That night, everyone slept in the little houses they had thrown together beside the construction site. Since Ryusui had joined them so suddenly and did not have a house yet, he had no choice but to squeeze in with the others.
Thanks to what had happened during the day, Senku and Kohaku both slept deeply this time, wiping away all their accumulated fatigue.
Senku in particular had slept straight through until four in the morning after Chen Yu caught him. When he woke, everyone else was still asleep.
Beside him lay Ryusui, who was still sleeping.
Senku stood up, stretched a little, and went straight outside.
Since it was still spring, the predawn air was quite cool.
He took a deep breath to clear his head.
Then he went over to his design area. Looking at the draft he had hung up yesterday, he began revising it.
A draft was only a draft, after all. Every revision was meant to refine it until it could deliver the best possible results.
He kept working like that until around eight, when the others slowly woke up.
There was no helping it. Chen Yu had previously forced everyone to adjust their sleep schedules, so their body clocks were now more or less in sync.
After getting up, they first went to finish whatever work they had left over from yesterday, and only then sought out Senku for their next assignment.
After all, the earlier speech and the play had given everyone a clear goal. This time, they not only had Tsukasa and Chen Yu, their strongest fighters, but also their greatest mind-Senku.
Even getting hurt was nothing to worry about. They had a support team headed by Chen Yu.
Although Chen Yu had switched from medical staff to combat personnel, that did nothing