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Sorry to keep you waiting, Captain.
You want me to meet someone?
Well, who is this person?
A type you've never met before.
Captain,
they've all been like that.
I'm used to new types.
Here's a question for you.
What is the most powerful animal in history?
Is this a serious question?
Clearly, you don't mean Yujiro Hanma.
Siberian tigers? Lions? What's this about anyway?
Not the most powerful on Earth. The most powerful in history.
Huh? What kind of game is this?
Answer the question.
You mean like dinosaurs? Mammoths?
It's a dinosaur.
What's the most powerful dinosaur?
Captain...
Just answer the question.
A T-Rex?
I think it's called "Tyrannosaurus."
You know I can't read English.
Who's this?
A man stronger than a T-Rex.
In fact, I'd call him a "male."
That's... that's a dinosaur, isn't it?
Isn't it a T-Rex?
The dynamite must have exposed it.
Salt rock is a good preserver,
but it's been preserved in unbelievably excellent condition.
And that's a human.
Yeah, there's no doubt about that.
But how can this be explained?
Does it even matter?
It's just like it looks.
Were humans even around in that era?
Does that even matter?
Clearly, this human lived then.
It looks like he's attacking the T-Rex.
But
considering its size, that's just not possible.
It's likely this is his intense reaction to being attacked.
Even if that's true, he's got a heck of a lot of guts.
What do we do now?
This is an incredible find.
First, we'll contact HQ.
I truly appreciate your unearthing of this incredible find.
To be honest, it's making me tremble.
Thank you, sir.
We're not exactly sure what to think of this discovery either.
I agree.
We've always believed humans first appeared seven million years ago.
Who'd have thought it would be pushed back to the Jurassic period.
It goes without saying, but this cannot be made public.
This would run roughshod over present-day theories.
The impact it would have is too great.
Information about this must only gradually be made public.
We're gonna revive him, right?
Don't be ridiculous, Allen!
This isn't like giving mouth-to-mouth by a pool.
Uh, is that sort of thing even possible?
In the year 2000,
while in New Mexico, Professor Russel Breland discovered
tiny drops of water in a piece of salt rock from 250 million years ago.
After very carefully extracting them,
he found that they were seawater from 250 million years ago.
What's more,
microorganisms from back then had been perfectly preserved.
He placed them in the ideal environment,
administering the perfect nutrition, stimulation and temperature.
Then, 120 days later,
every last one of them was revived.
You mean they hadn't died?
Of course, they couldn't be described as alive.
But they hadn't died either.
They had been waiting for the ideal conditions,
for 250 million years.
It was the salt.
The strong salt in the 1,000-meter-thick salt rock layer
protected the microorganisms from the inescapable force of time.
Meaning it's theoretically possible
to bring Pickle here back to life.
Allen!
Reviving life is the realm of God.
Treat it with more respect.
Those were amoebas. This is a human.
They're basically as different as a bicycle and a space shuttle.
That is an appropriate comparison.
But how will you make up the difference between them?
Naturally, with this and this.
Otherwise, a space shuttle and a bicycle are both just kinds of vehicles.
Today is Day 91
of Professor Payne's Pickle revival project.
A massive number of pulse electrodes have been attached to Pickle.
And since Pickle lived during the Jurassic period,
the temperature in the lab has been adjusted accordingly.
It's hot.
Pickle is immersed in a solution that closely resembles his bodily fluids.
And this device perfectly mimics the cycle of the tides
and the tempo that is the mother of all life.
But none of this has awakened Pickle.
The test is a failure.
Yuck.
I'd sure love some steak.
I'll be the first human...
in fact, the first being in history...
I'll be the first male to eat a T-Rex!
Impossible...
The muscle tissue of the T-Rex
and the tissue found in his stomach match.
There's only one thing this can mean.
Pickle preyed on the T-Rex!
The thing weighs over ten tons, so just this little bit...
Two hundred grams won't be missed.
A Tyrannosaurus steak!
Hmm... Is this like beef?
No, maybe lamb?
Or maybe like the whale I had in Japan?
Anyway, it is a little stringy, but it's actually pretty good.
After awakening from his long sleep of 200 million years,
the man sat stunned.
What he saw was a profoundly mysterious sight.
Straight lines running vertically.
A wall covered in bright lights.
Circles. Transparent objects.
Everything he laid eyes on
was something that hadn't existed a short time ago to him.
Surrounded in mystery,
there was only one thing he recognized.
A smell.
Yes, this was something he knew.
And it was coming from down that path.
Huh?
In an emergency, humans don't think.
A massive number of thoughts occur all at once in no specific order.
Pickle!
He's giant!
He woke up?! But he didn't after all we did!
He knows I stole part of the T-Rex!
What a beast!
My only weapon is a box cutter. Impossible! I'll never win!
I'll die instantly, no matter what my weapon is!
But there is a gun in the drawer.
Could I win with a gun?
I don't think I could!
Impossible! It's obvious!
He'll punch me in an instant!
He doesn't know what a gun is!
Of course he does. He's a savage!
No way! He's putting the whole 150 grams in his mouth at once?!
What's more, he didn't even chew.
He's looking! With hostility?
Wait. What? What's he doing?
Does he think I'm food?
He doesn't think I'm his enemy!
Or maybe I'm not suitable to be food.
He knows I'd taste disgusting.
Thank goodness!
But also kinda humiliating.
But just in case...
Just in case.
As the representative of civilized humans,
I'll make one thing clear to this guy.
Wait a sec. What's this guy doing anyway?
Is he looking for something?
Wait. Why's he looking at me like that?
What?! He's mad. He growled?
Wait! Just a moment!
What is it? Tell me. Tell me!
What do you want? What is it?
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