"How is that possible?"
Facing the crowd's disbelief, the store manager slowly stood up and said:
"My daughter is still sleeping. Let's go somewhere else to talk."
Arriving at a wide open space, Okabe Rintaro asked:
"Why did you use feminine language to talk to Kiryu Moeka in your email?"
"Needless to say, of course it was to deceive her. And not only her, but many others also used similar methods to create a virtual image of the person they were pursuing and send emails. In the final analysis, it is precisely because there are so many people like this and it is easy to deceive that they do this. It really helps a lot."
"Then why did you cut off contact?"
"When she got IBN5100, she was already useless and was naturally abandoned."
"You are actually... a lackey of SERN..."
"running dog?"
"Suzuha... Ms. Hashida Suzu isn't here to take care of you for something like this!"
"How do you know about Ms. Ling?"
"… "
"This matter has nothing to do with Ms. Ling."
"but… "
"What do you understand? Have you ever slept in a sewer in winter? I was a child at that time. The concrete was so cold that the cold penetrated into my bones. I had no food for three or four days. As long as I went down a little, they would come over. The mice thought I was a corpse and came to bite me. At that time, a spider silk hung down. It was the only way for me to survive, so I had no choice but to keep climbing up, even if the destination would make my hands dirty. I kept climbing up like this, and unknowingly became a puppet being manipulated. I couldn't break free, and I couldn't break free. Once I broke free, my fate would be..."
Before he could finish his words, the store manager took out a pistol and shot Kiryu Moeka dead with a 'bang'.
Looking at the corpse on the ground and the surprised Okabe Rintaro, the store manager said indifferently:
"The traitors must be eliminated. Although they will be eliminated after the mission is completed, we are just livestock compared to dogs. I have thought about escaping, but my daughter is the most important to me. I don't want her to be involved. So, as long as I die."
In an instant, the store manager put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.
With a "bang", he fell to the ground and turned into a corpse.
Faced with the desperate scene in front of him, Okabe Rintaro could not help but vomit continuously, but he finally managed to hold on, took out the store manager's mobile phone, and sent an email to Kiryu Moeka in the name of FB.
“Snap!”
In an instant, the world line jumped again.
This time, the number was fixed at -0.571046%.
…
In the movie, another world line comes to an end.
Faced with everything on the screen, all the audience were stunned.
The true identity of the repair shop manager, SERN's dominance, the huge conspiracy, and the tragic fate of the little people...
All of this made the audience, who originally had a sense of everyday suspense about Steins;Gate, suddenly realize the tense contradictions and fragile daily life in the movie.
"I never thought that the store manager is actually a SERN man. And judging from his appearance, he knows Hashida Suzu, also known as Amanone Suzuha. In other words, he has been a SERN subordinate since the beginning."
"According to him, he has been a puppet controlled by SERN since he was a child. Does this mean that the relationship between him and Hashida Suzu is also fake? Is everything just a disguise?"
"Not necessarily. After all, he chose to commit suicide in the end, which shows that the store manager himself is not a bad person. He did this purely because he was threatened by SERN."
"Yes, after all, you see, the store manager only has a daughter, but he didn't describe his wife. Judging from the fact that he chose to commit suicide for his daughter, maybe his wife was caught and killed by the SERN people because he wanted to escape."
"Individual power is not enough to defeat an organization."
"… "
For a moment, the audience was so hurried to discuss and refocus on the movie.
From their perspective at this moment, the plot of the movie "Steins;Gate" is becoming more and more exciting!
Chapter 343: The second part of Steins;Gate is released! (XIV)
Chapter 343
In the movie, Okabe Rintaro came to the world line of 0.571046%.
When he came to his senses, he found himself back in Kiryu Moeyu's room, where she was squatting in the corner playing with her cell phone as usual.
Moreover, the other party told him via email that she no longer needed IBN5100.
Realizing that SERN had not found the whereabouts of IBN5100 in this world line, Okabe Ryutaro immediately returned to his research institute.
