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Ha-ha! You came for me! Senku and the gang's all here!
Get me off this wild ride!
Ha-ha! We're sailing straight into the heart of the enemy!
You're kidding me!
Nope.
We're going on a rampage to slow down Ibara.
The statue retrieval team needs some time,
so it's up to us to buy them every millisecond that we can.
Huh?! There's only nine of us, though!
And we're up against hundreds of hardened soldiers!
Your plan's a bust!
It looks like our futile fight's already begun!
It's sort of ironic, huh?
Everyone waxed philosophical
about the gravity of reinventing the gun,
and was convinced we wouldn't use it
to claim the lives of others.
Time to die, Ibara!
They're messing up the boat!
How many sorcerers are there?
Those lofty ideals were shot out of the sky within mere seconds.
Ruining plans is pretty much the only thing he's good for.
Now just drop dead!
How 'bout you drop dead?
If anybody's dyin', it'll be you!
How are you standing after that? I'm almost kinda impressed.
Well, if you wanna dance, let's dance!
Praise be to Nikki, the group's trusty big bro.
Don't waste ammunition.
Got that, Yo?
Wasting the bullets means wasting our secret weapon.
Seriously? The cylinder just has three shots left!
What is that, Senku? Another trump card?
It's magnesium.
Get excited for some impromptu fireworks.
Ready.
Oh-yo!
Wh-Wha--?
Spear of Light! Unleash your fury!
There are 50 sorcerers aboard this vessel
and every last one's gonna go pew-pew and light up the place!
All right! That bluff worked wonders!
Well, it kinda helps when it's not actually a bluff.
That gun is legit.
Check it out.
A boat is coming towards us instead of fleeing.
Somebody's certainly punctual.
Won't be escaping or talking our way outta this one.
It's a head-on battle with the biggest
and baddest of them all.
We're counting on you, sheriff!
It just takes the flick of a sorcerer's finger
to work their strange enchantments.
That one's casting the spell.
I see your finger! It has to be you!
The gun! And just like that, we're done for.
Well, Senku? Any tricks left? Some scientific trump card?
Played all our cards from every suit.
Guess them's the breaks.
Oh, man! We're trapped like ship rats!
Now I know why they call it a "dead end."
You tried, but failed.
Well, well, well! At last we meet, invaders.
Ha-ha. You gave a valiant effort.
I confess, I was left in a state of awe!
However, the time has come to put an end to this.
Tch.
You didn't corner us.
We backed ourselves into this room.
'Cause it's right where we need to be.
Huh?
Inside the storage room?
We actually do have one remaining card, Gen.
The one I didn't wanna use. The joker.
I see.
Ibara and his army of cronies weren't able to get through
this metal gate of science when they had the chance.
Very well, then. What choice do we have?
Ha-ha. No going back.
The wildest of wild cards is free.
Hyoga!
Take my spear. Our fate's in your hands.
But we lost the gun--
the only weapon that could put this guy back in his cage.
We know how insanely strong he is,
so how are we going to stop him?
That's a problem for the future kingdom of science.
We don't even know if the great Hyoga will team up
with the people who caged him to begin with.
But if we want any hope of winning
against their powerful ace,
our one and only option is putting the joker into play.
The kid with the mask they're calling "Hyoga,"
I could've sworn he was a statue when we checked this room.
Actually, so was that one in the fancy hat over there.
Where the hell do you think you're going, you old--?
That swing was quite telling.
He's on an entirely other level.
This Moz person,
I take he's the reason you revived me?
Yeah. Good job on piecing it together yourself.
Did you forget the fact that I'm your enemy?
Nope, not for a millisecond.
Which means I could either join forces with you
and we can reign over the kingdom of science together,
or I could join Moz and we can annihilate the lot of you.
Decisions, decisions.
Regardless of what you want,
the choice is solely mine to make in this situation.
Those sorcerers have magic
that brings petrified people back to life!
Even if they've been shattered to bits!
This is bad! What if they revive him?
The smashed remains of the master's statue
still pose a threat!
We need to get Hyoga to declare Moz
his mortal enemy somehow!
Surely there's an oolproof-fay means to make that happen.
You're a mentalist, Gen, so think!
Maybe if I can convince Moz that Hyoga's our sworn ally
and will die to defend us,
the latter will be forced to fight the former.
Proposition for you.
Pretend you're madly in love with Hyoga, okay?
Um, hello?
Amaryllis is the one who's good at faking
like she's in love with someone, not me, Gen!
Yes, but you're the only woman here now.
You can't be any worse than Kohaku,
and even if you are, who cares?
Pucker your lips like this and say those three small words!
Easy as pie!
All right. I'll say it if it'll really help.
There's just one issue.
Those three small words,
well, they aren't so small to me.
I won't say "I love you"
unless I'm genuinely in love with them.
That rite of passage is special.
Ah! I forgot! She's the purest romantic of us all!
Shut that slimy, deceptive mouth of yours, Gen.
Consider it shut and locked! I beg you to spare me!
You don't have to beg.
I value your silver tongue as if it were made of solid gold.
You've been given a task in this world and you excel in it.
The same goes for you, Nikki.
You were quick to act,
despite how hard it would be
for you to go through with his request.
Yes, you are indeed proper.
If I ally myself with this formidable Moz,
I would have to kill almost everyone here behind me.
You still want to save all of humanity, don't you, Senku?
Pity you put stock in that short-sighted goal.
Quite simply, I believe humans should be culled.
Leave the countless fools of the petrified to their slumber
and only pass on superior genes.
Through evolution, we will give rise to the apex of our kind.
Moz, what are your thoughts regarding this matter?
He's evaluating us.
His answer will determine who he sides with.
Huh. Have to say I agree.
Hyoga is your name, isn't it?
Well then, Hyoga, you're right.
This culling of yours sounds great.
I can gauge his strength
about as well as I can see his masked face,
but that's the answer he wants to hear, right?
In fact, we already put your beliefs into practice
on this island.
The prettiest women are selected from the herd.
If you're as strong as I take you for,
you too could have a harem of your own.
But I'll still kill you.
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