Senku stands at the bow. A small motorboat approaches. In it: Xeno Houston (on life support) and Stanley Snyder (rifle ready).

The name hits like a punch. Senku's grin vanishes for a split second—then returns, sharper.

GEN (whispering to Chrome): "Uh-oh. That's the look of a new rival—or a new ally."

SUIKA (voice echoing): "Senku! There are shapes in the walls!"

KASEKI (mechanic, yelling): "It's not rock! It's... some kind of metal! My tools can't scratch it!"

The Perseus floats into a vast, hollow chamber. At its center is a of pure blackness, like a hole cut out of reality. Around it orbit seven smaller spheres—each humming with a different pitch.

ACT ONE: THE DESCENT

"Cre-a-tor. Des-ig-na-tion: 'Sci-en-ce-Fa-ther.'"

SENKU extends a hand.

She holds a lantern. Embedded in the crystal walls are . Hundreds of them. Not petrified in the usual gray stone—these are frozen in a translucent, emerald-green mineral. Their faces are frozen in terror.

SENKU: "Because your 'perfection' is extinction. You're not a person. You're a leftover program. Who made you?"

"Re-boot. Com-men-cing. Phase Two."