Let There Be the Light of Science

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Disclaimer - (Cause fanfiction is tricky ground and I hope not to offend the creator of the original story and get sued)

This is a fanfiction, a work of fiction. It is an unofficial, non-canon alternate story based on Riichiro Inagaki's story "Dr. Stone". Most of the media - such as the images and video's used in this fanfiction - are from the web. Thus, most of them aren't mine (because I really, really can't draw) unless mentioned. To fit the story, images are also edited by the photo editor. So they aren't mine, just edited.

Have you ever written something from the back of your head, and then realise oh sh** these were someone else's words. Yeah, that just happened to me, my disclaimer no less. Anyway, like 40% of this disclaimer belongs to KairuSui from quotev

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I will be writing out scenes even if my Oc isn't in them. As long as she's mentioned, or influencing the characters in some way. This may seem a bit annoying. But that's just how I write. I like to embed my characters into the story line.

Warnings: Spoilers for episode 9, Slow burn,

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Today's Special

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

~ Thomas Edison

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{Third P.O.V.}

Later than evening, Gen truly did pay for the ramen. Through intense physical labour. Ganen, Kujaku, and Ruby were right there along with him.

"We upgraded the blowing function! Iron mill furnace, Level 2!" said Chrome, excited.

"I think this'll work if we take turns!" Kohau says, switching out with Ruby.

"Yeah." Rika nods, taking over for Kujaku. "This is a lot easier than it was before."

"Asagiri Gen. How are Taiju and Yuzuriha doing?" Senku asks, walking up behind the said man.

"Oh, I see. You thought you could get me to fess up while I'm busting my ass. You have guts, pulling tricks like that on a mentalist." Gun says, slowing down a little from his previous pace. "Don't worry, though. Taiju-chan's got an especially bottomless supply of strength. You know, don't you, Senku-chan?" He asks, stopping.

"He's definitely with the long-haired man." Kohau says, running over with her knife at the ready. "Should I kill him?"

"Hold it, idiot." Senku orders. He then turns to Gen, "Asagiri Gen. You ten billion percent knew I was trying to make you talk. Why did you suddenly decide to admit that you're with Tsukasa?"

Gen turns around, "The tides have turned kw that I've seen this."

'So he's quick to switch sides. He has no concept of loyalty. Meaning it should be easy enough to bring him to our side,  but at the same time. We should never trust him.' Rika observes from the sidelines.

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The ironmaking continues on through the night. The entire time Gen observed Senku.

Then in the morning the iron was ready to be poured into the pre-created mold.

Gen, intently watches the creation of the first bar of iron in the stone world. After watching that, he admits to Senku. "My Job is to confirm that you're dead. 'Tsukasa, Senku is alive.' With that, you would be done. That was the plan. But if you complete your iron weapons, there's no telling who will win."

"Finally!" Chrome exclaims. Holding up the cooled down Iron bar.

Acquired iron!!

"Here we go!" He shouts happily.

"'I only found a primitive settlement.'" Gen says. Observing the happy group. "Senku is dead. That simple false report would spare you."

Senku chuckles. "I'd really appreciate it if you would do that."

"I don't have any policy at all." Gen admits. "I'm the world's most shallow man. If I can live happily with cute chicks, that's all I need. Whether you die or Tsukasa dies doesn't matter to me. I'm going to win, no matter who I have to dispose of." He says bluntly. "I can't decide if it'll be better for me if I let the kingdom of science or the Tsukasa Empire win. That's all I have interest in."

Gen then verbally weighs his options. "On this side, there's plenty of sweet science stuff and ramen and all that, but the work is hellish. Meanwhile, Tsukasa-chan's empire has no science and the meals are simple,  but the work's easy. And if I revive idols and stuff, I'll be living the dream harem life."

"What's a harem?" Suika asks, walking up to him.

"That's it! He's dead!" Growled out Rika, pulling her own knife that she kept bandages up against her thigh, out.

"Hold on bunny!" Senku says, pulling her back.

"Don't call me a bunny!" She shouts at him. Only for the green haired man to turn her neck around and face it toward the other two.

She watched as Gen told Suika, "Sorry, children don't need to know yet."

Rika puffed out her cheeks. "At least he has some decency."

"I think ren's better for sure." Suika says, with childlike innocence.

Gen hummed. "Ramen's nice, but not on hot days like this. At the end of the day, I'd side with Tsukasa-Cham."

"Asagiri Gen, was it?" Kohaku asks, walking up to him calmly. Then, in a blink of an eye, she pulls both her knives out on him. "Superficial, selfish men like you are best dead or imprisoned."

"So scary!" Gen shouted, frightened, putting his hands up in the universal surrender position.

"No, if we don't let him go back,  Tsukasa will come here himself, and we'll be screwed." The green haired man said.

"Is he really that strong?" Questioned Rika.

Kohaku nodded. "He easily beat me and trapped me under a tree."

Seeing everyone's worried and scared expressions, Senku says. "Relax." He takes off his thick overall, turns to Gen, and continues. "Once you see what we make with our beautiful new iron, you'll ten billion percent want to join the kingdom of science."

