1 00:00:01,420 --> 00:00:03,920 [LUNA] Um, it came out pretty nicely, didn't it? 2 00:00:04,340 --> 00:00:06,130 In the words of Doctor Xeno. 3 00:00:06,630 --> 00:00:08,470 Well, it's rather... 4 00:00:11,390 --> 00:00:12,600 elegant. 5 00:00:13,310 --> 00:00:14,720 [gasps] 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,060 [SENKU] Luna. 7 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,730 Was Doctor Xeno a NASA scientist? 8 00:00:21,810 --> 00:00:23,980 Wait a sec! How did you know that? 9 00:00:24,070 --> 00:00:30,570 ♪ 10 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:32,030 [SENKU] When I was a kid, 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,080 he helped start me down the path of building rockets. 12 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:40,420 ♪ 13 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:43,500 Their Doctor Xeno was my old science mentor. 14 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,560 ♪ 15 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:20,270 THE TWO SCIENTISTS 16 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:23,770 [traffic humming] 17 00:02:24,020 --> 00:02:26,020 [clinking] 18 00:02:26,690 --> 00:02:28,020 Hm. 19 00:02:32,650 --> 00:02:33,900 All right. 20 00:02:34,490 --> 00:02:36,280 - -Ready? - Hm-mm. 21 00:02:37,620 --> 00:02:39,410 [whooshing] 22 00:02:39,990 --> 00:02:41,450 - -Whoa! - Whoa! 23 00:02:42,910 --> 00:02:44,750 [explosion] 24 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:47,080 - -[dog barks] - [man screams] 25 00:02:47,170 --> 00:02:49,550 ♪ 26 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:53,300 [scoffs] Next one's getting off the ground! 27 00:02:53,470 --> 00:02:54,760 [XENO] Oh! 28 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,050 Oh, dang it! 29 00:02:56,130 --> 00:02:58,260 None of this makes any sense to me! 30 00:02:59,430 --> 00:03:00,720 [grunts] 31 00:03:01,930 --> 00:03:03,810 Whoa, I bet you're huntin' down 32 00:03:03,890 --> 00:03:05,890 some sick rocket secrets on that thing! 33 00:03:06,060 --> 00:03:07,270 Huh? 34 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:08,900 I didn't know you could read English! 35 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:10,360 That's amazing! 36 00:03:10,730 --> 00:03:12,360 I wish, but not quite. 37 00:03:12,730 --> 00:03:14,610 Still stuck at, "This is a pen." 38 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:16,320 What's a "Disizapen?" 39 00:03:16,570 --> 00:03:18,200 Naturally, most of these articles 40 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:19,620 are written in English, 41 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:21,990 so I have to squeak by with a dictionary. 42 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:25,790 But poring over articles only gets you so far. 43 00:03:25,870 --> 00:03:26,960 You save loads of time 44 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,130 by sharing info with your colleagues. 45 00:03:29,210 --> 00:03:30,960 That's how science works! 46 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,090 [clicking] 47 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:35,470 ♪ 48 00:03:36,590 --> 00:03:37,930 You mean you're sending that message 49 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:39,340 all over the world? 50 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,010 Yep! Near and far! 51 00:03:41,100 --> 00:03:43,680 I'm basically a science spammer. [chuckles] 52 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:50,610 ♪ 53 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,530 Got a question from a kid in elementary school. 54 00:03:53,980 --> 00:03:55,360 "If space is black, 55 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,240 then how come the sky is blue?" 56 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:58,450 That's adorable! 57 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:00,120 Be sure to give them a good answer. 58 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,490 And here's one from a Japanese student. 59 00:04:02,780 --> 00:04:04,660 [FEMALE STAFF 407A] His name is "Senku," huh? 60 00:04:05,290 --> 00:04:07,370 [laughs] He must have put a lot of effort 61 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:08,960 into writing that in English. 