I want...
I need!
I need a professional chef!
This bread Senku made is perfectly good.
It's practically a rock, but it goes down easy!
You lot have much to try.
True bread is unbelievable!
That's why I want a professional chef! We're going to slap one up!
We're all out of petrification revival fluid, though.
We could make some from poo, but it'll take a while.
A few months.
No! I want one now!
Are you even listening to him?
Not to worry!
I'll find us one or two people's worth of revival fluid.
How? Dumbass.
We don't have the nitric acid we need.
About that...
I can think of some baddies who've been hiding some.
Your face!
You're obviously the baddie here!
Greed Equals Justice
Hello?
Huh? Revival fluid?
Why would I have any of that?
Don't play dumb, journalass!
You were in charge of choosing people to revive, weren't you?
You would have plenty of opportunities to swipe a person's worth.
You can wake up whomever you want and make them talk.
The stuff's made of dreams if you're a journalist.
No one can escape the desire of greed.
I know, because I'm the greediest person in the world.
You're hiding some.
Seriously?!
You can really make that, Senku-chan?!
Senku hasn't said anything.
Let Gen handle all the sketchy dealings.
He says he has the perfect gift for a talented reporter, Hokutozai Minami-chan...
in exchange for the revival fluid.
Hokutozai Minami?
That's a badass name, journalass.
Her initials are N E W S...
"News."
Whisper, whisper, whisper...
I...
I want it!
But...
Hear that? There's something she wants.
Sounds like we're gonna have to use science to make stuff again!
I don't mind.
To want is the driving force behind science.
Without it, we wouldn't get anywhere.
Every time we make something new, it leads to something in the future.
I only have enough for a tiger cub.
So who are you waking up with it?
A three-star chef?
Isn't this...
Ah.
It's where we found Ryusui!
Francois is the one we want.
You'll find them quickly.
They were with me when I was petrified.
Francois?
Ask my butler, Francois, for a check.
Write any number you like on it.
Francois!
Your butler, huh, Ryusui?
Butler-slash-chef.
They made all my meals, of course, but they also managed all kinds of service.
They're a professional devoted to the art of hospitality.
Even in this primitive world, they'll make not just food,
but the meals that we all desire.
A man?!
No, a woman?!
Actually, we don't really know.
I'm gonna excuse myself, just in case!
It's only polite!
Isn't Francois a male name?
Ryusui wouldn't tell us.
I brought the clothes he asked me to.
I thank you kindly for everything, including the clothes.
But first...
Do any of you know of Nanami Ryusui-san?
I must find him immediately.
After you just woke up for the first time in 3,700 years?
Shouldn't you get some rest first?
Ryusui's doing well!
There's no need to worry.
Worry?
Unfortunately, whether I'm worried or not has no bearing on the situation.
This is my job, after all.
I shall be heading out now.
Wait, you don't even know where he is!
I'll come along as your guide.
Sheesh!
Thank you kindly.
I appreciate it.
Help me!
Francois?
Is that a French name?
Can they speak Japanese?
I'd never thought about it before.
They might be Japanese.
Was it Francois or Fransowa?
I don't remember their real name, nor do I know their gender.
Not even their gender?!
You really couldn't care a little more?
I only know one thing:
Francois is the most desirable butler in the world.
If they're good, their background and gender don't matter. Am I right?
Pardon me, Ryusui-sama, everyone.
I'd like to take a look at the finished bread.
They just waltzed right in!
I'm dead...
Two whole days... non-stop...
Don't we need to fill them in on everything?
Never mind that.
Why would Francois not have assessed the situation while on the way here?
And this is the bread we baked using our wheat!
This is bread.
Preparing for the worst possible scenario is part of my job, so allow me to ask...
You didn't serve this industrial sludge to our guests, did you?
I did!
It was pretty tasty!
Please tell me the purpose of our menu as well as the guests' requests.
Preserved food for a long-term voyage.
We want long-lasting, filling bread that's at least fit for human consumption.
Rather, how many months should it last?
I'd like as accurate a figure as you can provide.
From my experience,
the crew wouldn't last longer than a year at sea,
and we'd be screwed either way.
So, at most...
Ten months.
That's as long as it needs to last.
Ten months.
Understood.
Then I shall prepare Stollen, the goats' gift.
Stollen?
It's a sweet bread that keeps for a long time. It's eaten at Christmas.
This is...
Wow! It's goat butter!
We'll stuff it with dried fruit preserved in alcohol.
Ah-ha.
You're sucking out all the moisture using butter, salt, and dry fruit.
Bacteria won't grow if there's no moisture in it.
Which means it won't rot.
More speed than strength.
Knead it firmly.
Pardon me.
Ryusui-sama, Senku-sama, the nuts are falling out.
Those parts will no doubt be scorched!
You're using the upper heat and lower heat separately, I see.
Fantastic.
I thank you kindly.
It is my job to satisfy all greed with flawless hospitality.
Greed...
equals justice.
For firm breads, the first nine minutes are critical.
There's some crazy stuff happening over here!
Indeed.
I've never smelled anything so fragrant!
The rising period lasts for just the first nine minutes of baking.
What matters is how much heat energy can be transferred into the bread.
That is, how airtight the oven...
It's stupid simple science.
Steam conducts energy way better than air.
Water
I slammed it full of heat for you.
Ryusui-sama, as your butler, I pledge to bring back the Nanami Conglomerate.
In order to take on this new world,
we absolutely want Ishigami Senku.
That's obvious to me.
I'm the greediest person in the world, after all.
Holy crap!
What's with this bread?
It's mental! It's too good!
It's making me teary-eyed.
It's the first proper modern food I've had in thousands of years.
