Makise... Kurisu?!
I did knock, for what it's worth.
How did you find this place?
I asked Mr. Hashida.
He called it a "laboratory,"
so I was expecting something grander than this...
Daru, did you betray me?
You were deceived by this three-dimensional woman's wiles...
I'll never forgive you! Ever!
You...
Bitch!
Can you do anything about him?
Just consider him confused by certain current events.
This is an emergency.
The Organization has finally sent an agent of theirs to the lab!
What?
Then is this, too, the choice of Steins Gate?
Steins Gate?
Something Okarin made up.
It doesn't really mean anything.
Seems so.
He's mixing up his German and English.
Take your shoes off!
I'm sorry.
I've been in America for too long.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Makise Kurisu.
You can't even shake hands?
Japanese men don't know how to do anything.
You're freaking out too much.
It's because I can feel murderous intent seeping from your every pore.
Could this be what they call the "martial arts"?
Where are you going?
Honestly, I came here to see if your claim that I'd been stabbed was real,
or just an excuse for sexual harassment.
But it seems something more important has come up.
This.
suujuuoku mo no kodou no kazu sae
Even the number of several billion heartbeats
suujuuoku mo no kodou no kazu sae
anata ni wa matataki teido no saji na toukyuu
{}is basic research with little glamor for you
anata ni wa matataki teido no saji na toukyuu
kako ni torawarete mirai wo nageku mo
{}Even locked in the past and lamenting the future
kako ni torawarete mirai wo nageku mo
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
it's an inevitability that won't forgive miscalculating one speck of dust
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
mugen ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo
{}The dreams that stretch out forever and the future we imagine
mugen ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
{}are a vain theory we allowed
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
yuugen sore wa futatsu no hari ga shimesu
{}Finity, that's what the two hands of the clock point out
yuugen sore wa futatsu no hari ga shimesu
zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e hacking to the gate
{}towards a cruel agreement and choice
zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e hacking to the gate
Hacking to the Gate
zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e hacking to the gate
dakara ima ichibyou goto ni sekaisen wo koete
{}That's why I want to cross world lines with each passing second
dakara ima ichibyou goto ni sekaisen wo koete
kimi no sono egao mamoritai no sa
{}and protect your smile
kimi no sono egao mamoritai no sa
soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no loop e to
{}And once again, into a time loop that contains no sadness
soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no loop e to
nomikomareteyuku kodoku no kansokusha
A swallowed solitary observer
nomikomareteyuku kodoku no kansokusha
Parallel World
Paranoia
There's no damage to the stalk.
It's not some kind of trick.
She may attempt to trigger some sort of explosive.
Don't let her out of your sight for a second.
No, she won't.
Got any tweezers?
No!
I see.
It's mushy inside.
It tastes...
Nothing.
Ew!
You zombie!
If you're hungry, say so.
I'll give you a banana.
I'm fine.
Who'd eat a pervert's banana, anyways?
Wha—
Pervert?
You poked at me, attempting to touch me out of nowhere.
Miss Makise? Miss Makise?
Yes?
Could you say, "Who'd eat a pervert's banana, anyways?" once more?
If possible, with an upset expression.
Upset?
Yes.
Why are you blushing?
Did you imagine something?
Out with it, girl genius.
Shall we listen to what the genius imagined?
It seems you're both perverts.
Oh, my...
It's not a compliment.
I would say the person with the perverted imagination is the pervert.
You perverted girl genius!
Who's the pervert?
Okay...
To be honest, we're at the point where I could sue you for sexual harasssment,
but I'll ignore it for now.
For now?
So, tell me the details.
This banana has something to do with that microwave, right?
It's top secret!
Future Gadget #8, the Phone Microwave (name subject to change),
is my lab's secret weapon.
But Miss Makise might be able to explain how this strange device works.
But...
You need to understand, we'll never figure this out on our own.
But this is the Future Gadget Lab's...
You!
Christina, you said?
No, I never said that.
I'll tell you the secrets of the Phone Microwave (name subject to change), on two conditions!
One, you must become a member of the Future Gadget Lab.
