Dr. Stone: New World Part 2

It's all riding on your ridiculously powerful shoulders,

Master Moz, at least for now.

This little night raid should beat some fear into the guards!

Hm?

Agh!

I don't know who all these hooded warriors are,

but they're beyond strong!

Even with my miracle power, I, the great Oarashi,

struggled to defeat them,

so I'd reckon that they have to be on the same level as Moz...

They are on my level.

Though fundamentally stupid, he's oddly perceptive.

You'll wanna target the confident,

braggart-types among them.

Since they won't want to come off as weak,

they'll make you sound that much more amazing!

All right.

This sneaky operation is simple, but should still be effective.

Very soon, we'll be able to make our move.

Once our phantom warrior

thoroughly freaks the enemy forces out, it's go time.

Step one:

We'll discreetly plant our aerial combat drone

somewhere that's sure to be a good spot for takeoff.

Step two.

Look! The hooded brutes are about to strike.

Here they come!

Step three.

Never fear! I'll petrify them all!

Step four.

Oh, no!

It's simple, yes, but simple and likely are different things.

You really should factor in your rotten luck

since your plans don't ever go accordingly.

Maybe. This is the only way, though.

It's as good a strategy as any, but there's one giant problem.

Senku, you know that Moz

is gonna show up for the finale, don't you?

How very unexpected.

If these mysterious thugs are really so fierce,

Kirisame and I will have to crush them ourselves.

You will?

No one can beat the invincible tag team

of Moz and Kirasame!

Those fools are dead!

You said it!

So, yeah. It's guaranteed.

The second our drone grabs the weapon from Kirisame,

Moz will turn his blade on us and take his prize.

Which is precisely why

we're working on a counter-Moz plan.

Oh-ho!

A damn shame.

Dismantling my dear glass-blowing steel pipes

just breaks my heart in pieces, too!

Once we cut 'em into eight short,

macaroni-shaped tubes, we'll stick 'em in a wheel.

Look! It just keeps spinning around!

We made another fidget spinner?!

Yeah, what's wrong with that, Gen?

Those little gizmos are useful

for way more than just distraction.

I built them like you asked,

but I have no idea what these are for.

Honestly, I wanna work on the drone.

I was imagining some kind of bad weapon

since it's a "counter-Moz" thing.

Is this what I think it is?

Everyone from the good ol' days

seems to know exactly what it'll be.

Of course.

It's not too complex, in terms of structure, at least.

Yeah, I guess not.

I recall inmates fashioning some from junk they had on hand once.

All the internal stuff is where things can get tricky.

Pack gunpowder made from nitric acid into a small pipe,

shove a pachinko ball in, and cap it...

Oh!

Then the gunpowder packed into the pipe goes "boom"!

And the ball inside goes "zoom"! Yeah?

I actually understand, for once in my life!

It's really not that complicated at all.

You're on the right track.

But in order to cause that "boom" and "zoom,"

we need a detonator to ignite the stuff.

We aren't creating matchlocks here,

so what else can we use?

How 'bout some good ol' mercury fulminate?

You're already back to words and concepts far beyond me!

I would like to etract-ray my last statement!

We could potentially get blown up

from the smallest mistake.

That's why I'll be doing the honors.

Just mix a little nitric acid, mercury, and alcohol together.

Let the concoction dry, and you're finished!

Except for the fun part.

Hit the homebrew detonator with enough force, and...

At the very beginning of it all, we journeyed up to Mount Hakone

and made gunpower because we had no choice.

How many years have passed since then, hm?

Been about three years now.

Took a while, but humanity still made it here after all.

I bet they're keeping my spot in hell nice and warm.

This isn't just any creation, as some of you know.

This is what allowed homo sapiens

to conquer the natural world.

An invention of gods and demons.

Tools aren't divine or demonic.

It's the wielder who chooses how they're used.

Sorry.

I'm sure old platitudes are the last thing

any of you wanna hear right now.

Bottom line is, I don't wanna see anyone die.

So, please, think hard.

A platitude? Ha-ha! That wasn't mere lip service.

Not killing isn't just cliche and ethical.

It prevents people from bearing lifelong grudges, too.

Which, of course, includes us.

To avoid that, we avoid killing others.

It's only logical.

There's no way this gun could kill anybody, though.

We didn't even put rifling in,

so aiming's gonna be a heck of a chore.

With its lack of power and precision,

it's essentially a good luck charm.

I guess it could be a tranquilizer gun,

in the best case.

Um, it shoots darts, then?

No, but it doesn't matter what we hit him with, right?

'Cause we'll have the petrification device!

We'll petrify, set him free, and he'll be healed!

It's no different than a tranquilizer gun in that sense!

That seems like stretch, but I guess so.

The way you say that so pragmatically,

you're starting to sound like a mad scientist,

just so you know.

He's always been mad!

Made it pistol-sized so it won't attract unwanted attention.

Question is, who'll be the stone world's first gunslinger?

Few Japanese people are trained.

Who better to handle a firearm than an ex-cop? No one.

So we're all agreed, aren't we?

No! Think it through, Senku!

Giving a bad weapon to a bad dude is a bad call!

That's, uh, some face.

Ya see? That look alone tells us all we need to know!

It's the look of a bad guy!

I wouldn't necessarily say that.

Yo is more of a devil-may-care

with a sizable need for approval than a real devil.

Actually makes him ridiculously easy to control.

It's history in the making, ladies and gentlemen.

I present to you the first sheriff of the new world!

Mh-hm! Mh-hm!

Oh!

Goodness me! That's, um, a rather nice rod.

His face!

Leave the sharpshooting to me, everyone! No sweat!

I shot troublemakers all the time

when I was a cop just because!

That's not inspiring.

No.

Uh-oh. Yo didn't even nick a single one.

Well, that's disappointing.

He was as smug as could be, but he missed every shot he took.

A snake?

Oh! I get it!

He switched his aim to the snake!

Ha-ha! Now we can act instead of waiting to get bit.

We're no longer the helpless sitting ducks we once were.

Am I wrong?

Pretty nice shootin' there. 'Least for an outlaw.

Heh.

Play it cool!

Don't blab and admit you hit that stupid snake by accident!

I gotta practice my aim, stat!

In order to cut this Medusa's head off,

we're gonna need four items.

As soon as we've got these crucial pieces of equipment,

our mission can begin.

We'll have hooded warriors serve as bait

in order to lure Kirisame out.

Gotta think of a way that has a ten billion percent chance

of her throwing the weapon, or else we're doomed.

Right. Five hooded warriors oughta do.

Hmm. What's the world coming to?

Both food and clothes keep disappearing from the storehouse

every time I turn around.

So loud.

I better think of a way to camouflage all the noise

coming from the cave lately.

It's the truth!

Amaryllis!

What are you doing here?

Did you escape?

Yes, but please don't tell anyone!