20 - What I Once Sought To Destroy

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[00:00] Senku
    Once Stanley and his people attack...
[00:03] Senku
    Three thousand meters, one second.
[00:06] Senku
    We petrify everyone—foe, friend, and all.
[00:10] Senku
    One of us just needs to stay outside the range
[00:13] Senku
    of the petrification beam to revive
    just our own people, and we win.
[00:17] Senku
    Whoever it is will stay hidden far away.
    This role will be important as hell.
[00:22] Senku
    The special squad will be run by you, Suika.
[00:26] Suika
    I'm good at hiding!
[00:29] Kohaku
    It's definitely safer than getting
    caught in combat here, but...
[00:34] Ryusui
    Not to worry.
[00:35] Ryusui
    We'll have Francois join her.
[00:37] Francois
    Allow me to ensure that she stays well.
[00:44] Suika
    We're hiding by the river?
[00:47] Francois
    Yes.
[00:48] Francois
    We can ask them to bring us food regularly, but
    we would not be able to live without water.
[00:54] Francois
    Furthermore, Mr. Stanley will
    surely be going up the river.
[00:59] Francois
    If we keep an eye on it, we may even
    discover them without them discovering us.
[01:04] Francois
    What's the matter, Suika-sama?
[01:09] Suika
    I think we may have found them already.
SIGN    What I Once Sought To Destroy
[02:51] Xeno Soldier A
    Clear.
[02:52] Xeno Soldier B
    Clear.
[02:53] Stanley
    Move out.
[02:55] Charlotte
    I'll scout ahead and secure a route.
[03:04] Maya
    We're just looking for smoke, huh?
[03:06] Stanley
    Yeah.
[03:08] Stanley
    The youth science team's goal
    is to come here to Araxá.
[03:11] Stanley
    They're mining for minerals.
[03:13] Stanley
    They'll ultimately need firepower.
[03:16] Xeno Soldier A
    Come on, move it, hostages!
[03:20] Suika
    Ginro and Matsukaze are there, too.
[03:22] Francois
    Excellent work, Suika-sama.
[03:25] Suika
    We have to phone the others and
    let them know Stanley is here.
[03:29] Francois
    No, our comms equipment is our last resort.
[03:33] Francois
    Should we use the airwaves now,
    we will be discovered.
[03:36] Francois
    We are key to our mission.
[03:38] Francois
    We can't take any risks.
[03:42] (Flashback) Ryusui
    The fear of the almighty army
    ant keeps everything else away.
[03:51] Francois
    We should return temporarily
    to notify the others.
[04:05] Suika
    O-Oh, no! One of the enemies
    got bitten by something!
[04:11] (Flashback) Senku
    You can use it as a last-resort emergency item
[04:13] (Flashback) Senku
    if you ever have an episode
    from a poison attack.
[04:16] (Flashback) Senku
    These patches are saturated with the
    nitroglycerin that we used to make dynamite.
[04:20] (Flashback) Senku
    Put it on your body,
[04:21] (Flashback) Senku
    and it'll expand your coronary arteries,
    jolting your heart back to life.
[04:26] Francois
    But if we, the core members of
    our mission, are discovered...
[04:35] Francois
    Suika-sama!
[04:52] Xeno
    Stanley will kill all of
    you without hesitation
[04:56] Xeno
    in order to rescue me, their leader.
[05:00] Xeno
    It's not a question of ethics.
[05:02] Xeno
    That's his job as a military man.
[05:05] Senku
    Yeah. I bet.
[05:08] Xeno
    But you continue to speak beautiful platitudes.
[05:12] Xeno
    And that is your weakness.
[05:16] Xeno
    A brittle interface indeed.
[05:24] Charlotte
    Why?
[05:26] Charlotte
    You know I'm your enemy.
[05:28] Suika
    You're safe now.
[05:32] Charlotte
    Thank you.
[05:33] Soldiers
    Freeze!
[05:41] Soldiers
    Freeze!
