Tokyo: Oreimo

But to say I understand her, it probably only goes as far as this one sentence and what she looks like.

However, based on the current dialogue, Ling Nai was completely confused.

"Who are you?"

"Those were my lines, weren't they? Did you have something you wanted to say to me just now?"

"This is clearly their first appearance, but why is it acting like we've met before?"

To Ling Nai's surprise, Okabe actually recognized the girl in front of him, of course, because he had seen her in a magazine.

Then began his cringey self-praise.

Lines like "organization" and "conspiracy theory" came out of their mouths without hesitation.

"Seriously... please, leave me alone. Can we just skip that kind of line?"

Ling Nai really couldn't understand this opening. She had no idea what embarrassing thing the protagonist, 'Okabe Rintaro', would say next.

What should I say in front of a beautiful stranger?

A galgame is a game where you pursue and win the heart of a female character you like.

"But how can this kind of adolescent delusions win over girls?"

She could probably understand this persona, because the current environment made him feel nervous, which is why he used this method to cover it up.

But the frequency is a bit too high.

Ling Nai recalled that she also had a classmate of this type in her junior high school class.

Commonly known as the "second-year junior high school syndrome".

To write something so vividly, Ryosuke, the author, probably has some experience in this area.

Judging from the other person's past works, one will inevitably unconsciously create a reflection of oneself in the corresponding character.

"That guy, could he have gone through that phase too?"

The thought of that face and the same words spoken by Rintaro Okabe made Ling Nai want to laugh.

Chapter 208 I couldn't resist wanting to push her down

The plot moves very quickly.

Lingna quickly saw Makise Kurisu lying in a pool of blood.

Before she could even finish marveling at how quickly the female lead's character died, she saw the genius female scientist reappear on screen.

"Was it the effect of that text message?"

Ling Nai remembered that Okabe was so frightened by the scene of Makise Kurisu's death that he ran away quickly and only sent a message to 'Tongzi'.

A cutscene appeared, showing a string of numbers.

As a result, everyone in Akihabara was emptied out.

When he came to his senses, he ran for a while before Mayuri's appearance finally brought Okabe back to his senses.

What followed was Aniplex's current practice of playing a short, animated opening sequence at the start of the game.

To be honest, that song was quite nice.

"Speaking of which, it was that guy singing again, wasn't it? He's practically become the company's go-to singer."

Ling felt somewhat uncomfortable whenever she thought of the other person's face.

Having learned from Saori's experience, she could sense that Hayami Shizuka harbored feelings for Ryosuke.

In short, we must not let our guard down.

"The Giantess is already difficult to deal with; if another opponent comes along, it will be very troublesome."

“That guy has absolutely no sense of self-awareness in this regard. Next time there’s related work, I’ll definitely go with him.”

While thinking, Ling Nai continued to advance the plot.

One hour later.

As she watched the dialogue appear on the screen, the blonde girl gradually became interested in the work.

Intrigued by the jelly-like bananas, Makise Kurisu wants to figure out the cause of this phenomenon.

After being reminded by the 'bucket', the small group began the experiment.

"Assistant, send a text message to my phone."

"When did I become your assistant? Besides, I don't even know your text message address."

"What a useless assistant!"

"For the content, just send 'Christina is a pervert'."

"Didn't I say forbid calling someone a pervert?"

"Then let's compromise, Okabe is HENTAI."

After what seemed like an ordinary daily conversation, the text message was successfully sent. Ling Nai glanced at the phone icon displayed in the upper right corner of the screen and then clicked the mouse.

"It should be ready by now, right?"

Mayuri's voice came from the computer speakers, and a hand pulled open the microwave oven.

The entire screen was filled with lightning and thunder effects, smoke filled the air, and multiple screams came from the speakers.

"It's impossible for the electromagnetic waves from a microwave oven to damage the table in such a short time."

"Shouldn't we check the text messages first, instead of that kind of thing?"

Ryoko Takagi thought so, because she shared the same perspective as Okabe, who was the protagonist, and therefore clearly knew that the experiment had a chance of success.

"The date of receipt, July 24th, 7:17 PM, is undoubtedly in the past."

"The text message was sent back five days ago."

"How could this be? Could it be..."

"It's that...perhaps! This telephone microwave (tentative name)...is a time machine!"

"Oh!"

Ling Nai suddenly cried out, then, as if realizing her lapse in composure, covered her mouth.

What am I doing?

Why did I inexplicably get a little fired up by Okabe's fanatical tone, which sounded like a chuunibyou?

"So, that text message saying 'Makase Kurisu was stabbed' was really sent to the past, thus changing the outcome of her death?"

Ling Nai continued to advance the plot while pondering the situation.

This is so strange! It was just a text message.

"The butterfly effect?"

Ling Nai had never heard of such remarks before; she had only recently seen them mentioned by netizens on forums online.

The like is the saying, "A butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon rainforest could cause a storm on the other side of the world."

A life was saved because of a single text message?

Ling Nai continues to advance the plot.

She paused for a moment, which was unusual, when she saw Okabe's conversation with John Titor.

"People's concept of time seems to be bound by preconceived notions. Time is not something like a single river flowing from the past to the future."

"For example, I went back in time and killed a person named A."

"In this way, the value called the world line variability rate will change, and the world line will shift to a world where there is no character named A."

"When world lines shift, people's memories are rewritten."

"In other words, the memories of the world line where the character named A exists will be deleted, and the memories of the world line where the character named A does not exist will be rewritten."

"So profound..." Ling Nai felt her mind was a bit of a mess.

"So, Makise Kurisu actually died once because Okabe sent that text message, and afterwards the future was rewritten. Everyone's memories were overwritten, so no one remembers what happened that day?"

The girl recalled the initial plot: Makise Kurisu clearly had no recollection of Okabe when they met for the second time, as if they had never met before.

This includes Mayuri and the 'bucket's' reactions.

"Although I didn't fully understand the principles behind it, it felt really amazing!"

"But Okabe seems to be an exception; he's the only one who hasn't lost his memory? Is this what they call a protagonist?"

"What kind of mysterious organization is this SERN?"

Ling Nai shook her head, giving up on thinking about it further.

"That guy is way smarter than me. Just by thinking, I can't guess what he'll write next. Let's keep pushing forward. Anyway, the main task now is to find IBM 5100, right?"

To Ling Nai's surprise, she originally thought that finding this key item would require making at least several correct choices in a row to trigger it.

But unexpectedly, he obtained a clue simply by saying a few nice words to the female character named 'Phyllis'.

"Seriously, it's rare to find a character who can go head-to-head with Okabe."

She thought the "chuunibyou" (middle school syndrome) trope was unique to "Hououin Kyouma".

So far, this character seems quite likable. At least Ling Nai has a good impression of her. After all, it's hard not to like a pink-haired beauty in a maid outfit, right?

It seems that chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) can actually be a cute trait if the person is cute and female.

"But I'd rather not have a man."

Honestly, if a man said those childish things in front of her, she would really have a hard time showing a disgusted expression; it would be so immature.

Having learned about the IBM 5100 from 'Phyllis', the plot naturally shifted its focus.

It is said that it was donated to a shrine?

"Huh? So this is the character?"

After the background image of the shrine appeared on the screen, a new character appeared in the center.