You want me to join your lab?
But I'm returning to America in August...
It can be just until then.
And one more condition.
There's more?
Forget about any acts of sexual harassment I've committed.
That's it.
Okarin, you're a small person.
A very small person.
And I love that. Love it!
Shut up!
Well?
I think the conditions are very favorable...
Favorable to you.
Jeez...
You're making my brain send out too much norepinephrine.
What will you do, Christina?
There's no "-tina"!
Sorry, "The Zombie."
Say it right, Hououin Pervert-Kyouma!
Shut up!
Pervert Girl Genius!
Perverts glaring at one another... Win!
Shut up, pervert!
Oh, fine.
All right.
I accept.
So, no more "Pervert."
I'll stop calling you one, too.
Very well.
Then, from now on, you're Lab Member 004!
Christina!
No "-tina"!
Juicy Kara-age Number One... Wow!
I'm back!
Do you think it's a teleporter?
It's dangerous to jump to conclusions.
Then, what do you think it is?
At the very least,
it didn't teleport the single banana
One, two, three, four...
or the banana bunch.
A guest?
Hello there.
I'm Makise Kurisu.
I'm sorry for just showing up out of the blue.
I'm Shiina Mayuri.
It seems I'm a lab member now as well.
A lab member?
Yes...
A female lab member!
Is it that rare?
Yes! Yes! Yes!
You're the first female lab member since Mayushii!
I see.
Nice to meet you.
Yes, nice to meet you.
What?
What happened?
There was an electrical release.
Why didn't you tell me earlier?
Give me the details.
Um... Well...
Some kind of lightning shot out from the microwave.
When?
Yesterday, around noon.
You saw the alert about the satellite crash and ran out,
and I connected my phone to it.
Then, when I sent that message,
your phone was hooked up to the Phone Microwave (name subject to change)?
The one about Miss Makise being stabbed?
That was a week ago, wasn't it?
No, that was yesterday!
Where is it? Where is it?
Why isn't it here?!
When this happened, what was the microwave doing?
I was running a systems test...
so I think it was during the reverse spin testing.
We should try to recreate the situation.
Mayuri, bring me the Juicy Kara-age Number One!
Okay!
Want some, anyone?
I can give each of you one.
Do we need to put something in there?
I want to see,
what happens to its contents when it rotates backwards.
Daru.
Assistant, send a message to my phone.
Since when did I become your assistant?
And I don't know your address anyways.
Useless assistant.
Daru, your phone's fine.
What should the content be?
Let me see.
"Christina is a pervert."
I told you that's off-limits.
Then we'll split the difference and go with "Okarin is a pervert"...
Wha—
Mr. Hashida, good job!
All right, sending.
Now, we wait for the message to reach the phone...
I bet it's ready now!
Wait!
Are you all right?
Yeah...
Gotta turn on the fan!
What was that?
The EM waves, maybe?
Don't be stupid.
A microwave's EM waves couldn't split a desk just like that.
They're all black!
And I just bought them, too!
What'll we do about the hole in the floor?
If Mr. Braun finds that, we'll be in serious trouble.
Well?
It's here.
Received Mail
Time:
Sender: Daru
Subject: (no subject)
Okarin is a pervert
7/24, 17:30.
It really went back to the past...
Did you find something?
Yes. It's all coming together!
I can see it...
The one answer this all points to!
Really?
The banana, split off from the bunch, returned!
The message traveled five days into the past!
No way. You can't mean...
That's right!
The Phone Microwave (name subject to change) is...
...a time machine!
Thirteen messages?
The lightning...
Oh, right.
I dubbed her the "Shining Finger."
But this many?
"Message me now."
"Are you asleep?"
"How long are you going to sleep?"
Daru?
Wanna go for a walk?
What's wrong?
The damage is pretty bad.
I worked all night, with nothing to show for it.
I regret even trying.
Why aren't they turning into gel-banas anymore?
Hell if I know.
That was the only time we were able to send a message.
Shouldn't we call Miss Makise back?
You know that's not going to happen.
No way.
A time machine?
