Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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For most of human civilization,

we believed that we were Earth's most dominant species.

- We believed that life... -

...could only exist on the surface of the planet.

Well, after a certain point, you have to wonder

what else were we wrong about?

We have mapped

less than five percent of Hollow Earth.

But our ecosystems are linked in ways

we never could have imagined.

We are not two separate worlds.

We're one.

Kong is settling in to Hollow Earth.

So, the big guy likes his new home.

We think so.

His species was a very social one.

It's not natural for Kong to be so alone.

He's the last of his kind.

- - Every day he searches

for a family that he'll never find.

What about Godzilla?

Godzilla's on the surface, Kong is below.

As long as they don't venture into each other's territories,

we've got nothing to worry about.

- Humanity is lucky... -

Godzilla's fighting the battles we can't.

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With some critics

calling out Monarch

for the billions in taxpayer dollars...

going to Hollow Earth and classified technologies

like the mysterious Project Powerhouse.

Well, here to discuss,

Monarch's own, Doctor Ilene Andrews.

Let's start with Godzilla. He stopped the attack in Rome,

but he's still in the city. Should we be worried?

It's clear to us now

that Godzilla is a Titan who protects us

from other malicious Titan threats.

Kong's heading in for the night.

Looks like it was another rough one.

That's the farthest he's gone yet.

Maybe he was looking for a date.

Good luck with that.

I hope he's up for some interspecies romance.

- - whoa.

Sinkhole detected

in Sector Five.

That's Kong's hunting ground.

Whoa. It keeps doing that.

More electrical anomalies?

Nah, I don't think so, man.

I haven't seen anything like this before.

Well, we should tell Director Hampton.

I'll type it up.

This whole place is an anomaly.

- It's so weird. -

Tell the Italian military Rome would be flattened

if it weren't for Godzilla.

They can threaten him all they want.

Just tell them to find another scapegoat.

Director Hampton, what's up?

Well, Outpost One is still a nightmare,

and they sent this over.

I thought you might want to take a look.

Is this from the sensor array?

Yeah, we've been getting some pretty weird spikes.

I mean, it could just be regular interference.

- Yeah, but it keeps happening. - Mm-hmm.

We should prep a survey team just in case.

Okay.

And what about Godzilla?

Oh, he's still sleeping. Like a big angry baby.

Let's hope it stays that way.

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Everyone,

eyes on your own paper, all right?

Let's make sure we circle the answers

really, really clearly.

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- Jia! -

Your daughter is intelligent,

but she's not engaged.

Her grades are slipping,

she's not interacting with any of her friends.

And these problems aren't going away, Doctor Andrews.

They've been getting worse.

Okay, I'm sorry.

She's just still adjusting to our world.

I understand that,

but we have a number of students

who are culturally displaced and...

Sure, but her culture's not displaced,

she is her culture.

She's the last living member of the Iwi tribe.

We're just trying to reach her.

I know. Join the club.

Come on.

For centuries,

the Iwi tribe were the guardians of Skull Island,

the ancestral home of the great Kong.

But when shifting storm patterns

destroyed the island, the Iwi were annihilated...

- - ...with only a single member

of the tribe having survived.

- A young girl... -

...found and rescued amid the punishing storm.

Her fellow villagers were lost to the tides.

Gone to history, just like the great Kongs themselves.

Holy shit.

- The Iwi were unique... -

...in the sense that they had no spoken language.

Many believe that tribe members developed

the ability to communicate...

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