Knowledge is love

Part 38: Finding our new Captain

This little duo definitely helped y/n get through physical therapy and after a little over a month almost two, y/n was back on her feet walking around. She wasn't allowed to do too much since her legs were still kind of weak but at least she could walk around with no help. Everyone congratulated her on her recovery and was so glad to see she was now healed. With y/n's recovery, the Kingdom of Science can do their work without any distractions.

While the main ship that would take them across the sea was being built, they still had to find a captain. After all, this whole trip across the sea would be ten billion percent impossible without one. So they made a smaller boat to go looking for with the help of Tsukasa reporter friend Minami Hokutozai.

Wanting to do something, y/n asked Senku to join the team that was going to get the captain. He was a bit hesitant since her leg but after what she's been through, she deserved to go out for a bit. Plus he knew how much she enjoyed swimming and it's not like she was going alone since he and a few others were going as well.

As the team was getting ready, y/n looked in the water as the sun made it sparkle a bit and the waves were crashing against the shore.

"You gonna come or what?"

Y/n turned around to see Senku behind her.

"Of course." Y/n punched her hand. "Let's go find our captain."

Senku chuckled. "Let's go then."

Since y/n was still weak in her legs, Senku helped her up on the boat. He held her close to him to make sure she wouldn't fall into the water. On the boat was Minami, Nikki, Kohaku, Magma and Tajiu was rowing. Nikki was a bit skeptical since they were making a sail boat which means it will be hard to find someone who knows how to actually sail a retroship like that. Unless they did some training on it or they did it as a hobby but other than that the chances were slim. However, being the amazing reporter she was, Minami did have some people in mind that they could revive.

They make it to the island where Minami says the possible captain candidates were. They get off the boat and start to walk around trying to find a captain. On the way Minami tells the group the island was where they used to hold Nanami Academy. It was a nautical school that included sailing as part of its curriculum. So Minami said that reviving one of the teachers would be the best option since they should know how to at least steer a sailboat.

After walking around, they finally made it to where all the statues of Nanami Academy were. They were buried underground so Senku had the Gorilla Team mine them out. Taiju of course was ready to help while Magma, Niki and Kohaku weren't really fond of the name but still did as they were told. As they mined them out, y/n and Senku laid out the statues as Minami was trying to see who was who. After that it was all down, they brought all the statues back to the beach.

Kohaku asked if they were gonna revive all of the statues but Senku stated that they couldn't since there was a shortage of revival fluid. So they could only revive one person. Minami suggested they should revive a silver fox who knows his way around a boat as she was examining the statues. She then froze when she recognized one of them.

"There he is, Ryusui," Minami said, nervous.

The group gathered behind her as she mentioned that name back on the boat.

"Not him," Minami exclaimed as she blocked the statue. "I promise, you don't want this guy."

"Hey easy there, don't freak out," y/n said. "Just tell us who he is. Judging by the fact you know him and thought about him when we said we need a captain, he has to be talented, right?"

Minami put her arms down but was still visibly nervous and sweating. It was clear she didn't want you guys to revive this guy. But why?

"Nanami Academy was owned by the king of maritime trade, the Nanami Conglomerate. They had 200 trillion yen in assets," Minami stated. "And he's the hopelessly self-indulgent son of the Nanami family. Ryusui Nanami. He'd apparently been spending his hundreds of millions of yen in allowance to collect model ships and bottle ships since he was a kid."