62 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,040 What's the little tyke wanna know? 63 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:15,800 [all gasps] 64 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,220 [SENKU (YOUNG)] I started my rocket research 65 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:19,380 by modding the hell out of a car turbocharger, 66 00:04:19,470 --> 00:04:21,260 but I'm hitting a stupid number of roadblocks 67 00:04:21,350 --> 00:04:23,010 just deciphering research reports. 68 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:24,640 The first problem was with the oscillating 69 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,310 component of the firing pressure. 70 00:04:26,390 --> 00:04:27,940 I managed to get the margin of error 71 00:04:28,020 --> 00:04:29,140 on the intermediate frequency 72 00:04:29,230 --> 00:04:31,270 oscillatory combustion down to 7% 73 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:32,940 by running a computer simulation, 74 00:04:33,020 --> 00:04:34,400 but let's be real, there's no way 75 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,530 in ten billion years I could have crunched numbers 76 00:04:36,610 --> 00:04:38,740 that nasty on the potato I call a PC. 77 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:40,780 So I set up a VPN on a lab server 78 00:04:40,860 --> 00:04:42,370 at the university my dad taught at... 79 00:04:42,780 --> 00:04:44,160 I'm pretty sure he's confessing 80 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:45,790 to some serious crimes here. 81 00:04:45,870 --> 00:04:48,540 There's no way a little kid wrote all of that. 82 00:04:48,620 --> 00:04:50,330 This must be some elaborate prank. 83 00:04:50,420 --> 00:04:52,080 I don't care what it is. 84 00:04:52,170 --> 00:04:53,880 We can't get mixed up in it. 85 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,250 Just ignore him. 86 00:04:55,340 --> 00:04:59,130 ♪ 87 00:05:06,470 --> 00:05:08,140 [gasps] 88 00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:11,520 You really did it, Senku! 89 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:12,600 You got a reply, 90 00:05:12,730 --> 00:05:15,690 and it's even from a real-life NASA science person, too! 91 00:05:15,770 --> 00:05:17,610 Simmer down, ya big oaf. 92 00:05:18,530 --> 00:05:20,820 [XENO] I've included the math below for reference, 93 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:22,240 but long story short, 94 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,990 the nozzle needs to be made of niobium alloy. 95 00:05:25,370 --> 00:05:26,410 Doctor Senku. 96 00:05:26,490 --> 00:05:28,120 I suspect your efforts are being led 97 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,290 wildly astray by faulty data. 98 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,170 You are clearly using subpar equipment. 99 00:05:33,580 --> 00:05:34,710 You should get your hands 100 00:05:34,790 --> 00:05:36,000 on a resistance thermometer 101 00:05:36,090 --> 00:05:38,760 that has a rhodium-platinum alloy heat sensor. 102 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,510 Science is elegant. 103 00:05:41,590 --> 00:05:43,590 Signed, Doctor X. 104 00:05:45,390 --> 00:05:47,260 All done! Time to chow down. 105 00:05:47,350 --> 00:05:48,680 Sure thing. 106 00:05:48,770 --> 00:05:50,060 Oh! 107 00:05:50,140 --> 00:05:51,600 So, you've gotta buy the thermometer 108 00:05:51,690 --> 00:05:52,850 in that picture, right? 109 00:05:52,940 --> 00:05:54,310 Try the hundred-yen store! 110 00:05:54,650 --> 00:05:56,150 Wonder how much the thing costs. 111 00:05:56,230 --> 00:05:58,030 [both slurping] 112 00:05:58,110 --> 00:06:00,690 ♪ 113 00:06:00,780 --> 00:06:01,990 PLATINUM 114 00:06:02,910 --> 00:06:03,820 PLATINUM-RHODIUM ALLOY 115 00:06:03,950 --> 00:06:04,910 THERMOMETER SENSOR 50,000 POINTS (10%) 116 00:06:05,660 --> 00:06:08,200 [groans] 117 00:06:08,790 --> 00:06:13,250 ♪ 118 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:15,500 Senku! 119 00:06:15,580 --> 00:06:16,880 I can't believe you came all the way 120 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,710 over to the US to see me! 121 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,590 [SENKU (YOUNG)] Yeah, yeah, now skip the waterworks 122 00:06:20,670 --> 00:06:22,010 and give me the goods already. 