[05:42] Ginro
    Freeze?
[05:43] Ginro
    What does "freeze" mean?!
[05:45] Matsukaze
    I'm afraid I don't know...
[05:47] Matsukaze
    But I vaguely recall it
    meaning "to make into ice."
[05:50] Suika
    I don't know what that means,
    but we absolutely can't be caught!
[05:56] Xeno Soldier
    After her!
[05:58] Xeno Soldier
    She's going to inform the
    main force that we're here!
[06:01] Francois
    We're in grave danger.
[06:03] Francois
    Suika-sama has never
    experienced the 21st century.
[06:05] Francois
    She has no way of knowing that
    "freeze" means "stop moving"!
[06:13] Francois
    The only thing I have that even resembles
    a weapon is this small kitchen knife.
[06:17] Francois
    I have no combat capacity.
[06:20] Francois
    Even if I were to risk
    charging out with this knife,
[06:23] Francois
    I would be gunned down along with Suika-sama.
[06:26] Francois
    In which case...
[06:27] Xeno Soldier
    Don't let her get away!
[06:28] Francois
    For you, Matsukaze-sama and Ginro-sama!
[06:34] Matsukaze
    I've already risked my life to hone
    the handling of throwing weapons!
[06:41] Xeno Soldier
    Fire!
[06:43] Matsukaze
    I cannot untie myself with my hands bound.
[06:47] Matsukaze
    So I will...
[06:55] Matsukaze
    I trust in you, Ginro-dono!
[06:57] Xeno Soldier A
    The rope...
[06:58] Xeno Soldier D
    Hold him down!
[06:59] Ginro
    Matsukaze, you idiot!
[07:01] Ginro
    How am I supposed to fight against guns?!
[07:03] Ginro
    But maybe at this range...
[07:09] Ginro
    No, I can't! I can't!
[07:10] Ginro
    They'll kill me if I react!
[07:12] Ginro
    Why do I have to be the one to get killed?
[07:14] Ginro
    Damn it, Matsukaze, this is your fault!
[07:16] Ginro
    I'm just gonna let myself get tied up.
[07:22] (Flashback) Matsukaze
    My master had a strong
    spirit until the very end.
[07:37] Ginro
    No!
[07:38] Ginro
    I can't let you shoot
    Suika-chan, no matter what!
[07:50] Ginro
    That's right. I'd forgotten
    I was the village guard!
[07:55] Ginro
    I've always been pretty strong!
[07:57] Ginro
    I was trained really hard!
[08:10] Ginro
    It hurts!
[08:12] Francois
    Why was Stanley, being so capable,
    unable to shoot Ginro-sama earlier?
[08:19] Francois
    He could have shot him dead before he struggled.
[08:23] Francois
    There's only one possible reason...
[08:25] Francois
    He needed him as his hostage, so he
    held his fire until he fought back.
[08:31] Francois
    Neither Ginro-sama nor Matsukaze-sama show
[08:34] Francois
    any signs of having been hurt
    while they were restrained.
[08:37] Francois
    As prisoners of war, they're being handled
    with a modicum of respect for the rules.
[08:43] Francois
    They aren't ruthless murderers...
[08:45] Francois
    They're soldiers!
[08:47] Francois
    Which means...
[08:50] Francois
    We are civilians!
[08:52] Francois
    We're non-combatants.
[08:56] Francois
    Suika-sama there is a civilian doctor.
[09:00] Francois
    She's upheld her duty as a doctor to
    treat the victim of a venomous spider.
[09:06] Francois
    She has been living apart from
    Senku-sama and the others for safety.
[09:11] Francois
    I would have you inspect all of her
    belongings if you don't believe me.
[09:16] Suika
    I'm pretty sure she isn't lying.
[09:19] Francois
    We are not affiliated with an army.
[09:22] Francois
    We harbor no hostile intent,
    and are ready to serve you.
[09:25] Francois
    Will you still fire?
[09:30] Stanley
    Nope. We won't.
