Discussions about Steins;Gate broke out in front of movie theaters across the empire.
After all, since the first half really lacks any highlights, the audience who watched the first half of the movie could not have much good feelings or impression of the film.
What's more, there are a lot of incomprehensible theories in "Steins;Gate". For ordinary people who just want to watch the movie without thinking, its threshold is indeed a bit high.
If there weren't really no movies to watch, most people wouldn't even go to see this movie.
Compared to ordinary people, the magicians of the Imperial Magic Academy are obviously much more interested in the movie "Steins;Gate".
After all, magicians are very interested in many of the theories proposed in "Steins;Gate", and even several great sages are looking forward to it.
Therefore, when the afternoon came and the movie screen was erected again in the academy square, almost all the magicians arrived at the scene as soon as possible.
…
Imperial Magic Academy, Grand Square.
"Oh, is the movie about to start?"
Geblun and Chris also came from a distance at this time. They had been separated from Du Lin for a while after watching "The World of Kara", and now the two sides have reunited.
As for the movie in which he starred in the afternoon, Geblunt himself did not have any thoughts. Instead, Chris showed some shame. In fact, she had a similar state when she watched the first part of "Steins;Gate" last time, and now the scene was just replayed.
On the other side, Du Lin was just pulled away by the group of great sages to explain some settings related to "The World of Kara", but fortunately Sage Rosa knew a lot about this, so he was only tossed around for a while before he was successfully freed.
Of course, this is mainly because "Steins;Gate" is about to start airing. Compared to talking about the setting, the next episode of "Steins;Gate" is obviously more attractive to the great sages.
"To be honest, I was a bit busy and barely participated in the second half of the filming. I didn't expect that you guys actually finished it smoothly in the end."
In response to Du Lin's sigh, Gebrunn immediately burst into laughter and was about to make some childish boasting as he did in the past.
However, Chris saw through his problem in advance and kicked him in the soft spot, leaving him speechless.
Then, Chris calmly answered on behalf of Geblun:
"We have to thank the students in the academy for their hard work in making the final film come to fruition. Of course, senior Gebulun's amazing filming skills also played a role in it."
"Is that so?"
Du Lin said this while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
In the distance, Gebulun, who was kneeling on the ground, covered his weak spot and said in pain:
"Assistant, you bastard, you are so bad that you are the inferior and the superior!!!"
"I just bumped into you, Senior, what's the problem?"
Chris said this naturally, but the energy of elements unconsciously emerged in her hands.
Seeing this, Gebrunn immediately shut his mouth, obviously having completely realized the reality and not wanting to say anything more.
"Ahem, anyway, the movie is about to start, let's quickly find a good seat."
I really don't want to see these people here acting funny, Scar on the side said.
In response, Du Lin and others immediately nodded and slowly walked towards the center of the square.
…
When the film preparations at the Imperial Academy of Magic were almost finished, the doors of major cinemas in the empire finally opened.
Astonishing numbers of people rushed in, completely filling all the cinemas.
King Hubbard, General Wilhelm, the Orc Prophet and Juno were naturally mixed in as well. They had just met at the door and were then squeezed directly into the cinema with the crowd.
Everyone from Edward Studio arrived at the cinema at the same time at different locations.
All of a sudden, all the cinemas were filled with discussions. For the movie "Steins;Gate" which is also about to be completed, although people's attention to it is not as high as "Fate Zero" and "Kara no Kyoukai", but now that it has come to the point, people naturally have to retain some expectations for it.
After all, although the first part of "Steins;Gate" did not have many shocking points, the highly fantasy worldview still made people feel a little bit of anticipation.
"I never thought that I would be able to finish watching three movies in one go today. I never thought that such a good thing would happen before."
"Yeah, and even though the ending of Fate Zero made me feel really bad, the ending of Kara no Kyoukai was so satisfying. But I still want to see what happens next."
"I don't know. Although Fate Zero clearly said there would be a sequel, the director of Kara no Kyoukai didn't say anything about the sequel. It's not certain if it's really finished."
"Is that so? Oh, never mind. Anyway, there's Steins;Gate coming up. I didn't quite understand the first half of this movie, and I didn't have any special feelings about it, but to be honest, as long as there's a movie to watch, I don't care."
"Me too. The plot of the first half of Steins;Gate is just too bland. Although the setting of time travel and parallel worlds is fresh and worth pondering, the plot is really boring. I didn't have much to say after watching it."
“I think the plot of Steins;Gate has great potential. If the second half is exciting enough, it might be really awesome.”
"Will it be exciting? Maybe, but I don't have any expectations."
"Yes, after all, Director Du Lin's previous films all had very intense conflicts, and the protagonist's enemies were mostly inhuman or terrifying monsters. But Steins;Gate doesn't have any enemies from beginning to end. What's the point of that?"
“That’s right!”
"… "
For a while, the voices in the cinema were filled with criticism of Steins;Gate.
After all, viewers who have watched the first half don't really have much interest in this time-travel movie.
Although the setting is very brilliant, the conflicts in the plot itself are too bland, and it is difficult for ordinary people to have too many feelings about this kind of film.
Therefore, the most that the audience expects from this movie is just a slightly more exciting plot.
However, for Du Lin and those who participated in the filming of "Steins;Gate" who know the sequel of the movie and understand what the subsequent plot is, they are very clear about how amazing the second half of the movie is.
That will inevitably completely reverse the audience's initial impression of the movie, and even reverse the entire movie's evaluation!
And it is in this situation that, as the movie screen slightly lights up, the plot of the second part of "Steins;Gate" officially begins!
Chapter 332 (III) Why did Mayuri’s pocket watch stop
Chapter 332
The movie slowly started playing, and the scene of "Steins;Gate" slowly appeared in front of everyone.