123 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,640 I need that magic card. 124 00:06:24,970 --> 00:06:26,760 [BYAKUYA] Oh, okay. 125 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:28,930 The mythical, demon's credit card 126 00:06:29,010 --> 00:06:30,810 is a ridiculously powerful tool. 127 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:32,520 Any astronaut training in the US 128 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,600 can buy whatever scientific equipment they want, 129 00:06:34,690 --> 00:06:36,400 and it's all on the government's tab! 130 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:37,520 You're not wrong, 131 00:06:37,610 --> 00:06:39,110 but how do you even know that? 132 00:06:39,190 --> 00:06:40,530 Information like that won't turn up 133 00:06:40,610 --> 00:06:42,360 in a standard Google search! 134 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:43,820 ♪ 135 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:45,570 You're going home already? 136 00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:46,950 What are you, one of those people 137 00:06:47,030 --> 00:06:49,700 who lost on the plane in All-American Ultra Quiz? 138 00:06:49,790 --> 00:06:51,700 Generation-gap alert, old fart. 139 00:06:51,790 --> 00:06:53,080 I don't get that reference. 140 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:54,960 But when's your next visit? 141 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,040 I guess whenever 142 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,380 I need to renew the credit card. 143 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:59,460 Don't be cruel to your old man! 144 00:06:59,550 --> 00:07:00,710 ♪ 145 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,800 PLATINUM-RHODIUM ALLOY RESISTANCE THERMOMETER 146 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,840 XENON GAS 147 00:07:04,970 --> 00:07:07,050 PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE 148 00:07:07,180 --> 00:07:09,600 THERMAL CAMERA 149 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:12,720 Whoa! That's some pricey-lookin' tech, dude! 150 00:07:12,810 --> 00:07:14,560 I have no idea what any of it is! 151 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:15,980 I could've made do without it, 152 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:17,940 but it's hard to argue with free. 153 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,610 I'll take any advantage I can get, and this is huge. 154 00:07:21,980 --> 00:07:23,650 With my mountain of equipment. 155 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:25,240 And all the knowledge 156 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,030 I'm gaining in Doctor X's online classes. 157 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,910 I'll research everything. 158 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,160 I'll try everything! 159 00:07:34,910 --> 00:07:37,620 We'll forge our way across two-million years 160 00:07:37,710 --> 00:07:40,710 of human history, but not from the ground up. 161 00:07:40,790 --> 00:07:43,550 We'll be standing on the shoulders of giants! 162 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:45,260 [clicking] 163 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:48,930 [message chimes] 164 00:07:56,190 --> 00:07:57,350 Hm. 165 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:06,900 ♪ 166 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:53,330 [TAIJU (YOUNG)] Man, Senku. 167 00:08:53,410 --> 00:08:55,990 I thought the whole idea was to build a rocket ship. 168 00:08:56,450 --> 00:08:57,700 So I don't get why you ask him 169 00:08:57,790 --> 00:09:00,370 so many questions that have nothing to do with that. 170 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:01,830 [laughs] 171 00:09:02,170 --> 00:09:04,500 If we knew every use case for each kind of science, 172 00:09:04,590 --> 00:09:06,380 that would be way too easy. 173 00:09:06,460 --> 00:09:08,420 It's like asking why I don't just hit the track 174 00:09:08,510 --> 00:09:11,010 and bet on all the winning horses from the start. 