She never came back.
What's with that?
What is this?
The LHC.
What?
The Large Hadron Collider,
SERN's particle accelerator.
Feels nice, just by looking at it...
SERN maintains an exclusive monopoly on time machines.
John Titor...
Oh, the one you were talking about.
@channel can't get enough of the guy.
What is SERN?
Titor explained that they completed a time machine by 2034!
I have no idea what you're talking—
Just tell me!
What is SERN—
Calm down.
It's the acronym for the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Particle Physics.
Its H.Q. is just outside Geneva.
As the name suggests, its main work is in particle physics.
It also has some of the world's best facilities for it:
the Low Energy Antiproton Ring,
the Proton Synchrotron Booster,
the Large Electron–Positron Collider...
and the last boss,
the world's biggest particle accelerator,
the Large Hadron Collider~
There were rumors that the LHC could generate a miniature black hole.
A black hole...
Daru.
'Sup?
Didn't one proposed time travel method utilize a miniature black hole?
Yeah, it did.
But you attended Miss Makise's lecture, didn't you?
She said creating a black hole was impossible.
But if the LHC exists, then it's possible—
It is!
...not possible.
SERN's publicly denied it.
But they say, "where there's smoke, there's fire."
It's me.
No Cell Phones
That's right. I know.
El Psy Congroo.
Who, exactly, are you fighting?
There's only one thing for us to do now.
Go to Feyris's!
No!
You're a super haker, right?
You should smile smugly!
It's "hacker," not "haker," all right?
You understand the rest?
Not a bit.
Hack into SERN.
That's it.
Okarin... You're joking, right?
You need to find out what evil they're up to
and find hints about the time machine.
Whether we make the Phone Microwave (name subject to change) into a real time machine
or let it rest forever in the lab storeroom is up to your skills.
Don't blame me for whatever happens!
Two orders of beef bowl.
800 yen total.
Okarin!
Slacking off again?
Yeah, the shop's boring.
Nothing to do.
You're more of a bicycle shop now.
Hey, what are you guys doing on the second floor?
Future Gadget Lab, right?
Where did you learn that name?
Future Gadget Lab
If you know that much, then fine.
We're fighting against an organization that rules the world from the shadows.
Just now, we're hacking into that organization.
So, is SERN that organization?
How did you know?
I'm sorry.
Actually, I overheard you guys.
I said I was bored, didn't I?
So, I accidentally...
You were spying on us?
I could hear you...
But don't worry.
I'm good at keeping my mouth shut.
Again?
What? A message that someone died?
Someone died?
N-No... I was just kidding.
This girl's obsessed with some old PC called an IBN 5100.
An IBN?
You know it?
Um... Yeah.
You heard it, too?
No, I saw it on the Internet.
You know, that guy who claimed to be a time traveler?
John Titor, was it?
Titor?
It was on @channel.
The IBN 5100 was built before the widespread use of the BASIC language,
so it can read IBN's proprietary programming language or something...
Really?
Y-Yeah.
Come to think of it, the Titor who appeared in 2000 also...
You all seem to have fixed ideas about the nature of time.
032 Name: Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha [sage] This is getting more disappointing None of this is really concrete I realize you're doing your best to sound realistic, but you can't fool me.
Time isn't a single line, moving from past to future.
Let's say I were to go back in time and kill someone we'll call "A."
This alters something called the divergence number,
and the world line moves to a world without this person named A.
When there's a world line shift, people's memories are altered.
In other words, memories of the world line where A existed are deleted,
and replaced with memories of a world line where A doesn't exist.
I'm more interested in how SERN, a research organization, ends up as the planetary ruler.
214 Name: Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha [sage] I'm more interested in how SERN, a research organization, ends up as the planetary ruler. It's a question I've been wondering for a while now.
It's a question I've been wondering for a while now.
Don't believe what SERN says.
343 Name: Anonymous [sage] And this results in a dystopia?
They've already succeeded in creating a miniature black hole.
357 Name: Anonymous [sage] What's a dystopia?
It would be easiest to describe a dystopia as the revival of communism,
and the world's reversion to the 18th century's living standards.
