"You are doing a very interesting experiment, Okabe Rintaro, no, Hououin Kyouma!"
As she spoke, the red-haired girl Makise Kurisu appeared at the entrance of the research institute.
…
"What...what is this?"
"Teleportation magic?"
"I'm stunned. What on earth is this?"
“It’s becoming increasingly unclear what this film is trying to say.”
"Who exactly is Makise Kurisu? She seems very mysterious."
"Is there really no magic in this world view?"
"… "
In the cinema, the audience's mentality changed drastically again.
The plot of "Steins;Gate" has twists and turns again and again, and the seemingly no clear connection between the previous and the next plot makes all the audience feel as if they are shrouded in a fog and unable to see the truth.
At this moment, the audience can only be patient and wait for the subsequent plot to answer their questions.
…
Similarly, the magicians of the Imperial Magic Academy are all confused at the moment, and have no idea why the plot of the movie is designed this way.
"That oven, it's called an oven, right? Could it be that there is a teleportation magic formula in this thing?"
"That's not the case. How do you solve the energy problem of teleportation magic?"
"It's better to say that there are no magicians in this world view. Where does teleportation magic come from?"
"Really, I don't understand."
"By the way, is there any connection between this machine and the strange incident that happened to the protagonist before?"
"Why is Makise Kurisu here? Is she really a member of some mysterious organization?"
"To be honest, this movie is more difficult for me to understand than "Kara no Kyoukai"."
“Second.”
"… "
Obviously, even the magicians could not understand this part of the movie's plot at all, and they all showed confused expressions.
…
As the audience found it increasingly difficult to understand the plot, the story of Steins;Gate continued without any pause.
The sudden appearance of Makise Kurisu was not as mysterious as the audience had guessed. She was just curious about what Okabe Rintaro had said before, so she came to check out the situation. Unexpectedly, she happened to run into this weird experiment.
For this reason, she immediately joined the investigation on bananas.
Of course, in order to keep it secret, Okabe Rintaro asked the other party to become a member of this research institute as well. Makise Kurisu claimed that she would leave the city in August and could temporarily join the research institute before that.
After this, the three of them immediately conducted a detailed investigation of the oven experiment and found that the oven seemed to have had a discharge reaction for some time in the past.
"When was this?"
"It was around noon yesterday when you went to see the unidentified object. Before that, I connected the oven to my mobile phone."
"You mean... when I sent that email? There was a discharge reaction?"
"You mean the email about Makise Kurisu getting stabbed? Wasn't that sent last week?"
"No, that was sent yesterday at noon. It was an email that was played out in the past!"
As Okabe Rintaro said this, he was almost going crazy.
For this reason, Makise Kurisu asked:
"What about the oven when the discharge occurs?"
"Because we are doing functional testing, we are reversing."
"In this case, perhaps we just need to recreate the scene at that time."
"good!"
All of a sudden, everyone started to act, and immediately began the experiment in exactly the same conditions as before.
However, during the experiment, Mayuri suddenly came back and turned on the oven out of habit.
In an instant, a terrifying amount of electricity, far exceeding what an oven could release, suddenly erupted from inside the oven, and the entire laboratory was thrown into chaos.
After a long while, Okabe Rintaro finally remembered his cell phone. After turning it on, he was stunned.
"What's wrong?"
Facing the confusion of the crowd, the man slowly replied after a long while:
"It's been sent! And it really went back to the past! The email was sent a week ago!"
“Is this true or false?”
"Could this be..."
Under the surprised gazes of the crowd, Okabe Ryutaro burst into laughter. He understood everything and said excitedly:
"That's right! Yes, I understand, I understand it all! This oven is, without a doubt, a time machine!"
…
"Shit, that's what it is!"
After seeing the scenes in the movie, the audience, who had been relatively calm, were suddenly ignited at this moment.
After all, when so many clues were given, some of the more careful moviegoers naturally connected everything together and instinctively exclaimed.
Of course, even so, there are still a large number of viewers who cannot understand what is happening in the movie and can't help asking:
"What what what? Why do you say the email was sent back in time? What does this have to do with a time machine?"
In response to the incomprehension of this part of the audience, a smart audience member nearby immediately explained:
"It's simple, because as long as this oven is a time machine, all the strange situations before can be explained."
"Why do you say that?"
"For example, if you sent a time-travel email to your past self, and you suddenly received an email from the future a week ago, you would naturally behave differently than you did in the past. And because your actions have changed, the actions of the people around you may also change. Everything will change because of this email sent back to the past!"
“This… this…”
Suddenly, after hearing this explanation, the audience who had not understood the plot just now were stunned.
Then, a creepy feeling came up from their backs, and they gradually understood why the story developed in this way.
"In other words, the strange things that happened to Okabe Rintaro before were all because of the email he sent to Hashida Shi? Because of an email sent back to the past, Hashida Shi's actions changed, which led to all the changes that followed, and even the whole world changed?"
"But this is not right. Can an email saying 'Makise Kurisu' was stabbed really have such a big impact? Wasn't it the strange big machine that suddenly fell on the roof that really caused Okabe Rintaro to change his behavior? The email and the machine should have nothing to do with each other, right?"