175 00:09:11,180 --> 00:09:13,350 There's still so much we don't know yet. 176 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,010 In a lot of ways, science is-- 177 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:16,890 - -[message chimes] - [gasps] 178 00:09:19,180 --> 00:09:21,810 [XENO] Science is power. 179 00:09:22,060 --> 00:09:24,440 ♪ 180 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,940 For example, I trust you don't need me 181 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:28,320 to tell you that your little rocket 182 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,110 and a ballistic missile are fundamentally 183 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,530 one and the same. 184 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:33,820 With the power of science, 185 00:09:33,910 --> 00:09:35,370 a knowledgeable man could guide 186 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:39,370 the ignorant masses to truth, and rule over them completely. 187 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,080 That makes science 188 00:09:42,170 --> 00:09:45,290 a rather elegant power, Doctor Senku. 189 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,710 [SENKU (YOUNG)] Nah, world-domination crap 190 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,800 doesn't move me one millimeter. 191 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:51,340 Sounds stupid boring. 192 00:09:51,430 --> 00:09:53,470 I wanna uncover all the world's secrets, 193 00:09:53,550 --> 00:09:56,430 and that includes everything in the cosmos, too. 194 00:09:57,260 --> 00:09:58,430 All of it. 195 00:09:58,770 --> 00:09:59,930 Everything! 196 00:10:00,020 --> 00:10:01,440 ♪ 197 00:10:02,020 --> 00:10:04,480 Ten billion percent of it all! 198 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:11,240 ♪ 199 00:10:26,420 --> 00:10:28,090 [crickets chirping] 200 00:10:28,170 --> 00:10:29,420 [indistinct canteen chatter] 201 00:10:29,510 --> 00:10:30,840 Oh, hey, Xeno! 202 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,880 What would you do if you were sent back in time 203 00:10:32,970 --> 00:10:34,220 to the Stone Age? 204 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:36,390 [smirks] 205 00:10:37,930 --> 00:10:40,560 I'd create scientific weapons from scratch, 206 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,480 and rule as a dictator. 207 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:45,150 [laughs] Lame answer. 208 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,520 Who'd want that? 209 00:10:46,610 --> 00:10:47,900 [chuckles] 210 00:10:48,690 --> 00:10:50,860 But what if there were rival scientists? 211 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:52,780 Exactly. 212 00:10:53,070 --> 00:10:56,030 Humanity will always have one trick up its sleeve, 213 00:10:56,110 --> 00:10:57,620 and that's curiosity. 214 00:10:57,950 --> 00:11:01,330 I'm ten billion percent sure a greedy bastard 215 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:03,250 who literally wants to know everything about 216 00:11:03,330 --> 00:11:04,920 everything would show up. 217 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:08,000 Basically, someone just like my son. 218 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,340 [chuckles] 219 00:11:10,590 --> 00:11:12,090 That wouldn't change anything. 220 00:11:12,170 --> 00:11:14,880 I would have no choice but to annihilate this person. 221 00:11:15,220 --> 00:11:17,050 A true battle for the stone world, 222 00:11:17,140 --> 00:11:19,560 in which only one can reign supreme. 223 00:11:22,020 --> 00:11:23,310 If you can manage that, 224 00:11:23,390 --> 00:11:24,940 it would allow you to keep the temperature 225 00:11:25,020 --> 00:11:27,270 in the chamber under 60 degrees Celsius. 226 00:11:27,350 --> 00:11:29,110 Meaning, theoretically speaking, 227 00:11:29,190 --> 00:11:31,230 that homemade "rocket" of yours could be loaded 228 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,490 with all manner of biological and chemical weapons. 229 00:11:35,030 --> 00:11:36,910 Everything means everything. 230 00:11:36,990 --> 00:11:39,530 I'll even learn the stuff that doesn't appeal to me. 231 00:11:39,620 --> 00:11:42,080 ♪ 232 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,450 [SENKU] This suggests that sulfonamides would work. 233 00:11:44,540 --> 00:11:46,370 They could treat pneumococcus. 