"Oh? What's that?" Gen asks, watching Senku climb up to the shed. "Are you making swords or something?"

"A generator." Senku answers.

Gen's face loses all colour and he begins shaking. "A generator?! Are you for real?! That's totally not happening!"

But Senku completely ignores him and instead asks Chrome and Rika, who were climbing up the shed after him: "Hey, do you guys have native copper."

"What's that?" Rika asks.

"This stuff." Senku says, picking some up.

"It's pretty. I don't want to break it." Chrome complains.

"We'll melt it to make copper wire." Senku says, rubbing his chin.

"He's not even listening. Damn." Chrome says, coming to stand next to him.

"Now, only if we'd get some lighting..." Senku continued. Just as he said that, thunder boomed like a drum as lightning danced across the sky.

The three scientists rushed outside.

"We actually got lighting." Suika says.

"Well, it is thunderstorm season." Said Kohau, looking up at the sky.

"I guess with all the things we've been doing lately. I completely forgot about it." Rika says to herself.

"We're way too lucky!" Chrome shouts, pumped.

Senku stopped shaking and shouted. "No, idiot! This is the worst case scenario! We aren't prepared at all!"

"You aren't making a lighting generator, are you?" Gen asked.

"There's no such thing." Senku shot it down.

"Of course." Gen says, accepting it.

"Magnets." Senku says. "I can make a generator if I have magnets."

"Can't we use the rocks we used to collect the sand?" Rika suggests.

Senku shakes his head. "No. Those are two weak."

"We have some of the iron sand that we got." Suika pipes up.

"No. It's the same as the magnetic rocks. The natural stuff isn't anywhere strong enough." Senku says, taking the rock and the sand from her hand. "We're going to catch the lighting with an iron rod and make a high-power magnet with the power of science. I was going to put up a stupid number of lighting rods, but we can't pass up this opportunity. We're going to go set up immediately. We're moving logging fast, literally!" He declares.

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The next steps were melting the copper. Which didn't take as long, compared to the iron.

"Kohaku's  shield is coated with lacquer. It's somewhere in the village!" Senku tells Suika, asking the girl to go find some.

Suika runs to go get it. And within five minutes she's rolled back and is handing it to him. "I brought the lacquer!"

"Lacquer is a crazy good insulator. Coat the iron rod with it." He explains.

"What are you doing?" Gen asks.

Senku then rips off the first board on the bridge.

"Wh-What are you doing with the bridge planks?" Ginro asks. Unsure of what to do. Since it was the first time anyone had even thought it like that.

Senku then hands it to Kohaku, who carved a path through it with her knife. One done, she says, "I carved a channel in the plank."

"Pour the copper into the channel." Senku told Rika, since she was the one with the steadiest hands.

"Wrap the solidified copper all around the iron." He says, doing that step himself.

"Shoot, it's Magma!" Chrome shouts. Seeing the man and two of his goons come down the bridge.

"He's not one to listen to reason."  Khan says. "We're going to have to fight them!"

Rika rolls her eyes, "Yeah. As if his ego is going to let him listen to anything else."

"We're screwed if we go to war against the village right now. Damn it, what can we do?" Senku curses.

Gen sighs. "I guess I don't have a choice. I'd rather not get killed in the fray." Everyone turns to him, surprised. "Can I have a bouquet of flowers, Suika-chan?" He asks, surprising the girl. "Flowers over war."

Magma stops, surprised to see Gen at the other side of the bridge, holding six flowers."

"Why the hell is this sly guy holding flowers?" Carbo asks.

"Yeah!" Mantle shouts in agreement.

"Were you the one who summoned the anger of the heavens?" Magma asked. "You have balls," he laughed, "coming to me to get yourself killed."

"Oh, no, no. It's the other way around. We're here to stop the lighting with our sorcery." He said, not technically lying.

"Quit talking out of your ass." Magma said.

"Like this." Gen continues, completely ignoring the blond. "Making the flowers 'disappear'.

The three started amazed. "It actually disappeared right before our eyes!" Magma exclaimed.

"That's enough to keep it out of Magma's sight?" Kohau asked, looking at flowers who were stuck between the back of Gen's hand and his sleeves.

"I think it's pretty cool." Rika says. "Kinda looks like a nice accessory."

"It's a trick called the back palm or something. Magicians do it with cards and stuff." Senku told the girls, chuckling. "Not bad, you fraud magician."

This was enough for the three goons to turn away and run back to the village. Gen smiles in accomplishment.

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"It's not impossible at all. An old guy named Waldolewski at NASA has already succeeded in an experiment to make magnets using lighting." Senku told the group. As they climbed up the mountain.

"Chrome, Rika, this is the fruit of your ten years of exploration." Senku said, reaching the top.

"That's right. Are you amazed or what?" Chrome asked. "We're here, at the bald mountain. It's a perfect spot for lightning. There's no better place."

"Start a lightning rod, quick!" Senku commanded. Chrome followed through, placing it right in the middle. Rika and Suika supported him.