"Yes, yes. And why is Okabe Ryotaro the only one who still retains his memories? Isn't it weird?"
"And the time traveler from 2000 who suddenly disappeared? That happened so many years ago. How could it be connected to an email that was only sent back a week ago?"
"… "
With a large enough audience base observing, many incomprehensible details were revealed bit by bit.
Of course, the audience does not think that these things are plot loopholes. They believe that subsequent plots will definitely explain these incomprehensible things.
For this reason, many viewers who had originally felt bored perked up again at this moment and showed expectant expressions.
…
Imperial School of Magic.
The magicians were in a similar situation to the ordinary audience; they had only now finally understood the true plot. However, as magicians, their level of understanding was obviously even deeper.
"Is this how time is interfered with? If so, if the protagonist sends all kinds of text messages, can't he completely change the world to what he wants?"
"Speaking of which, there is one thing I can't understand, which is where did the world that the protagonist changed go? If he changed reality by sending an email to the past, then where is the reality that was changed before? Did it just disappear out of thin air?"
"I don't know. Personally, I want to know why Makise Kurisu died before? What happened at the press conference of Dr. Chubachi's time machine?"
"We've only just gotten through a short part of the story, but there are so many mysteries in it. I can't even think of them all."
"Yeah, yeah, let's not think about it for now, just watch it. I think the following plot will definitely tell us the answers."
"But no matter what, time machines are really magical. It would be great if such a thing really existed in this world."
"Although time is listed as one of the elements, no one has yet mastered the laws that control it. However, this can almost be said to be the ultimate mystery of magic. If someone can see through the laws of time, I'm afraid he can already be called a god."
"… "
The magicians' discussion ended here. In the absence of sufficient information, even they, as magicians, could not make sense of this complicated plot line.
But after knowing that the time machine does exist and is obviously related to the main plot of this story, most people completely forgot their boredom and showed anticipation.
…
At the top of the Mage's Tower, the great sages were also slightly surprised at this moment.
Although they guessed the principle of time interference, they did not expect that the cause of time interference was an oven connected to a mobile phone.
Of course, this is obviously a fabrication in the story of "Steins;Gate". They did not care about the rationality of the experiment, but only thought about the many impacts that time interference would cause.
In the end, even they, as great sages, could not imagine what the river of time that continued to flow forward in the vast space and time looked like.
Not to mention, if one interferes with the flow of this river, the changes that would occur would be staggering.
Chapter 189: "Steins;Gate" is released! (Part 7)
Chapter 189
The content of the movie "Steins;Gate" is still being played out.
After successfully sending emails back to the past, Okabe Rintaro and others failed to complete another successful experiment.
Moreover, Makise Kurisu seemed to have some psychological trauma about the concept of a time machine. She left the research institute that day and never returned.
After that, Okabe Ryutaro continued to communicate with people around him while trying to study the mystery of the time machine.
Next, Okabe Ryotaro searched for information about the time machine on the Internet and accidentally found the character John Titor.
Faced with this existence that was supposed to appear in 2000 but has completely disappeared, Okabe Ryotaro immediately asked the other party online:
"John Titor, I want to ask you, 10 years ago? In 2000, did you ever show up?"
"You said something very interesting, but unfortunately, I have never been to the year 2000, and I have no plans to do so."
"How could it be..."
"Since you can find me, I just happen to have something to tell you. You should know that I am a time traveler, right? In fact, in my era, the time machine was occupied by the SERN organization. They controlled everything for their own interests and plunged the world into despair. I went back to the past to change the desperate future."
"Change the future? How do you do that?"
"To give a simple example, the grandfather paradox, once you interfere with the past, your future self will no longer exist. In this case, the world line will move."
"World line?"
"I'll explain this. First of all, time is not a single straight line flowing from the past to the future, but like a river, it is composed of countless parallel lines radiating from a point. These countless branches constitute the [world line]."
"… "
"For example, you should have been attacked and killed yesterday, but due to some external factors, you survived. At this time, the world line is divided into two branches: one in which you were killed and the other in which you were not killed. This is the world line theory."
"Can this kind of thing really happen? And can it really be precisely controlled?"
"You seem to be bound by a fixed way of thinking in your understanding of the concept of time. For example, if I travel to the past and kill character A, then the world line rate of change will appear, and the world line will move to a world where character A does not exist. When the world line moves, people's memories will be reconstructed, and the world line where character A exists will be eliminated, and the memory of the world line where character A does not exist will be reconstructed."
"Just because of this, SERN has ruled the world?"
"Yes, in fact, in this era, SERN has already created micro black holes with the help of colliders. In 2036, when I was there, SERN had already mastered all the most advanced science and technology. No organization or even country could compete with them, and the world entered despair under their rule."
“How can we change the future?”
"First, we need to find an ancient machine called IBN5100."
"IBN5100?"
"Yes, although it is an ancient model, it has amazing functions that surpass modern machines and can crush SERN's plan to create a town of despair."