234 00:11:47,750 --> 00:11:49,750 Oh. You goin' somewhere? 235 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,460 - -Just Africa. - Africa?! 236 00:11:53,050 --> 00:11:59,090 ♪ 237 00:12:01,140 --> 00:12:03,430 [plane whooshes] 238 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:06,810 My son's on the way! 239 00:12:06,890 --> 00:12:09,270 Aw, you two must be real close, huh? 240 00:12:09,610 --> 00:12:11,150 [BYAKUYA] Actually, the awful reason 241 00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:12,520 he's coming to see me is because 242 00:12:12,610 --> 00:12:14,320 my credit card expired. 243 00:12:14,820 --> 00:12:16,650 He's gonna wait for me outside. 244 00:12:16,740 --> 00:12:18,860 I should mention, his name is Senku. 245 00:12:19,990 --> 00:12:21,700 That name... 246 00:12:35,010 --> 00:12:36,220 Huh? 247 00:12:40,140 --> 00:12:42,350 [wind gusting] 248 00:12:42,430 --> 00:12:49,310 ♪ 249 00:13:01,910 --> 00:13:03,830 [BYAKUYA] Senku! 250 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,250 I missed you so much! 251 00:13:06,370 --> 00:13:07,500 [chuckles] 252 00:13:07,580 --> 00:13:08,870 [laughs] 253 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:10,120 What's up? 254 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,250 Nothing. 255 00:13:12,710 --> 00:13:16,130 ♪ 256 00:13:16,210 --> 00:13:18,510 [plane whirring] 257 00:13:51,710 --> 00:13:52,040 ♪ 258 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:52,750 PETRIFIED SWALLOWS?! 259 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:57,340 SWALLOW POPULATIONS SOCIAL MEDIA 260 00:13:57,420 --> 00:13:57,710 POSTS EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA JAPAN 261 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,010 There's a strong correlation 262 00:14:03,090 --> 00:14:05,760 we cannot ignore, between these social media posts 263 00:14:05,850 --> 00:14:07,560 and swallow populations. 264 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,770 It's safe to assume these are real swallows 265 00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:11,100 turned to stone. 266 00:14:11,190 --> 00:14:13,020 That's an innovative approach. 267 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:15,520 Old fogies like me can hardly use a smartphone 268 00:14:15,610 --> 00:14:17,400 much less analyze its data. 269 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,030 This kind of science is a young person's game. 270 00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:21,400 It wasn't me. 271 00:14:21,610 --> 00:14:24,910 It was a high-school student who posted that data analysis. 272 00:14:24,990 --> 00:14:27,620 ♪ 273 00:14:27,780 --> 00:14:29,410 A kid from Japan. 274 00:14:29,490 --> 00:14:36,000 ♪ 275 00:14:36,340 --> 00:14:39,590 [helicopter whirring] 276 00:14:40,010 --> 00:14:40,760 CDC (U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION) 277 00:14:42,050 --> 00:14:44,010 [RESEARCH DIRECTOR 407A] All the internal organs are intact. 278 00:14:44,090 --> 00:14:46,550 No one could make such a complex sculpture! 279 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,060 [RESEARCHER 407A] There's a notable difference 280 00:14:48,140 --> 00:14:51,140 in hydrophobicity, between the center and the peripheries. 281 00:14:51,230 --> 00:14:53,230 The finer areas repel more water. 282 00:14:53,310 --> 00:14:55,770 We're not sure of the significance yet. 283 00:14:55,850 --> 00:14:56,860 [RESEARCH DIRECTOR 407A] What about the X-ray 284 00:14:56,940 --> 00:14:58,190 fluorescence analysis? 285 00:14:58,270 --> 00:15:00,360 [MALE RESEARCHER 407B] Mostly iron, traces of gold, 286 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,110 as well as carbon and nitrogen. 287 00:15:02,190 --> 00:15:05,070 Yet it hardly reacts to any chemical known to man, 288 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,620 just a slight ion outflow in response to nitric acid. 289 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:09,870 [RESEARCH DIRECTOR 407A] UV radiation? 290 00:15:09,950 --> 00:15:11,160 [RESEARCHER 407C] No embrittlement in response 291 00:15:11,250 --> 00:15:12,960 to short wavelength electromagnetism. 292 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:14,120 [RESEARCH DIRECTOR 407A] Impossible! 