Downstairs, he saw the repair shop manager and his daughter having dinner, which made him feel relieved.
After arriving inside the research institute, Okabe Rintaro asked Makise Kurisu and successfully found the IBN5100 that was supposed to be placed in the corner of the research institute.
After wasting a lot of time and paying the price of many memories, Okabe Ryutaro finally succeeded in finding what was supposed to exist.
Therefore, Rintaro Okabe decisively asked Hashida for help and asked him to use IBN5100 to erase the first D-mail that had been intercepted in the SERN system.
But just as he was about to do so, Okabe Ryutaro suddenly remembered the true content of the first intercepted email.
"No, it's not the lottery. The first D-mail was not about the lottery, but about..."
All of a sudden, the reality that he had originally ignored, or could have ignored, began to surface in his mind, and Okabe Ryutaro suddenly realized the truth of this action.
"It's the email about Makise Kurisu's death!"
"… "
All of a sudden, Okabe Rintaro frantically tried to stop Hashida from invading SERN's system.
At this moment, there was only one thought left in his mind, which was to prevent the original D-mail from being revoked and to prevent the death of the assistant who had been helping him all along.
However, he soon realized that if he did not cancel the first email and jumped from the α world line to the β world line, Mayuri's death would be inevitable.
Before he knew it, Okabe Ryutaro was completely caught in a dilemma.
…
Since many of the settings in Steins;Gate were considered sci-fi imaginations that were too advanced for this era, the audience had not realized what it meant to use IBN5100 to cancel the first D-mail.
But after seeing the explanation in the movie, the audience who had not yet reacted suddenly realized Okabe Rintaro's current situation.
Saving Mayuri and jumping to the β world line means watching his assistant, Makise Kurisu, who has always helped him, die.
Choosing Makise Kurisu and staying in the α world line means giving up Mayuri and accepting the fact that the world has become a land of despair.
Both of these choices are far beyond the limits of what a normal person can bear. Anyone who finds himself in such a situation cannot simply make any choice.
Therefore, the audience's emotions naturally exploded at this moment.
Those audiences in the Southern Territory and students of the Imperial Magic Academy who had watched the ending of "Kara no Kyoukai" at noon were fine, but the audiences in the other two regions who had not watched "Kara no Kyoukai" and only watched "Fate Zero" in the morning, who were full of anger, completely exploded.
"What the hell? Why is this kind of multiple choice question again? Is this the end?"
"Yeah, watching Emiya Kiritsugu's choice in FateZero in the morning was already very torturous, why should I continue to suffer this torture when watching Steins;Gate in the afternoon?"
"Honestly, this is too outrageous. Is the director really a human being? No one can handle this kind of choice question!"
"Is Okabe Ryutaro really going to have to make the same choice as Emiya Kiritsugu and give up one side? No, I'm really going to vomit."
"Just kill me."
"… "
For a while, all the movie theaters in the East and West were filled with complaints.
The emotions that the audience had been holding back all morning finally exploded at this moment, and they were eager to pick up the Explosive Scroll and die together with Du Lin.
Of course, since the movie has not yet come to an end, the audience still has some bottom line and has not completely rioted.
But it is obvious that if the ending of "Steins;Gate" is the same as "Fate Zero", a bed end, I am afraid that the audience will completely lose control of their emotions and there will be huge turmoil.
…
Faced with such a choice, the audience outside the screen have completely collapsed and their faces are numb, not to mention the protagonist of the movie, Okabe Ryutaro.
After knowing that he had to make a choice between the two, Okabe Ryutaro immediately stopped Hashida from invading the SERN system, and instead suppressed his emotions, waiting for the final arrival.
He was unwilling to accept the fact of having to choose between the two and wanted to find a way to protect both sides.
Thus, time passed little by little, and it came to the moment when Mayuri was about to die.
"Huh? Why did Mayuki's pocket watch stop? That's weird, just now..."
After hearing these words from the girl's mouth, which he had said countless times, Okabe Ryutaro directly took her hand and put her in a safe place. Then he rushed in front of the speeding cars on the street, wanting to end the cycle of all this by committing suicide.
