Ray of Despair, Ray of Hope The crew sends Senku, Soyuz, Kohaku, and Gen to find the islanders. Ryusui finds Suika stowed away on the ship. Ukyo and Ginro find statues underwater and realize they couldn't be from the petrification event 3700 years ago since the island was uninhabited before the astronauts arrived, so these statues were petrified much later. Losing radio contact, Soyuz and Gen find everyone on board petrified into statues, except for Suika, whom Ryusui saved by throwing her overboard. The shock causes Soyuz to remember he and his parents left the island to escape something...