It's like a firm madeleine.
I could eat it forever.
Yeah.
It's as good as bread from a popular modern shop.
It'll last to the other side of the planet, and it's good as hell.
A perfect food that I've been dying to have.
And we've got it now!
Greed equals justice.
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Bread acquired!!
This stuff...
This stuff is way too good.
This is just wrong, Francois!
It's nothing difficult.
All you need to make bread is flour.
Mix water and flour, and let it rest for several days at about 30 degrees.
It's summer now, so the weather's just right.
It'll ferment on its own and begin bubbling.
Huh?
Don't you need that, er, "yeast" stuff to make bread?
That stuff's all over the place.
Wheat's enough to get it growing.
Huh...
There's plenty on fruit skins, in particular.
It might help give it some fragrance.
The more water you use, the softer the bread will be.
But it'll also spoil faster.
So I suggest a water to flour ratio of about one-to-one.
Once we have the bread, the rest of the process is the same as modern breadmaking.
Francois's Bread Class
Francois's Bread Class.
Water
Salt
First, add water and salt to flour, and then knead.
Let it sit for roughly an hour.
Ball it up again to force out any gas.
Make a V with your hand, and fold the dough over itself.
Then leave it for another hour.
Bake at 200 to 300 degrees...
And you're done.
Oh, man!
That's awesome!
And who do you have to thank for that awesome bread?
Francois.
Obviously not!
I mean, you're right, but...
Francois, too, but...
It's because I gave you that tiger cub's worth of revival fluid!
Also, I haven't forgotten what you promised to make me in exchange!
Bread's nice, but what I want most...
The hell?
You talk out of your ass way too much, mentalist.
I was kinda just in the moment when I promised her, y'know?
You can do it, can't you, Senku-chan?
The work's going to be a bit intricate.
I'm gonna need the craftsman.
Kaseki's old.
Ishigami Village would be too long a walk for him.
Is it really a good idea to summon him so casually?
I'll carry him on my back, then!
Oh, it's Taiju.
I'll take care of it!
All right. Thanks.
Thankies!
You don't have to worry about me.
Senku...
Do you have any idea how bored I've been since you left?
Don't underestimate a craftsman.
It can drive up hills now with its dual pistons...
The Steam Gorilla II!
We had everything on hand, including the engine.
Your clothes!
Dapper, am I not?
I'm thinking I'll go with this look from now on.
So, what did you bring me here to make?
Your clothes!
Let's let craftsman Kaseki deal with the building.
We gotta focus on the science.
Right!
This is the stuff we're mixing together this time.
Our old friend, sodium hydroxide...
Silver...
And ammonia.
That's the smelly stuff we get from pee.
We dip this glass into the sketchy concoction we just made.
Sprinkle on just a hint of glucose...
And it's done.
Already?!
Wait, what the heck is this?!
Me?!
Oh, damn!
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Mirror acquired!!
Now we just need to wipe the front part and glue on some paper or carbon or whatever.
That'll keep the silver coating from coming off and make it usable.
It was a mirror that you wanted, Minami-chan?
It's always your face and beauty with you, isn't it?
Don't be so insensitive, Chrome!
Women are all beautiful. Of course they take care of themselves.
Mirrors are important.
But what I really want is my work tool.
Your work tool?
This mirror...
is a film.
Do you mean...
We put the mirror into the body that Kaseki-sensei made and close it.
That means it has a dark room feature built in.
And then we bathe it in the sulfur steam we made from seaweed.
That's it for the film.
The daguerreotype.
Humanity's oldest...
camera.
That day, thousands of years ago...
I lost my camera forever.
Thank you.
I promise I'll use this one shot...
to make a record of humanity building civilization
from scratch.
Sure, you do that.
We're taking some, too. From our balloon.
I see!
Aerial photos for surveying from above!
It'll be ten billion times faster than just using our eyes.
That's why I made the cameras.
Y-You could have just said it was for Minami-chan.
You're just embarrassing her after that nice speech she made.
At least let me take the first picture for memory's sake!
Perfectly fair.
I'm buying the photo, model rights and all!
Why should the first photo be yours?!
What are you talking about?
It's a record of the beginning of technological civilization.
It should be Senku, obviously.
Am I right?
An exhibit at the Nanami Museum, representing the history of the new world.
You seem to misunderstand Ryusui-sama.
He doesn't want the glory for himself.
His greed isn't so tame.
He wants everyone to be in the spotlight,
and he wants all of that glory for himself.
And...
I suspected this might happen.
So I had Kaseki-sama bring Ryusui-sama's wardrobe for the shoot.
Just how well-prepared can you be?
That's my Francois!
Well, here I go.
Isn't this one of those cameras
that flips left and right?
Nope. It has a prism in it.
It's not going to invert.
Forget it!
Clothes will only get in the way on the balloon!
If you wanna take pictures, fine!
At least pose for me!
Senku? Pose?
I can't picture it.
Him, posing with a peace sign?
Then how about the pose taken by the world's most famous scientist?
That's it!
Unlike smartphones or digital cameras, this doesn't work instantly.
Fly steady, or it's going to be blurry as hell.
I'm the king of the wind. Don't forget that.
I'll find us that oil in no time!
According to Senku, we cook it in mercury.
Then we put in the "fixing solution" made from sulfur, and...
Senku's standing on the board!
What's up with this pose, anyway?
You'd need to be a modern person to know the reference.
That's the pose of the world's most famous scientist.
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Photography acquired!
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First Contact
This is a work of fiction, but the plants, animals, and production methods described are based on reality. Foraging and making things on your own accord is extremely dangerous and, in some cases, illegal. Please do not imitate without expertise.