[09:32] Stanley
    Not if you're telling the truth.
[09:35] Maya
    Gotcha!
[09:45] Suika
    We're in huge trouble because of me.
[09:48] Suika
    We can't even warn the
    others that Stanley's here.
[09:52] Francois
    That isn't necessarily true, Suika-sama.
[09:55] Francois
    You may have done excellently yet again.
[09:59] Maya
    What's up, Leonard?
[10:02] Leonard
    That butler there, Francois,
    used the radio before we caught them.
[10:08] Francois
    Yes.
[10:09] Francois
    You're welcome to inspect the content of
    my Morse code message if you're concerned.
[10:14] Francois
    I simply informed the US that
    we would be splitting up into two.
[10:31] Kohaku
    Has something happened to Suika and Francois?!
[10:34] Senku
    They must have made contact.
[10:36] Senku
    With Stanley.
[10:39] Ryusui
    Considering they sent a
    radio signal regardless of
[10:41] Ryusui
    the fact that it would give
    the enemy her location...
[10:44] Senku
    Quite the opposite.
[10:45] Senku
    Francois is telling us where they are.
[10:48] Charlotte
    It's easy!
[10:50] Charlotte
    All we have to do is
[10:51] Charlotte
    check which direction the signal came
    from and how long it's been since they left.
[10:55] Senku
    Yeah.
[10:57] Senku
    We found them first.
[10:59] Ukyo
    I can see it...
[11:01] Ukyo
    I know where they are.
[11:04] Senku
    Our final battle against Stanley.
[11:09] Senku
    We have critical information—
    the location of the enemy—and they don't.
[11:15] Gen
    Wait!
[11:17] Gen
    Hang on a second!
[11:18] Gen
    There's something we need
    to be careful about!
[11:22] Gen
    "Suika-chan and Francois have been
    caught! We know where the enemy is!"
[11:26] Gen
    You know we have a badass who wouldn't think
    twice about acting on that information, right?
[11:29] Gen
    We have to stop her...
[11:31] Gen
    No, seriously, where is she?!
[11:36] Gen
    I knew it!
[11:37] Gen
    It's already too late!
[11:40] Ryusui
    It's dangerous, but it may be the best move.
[11:43] Ryusui
    Am I right?
[11:43] Senku
    Yeah, our victory condition is simple.
[11:47] Senku
    We trigger the petrification
    device before the enemy arrives.
[11:51] Senku
    We have to rely on guerrilla warfare and
    make the first move to stop Stanley.
[12:03] Suika
    They're so strong, I'm getting scared.
[12:06] Suika
    Our footprints will eventually lead back
    to our base, even if they're so faint.
[12:18] Kohaku
    Right...
[12:19] Kohaku
    The enemy position and their
    approach route are clear.
[12:23] Kohaku
    With my eyesight,
    discovering them is no challenge.
[12:28] Kohaku
    But...
[12:29] Kohaku
    The soldier at the front is
    watching out for wires and traps.
[12:33] Kohaku
    Behind him, the leader is watching
    to their front and above them.
[12:36] Kohaku
    The comms soldier is watching their flanks.
[12:39] Kohaku
    The rear guard is watching behind them.
[12:42] Kohaku
    The whole team is moving forward in
    unison without a single blind spot.
[12:47] Kohaku
    Not a single vulnerability.
[12:51] Tsukasa
    The enemy are 21st century
    combat professionals.
[12:55] Kohaku
    Tsukasa! Hyoga!
[12:57] Hyoga
    When you darted off, I thought
    your brain must have melted.
[13:02] Hyoga
    Though you made the proper choice of assessing
[13:04] Hyoga
    the enemy's capabilities and
    stopping short of going in.
[13:09] Tsukasa
    They're trained and ready for
    all kinds of circumstances.
[13:13] Tsukasa
    You don't stand a chance fighting them head-on.
[13:16] Hyoga
    We'll have to prepare ourselves, too.
[13:27] Kohaku
    Is that...
