"Understood." Hashida Itaru pulled down his yellow cap and said, "You're radiating light right now."
After saying that, he quickly walked away.
"..." Amane Suzuha glanced at him, then turned back to Okabe Rintaro and asked,
"Is Makise Kurisu still here?"
"Huh?" Okabe Rintaro was still pondering how to deal with Mr. Braun, but hearing her, he casually said, "Speaking of which, you glared at her just now too."
"Ah..." Suzuha's expression changed.
"It was fine before, but why are you targeting her? Did something happen in the past?" Okabe Rintaro asked, puzzled.
But Suzuha just turned her head, looked to the side, and then softly said,
"'Nothing' happened in the past."
And so, Okabe Rintaro's voice sounded again.
"Yes, that was the summer I was eight." Just like his previous fabrications to Makise Kurisu, this time Okabe Rintaro again made up a strange story: "On the banks of the Mississippi River, a runaway red-eared..."
"I said nothing happened! The last time was our first meeting." Amane Suzuha interrupted his nonsense, then showed a playful smile: "Instead of that, you'd better go apologize to the store manager first, you know."
At the mention of Braun, Okabe Rintaro's expression turned very ugly.
[A penny stumps the mad scientist]
[Not just a penny, it's ten thousand! Even converted to the local currency of District 11, it's five hundred. That's an astronomical price for Mr. Hououin]
[That's why I said earlier that making such a big commotion would get us discovered, and the window was wide open too]
['Nothing' happened in the past, huh]
[This is already a clear hint, isn't it?]
[Brooch is making things up again]
[Suzuha's smile is so pretty, but unfortunately, she's not compatible with Assistant. I already have Assistant in my arms, so I can't hold another Suzuha]
[Daydreaming again, the worst day of daydreaming. I'm starting to imagine I'm Okabe Rintaro, researching the Time Machine, holding Assistant in my left arm and Mayuri in my right, with Part-time Warrior downstairs secretly in love with me, Felis from the maid cafe also likes me, and the Flashing Shiatsushi who only communicates by phone can't speak in front of me because she likes me too much. Even the young lady from the shrine next door, Konan-chan, secretly likes me]
[wwwwww]
"What exactly are you doing up there?" With his back to Okabe Rintaro, Braun's words were terrifyingly calm: "It's been shaking so exaggeratedly since just now."
As he spoke, tremors continued to come from upstairs.
"Actually, this is a cross-century experiment to rewrite the history of human Science." Okabe Rintaro raised his hand and pinched his chin, saying with all seriousness.
"But please rest assured." He spread his hands: "There won't be any bigger tremors today..."
As he spoke, the tremors remained violent, so violent that dust constantly fell from the ceiling, so violent that the neatly arranged televisions collided with each other.
Then... the instant noodles in Braun's hand fell into the rubble.
"I told her to stop..." Okabe Rintaro showed a ferocious expression.
Then, Braun slowly stood up.
Although he said nothing, his aura was incredibly terrifying, so terrifying that Okabe Rintaro's face was covered in cold sweat.
What Okabe Rintaro encountered was unknown to anyone.
All that could be known was that he returned to the Laboratory and then loudly questioned:
"What have you all done! I said the experiment had to be stopped!"
Swallowing a bite of his rice ball, Hashida Itaru said,
"Ms. Makise said, 'Just one more time.'"
After fiddling with the Phone Microwave one last time, Makise Kurisu stood up and said,
"I texted you, didn't you see it?"
"I'd be a ghost if I could see it!" Okabe Rintaro's fists clenched.
"I warned you five days ago." Makise Kurisu shrugged.
"What a joke!"
"Ah." Mayuri suddenly remembered something: "Also, Okabe's phone rang many times outside of experiment hours too."
Hearing this, Okabe Rintaro opened his messages and began to read them.
The most recent records were all from 'Flashing Shiatsushi'.
'Long time no see, Okabe-kun'
'Do you have any leads on the IBN5100?'
"..." Okabe Rintaro couldn't understand: "Why doesn't she just say it directly?!"
"What happened?" Mayuri tilted her head.
"Although I don't quite understand why, it seems like a calcium deficiency." Makise Kurisu casually quipped while adding strokes to the whiteboard.
"Whose fault is it?!" Okabe Rintaro's voice was incredibly hoarse.
[He's anxious, he's anxious, Mr. Hououin is anxious]
[So I was just thinking, instead of saying it's an experiment to put on a show, why not say Tonz is jumping rope to lose weight?]
[Are you a genius?]
[Given Tonz's weight, such tremors would indeed be reasonable]
[Assistant said 'Just one more time'!]
[What kind of filthy thoughts are in your head again?]
[Brooch can't take it anymore, Assistant doesn't listen to reason, and Moeka doesn't even speak properly]
[Today, Mr. Hououin won the 'You are the least qualified to say that' award for this episode]
[Unfair criticism, Brooch just likes to use chuunibyou language, he still speaks normally when it's important]
Makise Kurisu put down her pen: "However, we've also obtained sufficient data."
"I generally understand the rules of D-mail."
Okabe Rintaro typed, and soon, as he pressed enter, his phone displayed 'Sent Successfully'.
"What?" He put down his phone and looked up.
Makise Kurisu chuckled softly, took a step back, and revealed the contents of the whiteboard.
'Discharge Phenomenon' written in red pen occupied the largest space, with conclusions derived from it below.
'Open the Phone Microwave and send a text message during a discharge phenomenon'
'Conditions for discharge phenomenon (12 PM to 6 PM?)'
'Number of characters that D-mail can send (12 half-width characters or 6 full-width characters) x3, all characters after this are completely lost)'
The screen lingered on the whiteboard for a while, and Makise Kurisu's voice followed:
"Regarding the time D-mail can rewind, one second on the time setter is equivalent to one hour in reality."
"120 seconds is five days, which is why it went back five days ago."
Hashida Itaru couldn't help but exclaim, "Wouldn't it be amazing if we could figure out when to send it?"
"But, the maximum number of characters that can be sent is only 36 English letters, or 18 Chinese characters." Okabe Rintaro poured cold water on the idea:
"That's too little, it needs improvement."