293 00:15:14,210 --> 00:15:15,710 [RESEARCHER 407D] It reacts in unpredictable ways 294 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:16,880 to each frequency. 295 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,840 We have no way to determine its structure. 296 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,050 I've never seen a mineral like this before. 297 00:15:21,380 --> 00:15:24,130 Honestly, I'm not even sure it is a "mineral." 298 00:15:25,630 --> 00:15:27,090 [GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL 407A] This is a global-scale... 299 00:15:27,180 --> 00:15:29,850 No, a universal-scale anomaly. 300 00:15:30,310 --> 00:15:31,680 Doctor Xeno of NASA, 301 00:15:31,770 --> 00:15:33,810 we would appreciate your input. 302 00:15:33,890 --> 00:15:37,480 ♪ 303 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:39,860 [SENKU] So, it does sink in water, 304 00:15:40,230 --> 00:15:42,070 but it's a bit light to be a rock. 305 00:15:42,570 --> 00:15:44,650 Though, it could be a porous rock, 306 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:46,610 maybe something like pumice. 307 00:15:47,450 --> 00:15:48,620 [laughs] 308 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:50,660 Well, it's worth a shot, anyway. 309 00:15:51,620 --> 00:15:51,910 HIROMATSU HIGH SCHOOL 310 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:52,950 [SENKU] We're making gasoline 311 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,910 out of plastic bottle caps today. 312 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,210 Normally, you would use something 313 00:15:56,290 --> 00:15:58,210 super porous, like zeolite. 314 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:00,130 Let's try this swallow wing. 315 00:16:00,540 --> 00:16:02,500 See if it works as a substitute. 316 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:04,260 This is it, Senku. 317 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:05,670 My mind's made up! 318 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,430 I'm finally gonna do it! 319 00:16:07,510 --> 00:16:09,010 After five long years... 320 00:16:09,090 --> 00:16:10,800 - -I'm tellin' her how I feel! - [ALL] Ah! 321 00:16:10,890 --> 00:16:12,140 [SENKU] Wow. 322 00:16:12,220 --> 00:16:13,220 That's fascinating, 323 00:16:13,310 --> 00:16:15,180 but I can't leave the lab right now. 324 00:16:16,770 --> 00:16:19,100 Looks like I successfully made gasoline! 325 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,270 -Whoa! -Just need a nuclear magnetic resonance machine. 326 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,110 I'll check the carbon distribution. 327 00:16:24,190 --> 00:16:26,320 Could give me some indication of its properties 328 00:16:26,450 --> 00:16:28,240 and pore depth and stuff like that. 329 00:16:29,780 --> 00:16:31,450 [SENKU] Research everything. 330 00:16:31,530 --> 00:16:34,910 ♪ 331 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,830 Try everything. 332 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:38,290 Hm. 333 00:16:38,370 --> 00:16:40,290 ♪ 334 00:16:40,380 --> 00:16:42,500 [helicopter whirring] 335 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:45,010 [STANLEY] It was my understanding 336 00:16:45,090 --> 00:16:46,630 that today's event was just supposed to be 337 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,800 a DARPA tech demonstration. 338 00:16:49,010 --> 00:16:50,930 But if that's really true, 339 00:16:51,430 --> 00:16:54,430 then why invite soldiers from Special Forces like me? 340 00:16:55,060 --> 00:16:56,930 It's so suspicious I can practically feel 341 00:16:57,020 --> 00:16:58,480 my asshole puckering. 342 00:16:58,850 --> 00:17:00,400 [laughs] 343 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:01,940 It's a gathering of the best. 344 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:04,860 All of the most talented superheroes in America, 345 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:06,490 wonder what the deal is. 346 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:08,700 [XENO] Here's your answer. 347 00:17:08,780 --> 00:17:10,610 An unknown form of terrorism, 348 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:12,740 perhaps an attack by a foreign power. 