The viewers followed Senku's gaze to a woman. Her skin wasn't particularly pale, and she had black hair and black eyes. She looked fierce. [That's just because she has more androgynous features!]
[Whoa? Where did this absolute treasure come from?]
[Did she break out of the petrification herself?]
[It's been ages since I met such a clever little piggy. This is fantastic!]
[Guys, I think there's something special about her. She can start a fire on her own, so she clearly knows her stuff.]
[She's totally my type. Are the scars from her petrification beside her mouth?]
[My darling wife!]
Ignoring the teasing comments, Li Xiang kept watching.
Senku raised a hand to greet Li Xiang. She tilted her head in confusion and said, "Hello?"
"Japanese, huh? I happen to know a little."
Then Li Xiang greeted Senku in Japanese. "Hello."
"I'm Senku Ishigami."
"I'm Li Xiang."
[Whoa? Is she from Flower-Country?]
[Wait, we finally have someone from Flower-Country in the main cast.]
[Why do I have this feeling that later on, Li Xiang...]
[Knock on wood! Don't jinx it. Keep that thought to yourself.]
The two chatted for a while, then ran into a relatively small wild boar on their way back to the base.
"You've got to be kidding..."
"Senku, run!"
Everyone watched them sprint away. When Senku ran out of stamina, Li Xiang scooped him up and kept running.
[Hahaha, I'm dying! What else did we expect from you, Senku?]
[Shame on you 〃∀〃 Why is Senku letting a girl carry him while she runs?]
[Because Senku's a paramecium, duh!]
[What are you all getting so excited about?! They're about to get rammed!]
[Oh man, I can't. This is killing me.]
Li Xiang said to Senku, "Use the spear in your hand to stab it in the eye. Can you do that, Senku?"
"Both our lives are in your hands."
Li Xiang hoisted Senku onto her shoulder and supported his backside with one hand. Senku took aim and nailed it in one strike.
The spear pierced the boar's eye perfectly. It struggled for a long while before finally going still. Seeing that it had stopped moving, Li Xiang set Senku down.
She picked up a large rock and smashed it down on the boar's head again and again. The boar let out agonized squeals before finally falling still.
Li Xiang steadied her breathing, reached up to wipe the spattered blood from her face, then turned with a smile. "Little Senku, we're having meat tonight."
The final shot froze on Li Xiang's alluring face. Paired with her gentle smile, it was downright unnerving.
The scrolling comments stopped for a second, then exploded.
[...Holy shit. This girl's that hardcore?]
[Little Li Xiang, this big sister really didn't see that coming.]
[Well, there's not much to say, really. They were on the brink of death. Isn't an adrenaline rush perfectly normal?]
[Fair point...]
[My darling husband!]
[Someone drag the person above out.]
I can't even. Li Xiang hadn't expected this. She'd originally wanted to establish a gentle image in front of Senku, but looking at it now, she was lucky she hadn't been branded a villain.
The next episode began. Li Xiang and Senku hauled the boar back to their base, and Li Xiang collapsed from exhaustion.
Senku asked Li Xiang what she did for a living. She answered that she was a doctor.
[Nice, nice. We've got a scientist and a medical professional. All we need now is some muscle (Taiju) and someone to handle logistics, and we're set.]
[I guarantee Taiju will be the first person they revive.]
[No other reason... Taiju really is an incredibly useful forklift.]
[Taiju: How rude can you get?]
[I think so too, but I'm starting to like this Li Xiang.]
[Shut up, that's my husband!]
[That's Senku's husband!]
[? Drag the random shippers out.]
[Seriously, how are you even arguing over this? Keep your shipping in your own spaces, okay? Don't ruin the atmosphere.]
[Li Xiang's pretty strong. She's in great shape. Just what you'd expect from someone who races against death.]
[Races against death, my ass. More like she had to run from violent patients, right?]
Stop it. I'm seriously going to cry, you vicious people.
What are you saying? What even is this nonsense? I'm clearly just a responsible person, okay?
Next, Li Xiang chatted with Senku and said, "First things first, shouldn't you make me a decent set of clothes?"
Then came the part where they collected Fire Felt Grass. Li Xiang skipped straight to the finished product.
Although the clothes looked like a burlap sack, they perfectly showed off Li Xiang's proportions when she wore them. She swept her hair behind her head, revealing a melancholy gaze.
[My darling husband!]
[My darling husband!]
[My darling husband!]
[My darling husband!]
The same message flooded the screen in every color. Li Xiang couldn't even see the footage anymore.
[Yeah, I have to admit Li Xiang is really handsome. She's got this little punk vibe.]
[? Are your eyes up your ass? What little punk? Can't you see this melancholy goddess?]
[Amazing. All of you, move aside. I'm Li Xiang's real wife.]
[Don't you think... Li Xiang and Senku have pretty good chemistry?]
[One giant scallion is no threat.]
[All right, all right, stop arguing. You're all welcome to attend my wedding with Li Xiang tomorrow.]
[I'm dying. You're all delusional. Li Xiang is obviously my wife, isn't she?]
Are you people sick...? That was Li Xiang's own reaction. Are you all obsessed with looks? You must be blind to fall for me.
I'm not even good-looking.
Li Xiang touched her face and kept watching.
"Next, we need to reinforce the house. The materials we'll need..."
After a lengthy scientific explanation, the final conclusion was that they needed to move rocks-a time-consuming, labor-intensive job.
Senku thought of Taiju, and the two decided to revive him first. Senku asked how they were going to revive Taiju.
Senku's eyes lit up, and he gave a sly smile. "I've got an idea you'll be ten billion percent interested in." Li Xiang and Senku arrived at a cave that was pitch-black inside.
Li Xiang discovered a small amount of naturally occurring nitric acid. After another lengthy scientific explanation, the two prepared to make wine.
[Looking at it this way, Li Xiang isn't too dumb either. She can keep up with Senku's thinking.]
[Didn't Li Xiang graduate from a top university in the first place? How could she not know this?]
[All right, stop arguing. Isn't it just animal poop mixed with booze?]
[When I was little... I'd squat in a pit toilet... and set off firecrackers in the poop for fun... In the end, it splattered all over me, and a little accidentally got into my mouth...]
[Bleurgh! Person above, I'm begging you, stop talking. That's seriously disgusting!]
[Stop, I'm eating!]
[Isn't it just mixing shit and booze and giving it a stir? What's so hard about that?]
[Could you be a little more civilized...? They're mixing nitric acid and alcohol...]
Seriously, are you all into such gross stuff? Li Xiang was speechless. That's absolutely disgusting!!!
She kept watching. Senku and Li Xiang gathered lots of grapes to make wine. Finally, the shot froze on Senku's half-lidded, garnet-red eyes as he stared unblinkingly at Li Xiang.
Li Xiang's hands never stopped moving as she focused on her own work.
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