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
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[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
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[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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