Dr. STONE (Dr.STONE)

In our battle against Why-Man...

the foremost spaceship pilot...

isn't me.

Senku.

Here's a fairy tale.

Let's say you're a knight in an imaginary kingdom.

Wha?

The young knight falls in love with the princess.

They discuss the future.

But there's a more appropriate man for the princess:

the prince of the neighboring kingdom.

Their marriage would bring peace to the land.

What would you do, as a man of science?

What the hell are you going on about now?

A man of science cares about effectiveness.

If there were someone ten billion percent more apt for the job, I'd step aside.

You knew the answer before you asked me, didn't you?

Don't be so unromantic.

That is the best choice indeed.

I would never object to that.

Always trying to be cold, hiding his emotions whenever he can.

He and Senku are like master and apprentice.

That decision is also a surprising one, though.

Should Stan, the world's best soldier, and I work together,

we may attempt, once again, to take over the world.

There's no way you're pulling that off after the world's recovered so much.

Am I right?

A scientist is obsessed with effectiveness.

That's why I can trust you.

Although I'm sure some people would cower in fear.

Tell them I threatened you if you want.

That if we didn't awaken Stan, I would diminish the rocket engine's performance.

No, I'll tell them the truth.

Xeno, you don't need to play the villain all the time.

Like it or not, you're already a member of the Kingdom of Science.

One of its leaders.

What?!

Stanley Snider?!

We're waking him up?!

And making him a pilot?!

Ta-da!

Tsukasa-chan is going to be by Xeno-chan's side!

Nominally, I suppose I'll be a VIP bodyguard.

Should Stan attempt to revolt, Tsukasa will beat me to a pulp.

I'm essentially a hostage.

Why him?!

He might shoot at us the moment we wake him up!

That won't be a problem.

Stanley's a soldier.

He simply does his job according to the mission.

He always has. He always will.

That's terrifying!

Keep him in jail!

That's all the more reason, then.

The moon, where we're going, is extremely dangerous.

And we're having him save all of humanity.

There could be no redemption more appropriate.

You're okay with that, Ryusui?

I'm just as good a pilot as him.

But my shooting skills...

No, I mean...

didn't you want to go?

The person with the best abilities does the biggest job.

That's exactly what I want.

I'm the greediest person in the world, after all.

My task?

Getting right to work. I love it.

Anything Stanley says can be done, can be done.

It's always quickest to ask a pro.

Suppose a one-pound bullet is shot with a muzzle velocity of 600 m/s.

As we're on the moon,

acceleration due to gravity is a sixth of that on Earth.

Assume a drag of zero.

We shoot at a target, a Medusa, a kilometer away.

A firing angle of 0.13 degrees ought to do it.

He got the math right.

Is this Stanley guy doing it entirely by gut instinct?

Can you do it, Stan?

Yeah.

I can do it.

I won't be setting off into space, but I'd better be trained to be a backup.

That's the duty of a pilot.

Am I right?

I'm ever impressed, Ryusui-sama.

You have greed beyond greed for yourself.

Your desire for the victory of all humanity

compelled you to relinquish your seat to Stanley-sama without any hesitation.

You don't need to comfort me.

I wanted to go.

Shit.

Shit.

You hit them dead center at this range!

Incredible.

No.

What are they making this time?

Senku-chan, Stanley-chan, and Kohaku-chan...

Does that mean...

Salt

Electricity

Oil

Sodium

Gasoline

Silica

Fluorite

Vinyl

Aluminum

Silicon Rubber

Spacesuits?!

Spacesuit

They mentioned the three treasures of traveling to the moon a while ago...

Spaceship, rocket engine, and spacesuits.

It's coming together.

Well, then, we're finally going up against Why-Man.

Dude, what's this "vinyl" stuff?

Of course. The Ishigami villagers don't know about it.

It's odd, huh?

Y'all built rockets, and you've never seen vinyl until now.

It's the power of oil plant development.

Everything's completely anachronistic.

Humanity's been rushing toward rocket science this whole time.

We've completely neglected everything else.

This is our last time

doing any science crafting before we head to the moon.

I'll build you whatever you want.

Washing machine!

Video camera!

Game consoles!

Protein powder!

Maid robot!

I want...

Slot machines!

Microwaves! Jacuzzis!

Wine cellars!

Er, maybe not all of that.

I want all the things!

We've already made cell phones and radar.

We just need to use radio again.

Bounce an insane amount of radio waves inside a metal box...

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Microwave oven acquired!!

Hot! Hot!

That's amazing!

The rice was so cold!

But how?

We didn't even use fire.

The radio waves make friction in the water inside the food.

It's the same reason your TV signal sucks when it's raining.

You're ever so slightly nuking the raindrops.

And speaking of nuking food in the microwave...

Remember the vinyl we made for the spacesuits?

Stretch it thin, and...

We have plastic wrap!

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Plastic wrap acquired!!

We're really coming back to a 21st century dining room, aren't we?

Food-related stuff seems to get crafted early.

I'm pretty sure this is Ryusui-chan's "greed is good" at work.

Next! Washing machine!

Yay!

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Washing machine acquired!!

Film!

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8mm video acquired!!

Heat pads!

Iron heats up when it rusts.

That's one even I can make!

Iron powder and seawater sheets. How's that?

Senku! What I want is...

A smartphone, right?

Here we go.

Wait... Really?

You can make one?

Finally? Really?

We're making an LCD smartphone touchscreen.

How?!

What exactly is liquid crystal, anyway?

It isn't that there's anything specifically called "liquid crystal."

It's just the term for when a crystal is watery instead of solid like it should be.

Hence "liquid crystal."