Stone statues stood scattered across the ground, motionless in the wind.
Bracing himself against the scorching ground, Senku slowly sat up. His body still ached and tingled from the clash between petrification and revival, with a dull soreness deep in his bones.
"Kukuku, looks like we were the ones who won in the end."
He sat quietly for a while, letting strength slowly return to his numb limbs.
Once he had recovered, Senku slowly stood and took out the spare Revival Fluid he carried.
He walked over to Chrome's statue, the closest one to him, and slowly poured the Revival Fluid over its cold stone surface.
Fine cracks instantly spread and burst open. Crisp cracking sounds rang out as fragments of stone flaked away.
Moments later, Chrome's eyes flew open. Coming to his senses, he instinctively stretched his limbs and looked at Senku before him.
"Senku, you're amazing!"
Senku raised an eyebrow slightly. "Kukuku, a trick like that isn't all that hard."
He looked around.
"We've got a massive project ahead of us now. We need to revive everyone on this island, one by one."
The two wasted no time and immediately got to work.
They followed the battlefield ahead, finding and reviving their companions from the Science Kingdom one after another. Amid flying stone chips, familiar figures awakened in succession.
Kohaku was the first to regain consciousness. Recovering from the pose she had been petrified in, she began loosening her muscles as soon as she found her footing.
"That scared me to death."
Gen slowly straightened up, slipping into his usual languid posture.
"Well, well, that was one tough fight, but we made it through. Little Senku really is incredible~"
He reached out and helped Kohaku up.
"We can't leave everything to Senku. We need to do our share