The visitor was Rukako.
He gently placed the large, round watermelon he had brought onto the table.
"Wow, it's so round~" Mayuri exclaimed, resting her head on her hand.
Okabe Rintaro looked up in confusion: "This is…?"
"It's, it's an apology… to make up for my mistake of getting the lotto 6 numbers that Kyouma-shifu asked me to buy wrong…" Urushibara Ruka said, lowering his head.
"Ah, um, is that so? This is really…" He seemed unsure of what to say, but after Makise Kurisu looked at him, he nodded and said:
"Yes, a good gesture. The day your Inner Eye opens is not far off!"
"Yes!" Rukako said happily, pleased that his gift was accepted: "Then I'll take my leave."
Makise Kurisu was stunned:
"Are you leaving already?"
"It seems you all look very busy," he said.
"Ah…"
Okabe Rintaro and Makise Kurisu were both startled. They had indeed been interrupted in the middle of an experiment, so they had no reason to ask him to stay.
"Goodbye," Urushibara Ruka said, turning around.
Mayuri promptly got up and saw him to the door, then said:
"Next time, come wearing a cosplay outfit Mayushii made."
However, Urushibara Ruka looked a bit troubled: "I, I'm sorry, I'm still not really into that kind of thing…"
"Still no? I think it would suit you very well," Mayuri said with a touch of regret.
"Then, goodbye."
"Mm! Bye-bye."
Under Mayuri's waving farewell, Rukako slowly departed.
"He's a good kid, isn't he?" Makise Kurisu couldn't help but exclaim.
Okabe Rintaro: "Mm-hmm."
[So, they're really going to let Moeka send the message but not let Rukako know? Is that really okay?]
[He came, and he even brought such a big watermelon, and he could carry it. Could it be that practicing with the sword actually has an effect?]
[Although he can't train much, exercising his body should be no problem. In this regard, Brooch might have done a good deed.]
[I thought Brooch warned her so many times, and would watch Moeka send the message, but it looks like he just said it. She can edit whatever she wants to send, right?]
[So, is there a plan to check the message?]
"Zzzzz…"
After Rukako left, everyone gathered around the Phone Microwave again.
The turntable slowly rotated, and soon, the discharge phenomenon appeared.
Kiryu Moeka gently pressed the send button.
Then, the familiar sensation swept over Okabe Rintaro's entire body once more. In a daze, the numbers rapidly jumped, and finally, settled down again.
0.523299
"…"
Opening his eyes again, he saw Hashida Itaru and Makise Kurisu in front of him. The two seemed to be discussing something, but he couldn't hear anything.
"Again, this feeling…" Okabe Rintaro murmured to himself:
"In other words, the past has been changed?"
He turned his head. Mayuri behind him was knitting clothes.
The two in front of him were still discussing.
"Hm hm, hm hm…" The tune Mayuri was humming reached his ears.
"Where, where is Shining Finger?" Okabe Rintaro struggled for a while, finally shouting out.
Makise Kurisu turned her head: "Shining? Huh?"
"You really shouldn't speak English," Hashida Itaru said casually.
"?!" Okabe Rintaro suddenly realized something was wrong and turned his head to look elsewhere.
Clutter was piled behind the curtain, the toilet was empty, the bathroom was deserted, and even looking out the window, he could only see an empty road.
He turned his head and looked at the table.
On the table, where there should have been a large watermelon, there was only Mayuri's sewing box.
"Rukako… never came?" he asked stiffly.
"Ruka-kun? Hmm, no, he didn't come," Mayuri shook her head.
"Then, what about Moeka? What happened to Moeka?" Okabe Rintaro couldn't help but step closer and ask.
But this question made Mayuri tilt her head:
"Miss Moeka… who is that?"
[I knew it.]
[OMG, this one message changed the worldline divergence by 0.05. Kiryu Moeka is too ruthless.]
[Who told Hagikage to agree?]
[Speaking of which, in the previous shot, did we not see the IBN5100 either?]
[Yes, I'm already mentally prepared, boo hoo hoo, IBN5100-chan, it's all the evil Mr. Hououin's fault for making you disappear.]
[Laughing so hard, things that come easily are indeed not cherished. That's right, I'm talking about you, Okabe Rintaro.]
[New main quest: Reclaim the lost IBN5100.]
[Speaking of which, I think I'm just now realizing that Moeka unboxed Brooch's address, but Brooch has no idea where Moeka is?]
[Because normally she just randomly appears and takes pictures, it feels like a stalker, and when you think about it, it's actually very scary.]
[The IBN5100 is one thing, anyway, the database has already been peeked at, but the watermelon is really gone!]
[Damn it, what time is it and you're still thinking about your broken watermelon?]
[So, can it now be proven that Okabe Rintaro is the only one who can retain memories? Does he really have that… Mystic Eye?]
[Do you understand what a protagonist is? Although his actions are quite frustrating.]
"—" Okabe Rintaro's hand suddenly froze. He abruptly crouched down, grabbing Mayuri's shoulders with both hands, asking in disbelief: "Kiryu Moeka! Didn't she come today?! What's going on?!"
"Eh eh…" Mayuri was a bit flustered by the current Okabe.
"Who is that?" Hashida Itaru, who was nearby, turned his head and asked with a frown.
"—" Okabe Rintaro suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head… He slowly released Mayuri.
"Kiryu Moeka… I haven't heard of her either," Makise Kurisu also turned around and said.
Okabe Rintaro's pupils sharply contracted:
"What did you say?"
Seeing his expression, Makise Kurisu immediately understood.
"Did you… send a D-mail again?!" she asked repeatedly.
This time, Hashida Itaru was stunned.
"Eh? Wait, what's going on?" he asked.
"…" Okabe Rintaro knelt before Mayuri, muttering: "The past has been changed, has the person Moeka even disappeared?"
"—Could it be?!" Suddenly realizing something, he frantically pulled out his phone from his pocket.
The message history scrolled rapidly.
"The received message history is still preserved up to July 31st, Moeka's messages…"
The scrolling stopped, 'Shining Finger' still existed in the message history.
Feeling a slight relief, Okabe Rintaro quickly typed on the keyboard and gently pressed the send button.
The message was delivered very quickly.
"Beep beep—" Immediately after, a reply arrived.