[13:28] Hyoga
    The manual remote record player
    that Chrome-kun made as a trap.
[13:40] (Flashback) Ukyo
    It doesn't quite have enough
    oomph to sound like a gunshot.
[13:43] (Flashback) Chrome
    Why do you say that?
    It sounds exactly like a gunshot.
[13:46] (Flashback) Ukyo
    The real thing doesn't necessarily
    sound the most convincing.
[13:50] (Flashback) Ukyo
    In movies, for example, sand can sound
    more like waves than actual waves.
[13:58] (Flashback) Senku
    How about the sound of
    smacking a plastic container?
[14:02] (Flashback) Ukyo
    That might work!
[14:05] (Flashback) Ukyo
    We record the sound of plastic,
    and then play it back at a lower speed.
[14:12] (Flashback) Chelsea
    It sounds so real!
[14:13] (Flashback) Gen
    Sonar operator Ukyo using his
    ears to be a director! Oh, man!
[14:17] (Flashback) Ukyo
    And then we overlap that noise several times.
[14:25] Stanley
    Ambush!
[14:26] Ginro
    Who's shooting at us?! We're on your side!
[14:34] Kohaku
    Part of the team is
    abandoning the front soldier
[14:36] Kohaku
    to come after us while he has his head down!
[14:38] Kohaku
    Have they found us?
[14:39] Tsukasa
    No, they're professionals.
[14:42] Tsukasa
    They'll realize the gunshots
    are fake in no time.
[14:46] Tsukasa
    But they aren't so easy as to
    let their guard down, either.
[14:50] Tsukasa
    They'll respond as military theory
    demands one respond to an ambush.
[14:55] Tsukasa
    The targeted individual fights from
    where they are to draw attention
[14:59] Tsukasa
    while the rest make their way around
    to the enemy as they fire.
[15:03] Kohaku
    Then we ought to rescue Suika
    and Francois while we can!
[15:07] Tsukasa
    That won't be easy.
[15:08] Tsukasa
    Stanley is nearby.
[15:10] Tsukasa
    If chaos takes over, the hostages will die.
[15:15] Hyoga
    We're better off destroying
    their communication devices.
[15:19] Hyoga
    We may stand a chance amidst the confusion.
[15:22] Hyoga
    We won't have such an opportunity later.
[15:25] Kohaku
    I see. I've learned about this.
[15:28] Kohaku
    Communication is the key to modern warfare.
[15:31] Hyoga
    Well, in fact, we win the moment we
    take over their communication network.
[15:39] Kohaku
    What do you mean by that?
[15:41] Hyoga
    Think about it.
[15:43] Hyoga
    We place a blade to their hostage, Xeno-kun,
    and demand that Stanley surrender.
[15:50] Hyoga
    What's the reason we can't
    use such a simple card?
[15:55] Tsukasa
    Because Nikki and dozens more of
    our people are still held hostage
[15:59] Tsukasa
    at the enemy headquarters.
[16:02] Tsukasa
    Our mutual possession of hostages
    is maintaining equilibrium.
[16:05] Kohaku
    Right...
[16:07] Kohaku
    Should we hurt Xeno in any way,
[16:09] Kohaku
    they'll contact Corn City,
    and bring harm to our...
[16:15] Hyoga
    Correct.
[16:16] Hyoga
    Once they lose contact, the hostages
    on the mainland don't mean anything.
[16:23] Hyoga
    All we do then is cut off Xeno-kun's fingers
    or limbs one by one until Stanley surrenders.
[16:33] Kohaku
    That'll never happen!
[16:35] Kohaku
    They already have Suika and
    three others hostage as it is!
[16:39] Hyoga
    Everyone's lives are at stake.
[16:42] Hyoga
    If we can prevail at the mere cost of four
    lives, we ought not take it off the table.
[16:49] Kohaku
    Did you think we would allow such a plan?
