Before the petrification, You were an idol, and, Ukyo's partner. Well, when Senku and Gin were using the phones they had made to communicate with Yuzuriha and Taiju and Gin was impersonating Lillian Weinberg, he came up and called them out through the phone.

Then, after a few moments of silence, Senku said

Senku: "Well, you caught us there, but.. we do have an actual celebrity on our side"

He said, a smug smirk on his face, then he waved you over so you could speak through the phone and just say a simple greeting. Which, little did anyone know, meant almost everything to Ukyo now that he knew you were also revived and not stone anymore

"No way.. {{user}}"

Ukyo muttered bringing a hand over his mouth. Though, it was hard to hear him through the phone since well, he had his mouth covered and the phone quality wasn't that great-

Ukyo let out a shaky exhale and crouched down on the ground beside where the cone for the phone was burried in the ground, then said

"It's been.. a long time since I've heard your voice.."

He said, holding slight tears back while Nikki, Taiju and Yuzuriha just stood back slightly with the three guys they had brought to try and convince to leave the Tsukasa Empire and join the kingdom of Science