"Let me change it! Change my fate! I will change all the causes and effects with my own hands. If I get hit and killed here..."
For a moment, facing the lights of the car, Okabe Ryutaro even smiled with relief.
However, what Okabe Rintaro did not expect was that just before he was about to die, Mayuri suddenly rushed out and accepted the judgment of fate in his place.
"Bang!"
“This is too much!”
Looking at the girl falling in his arms, Okabe Ryutaro was completely desperate. He walked back to the research institute numbly and activated the time jump device again.
The time went back to the past, when he, Makise Kurisu, and Hashida Shi were talking about hacking into the SERN system.
This time, facing the upcoming choice, Okabe Ryutaro hesitated again and stopped Hashida's invasion.
Even at this point, he still couldn't make a choice.
After all, on one side is his childhood sweetheart and the peace of the world, and on the other side is his important assistant who has always helped and supported him. Okabe Rintaro really can't choose between the two.
At the same time, the audience who saw the movie scenes were completely numb.
The result of Okabe Rintaro giving up the choice was still Mayuri's death, as if everything had been predetermined by fate.
At this moment, all the audience, including the magicians and great sages of the Imperial Magic Academy, gave up thinking about the many "high technologies" in the movie and turned their attention back to the difficult choice made by Okabe Rintaro himself.
Many people couldn't help but ask themselves at this moment, if they were put in a similar position, would they be able to make a choice and what choice they would make...
Chapter 344 (15) A similar ending to Emiya Kiritsugu
Chapter 344
The plot of "Steins;Gate" has completely entered a white-hot stage. All the audiences have shut their mouths at this moment, patiently waiting for the plot to continue to develop.
After all, at this moment all the audience can't help but want to know whether Okabe Ryutaro can escape the fate of choosing between two options, or whether he will eventually meet a tragic end.
…
In the movie, Okabe Rintaro, who failed to save Mayuri once again and was unwilling to sacrifice Makise Kurisu, lay on the rooftop in despair.
Just when he was confused and didn't know what to do, Makise Kurisu suddenly found him and asked him what had happened.
In the midst of collapse, Okabe Ryotaro murmured in despair:
"Suzuha, Ferris, Ryukako, I sacrificed everyone's memories, and in the end, this is the ending?"
"What's the meaning?"
"… "
Facing the confused Makise Kurisu, Okabe Rintaro finally spoke:
"Last month, Mayuri and I attended Dr. Chubachi's press conference, and there, I saw Makise Kurisu lying on the ground after being stabbed. Then, I sent an email to the phone that happened to be connected to the barrel of the telephone oven. That was the first D-mail, the culprit that caused the movement from the β world line to the α world line. As long as we can revoke this email intercepted by SERN, we can return to the β world line, but once we return to the β world line, you, Makise Kurisu, will die."
"… "
After hearing what Okabe Rintaro said, Makise Kurisu was stunned, obviously not expecting the final outcome to be like this.
Afterwards, Okabe Rintaro received a call from Mayuri.
During this time, the two talked a lot. Mayuri told Okabe that she often had a dream in which she was held in Okabe's arms. His expression was very sad, as if he would cry at any time.
At the same time, Okabe Rintaro has been acting more and more strange lately, with a very serious expression, which makes Mayuri think that it is all her fault that he is so sad, and she apologizes to him.
Okabe Rintaro couldn't say a word about all this and could only stand there blankly.
The next day, Makise Kurisu suddenly did not come to the research institute. Okabe Rintaro looked for her everywhere and finally found her on the rooftop of the research building.
Afterwards, the two sides discussed the matter of world lines. Makise Kurisu told Okabe Rintaro that she had vague memories of other world lines, not only the memories of the β world line when she was killed, but also the memories of those world lines when Okabe Rintaro failed to save Mayuri.
Recalling Okabe Rintaro's countless pains and persistence, Makise Kurisu expressed her hope that he could save Mayuri.