349 00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:14,620 [gasps] Doctor Xeno! 350 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:15,990 It's classified! 351 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:17,540 You can't show that yet! 352 00:17:17,620 --> 00:17:18,960 It doesn't matter. 353 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,330 They'll know soon enough. 354 00:17:20,420 --> 00:17:22,420 We've got that expert briefing tomorrow, 355 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:24,670 then it will all be public information. 356 00:17:25,630 --> 00:17:28,130 Oh! We could try doing a potentiometric analysis 357 00:17:28,220 --> 00:17:30,510 using glass wool electrodes doused in nitric acid. 358 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,010 That's enough with the nerd talk, Xeno. 359 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:35,100 - -Just cut to the chase. - [chuckles] 360 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,980 ♪ 361 00:17:39,060 --> 00:17:40,060 [ALL] Hm? 362 00:17:40,140 --> 00:17:41,940 What exactly are we looking at? 363 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:44,400 I believe there's a very slight potential 364 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,070 deviation around the head. 365 00:17:46,980 --> 00:17:48,240 They're brain waves. 366 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:49,490 [both gasp] 367 00:17:49,570 --> 00:17:51,860 It's rather elegant, don't you agree? 368 00:17:51,950 --> 00:17:54,320 This statue is still alive. 369 00:17:54,410 --> 00:17:56,160 With time, the brain waves of those 370 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,660 affected begin to vanish, one after another. 371 00:17:58,750 --> 00:18:01,080 But this swallow is different. 372 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,540 It has somehow remained conscious. 373 00:18:03,630 --> 00:18:05,630 So if you get hit by this new weapon, 374 00:18:05,710 --> 00:18:07,750 you're saying there's still a chance of survival 375 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,090 if you can somehow force yourself to stay awake? 376 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,090 [sighs] 377 00:18:13,930 --> 00:18:15,050 [CARLOS] Miss Luna! 378 00:18:15,140 --> 00:18:16,390 I brought you a little gift that 379 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:18,810 I think would look absolutely lovely on you! 380 00:18:20,060 --> 00:18:22,020 It's a ring! Please accept it! 381 00:18:22,190 --> 00:18:24,150 [grunts] She's not the type to be impressed 382 00:18:24,230 --> 00:18:26,730 by a flashy display, you filthy bastard! 383 00:18:27,730 --> 00:18:28,980 [BOTH] Uh? 384 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,450 That light. 385 00:18:33,110 --> 00:18:34,530 What could it be? 386 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:39,160 ♪ 387 00:18:41,710 --> 00:18:42,790 [gasps] 388 00:18:42,870 --> 00:18:45,080 It's coming. Retreat! 389 00:18:45,170 --> 00:18:46,840 Run for cover right now! 390 00:18:47,090 --> 00:18:48,960 You can't escape petrification, 391 00:18:49,050 --> 00:18:50,710 but the real test comes after! 392 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,800 We must maintain consciousness! 393 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,430 We'll protect Miss Luna if it's the last thing we do! 394 00:18:55,510 --> 00:18:56,510 Right, Carlos? 395 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:57,930 That's right! 396 00:18:58,060 --> 00:19:00,680 Oh, man, what about this expensive ring? 397 00:19:00,770 --> 00:19:02,140 This thing belongs to her now. 398 00:19:02,230 --> 00:19:04,770 I can't just drop it, but it doesn't fit me! 399 00:19:04,850 --> 00:19:06,980 I'm sorry! I'll wash it later! 400 00:19:07,270 --> 00:19:12,570 ♪ 401 00:19:25,670 --> 00:19:26,920 [MALE SOLDIER 407A] Shit. 402 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,790 Captain Stanley's orders. 403 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:30,630 I have to stay awake! 404 00:19:31,260 --> 00:19:32,260 [MALE SOLDIER 407B] Dammit. 405 00:19:32,340 --> 00:19:33,970 I'm trapped and immobile. 406 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,720 No way! 407 00:19:39,930 --> 00:19:41,970 But I'm a capable, cool-headed woman! 