"ha!!"
Like a drowning person who was suddenly rescued, Okabe Ryutaro woke up from the sofa in the research institute.
Beside him, other members of the research institute looked at him in surprise, totally unable to understand what had gone wrong with this chuunibyou researcher.
"What's wrong? Did you just doze off?"
Makise Kurisu asked in confusion.
In this regard, recalling those terrible scenes, Okabe Ryutaro immediately shouted:
"What time is it?!"
"Five o'clock, I was just planning to go out shopping."
"Five o'clock? Was the time jump successful?"
Realizing that he had successfully transferred his memories back to the past, Okabe Ryutaro breathed a sigh of relief and immediately shouted:
"Where's Mayuri?"
Hashida Shi on the side replied:
"Didn't Mayu invite Ryukako to the party tonight?"
"… "
After roughly understanding the current situation, Okabe Rintaro immediately dismissed all the people in the laboratory and set out to look for Mayuri.
He knew very well that in three hours, the institute would face a tragic fate.
Moreover, Okabe Rintaro understands that as the only time traveler, he has no way to seek help from anyone, and he has to bear everything by himself.
When he arrived at the shrine where Ryukako was, Okabe Rintaro learned from her that Mayuri had already returned.
For this reason, Okabe Rintaro immediately searched for Mayuri's whereabouts in a hurry.
But what he didn't expect was that Makise Kurisu suddenly called him and asked him if he had time jumped back from the future world.
This surprised Okabe Rintaro extremely. He didn't expect that the other party could infer this result based on such a few details.
However, Okabe Rintaro was too anxious at the moment. He did not say more to Makise Kurisu and only asked her to escape from the research institute as soon as possible.
After searching continuously, he came to a dark alley.
After finding Mayuri, he breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, and after a brief conversation with the girl, he took her away.
In Okabe Rintaro's mind, since the research institute has been discovered by the enemy, he absolutely cannot go back. For now, he must stay as far away from the research institute as possible.
Thinking this, he took the other person to the subway, but as soon as he walked into the crowd, he was faced with a cold gun muzzle from behind.
Realizing that SERN's enemies were chasing them, Okabe Rintaro tried his best to escape with Mayuri, but during the escape, Mayuri was shot in the chest by the enemy.
"No, Mayuri, no!!!"
Looking at the girl lying on the ground, Okabe Ryutaro roared in despair, fled back to the laboratory immediately, and put on the time-travel machine he had just made again.
"I will definitely save you, Mayuri!"
With this belief, Okabe Rintaro turned on the time machine and went back to three hours before everything happened.
This time, Okabe Rintaro, who was already familiar with all the developments, found Mayuri in advance and brought her to the subway station a long time in advance.
Just when Okabe Rintaro thought he could save Mayuri this time and avoid a desperate ending, Mayuri suddenly said:
"Huh? Why did Mayuki's pocket watch stop? That's weird. I just wound it up."
"???"
I don't understand why the other party suddenly said such a thing.
Okabe Rintaro's expression showed confusion.
At this moment, the subway in the distance had already started running over, and the fluorescent lights shining from afar made Okabe Rintaro's eyes even happier.
However, just when he thought everything was about to end, the daughter of the owner of the repair shop downstairs suddenly ran over from the crowd behind him and shouted:
"Mayuri-sister!"
All of a sudden, as if it was luck or coincidence, the girl suddenly stumbled and pushed Mayuri out, and she hit her right in front of the oncoming subway.
"ah… "
Seeing this scene, not only did Okabe Ryutaro's heart and lungs stop, but all the audience's breathing also stopped at this moment.
…
When the audience saw Mayuri's two deaths in the movie, they were all stunned.
After all, the first time, Mayuri's death was inevitable, and people thought it was force majeure and there was nothing they could do about it.
However, the audience obviously couldn't accept Mayuri's second death.
After all, this process was too sudden. Everyone, like Okabe Ryotaro, thought that they should have successfully escaped the enemy's pursuit this time and could breathe a sigh of relief. However, no one expected that the final outcome would still be Mayuri's death.
No one expected that Mayuri would die suddenly because of such an outrageous accident.
"What on earth is going on? This is very strange, or too outrageous. How could someone suddenly die because of something like this?"
"Yes, if it were in real life, such unreasonable things would really happen, but in the movie, why did the director design it like this? It's so meaningless!"
"I always feel that this kind of coincidence is too strange. If Mayuri's death was caused by the enemy's pursuit, it would be understandable, but how could it be that Mayuri's death was caused by an accidental trip of the little girl next door? Isn't this too forced?"
"… "
All of a sudden, all kinds of discussions were heard, and the vast majority of people were unable to understand and accept the development of the plot.
After all, although reality does not require logic, stories must be logical no matter what. An illogical plot development may be a natural disaster in reality, but in a story, it is purely a problem with the author's writing skills.
Of course, because of the many films Du Lin has made before, people obviously don't believe that this is a problem with the director's level. Now people are beginning to speculate why this plot suddenly develops like this.
Compared to the focus on the development of the story, King Hubbard was looking at the subway in the movie in amazement and said thoughtfully:
"Is this another form of transportation that Lord Durin imagined? Compared to airplanes and cars, the shape of this vehicle looks very strange, but it also has an indescribable beauty."
Although King Hubbard was clearly very interested in the subway, General Wilhelm and even the Orc Prophet did not express much. The two of them were not very interested in the means of transportation.
After all, whether it is General Wilhelm or the Orc Prophet, their first instinct when looking at anything is to think about it in terms of war. The previous airplanes were definitely weapons of war in their eyes, but this subway that seems to have a fixed track and cannot move freely has no meaning at all.
Chapter 333: The second part of Steins;Gate is released! (Part 4)
Chapter 333