8 - LOCK ON

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[01:30] (Flashback) Xeno
    Ionized nitric minerals...
[01:33] (Flashback) Xeno
    Nitric acid.
[01:43] (Flashback) Xeno
    I thought you'd be the
    next one to wake up, Stan.
[01:56] (Flashback) Stanley
    How much time has passed since then?
[01:59] (Flashback) Xeno
    It must have been at least
    a few thousand years.
[02:03] (Flashback) Xeno
    There are no buildings.
[02:05] (Flashback) Xeno
    For them to have worn all the way
    through rebar, the pH of concrete—
[02:09] (Flashback) Stanley
    Okay, got it.
[02:11] (Flashback) Stanley
    That's enough.
[02:16] (Flashback) Xeno
    Stan, all of our clothes have weathered away.
[02:20] (Flashback) Xeno
    You can't expect to find your smokes.
[02:24] (Flashback) Xeno
    Take the opportunity to stop inhaling toxic gas.
[02:31] (Flashback) Stanley
    So, what are we doing now?
[02:35] (Flashback) Xeno
    A man once said...
[02:39] (Flashback) Xeno
    "No matter the state of humanity,
[02:42] (Flashback) Xeno
    someone will always emerge intent on
    unearthing all of the workings of the world."
[02:48] (Flashback) Xeno
    So the race is on.
[02:51] (Flashback) Xeno
    It's quite the elegant battle, don't you think?
[02:54] (Flashback) Xeno
    Who will master science first and become
    the sole ruler of the stone world?
[04:45] (Flashback) Stanley
    What's this?
[04:46] (Flashback) Xeno
    Nitric acid.
[04:48] (Flashback) Xeno
    Though heavily diluted.
[04:49] (Flashback) Stanley
    Are you sure this is going to wake them up?
[04:52] (Flashback) Stanley
    Really?
[04:53] (Flashback) Xeno
    I told you a few thousand years ago. Remember?
[04:57] (Flashback) Xeno
    The sparrows probed using glass wool
    electrodes doused in nitric acid—
[05:00] (Flashback) Stanley
    Yeah, yeah, got it.
[05:03] (Flashback) Stanley
    Point is, we just need these guys to have
    followed their order to stay conscious.
[05:17] (Flashback) Brody
    After those superheroes
    were told to stay awake,
[05:20] (Flashback) Brody
    this is all the survivors we have?
[05:25] (Flashback) Brody
    Or should I say "sleepvivors"?
[05:29] (Flashback) Xeno
    Some people seem to be earlier than others.
[05:31] (Flashback) Xeno
    We may see more of them wake up soon.
[05:34] (Flashback) Maya
    The venue staff must have
    heard Stanley's orders.
[05:40] (Flashback) Maya
    I think there's a chance they're still awake.
[05:44] (Flashback) Brody
    Nah, I don't think the
    civvies would have made it.
[05:51] (Flashback) Carlos
    Ma'am!
[06:08] (Flashback) Maya
    A ring?
[06:10] (Flashback) Brody
    Would you look at that!
[06:11] (Flashback) Brody
    It's barely holding shape.
[06:13] (Flashback) Stanley
    It was time-capsuled in that mystery
    mineral for thousands of years.
[06:27] (Flashback) Xeno
    It's platinum.
[06:32] (Flashback) Xeno
    Excellent.
[06:33] (Flashback) Xeno
    Very elegant indeed!
[06:38] (Flashback) Xeno
    Suppose a world champion martial artist
[06:42] (Flashback) Xeno
    were to be revived into this stone world.
[06:46] (Flashback) Xeno
    The world would be his.
[06:50] (Flashback) Xeno
    But with platinum in our hands,
[06:54] (Flashback) Xeno
    we can immediately start
    mass-producing nitric acid
[06:57] (Flashback) Xeno
    and make more gunpowder than
    we'd know what to do with.
[07:03] (Flashback) Xeno
    And first, we'll need people.
[07:15] (Flashback) Xeno
    Once we have adequate manpower,
    we'll next travel toward the Yellow Dent.
[07:23] (Flashback) Xeno
    We'll find the ideal place for growing
    corn and make our base there.
[07:37] (Flashback) Xeno
    We'll secure food, clothing, and shelter
    as we begin producing gunpowder.
[07:43] (Flashback) Xeno
    In the meantime, we'll work on refining
    metals and precision machining.
[07:53] (Flashback) Xeno
    We've finally completed the firearm.
[08:07] (Flashback) Xeno
    Very elegant.
[08:09] (Flashback) Xeno
    And now, we are the pinnacle of science
    and warfare in the stone world.
[08:15] (Flashback) Stanley
    Yeah.
[08:25] (Flashback) Xeno
    You've noticed the fruit of the devil, have you?
[08:30] (Flashback) Xeno
    Tobacco plants grow wild here.