By 2036, SERN holds most of the world's science and technology.
And you need the IBN 5100 to change this future?
That's correct.
I need the IBN 5100's abilities to stop their plans.
The John Titor who appeared in 2000 said the same thing.
The "me" who appeared ten years ago?
As I've said, I've unfortunately never been to the year 2000.
But, it's possible you saw me in a different world line.
Interesting.
I'd like to talk to you in detail.
This is my mail address.
(m 2 -10 l -44 233 245 297 298 55)
*In 2015, WW3 occurs. *In 2036, Earth is polluted by nuclear warfare. *I've travelled from 2036 to acquire an IBN 5100. *The IBN 5100 has a hidden function. *Only a few IBN engineers know of it.
If you contact me, I'll answer.
I've almost got it.
If I can just access the SQL table list,
figuring out the password should be easy.
Good morning!
Mayuri?
What brings you here so early?
I heard you've been up two nights in a row, so I brought snacks.
Here you go.
Canned fishcake stew!
Great!
Bring me another sometime, Mayuri.
Mayushii doesn't have enough pocket money to treat you too often.
I need to buy my Rai-Net sausage, as well! {D: TC - I assume "Rai-Net" is the name of the manufacturer again? Like Juicy?}
Upa again?
So I want you to enjoy this!
There's some for Daru and Kurisu, too.
That's not it!
He's not listening at all.
I told him to take a break, though.
His super haker's soul is burning bright!
Don't say "haker"!
But it's not good to nose around in the secrets of others, isn't it?
This is to reveal SERN's plots.
Even so...
I'm sure Kurisu left because she was mad.
No, that had nothing to do with the hacking.
My assistant ran off on her own.
I wonder if she'll come back...
Huh?
What?
I'll trade you a mandarin for a beef strip.
I'd rather have a quail egg, then.
No.
I like quail eggs almost as much as I like beef strips.
Mayushii likes quail eggs, too!
Then I'll give you a fish sausage instead.
I guess I like fish sausages more than mandarins.
Okay, then negotiations have concluded.
Then here's my beef strip...
Huh?
I ate it already.
When did you...
It was good.
I got it!
I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it!
Now give up, and show me everything.
I got it!
ID get!
You did it?
Mission complete!
I don't understand, but wow.
Well, the hacking's complete,
but there are limits to what I can see without being an admin.
It's like I can only see the boobs.
You're so naughty, Daru.
What did you get?
So far, just some e-mails.
English?
Let's get Dr. Excite in here.
No way, that's a pain.
It says, "Hi, Paul!"
We don't need your acting.
No?
Let's see...
"The LHC is working well."
"It's as fickle as a cat, but for the past month,"
"...it's been working surprisingly well."
What's he talking about?
Don't know.
Anyways, does anything here mention a time machine?
The phrase "time machine" doesn't show up,
but in the last month, the phrase "Z-program" has been used over a hundred times.
Let's see...
"Z-Program Experiment Report 137."
"The miniature black hole mission has already been established,"
"...so I'll skip that report."
Miniature black hole...
Seems like it.
They announced publically that those experiments were a failure.
What else does it say?
"Experiment result..."
"Human is dead,"
"...mismatch."
Human is dead?
Someone...
...died.
kisei sareta chikai mujihi nari juuni no shinri nogarerarenai
We cannot escape the 12 merciless truths and the controlled oath we took
ansoku no asu wo negattara
If we wish for a tomorrow full of rest
te no naka no toutoi jishou no chihei he
to be given to the precious event horizon in our hands
toraware shi meiyaku arawareta gishou no rinkaku
the promise we made in captivity turns out to be a phantom
seimei no tenshi wa moumoku na jikan wo kizanda
The angel of life recorded a time of blindness
habatake butterfly
A flapping butterfly
kiseki no butterfly
A miraculous butterfly
anata he sasageru
I will consecrate them to you
namida no butterfly
Butterflies of tears
mabushii butterfly
Dazzling butterflies
subete ga ima kakikaerareru
All those are being rewritten