely our Mt. Tenno.
[15:28] Chelsea
    Once we're past the Andes,
[15:30] Chelsea
    we'll have the dense forest barrier
    hugging us all the way to victory!
[15:33] Max
    How can you be so sure?
[15:35] Max
    This place has turned into
    desert over the years, too.
[15:40] Ryusui
    Is there something about the geography
    that's clear to a geographer?
[15:43] Chelsea
    A bit.
[15:44] Chelsea
    Let me guess.
[15:46] Chelsea
    Was there way more snow in
    Japan compared to the past?
[15:50] Gen
    There was, actually.
[15:52] Hyoga
    In fact, we couldn't fight Senku-kun
    until the winter passed.
[15:58] Chrome
    How can you know that when
    you haven't even seen it?
[16:01] Chrome
    We're on the other side of the planet.
[16:03] Chelsea
    Easy.
[16:04] Chelsea
    All of humanity's petrified.
[16:06] Chelsea
    Global warming slows down, and the chilly
    southern ocean currents crawl upward.
[16:13] Ryusui
    The water around the equator
    was definitely cold.
SIGN    Stone World
    Smash Discoveries!
[16:17] Senku/Xeno
    La Niña phenomenon!
[16:18] Chelsea
    Bingo!
[16:19] Chrome
    "Bingo," my ass. I have no idea
    what you're talking about.
[16:21] Chrome
    Keep going.
[16:23] Chelsea
    When the water cools, the heat comes
    around this way and shakes up the air.
[16:27] Chelsea
    And all that stirring draws
    cold air in from the north.
[16:31] Hokkaido
    So cold! It's snowy as hell!
[16:35] Xeno
    In short, when the waters
    cool in South America,
[16:38] Xeno
    it snows in Japan on the
    other side of the planet.
[16:42] Taiju
    I get that!
[16:45] Chrome
    Crap...
[16:47] Chrome
    The whole planet's, like, connected!
[16:52] Chrome
    With science!
[16:55] Senku
    When the oceans are cold, they don't
    evaporate as much, so it doesn't rain.
[17:01] Ryusui
    So that's why this area's
    been turning into a desert.
[17:03] Chelsea
    But the mountains are keeping
    everything separate over there.
[17:07] Chelsea
    It doesn't matter what's
    happening in the oceans.
[17:09] Chelsea
    Which means that once we're past
    the mountains, it's nothing but jungle!
[17:14] Chelsea
    And so...
[17:16] Chelsea
    We're freaking scaling the mountains!
[17:18] Chelsea
    And swapping chairs!
[17:20] Luna
    Swapping chairs?
[17:21] Chelsea
    For instance, Luna, how heavy are you?
[17:25] Gen
    Too much, Chelsea-chan!
[17:27] Kohaku
    What's too much about that?
[17:29] Kohaku
    She just asked how much her body weighs.
[17:35] Luna
    Around... 90 pounds.
[17:37] Carlos
    Our Luna!
[17:38] Max
    Nice figure, too!
SIGN    90 lb = approx. 40 kg
    1 lb = approx. 453.6 g
[17:39] Max
    No, that's way underweight!
[17:41] Chelsea
    Come on, fess up.
[17:44] Senku
    Yeah, you want us to distribute our
    weight across all the bikes evenly.
[17:48] Ukyo
    Right. We didn't give it much thought
    since we were in a hurry...
[17:52] Ryusui
    But it's going to be an off-road
    slog with three to a bike.
[17:55] Ryusui
    We need to at least even out our weight,
[17:57] Ryusui
    or the heavier groups will
    get stuck trying to climb.
[17:59] Luna
    Splitting up on our bikes...
[18:01] Senku
    I'm gonna floor it, Luna.
[18:03] Senku
    All the way through the night.
[18:05] Luna
    I mean, y'know, well...
[18:07] Luna
    The actual numbers matter in
    the end, but... I'm just guessing,
[18:11] Luna
    but Senku and I might make
    a good balance, right?
[18:14] Luna
    Just kidding.
[18:16] Chelsea
    I get it!
[18:17] Chelsea
    Luna has feelings for Senku!
[18:20] Chelsea
    Sweet! We're talking about dating!
SIGN    Too Much Chelsea
[18:21] Chelsea
    Too Much Chelsea.
[18:26] Luna
    Not that it's a big deal,
    but we're already in a relationship.
[18:31] Luna
    A mature, grown-up relationship, y'know?
[18:34] Carlos; Max
    What?!
[18:35] Kohaku
    That was a real thing?
[18:38] Luna
    Yes...
[18:39] Luna
    It happened when we were talking in
    the medical bay aboard the Perseus.
[18:46] (Flashback) Luna
    If you do get better...
[18:48] (Flashback) Luna
    would you be my boyfriend?
[18:53] (Flashback) Senku
    Oh, I get it. Like a political marriage.
[18:58] (Flashback) Senku
    Come to think of it, you have some
    guys who always follow you around.
[19:04] (Flashback) Luna
    Well, sure.
[19:06] (Flashback) Luna
    I'm a capable woman, though.
    I knew you would say that.
[19:12] (Flashback) Senku
    I don't know what your forces look like, but
    the more we have on our team, the better.
[19:19] (Flashback) Senku
    Not bad, Luna.
[19:29] Chelsea
    Yeah, I don't think you're in a relationship.
[19:31] Chelsea
    Too Much Chelsea.
SIGN    Too Much Chelsea
[19:32] Luna
    I'm not?!
[19:35] Kohaku
    Knowing Senku, I figured as much.
[19:40] Luna
    I have to work harder.
[19:42] Gen
    I get it now.
[19:44] Gen
    Maybe Chelsea-chan's trying to open her up
    by getting nosy about her relationships
[19:48] Gen
    so we all feel comfortable
    revealing our weight.
[19:51] Chelsea
    Nah, not at all.
[19:53] Chelsea
    I was just curious.
[19:55] Senku
    I don't care how heavy you
    remember yourselves being.
[19:58] Senku
    We've been living in this
    stone world for years.
[20:01] Senku
    We're going to be ten billion percent different.
[20:05] Senku
    There, all set.
[20:08] Chelsea
    What's that?
[20:10] Senku
    I made a ruler using my height,
[20:12] Senku
    171 centimeters,
    right after I was unpetrified.
[20:15] Senku
    With a crate of water exactly ten by ten by
    ten centimeters, you get exactly one kilogram.
[20:24] [SONG] Text
    m 0 0 l 210 0 l 210 70 l 0 70
[20:24] [SONG] Text
    Scale
    acquired!!
[20:50] Ryusui
    Let's get this done!
[21:06] Kohaku
    Looks like this is the end of the line.
[21:10] Ukyo
    We might not have time to
    stand here weighing our options.
[21:13] Ukyo
    Stanley's going to be on his
    way with his plane repaired.
[21:16] Kohaku
    We'll have to abandon our bikes and
    equipment and climb empty-handed...
[21:21] Max
    There's no way!
[21:23] Max
    Even if we made it, we'd be dead right after!
[21:25] Senku
    Nope. We're taking everything.
[21:34] Stanley
    All right. We're good to fly.
[21:52] Senku
    Our weapon against the airplane is the
    three-dimensional vehicle of science:
[22:02] Senku
    The ropeway!
[22:04] Senku
    And we're using it to conquer the whole Andes!
[22:09] Gen
    We're making one of those? Now?!
[22:12] Gen
    Here?!
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