[08:35] (Flashback) Stanley
    I suppose I'll help myself to some.
[08:39] (Flashback) Stanley
    As a bonus.
[08:43] (Flashback) Stanley
    Nicotiana tabacum.
[08:46] (Flashback) Stanley
    Dry the leaves of this plant,
    chop it up, and wrap it in paper...
[08:53] (Flashback) Stanley
    and you've got a cigarette.
[09:14] (Flashback) Xeno
    No one will threaten us.
[09:18] (Flashback) Xeno
    With my scientific acumen and your skill
    with firearms, my old friend Stanley,
[09:24] (Flashback) Xeno
    we can become the monocrats to rule the world.
[09:30] (Flashback) Xeno
    That's within our reach.
[09:33] (Flashback) Xeno
    Isn't that right, Stanley?
[09:39] (Flashback) Stanley
    Yeah.
[09:41] (Flashback) Stanley
    It is.
[09:52] Ryusui
    In sum, Xeno and you, master and disciple
    in science, awoke around the same time
[09:58] Ryusui
    and made use of nitric acid:
[10:01] Ryusui
    one for the science of giving life,
[10:05] Ryusui
    and one for the science of taking it away.
[10:17] Luna
    What are they talking about?
[10:20] Luna
    Is that decent-looking Senku guy
    over there acquainted with Xeno?
[10:30] Luna
    I'll make a casual approach.
[10:33] Luna
    That's right, I'm the cool-headed Luna.
[10:36] Taiju
    Say what?!
[10:38] Taiju
    Our rocket-building teacher
    was the enemy science boss?!
[10:44] Luna
    There he is! On the deck!
    I've got you this time, Doctor Taiju!
[10:52] Luna
    All I have to do is point at him.
[10:56] Luna
    Then Stanley will plug him, and we win.
[11:02] Luna
    Th-Th-That's right!
[11:03] Luna
    Of course!
[11:05] Luna
    That's what I've been
    working at this whole time.
[11:08] Luna
    I'm Luna, the capable woman.
[11:22] Senku
    That's some stupidly useful
    information we got out of Luna.
[11:27] Senku
    Doctor Xeno...
[11:29] Senku
    If he's our enemy, the Medusa may
    end up being our secret weapon.
[11:35] Ginro
    Th-Th-That thing still works?!
[11:39] Senku
    The battery's completely drained. You know that.
[11:42] Taiju
    What do you mean, then?
[11:44] Senku
    Doctor Xeno knows all too well how
    powerful the weapons of science are.
[11:48] Senku
    He's trying to take over
    the new world with them.
[11:52] Senku
    There's no way he would turn a blind eye to
    the super science weapon that is the Medusa.
[11:58] Ryusui
    I see now!
[12:00] Ryusui
    The question isn't whether
    or not it can actually be used.
[12:03] Ryusui
    It's precisely because the enemy
    is an overly capable science user
[12:06] Ryusui
    that the weapon transforms into the perfect
    bluff of an unstoppable ultimate weapon.
[12:10] Senku
    Yeah, that's the idea.
[12:13] Taiju
    So if I have this right, we're using the
    spent Medusa as a way to intimidate them?
[12:19] Luna
    Come on! Point! Now!
[12:21] Luna
    At Doctor Taiju!
[12:23] Luna
    All I'm doing is moving my finger.
[12:26] Luna
    Right? Easy. All done.
[12:28] Luna
    Be cold. Be collected!
[13:08] (Flashback) Taiju
    Get her inside to treat her wounds!
[13:29] Luna
    I can't!
[13:35] Luna
    Why can't I do it?!
[13:38] Luna
    I'm a cool, capable woman!
[13:41] Luna
    I need to at least pass on the information!
[13:47] Luna
    That Senku person might know Xeno!
[13:54] Carlos
    She's saying something.
[13:58] Luna
    Senku!
[14:01] Carlos
    Senku?
[14:10] Max
    Senku?
[14:13] Max
    What's she talking about? I don't get it.
[14:15] Max
    But it's information that the
    miss risked her life to obtain!
[14:19] Max
    It must be important somehow!
[14:20] Max
    All right, report to Xeno!
[14:26] Max
    White Castle, White Castle!
[14:28] Max
    Ghost 2 here.
[14:30] Max
    Transmitting information from the goddess.
[14:39] Minami
    What is that?
[14:41] Minami
    Senku!
[14:46] Senku
    What is it?
[14:47] Minami
    I was at the comms, about to send
    out our regular transmission,
[14:51] Minami
    when it started making screeching noises.
[14:59] Senku
    It's scrambled.
[15:02] Senku
    The transmission's gone through
    a proper cipher device.
[15:05] Taiju
    Encryption?
[15:07] Taiju
    You mean they're telling secrets?
[15:08] Taiju
    No fair!
[15:10] Ryusui
    Is it Xeno?