408 00:19:42,060 --> 00:19:44,350 It's my destiny to find myself a capable man 409 00:19:44,430 --> 00:19:47,100 and form the ultimate power couple! 410 00:19:47,190 --> 00:19:49,820 Dying single is so completely out of the question! 411 00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:52,280 That soldier said to stay wake, so let's do this. 412 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:54,400 I'm so, so, so staying awake! 413 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:57,200 I'm Luna, a cool-headed gal! I'm Luna, a capable woman! 414 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,780 I'm Luna, a cool-headed gal! I'm Luna, a capable woman! 415 00:19:59,870 --> 00:20:02,700 I'm Luna, a cool-headed gal! I'm Luna, a capable woman! 416 00:20:02,790 --> 00:20:04,410 [CARLOS] I refuse to leave my precious-- 417 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:07,670 [MAX]...single goddess in her time of need! 418 00:20:09,130 --> 00:20:10,340 [STANLEY] Fine. 419 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:11,800 I'm used to staying awake 420 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,880 without moving for days on end. 421 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:17,090 This is no different than the time I've spent sniping. 422 00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:34,940 [rain splattering] 423 00:20:42,620 --> 00:20:45,700 [XENO] We were all congregated at Pinnacles National Park. 424 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,120 It's filled with saltpeter caves. 425 00:20:48,620 --> 00:20:50,330 That means nitric acid. 426 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,340 I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing yet, 427 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,300 but it's better than no denaturation at all. 428 00:21:00,890 --> 00:21:02,300 [water splattering] 429 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,520 ♪ 430 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,560 [SENKU] One, two, three, four, 431 00:21:09,650 --> 00:21:14,360 five, six, seven, eight, nine. 432 00:21:14,780 --> 00:21:17,150 Nine billion, one hundred fifty-seven million, 433 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,610 six hundred sixty-one thousand, two hundred forty seconds. 434 00:21:20,950 --> 00:21:22,950 As long as I can remain conscious, 435 00:21:23,030 --> 00:21:24,700 there's a chance for revival. 436 00:21:26,450 --> 00:21:29,080 [XENO] If I eventually manage to revive myself, 437 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,540 I know what I'll need. 438 00:21:30,750 --> 00:21:32,500 Something for both livestock feed 439 00:21:32,580 --> 00:21:34,750 and to produce alcohol for fuel. 440 00:21:35,130 --> 00:21:36,800 Yellow dent corn. 441 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:39,470 There's a location in the West Coast Corn Belt, 442 00:21:39,550 --> 00:21:41,180 it will have hybridized there. 443 00:21:41,260 --> 00:21:44,100 Or, better yet, if I'm lucky, 444 00:21:44,180 --> 00:21:47,060 some kernels have been preserved in a dormant state. 445 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,020 If there are any scientists around at that time, 446 00:21:50,270 --> 00:21:52,190 I'm certain that's where they'll gather. 447 00:21:52,270 --> 00:21:53,940 ♪ 448 00:21:54,020 --> 00:21:55,400 [rock shatters] 449 00:21:55,570 --> 00:21:58,320 [SENKU] It's not fate, or even coincidence. 450 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:01,570 Rather, it's a consequence of pure necessity. 451 00:22:01,660 --> 00:22:02,700 [water splattering] 452 00:22:02,780 --> 00:22:04,700 [XENO] And it would be repeatable. 453 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,080 That is the essence. 454 00:22:07,950 --> 00:22:09,870 [shatters] 455 00:22:12,210 --> 00:22:13,670 - -[SENKU] Of science! - [XENO] Of science! 456 00:23:45,430 --> 00:23:50,600 ♪ 457 00:23:53,730 --> 00:23:54,770 NEXT EPISODE 458 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:56,100 THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. 459 00:23:56,190 --> 00:23:56,730 THE PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND PRODUCTION METHODS 460 00:23:56,850 --> 00:23:57,600 DESCRIBED ARE REALITY BASED. 461 00:23:57,730 --> 00:23:58,560 PLEASE DO NOT IMITATE WITHOUT EXPERTISE.