[16:53] Tsukasa
    Whether or not that's our ultimate plan,
    so long as it exists as an option,
[16:59] Tsukasa
    from Stanley's perspective,
    if their communications are destroyed,
[17:03] Tsukasa
    they'll have no choice but to
    fix it as quickly as possible.
[17:06] Tsukasa
    We can cost them a massive amount of time.
[17:09] Kohaku
    Right...
[17:10] Kohaku
    I'm in agreement as long
    as that's the only purpose.
[17:17] Xeno Soldier E
    What?
[17:18] Xeno Soldier E
    What is it, Maya?
[17:21] Maya
    I don't know.
[17:23] Maya
    Maybe it's the gut instinct of an American
    national champion martial artist...
[17:28] Maya
    Found you!
[17:35] Hyoga
    There's no escape so long as
    we're surrounded by enemies.
[17:40] Hyoga
    Our death is all but certain, but...
[17:45] Tsukasa
    We can't simply go down without a fight.
[17:50] Kohaku
    I never would have thought the day would
    come when the three of us fought together.
[17:56] Kohaku
    I will destroy their communications,
    even if it costs me my life!
[18:01] Kohaku
    We do this for the victory
    of Senku and the others!
[18:20] Kohaku
    My back burns.
[18:23] Kohaku
    I'd lose my life the instant I turned my back.
[18:26] Kohaku
    Normally, in battle, my back is as cold as ice.
[18:33] Kohaku
    But now, in our final battle,
    for the first time...
[19:06] Kohaku
    Tsukasa!
[19:07] Tsukasa
    Go!
[19:11] Xeno Soldier F
    That's Tsukasa!
[19:12] Xeno Soldier E
    Who?
[19:13] Xeno Soldier F
    The strongest high school primate!
[19:15] Xeno Soldier F
    The martial arts champion from Japan!
[19:20] Maya
    I'm killing him with everything I've got, then.
[19:56] Tsukasa
    I'm impressed.
[19:58] Tsukasa
    I've never fought anyone who
    made me struggle to this degree.
[20:20] Xeno Soldier
    Our Maya?!
[20:22] Xeno Soldier
    He's a monster!
[20:26] Xeno Soldier G
    Against the the weapon of science that is the
    firearm, it doesn't matter how strong you are.
[20:35] (Flashback) Tsukasa
    But you have no idea how
    thoroughly the past world was
[20:39] (Flashback) Tsukasa
    tainted by established powers
    using weapons of science.
[20:45] (Flashback) Tsukasa
    There needs to be restraint.
[20:53] Kohaku
    Tsukasa!
[21:03] Hyoga
    Kohaku-kun! This isn't the
    time to be staring at me!
[21:07] Hyoga
    You have work to be doing!
[21:14] Kohaku
    You don't need to tell me!
[21:17] Hyoga
    That's right...
[21:19] Hyoga
    You are proper.
[21:32] Stanley
    So that's your target.
[21:36] Kohaku
    Yeah.
[21:38] Stanley
    Not bad.
[22:22] Tsukasa
    You did it.
[22:27] Tsukasa
    I knew you would, you two.
[22:34] Tsukasa
    Hyoga...
[22:36] Tsukasa
    He's perished.
[22:40] Tsukasa
    Kohaku and I won't last very long.
[22:46] Tsukasa
    If Senku and the others complete the Medusa...
[22:52] Tsukasa
    Perhaps the Medusa can bring back the dead.
[22:58] Tsukasa
    Mirai, who was in suspended animation,
    and I, in cold sleep, were restored.
[23:05] Tsukasa
    Is it only a matter of how well
    our cell tissue is preserved?
[23:10] Tsukasa
    Because if it is...
[23:17] Tsukasa
    I hadn't realized that, at this point,
[23:21] Tsukasa
    I'd already resigned my entire
    fate to Senku's science.
[23:27] Tsukasa
    What I once sought to destroy
    has become a glimmer of hope.
[23:35] Tsukasa
    We're counting on you,
[23:41] Tsukasa
    Senku.
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