Tokyo: Oreimo

Ling Nai seemed to have been enlightened and continued watching the video playing.

"Fifteen years later," Okabe Rintaro said slowly.

"Remember what you experienced in the α world line, even though it was only a short three weeks, the wonderful memories you shared with Makise Kurisu."

"You must have experienced how, together with Kurisu, you sacrificed countless memories and struggled to save Mayuri."

"You absolutely cannot waste your three-week journey through different world lines; you can't pretend it never happened."

"It is because you traversed several timelines to arrive here that you exist here, wanting to save Kurisu."

"I am here because I dedicated everything to the development of the time machine."

"So go ahead and deceive yourself, deceive yourself, and save Kurisu without changing her past of death."

"Let your past self believe that the Kurisu you saw is dead, so that the past won't be changed."

"I understand! Oh, that's how it's done!"

Ling Naiteng suddenly stood up from his chair, so excited that he was somewhat incoherent.

You can actually do that!

To put it bluntly, according to the theory in the video, there is only one way to keep Makise Kurisu alive.

It's not about preventing her death, but about making the world believe she's already dead.

The past cannot be rewritten, but the observer's perception can be deceived, so what she needs to do is...

"Let Okabe Rintaro, fifteen years ago, witness the scene of Makise Kurisu's 'death'."

She recalled the scene at the beginning of the game.

In the hallway of the broadcasting center, Rintaro Okabe saw Kurisu Makise lying in a pool of blood, her white shirt stained red.

That's the starting point of the whole story, the reason why the first D-mail was sent, and the origin of all worldline changes.

"That guy..."

Even if they were still unconvinced, during the game, they would repeatedly try to rush into the other player's room and bite them hard.

But now, we see how this unfolds.

The girl couldn't help but sigh.

"That's amazing!"

Ling Nai's voice was squeezed out from between her teeth, with a slight nasal tone. Her eyes were burning, but the corners of her mouth turned up uncontrollably.

"From the very beginning... everything was part of that guy's plan."

Only a smart guy could do this.

In this respect, Ling Nai truly admired Ryosuke to an unparalleled degree.

"If it were you, you would definitely understand."

"By the way, the time machine's model number is—C204. I probably don't need to explain what the initial C means, right?"

“Christina...”

Ling Nai read out the meaning of the letter. Having come this far, she even felt that she and Okabe Rintaro were completely in sync.

She knows this protagonist too well.

"Furthermore, the world line we're targeting, Steins Gate, is also named after me. Why did I choose this name? You should understand, right?"

"It doesn't have any special meaning..."

Why would this guy have to write such a melodramatic, chuunibyou-esque scene in a place like this?

But why do I feel like crying?

Ling Nai started crying and laughing at the same time.

"Next, we will explain the final mission, the outline of the Goddess Operation to Control the Future."

"Don't try to change the past; try to change the outcome."

"Kurisu Makise lying in a pool of blood and Rintaro Okabe, who witnessed it all, did not change the fact, but tried to change the outcome."

"To deceive your original self, to deceive the world, that is the necessary condition to reach the Steins Gate."

"Looking forward to your hard work"

“EL PSY CONGROO!”

Ling Nai murmured the code she had once felt ashamed of, and then clicked the mouse.

"I'll show you, if this is the choice of Steins;Gate."

"Hmph, who do you think I am? I am the mad scientist, Phoenix Garden Kyouma. Deceiving the world is a piece of cake for me."

Ling Nai couldn't help but mimic Okabe Rintaro's signature pose.

She's fired up!

"We only have one chance, and we cannot afford to fail!"

"The world is in my hands. I am confident that I can reconstruct the world and reach the most perfect world line!"

Chapter 225 Goddess in Control of the Future

"As expected, there's only enough fuel left for one round trip. If things change in the future, there's no need to go back."

"But if I fail, I'll be stuck here, living with endless regret..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? There's no way we could fail! I won't allow that possibility!"

Ling Nai waved her little fist at the screen.

"Having come this far, and prepared to this extent, we absolutely cannot fail!"

Looking back on the many endings she had experienced, Ling Nai had to pick out the few that left the deepest impression on her.

Awan's letter was one of them.

It was a scene she never wanted to experience again.

As the plot unfolds, all preparations are complete.

"Now, let's begin 'Operation Goddess Who Will Rule the Future'!"

"The time has come!"

.....

Before heading to July 28th, Ling Nai had already learned the correct action plan.

She had prepared the props beforehand.

A stun gun, and the "Future Device 6 - Beam Saber" that Mayuri was asked to retrieve from Lab.

This is a very important prop.

If the goal is to fake Makise Kurisu's 'death' scene, then it must be done properly; the blood on the ground can't be created out of thin air.

At the tip of this beam saber is stored 'fake blood,' which is artificial blood plasma.

"Okabe's lab is always full of all sorts of weird and wonderful things, but somehow, they always seem to come in handy at the right time?"

During the previous SERN attack, certain items were used to avoid being shot, giving them time to jump through time.

Ling Nai subconsciously made a sarcastic remark.

Then, she followed Amane Reiha on another time travel.

"Just like last time, Amane will place the beam saber in that room. Now it's up to Okabe to decide what to do."

Ling Nai clicks the mouse to advance the plot.

Since it's a visual novel, there aren't many areas where you can make adjustments; you can only make changes at key choices.

"The first thing to do is..."

Ling made the decision.

"Go to the 7th floor first and pull out the metal detector. Although we don't know what the causal relationship is, we should do it just to be on the safe side. This way, we can at least reduce the possibility that the paper about the time machine will be found by the metal detector."

While these gashapon machines appear random on the surface, the outcome remains unchanged once you know what the next one will be, because the opening is present.

As Okabe inserted the coin, a metal whistle came out.

After confirming the time, Okabe inserted a coin and got another puja. Ryou then chose to go to the 4th floor.

"I remember running into Kurisu at the corner of this floor."

In her memory, at the very beginning of the β world line, Makise Kurisu had an impression of having met Okabe, indicating that it was destined that Okabe, who had traveled from there, would have some interaction with her.

This is a necessary step so that the assistant will later, with some doubt, pull Okabe out of the reception venue at this particular time.

After doing all this, Okabe hid in a corner and observed how things would unfold.

Through his perspective, Ling Nai noticed Makise Kurisu squatting on the ground.

"So she found Mayuri's lost wapa? No wonder it was in that file folder."

So, does that mean the paper on the time machine was actually saved because of the metal woofer?

The girl muttered something to herself, made her final choice, and headed to the scene of the crime on the 8th floor.

"We're all in position. Now all we have to do is show up after Makise Kurisu and Professor Nakabachi have their argument and drive him away..."

"Then use a stun gun to knock down Kurisu and stage a murder scene so that we can fool Okabe Rintaro in this timeline."

A perfect plan!

Ling Nai was almost crying with admiration at her own cleverness.

"As expected of me."

The decision regarding the order of this operation was made after careful consideration, and there will absolutely be no unexpected situations.

"Now we only need to take one last step, and then we just need to wait for them to arrive."

Ling Nai clicked the mouse to continue the plot, while Okabe in the scene was making final preparations, taking out the beam saber that Amane Rei had placed indoors, opening the top cap, and taking out a vial of blood.