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To my awesome reviewers (24/05/20): Hello, PuppyCake, AbyssDragonslayer777, karin150301, Lu-chan 16Love, Shiraneko-chan, Lupa Lazuli, pikapika, Le055li0n, and Phantomfray! ^_^ Thank you so much for reviewing the twenty-first chapter of No Stone Unturned! Haha, we'll get to the electricity chapter eventually! :D Thanks for reading! It's fun writing Senku's thoughts and unraveling them! Stamina is something he needs to work on XD Yup, I agree! He's a leader that watches over people. I hope you stay safe as well! That's great to hear! It won't be a perspective chapter, but we'll be seeing a little more of Kohaku, Senku, and Gen in the next chapter (Chapter Twenty-Three) :D Senku still hasn't completely figured out the deal with Suika's eyesight, but he will! XD I'm glad you liked reading about everybody! Yup, your first guess is right - that's exactly it! :D Because Suika is a young child, Kinro wanted to do his duty and stay close in order to be able to help her if she needs it. I'm so happy you spotted that! :D I hope all you enjoy this new chapter, and thank you again! ^_^

Chapter Twenty-Two: (S01 E09f) Breakfast Questions

The next day, after Senku woke up and climbed down the ladder of the shed of science, he saw that Kohaku had left a dead deer by the bonfire area, no doubt intending it to be everybody's breakfast. With her earthenware pot gone, it wasn't too difficult to guess what she had left to go do, and, like usual, Senku took some tools and started to prepare the deer.

Like their usual mornings, Suika probably was already out in the forest fetching firewood and vegetables, Chrome would wake up and help Senku, and the three of them would have breakfast prepared in time to eat with Kohaku after she dropped off the hot spring water inside the village.

Ten minutes later, after he had divided the deer into different sections, Senku was surprised to hear Suika's voice.

"Thanks for your help, Gen! Chalk and I normally have to use long sticks when we want to get apples!"

She's back this soon? Looks like she went with Gen this morning.

"You're very welcome, Suika-chan," said Gen in a cheerful tone as they both walked closer to Senku. "I'm sure these beautiful red apples will be very delicious~"

As they approached him, Suika, whose small arms filled with edible plants, attempted to shift some of them onto her left arm so that she could wave to him.

"Good morning, Senku!"

"Ah, good morning, Senku-chan~"

Before Senku could return their greetings, he heard the door of the shed of science creak open and turned in that direction. Seconds later, a sleepy Chrome poked his head out of the shed.

"Oh! Is that deer! That's great! Did Kohaku catch that?"

At Senku's nod, Chrome quickly climbed down the ladder and sat down next to Senku.

"Looks like breakfast is going to be good! I was so busy last night that I forgot to eat…"

Senku gave a grin.

After going over the next few steps with Chrome and Gen, Gen had shuffled off into the forest to lie down and get some rest, but Senku and Chrome, who were excited about their three new and very powerful magnets, had spent hours testing the magnetism of the variety of metals in Chrome's shed and discussing why some were easier to attract using the magnet than others before falling asleep.

Chrome picked up some tools lying by the bonfire and sat down next to him in front of the deer.

"Let me help you with that, Senku…"

After Senku and Chrome prepared the deer, Gen arranged the firewood, Chrome and Suika cooked the stew, and Kohaku arrived, the five of them settled around the cooking pot with their full bowls.

"Ah, this looks delicious!" exclaimed Gen, bringing his bowl closer to his nose to inhale the scent of his hot food. "I haven't had meat in so long!"

"You haven't?" Chrome asked, puzzled. "Why not? This is a good season for hunting and trapping – it's when winter comes that finding food is crazy hard!"

Gen shook his head.

"Nope… I've been eating fruits and nuts and wild berries, mostly. Berries are very useful, you know~" he laughed, placing a hand above his heart as if personally attesting to the wonderful qualities of wild berries.

"Berries are fine, but stew is still the best!" Chrome said good-naturedly before digging enthusiastically into his breakfast.

Senku saw that Suika, on the other hand, was using her chopsticks to find a tasty morsel to give to Chalk. After she did so, her dog barked in thanks and ran around happily, knowing that there would be more to come later. Another glance told him that Kohaku had watched the interaction, smiling fondly at the girl before turning to her own bowl.

Definitely better than bland roasted mushrooms, Senku thought with a grin as he took hold of his chopsticks, remembering his first few days after breaking free of the petrification.

As Gen helped himself to a cube of meat and chewed, his eyes closed in happiness, Chrome, who was spooning himself a second share from the large cooking pot, asked Kohaku a question.

"How was Ruri today?"

"She's fine," Kohaku replied simply, blowing on her soup to cool the broth.

Senku noticed that her eyes had shifted towards Gen, who was still slowly chewing the same piece of deer meat with a smile on his face, as she answered Chrome's question – however, Chrome, who had been looking at his own bowl of food at the time, had not seen her caution, and continued to speak.

"That's good! I can't wait until we make this cure-all antibiotic thing and heal her for good!"

Upon hearing the word 'antibiotic,' Gen's eyes immediately opened in surprise.

While Senku was no mind reader, he knew exactly what his fellow modern era person was thinking as Gen mouthed the medical term to himself – that making an antibiotic was impossible in this stone world.

In the space of a few seconds, Senku could see the words echoing in Gen's head – Ruri, antibiotic, heal – and piece the information together – that Ruri was a sick person Chrome and Kohaku cared about, and that she was sick enough to require not just food and rest, but a very specific type of medicine.

Somehow, possibly due to her battle instincts, Kohaku averted her eyes from Gen just before he sent a curious glance in her direction.

After seeing that he couldn't obtain any more information without asking a direct question, Gen turned to Chrome and did just that.

"Chrome-chan? Who's Ruri-chan?"

(End of Chapter Twenty-Two.) (24/05/20.)

I. My personal comments: We never saw in the anime or the manga exactly when or how Gen found out about the cure-all roadmap, and everything happened so fast after his arrival (rushing to make the iron bars and climb up the mountain), so I'm going to guess it happened around this time - after they created the magnets, but before he was "murdered" by Magma the night Senku made electricity :O

II. Question of the day: What do you think of Gen's curiosity about Ruri? :)

III. A tiny request: Thank you for reading my fanfic! :D If you've read this far, I hope you'll consider taking an extra minute to leave a review for Chapter Twenty-Two ("Breakfast Questions")? :D Reviews really mean a lot to me as a fanfiction writer, and all kinds of positive, negative, and/or constructive reviews are very welcome! ^_^ Even if it's the year 5738 or something, I would love to hear your thoughts on this chapter! :D (By the way, I'm "fireflyhwufanficwrit" on Reddit and "firefly-hwufanficwriterrrrr" on Tumblr :D)