Tokyo: Oreimo

Ryosuke made a joke, but after seeing how Ling Nai looked at him as if he were a 'pervert,' he was both amused and exasperated.

He thought the other party would like this setting.

After all, in my memory, this kind of character who looks cute but is actually male is quite popular in both animation and games.

Like 'Hideyoshi' or 'a certain mountain range' or something.

It seems this guy isn't quite able to accept this kind of setting. Is it really too advanced for Ling Nai?

That being said, after five hours, the game should be nearing the halfway point by now, right?

Although the text of "The Steins Gates" is extensive, the pace of reading should not be too slow unless one is particularly philanthropic.

Judging from how angry she looks, she's probably trying to trigger the timing so as not to miss any interaction with Ruka Urushibara, which has caused her to get stuck in the main storyline?

So we haven't gotten to the point where we send that 'D-mali' message yet, have we?

"Anyway, if you like it, then keep playing. I can assure you that you can successfully romance Ruka."

"The meaning is unclear. Falling in love with a man is hardly normal."

Ling Nai didn't understand the meaning behind Ryosuke's words, but she just crossed her arms and glared at him angrily.

Ryosuke shook his head. "Of course it will be a normal romance, because Ruka Urushihara can turn into a girl."

"What kind of explanation is that? Could it be a sex reassignment surgery?"

Ling was completely confused.

"I'm telling you," Ryosuke said, somewhat speechless.

Sometimes I really don't understand what's going on in the little head of the girl in front of me.

"Since they were able to make contact with Ruka Urushibara, it means the plot has at least progressed to the point where the 'D-mail' experiment is being conducted, right?"

"Can't you just imagine it?"

"For example, reversing the future by sending a text message to the past."

"Huh?"

Ling Nai paused for a moment before realizing that she was playing a galgame with 'science fiction' elements.

"You better not be lying to me!"

The girl hurriedly finished her breakfast and ran upstairs with small, quick steps.

Ryosuke watched her retreating figure and gave a slightly guilty smile.

"I'm not lying to you..."

"It's just when it comes to making the final choice..."

From the moment Okabe Rintaro sent the first D-mail, the world line had already undergone a huge change. As the main story progresses, and you reach the final step in your relationship with Urushihara Ruka.

Players need to make a choice.

Should we retract the D-mail that changed its gender?

On one side of the scale lies Ruka Urushibara's happiness, and on the other...

It was the death of Mayuri Shiina.

Chapter 210 Shiina Mayuri is unnecessary (Two chapters combined, 4600 words)

On Sunday, Ling Nai stayed at home all day, playing "Benstein's Gates".

As Ryosuke said, she continued to advance the main storyline and was eventually asked by Ruka Urushihara to send a D-mail to her mother from the past.

"Eat more vegetables!"

It was just a simple text message.

After that string of enigmatic numbers flashed across the screen again...

"She really did turn into a girl?"

Ling Nai couldn't help but stare in astonishment.

Although Ryosuke had already spoiled it, she was still genuinely happy to see this development.

"In that case, we can proceed with the strategy normally, right?"

Her appearance remained unchanged, but her gender changed to that of a real girl.

That made me feel much better, and I no longer had that rather 'discomfortable' feeling.

Having gone through this experience, Ling Nai began to continue advancing the main storyline.

If we want to have more contact with Ryuka, then advancing quickly and fully entering Ryuka's single-line path is the right choice.

But the events seemed to have taken a turn for the better than the girl had imagined.

After sending the message to Liuhua, the team members discovered that the IBM 5100 seemed to be missing.

"Is it because that device is stored at the shrine?"

"It seems that the device hasn't reappeared since the hacking of SERN's system began, right?"

"But that thing doesn't seem to have any other use besides decoding, right? It's not a big deal if we lose it."

Anyway, it's just an old, broken antique computer; its most important task has already been completed.

"Ryuka-chan has become a girl, this is the best timeline!"

As the main storyline progressed, she began to understand some of the obscure scientific language that the group had previously used.

In short, if we maintain the current timeline and continue our strategy, winning over Ruka Urushibara shouldn't be a problem.

As for the IBM 5100, we can talk about it in the second playthrough. Anyway, the function of sending D-mail text messages to the past is still available.

This seems to be a way to continue pushing the plot forward.

......

Ling Nai was distracted and it was already 4:30 pm. She had originally planned to stop for the time being and finish the game in one go after having dinner.

However, the main storyline has now progressed to a very crucial point.

After thinking about it, she decided to play a little longer.

"Speaking of which, including the initial text message that Okabe accidentally sent, we've sent six D-mails already, haven't we?"

"It seems like each one of them would make a huge difference to the world."

But so far the results have been good.

She helped Ruka Urushihara become a girl, saved Phyllis's father from death, and also left behind the part-time worker, Amane.

It seems that every text message is guiding the world in a positive direction.

"But this style isn't right..."

Based on Ling Nai's understanding of Ryosuke, he has currently created several games.

Whether it's FSN, Clannad, or White Album 2, compared to these three works, although the time travel setting is novel.

But the overall impact on her seemed to be just so-so?

It's not that it's not fun; on the contrary, this design that uses mobile phones for interaction is quite interesting. The personalities of the female protagonists are also very distinct. It's just that Ryosuke still used the pen name 'Gen Urobuchi' when creating this work.

That guy calls himself a so-called 'warrior of love,' could it be that he's reformed?

Ling Nai was worried about this for a long time, making every choice carefully, afraid that she would be stabbed in the back suddenly.

"What? Maybe I'm overthinking it."

Ling Nai looked at the screen and pursed her lips.

"That guy is probably writing this kind of subject for the first time. Maybe he's already exhausted himself just trying to keep the logic closed by controlling this kind of setting."

The girl relaxed her guard slightly.

Our gaze returns to the center of the screen, where Makise Kurisu is currently explaining the memory travel.

This microwave oven (tentative name) that can send text messages to the past seems to be about to undergo a super evolution.

"Dataficate memories and send them back to the past using the same principle as D-mail."

"In other words, it means only transplanting what's in your current brain into your past brain."

In other words, it means being able to go back to one's past.

"It's less about time travel and more about time leaps."

"If it can be achieved, combined with Okabe's special abilities, wouldn't this truly be a real time machine?"

"Wow, that's amazing! To be able to do this with such rudimentary equipment, she's undoubtedly a genius, right?"

Ling Nai was slightly expectant. If the experiment succeeded, would a new storyline unfold?

This way, there will be more interaction with Ruka Urushibara, right?

She has already unlocked most of the CGs related to this character. The art director of the work is aware of this, and there are probably only two or three more to complete the collection.

With the materials collected, on the eve of modifying the microwave oven, Okabe was kicked out by Makise Kurisu to buy pudding.

While shopping at the supermarket, Ling Nai noticed that the phone icon in the upper right corner of the screen was making a sound.

When she clicked on it, the content that was displayed startled her.

You know too much.

It was accompanied by a photo of a doll stained with blood.

"What? This thing suddenly appeared?"

The blonde girl's heart pounded. She wasn't in charge of drawing all the content, and obviously the bloody doll in this text message wasn't within her scope of drawing.

It was probably drawn by another illustrator within the company.

"Is this intimidation?"

A very obvious hint.

Although Ling Nai had not personally experienced such a thing, she had heard that similar pranks had occurred at school.