[15:11] Nikki
    Can't we decrypt it?
[15:13] Senku
    It isn't that easy.
[15:15] Senku
    We'd need a spectrum analyzer.
[15:17] Taiju
    I don't know what that is,
    but you can't do it right away, then?
[15:22] Ryusui
    No...
[15:23] Ryusui
    It isn't what they're saying that's important.
[15:26] Ryusui
    The communication happened after
    I saw Luna doing something.
[15:31] Ryusui
    Which means...
[15:34] Ryusui
    The enemy is nearby!
[15:50] Stanley
    All right.
[15:52] Stanley
    You're Doctor Taiju.
[15:58] Xeno
    Hold your fire, Stan!
[16:04] Xeno
    Doctor Taiju was a body double.
[16:09] Xeno
    The true enemy leader...
[16:12] Xeno
    The OP scientist...
[16:16] Xeno
    is Senku.
[16:18] Xeno
    Ishigami Senku.
[16:23] Stanley
    Well?
[16:25] Stanley
    Which one is the true target?
[16:29] Stanley
    Which is Doctor Senku?
[16:34] Xeno
    The one who first spoke in that transmission...
[16:38] Chrome
    Do you hear me, Perseus*?
[16:39] Chrome
    We just had a change of plans,
    and we need to—
[16:42] Senku
    You can stop right there.
[16:45] Xeno
    That quick scientific decision-making...
[16:51] Xeno
    And based on the countless exchanges we*
    had about rocketry thousands of years ago...
[16:58] Xeno
    His personality, his tone...
[17:01] Xeno
    I've recorded all of our transmissions.
[17:05] Xeno
    This is Senku's voice!
[17:11] Stanley
    I'm not gonna hear him from here.
[17:14] Xeno
    I won't need you to.
[17:17] Xeno
    I can calculate his height based on his voice.
[17:22] Xeno
    We calculate the vocal tract length based
    on the domain of a smooth function.
[17:27] Xeno
    Applied to human height, we get 5'7" with
    an error margin of one to two inches.
[17:35] Xeno
    And though he may have grown
[17:38] Xeno
    since the first and last time I met him,
    he wouldn't have shrunk.
[17:46] Xeno
    Which means...
[17:49] Xeno
    His height is between 5'7" and 5'8".
[17:52] Xeno
    Age nineteen. Male.
[17:55] Stanley
    All right. Perfect.
[18:00] Stanley
    I can easily get his height
    by comparing him to Luna.
[18:07] Stanley
    One.
[18:10] Stanley
    Two.
[18:14] Stanley
    Three targets.
[18:18] Ryusui
    Sniper!
[18:19] Ryusui
    There's a sniper!
[18:21] Ryusui
    Hide!
[18:22] Ryusui
    Get behind something!
[18:35] Luna
    Did they catch me?!
[18:38] Stanley
    Idiot! Stop looking at me, Luna!
[18:40] Stanley
    They'll know where I am!
[18:44] Stanley
    No, that's not it.
[18:46] Stanley
    Look!
[18:48] Stanley
    The OP science leader...
[18:50] Stanley
    The smart one is one of those three.
[18:54] Stanley
    If the target is as clever as Xeno says,
[18:57] Stanley
    he'll no doubt notice where you're
    looking and turn to face me.
[19:03] Stanley
    He'll naturally smoke himself out.
[19:08] Stanley
    Heya, Ishigami Senku.
[19:20] Stanley
    Beyond my line of sight...
[19:26] Francois
    Senku-sama.
[19:28] Stanley
    Oh?
[19:30] Stanley
    He's retreated to the
    optimal geometric position.
[19:34] Stanley
    Not bad.
[19:36] Stanley
    But that's exactly why I can see you.
[19:42] Stanley
    Xeno, let me ask one more time, just in case.
[19:49] Stanley
    You're sure, right?
[19:50] Stanley
    I'm going to kill him.
[19:52] Stanley
    There's no taking it back.
[20:03] Xeno
    I use my science to take over the world.
[20:07] Xeno
    Or, if we join forces,
    we can be more certain of it.
[20:14] Xeno
    But a future in which he accepts
    such an offer would never come.
[20:38] Xeno
    Yeah.
[20:40] Xeno
    Go ahead.
[20:54] Senku
    Starch...
[20:56] Senku
    Or the powdered arrowroot from
    the soft serve we made earlier?
[20:59] Senku
    Same shit.
[21:01] Senku
    Water!
[21:33] Senku
    Dilatant materials.
[21:35] Senku
    Powder particles, mixed with a fluid, move
    the same as a fluid when disturbed slowly.
[21:45] Senku
    But with abrupt impact,
    they suddenly turn solid.
[21:49] Senku
    There's even been research on using that
    property to make bulletproof vests.
[21:57] Senku
    Although it hadn't hit the market yet!
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