The days spent recovering from their injuries were unusually peaceful. Life in Ishigami Village was safe and relaxed.
Maguma's arrow wound was scabbing over and healing by the day, while Gen's sprained ankle had mostly recovered. Everyone rested and recuperated, and the pace that had kept them tense for so long finally slowed.
With this rare stretch of free time, Li Xiang finally had a chance to dig out the anime episodes she had stockpiled.
The screen in her mind slowly lit up. A familiar opening melody poured out, and the series' signature, blood-pumping opening theme filled her head.
The video picked up where she had left off, right at the most perilous part of the material-gathering arc.
To make a crucial medicine, Senku and Chrome prepared to set out into deadly terrain to collect sulfuric acid!
On the screen, the two boys hurried along, each firmly carrying a homemade gas mask.
As the familiar story unfolded, Li Xiang's attention sank into those past events.
The scenes shifted, and a bleak wind swept through the mountain forest.
Back in the village, Kohaku abruptly stopped. She had picked up the sound of deliberately muffled footsteps.
Someone was following them.
Kohaku lowered her body and quietly approached Li Xiang.
"Someone's following them, Li Xiang."
[You didn't turn it off, right?]
[Damn, what kind of sneaky move is this?]
[Your big sister Kohaku really is beyond the limits of humanity.]
[Careful, the gorilla might get mad and smack you.]
"Kohaku, let's go!"
Before they set out, Grandpa Fossil had already prepared the last spare gas mask and solemnly placed it in Kohaku's hands.
Just as the group was about to head toward the sulfuric acid pool, hurried footsteps caught up from behind.
Ginro rushed forward. "I'm coming too!"
Everyone headed for the sulfuric