"They're making a tower or something." Ginro observed. "I want to help-"

"Ginro!" Kinro cut him off. "You just want a silver spear, don't you? Our job is to keep an eye on them. rules are rules."

"The lighting's closing in." Senku said, looking at the sky.

"Crap, we don't have time to build a proper tower." Chrome cursed. "But, damn it, we need to make it as tall as we can."

"Isn't there anything else we can do?" Rika asks.

"Only if there were something long we can shove into the ground..." she then makes a cat-like expression as she see's Kinro shiny golden spear.

Rika follows her gaze and perks up like a bunny. "That'll work."

"N-no!" Kinro shouts, shaking his head furiously. "Anything but my spear."

"So you do like it." Ginro says from behind him, making a face.

"But it's taller than Ginro's because it was built according to your height." Rika says.

Kohaku is quick to kick the spear from Kinro's hands and grab it in her own. She then undoes her hair string and toes the rod to it, well pushing the spear down into the ground, sharp side down. Moving away just as lighting struck a down onto it.

"My spear!" Kinro sobs.

Senku chuckles, "And so the good of lighting descends."

Gen laughs shakily beside him. "What's up with you, Senku-chan?" he asked. "There's nothing to work with in this stone-aged world. Are you seriously going to..."

"Senku goes and grabs the rod and the sky's clear and part. Raining a ray of sunshine on the mountain.

"Electricity, born with a bang." He declares. "This is exhilarating."

"Yeah!" Chrome jumps up and down. "We got a magnet for the generator!"

Kinro goes and tries to grab his spear, only for the piece he touches to come right off. "Jeez, the golden spear's in pieces." Ginro says, taking a little too much joy in his brother's suffering.

"Sorry, but you'll have to forgive me, Kinro." Kohau apologies. "It was an emergency."

"Yeah. We really didn't have any other options that would have worked at the time. We can ask Senku to make you another." Rika says, patting his back.

"Rika's right." Suika agreed. "I'm sure Senku will make you another one."

"Hey, where'd your spear go!" Ginro asks, throwing salt on the wound. "It's fine, eh? The golden spear that you had made for you and never let me borrow. Huh?" Pretending to look for it.

"Ginro." Rika says sharply, glaring at the blond.

But Ginro had gone too far, so Kinro hit him a couple times over the head and then walked away.

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They then broke the iron rod in half. So they would have two magnets.

"Senku, we may have failed to make magnets." Kohaku says, trying to push the two magnets to gather only for them to resist. This caused everyone to look at her, worried. "They won't go near each other, let alone stick! They're being replied by some mysterious force."

"You have to poles backwards." Senku told her bluntly.

"So we just have to reverse it?" Rika asks, flipping one around. Rika's half was then instantly pulled to Kohau's half.

Acquired powerful magnets!!

"They're so strong!" Suika exclaimed.

"Now we can make that crazy 'electricity' thing, right?" Chrome asked, eagerly. Remembering the roadmap to the antibiotic.

Rika followed his line of though and her face broke out into a huge smile. "That means we'll be one step closer to creating the cure-all medicine for Ruri!" She said happily.

"But Senku-chan, are you making a thermal generator? Wind turbines? Don't tell me you're making a nuclear reactor?" Gen tried to guess.

Senku bluntly answered, "Muscle-powered generator." Well scratching his ear.

"Of course. I should have known." Gen said, getting scared.

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Once again, Gen and the villagers who are the ramen are forced to work. This time, melting copper. They then pour the melted liquid into a large circular mild.

"Whack the hell out of the copper sheet and file it down into a disk." Senku commanded.

Everyone started at his face, wondering why it was getting puffed up. His cheeks and lips especially. Everyone thought of it, but no one voiced it. They just did as they were told.

Chrome and Rika began hammering down the copper once it cooled.

Rika wiped some sweat from her brows. "This is a lot harder than it looks. And we still have to do another." She says.

After it was thinner down, they hammered a bamboo into the middle of it. With a string of the length of the radius they needed tied to it. To guide them when they began cutting it. Senku then hammered holes in the shape of the circle. So when the time came, it was easy to rip the extra copper off. Which they would then use in the next lot.

The only thing different about the second lot was that the extra copper would be stored, instead of reused right away.

"Check it out!" Chrome shouted. "I'm going to file it down with corundum, that tough rock I showed you before!"

"The second-strongest mineral after diamond. I like your collection, Chrome." Senku complement.

So they set it up so Kohau would only have to spin the disk, to file it down by tying the corundum to a tree. With Suika making sure it didn't move too much using two bamboo sticks.

"I thought of coating the copper wire with phosphoric acid, but lathering it in lacquer works, too." Senku said, coating it in lacquer.

Gen could no longer take it, so he finally decided to ask what everyone had been thinking. "So, Senku-chan..." he began, "I've been wondering when I should bring this up..."

"What?" Senku asks.

"Why have you turned into Anpanman?" Gen asked bluntly.

"Lacquer rash." Senku answered.

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"All right."  Chrome