"What?"
Brown raised an eyebrow, turned his head, and asked his daughter, "Really, Xiao Tao?"
The little animal smiled, "I promised her I wouldn't say she was 'slacking off'."
"What?!" Brown's tone turned unpleasant.
Seeing this, the little animal seemed to realize her mistake and covered her mouth.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Brown took off running towards the store.
"Hey! Employee!" he roared as he ran.
Seeing this, Okabe Rintaro shouted, "Good thing it's not me!" and ran to the stairwell.
"You again, slacking off?!"
"Ah ah, was the 42-inch Brown Tube TV on the whole time?!"
Brown's roar and Suzuha's wail harmonized. Okabe Rintaro paused, listened to Suzuha's wail for a moment, then quickly ran back to the Laboratory.
Under his abandonment, Amane Suzuha let out an incredibly sincere apology:
"--I'm sorry!!!"
[I swear, Brooch's text message is so long]
[So only Assistant stayed?]
[I thought he was alone]
[Because Assistant guessed that his behavior just now meant he had already sent a D-mail, right?]
[So why didn't she just ask directly?]
[A maiden's reserve?]
[No, that's too simple-minded. Of course, he has to say it himself.]
[Can't understand]
[Actually, the main reason is that Brooch is still hesitating, right? He was already doubting whether he had made a mistake by involving Mayuri, so he started to waver.]
[His resolve isn't strong enough yet.]
"Like a girl in love, waiting for a letter from her lover."
Makise Kurisu said faintly, looking at Okabe Rintaro, who had been staring blankly at his phone since just now.
Okabe Rintaro's emotions showed no fluctuation. He just sighed and said,
"Do you really want me to talk to you that much?"
Makise Kurisu was stunned. This was not the Okabe Rintaro she was familiar with.
If it were the usual Okabe Rintaro, he wouldn't say such a thing. He would just turn his head and loudly retort.
..."Hmm." Makise Kurisu felt a strange surge of anger, but she suppressed it and asked,
"Who are you texting?"
Okabe Rintaro was silent for a while before giving the answer,
"John Titor."
"Eh?" An unexpected name appeared.
"Beep beep--"
?! Okabe Rintaro's expression changed quickly.
A reply had arrived.
Gritting his teeth, Okabe Rintaro opened the message.
'Rukako'
'I'm really sorry about the lottery ticket (cries)'
"Ah... Hmph." Okabe Rintaro chuckled wryly.
"Beep beep--"
A new text message arrived.
'The Flashing Shiatsu Master'
'Next time, tell me about the Time Machine.'
'You must!'
'It's a promise!'
'See you next time'
His gaze swept over the text, and Okabe Rintaro's expression immediately turned sour.
"Guh..." He gritted his teeth and typed a reply, "This guy, this guy..."
Soon, the 'beep beep' of an incoming message sounded again.
No, this time it wasn't a text message, but a phone call.
"Tonz?" Looking at the name displayed on the screen, Okabe Rintaro was a little surprised, but he still answered the call:
"Hello?"
"Ah, Okabe." Hashida Itaru's voice came from the phone, "Actually..."
"I found that I made a serious mistake."
?! What big mistake?" Okabe Rintaro pressed.
Actually, actually..." Hashida Itaru's words paused, but he didn't keep him in suspense for too long. He quickly said,
"--I left my wallet in the Laboratory."
Okabe Rintaro: "Huh?"
"Now I can't get into May Queen." Hashida Itaru was still complaining, but Okabe Rintaro's hands had already started to tremble.
"Okabe, could you please..."
He abruptly hung up on Hashida Itaru.
"Beep beep..." Then, the notification sound came again.