So Moeka's text message also incidentally changed the location of the watermelon.
No! People can leave, so why can't the watermelon stay???
Why are you so fixated on that watermelon?
Even sending a text message shouldn't be able to change gender...
Look at Assistant's disbelieving expression www
It doesn't feel very in line with Brooch's character. Is it because Rukako is present? I feel that if it were Brooch in his usual state, facing such a sure-win situation, he would definitely be gloating.
Didn't you notice that even when Brooch says 'but he's a man' in his usual state, he mostly says it in his heart? Actually, Rukako probably minds this quite a bit, otherwise, he wouldn't have suggested sending a text message to change the past.
But, can gender really be changed? Can mine be changed too?
What? Planning to change it and then let your bros have some fun first?
...Makise Kurisu pressed her hands against the wall, lowered her head, and began contemplating life.
And Urushibara Ruka, whose gender she had confirmed, looked up at Okabe Rintaro with utmost seriousness: "I am serious."
"I truly want to become a girl, please."
..."But," Okabe Rintaro said, "even if we send a D-mail, we don't know if it can change gender..."
Even though he said this, Urushibara Ruka clearly had a different idea in his heart.
"I've heard," he clasped his hands tightly, "that when you're pregnant, eating more meat will result in a boy, and eating more vegetables will result in a girl."
"You want to send a D-mail to your mother saying 'eat more vegetables,' right?" Makise Kurisu, having recovered slightly, chose not to refute this theory and simply summarized what Urushibara Ruka wanted to express, speaking aloud.
Rukako nodded: "Yes, is that... not possible?"
...
Okabe Rintaro's eyes held an unknown thought. After a brief consideration, he replied in a deep voice:
"Yes, I will grant your wish."
Urushibara Ruka: "!"
"Thank you!!!"
"That's wonderful, Ruka-kun!"
Mayuri and Rukako shared the joy of the moment.
But Hashida Itaru quietly leaned closer to Okabe Rintaro and whispered:
"Changing gender or something like that is really not good, is it?"
"Just eating a bit more vegetables, do you really think something like that would happen?" Okabe Rintaro quietly responded.
"Yes, there's no Science basis for it either," Makise Kurisu softly agreed.
Although their education and knowledge couldn't compare to Makise Kurisu's, Okabe Rintaro and Hashida Itaru were both university students after all; they had that much common sense.
"He's probably been troubled for a long time," Okabe Rintaro continued to explain, "If this can satisfy him, then it's no big deal."
After speaking, he turned around and loudly announced to Urushibara Ruka: "Rukako!"
"Starting today, you are a member of our Laboratory, Labmem No.006!"
"Ah, yes!" Rukako responded.
I remember someone asking why Moeka was told but Rukako was still kept in the dark.
The answer is, as long as everyone who discovers it is brought into the Laboratory and given a number, there's no exposure!
It's the same logic as killing all witnesses to achieve perfect stealth.
You tell me if that secret was kept!
So, will eating more vegetables change anything? It can't just be for Rukako to send a text message, can it?
It's probably just to keep Brooch busy so he doesn't discover the IBN5100's disappearance too quickly.
Only at times like this does Mr. Hououin seem to have a bit of conscience.
It feels like Brooch has always been quite good to Rukako.
Rukako's father isn't stupid; if he were just a chuunibyou liar, why would his attitude be so good?
Oh no, you can't do this, don't change Mr. Hououin's unreliable image in my mind—
"Well then, let's quickly begin the experiment—" Okabe Rintaro was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized a problem:
"You, you're 17 this year, right?"
"Eh, yes," Rukako nodded.
"Which means..." Okabe Rintaro pondered for a moment: "Born in 1993."
"What's wrong with that?" Mayuri hadn't yet understood what he meant.
Okabe Rintaro quietly asked:
"When did mobile phones become widely available?"
"Ah."
Everyone else, including Makise Kurisu, finally understood.
After a quick internet search, they got the answer.
"Which means, when Mr. Urushibara was born, his mother likely didn't have a mobile phone," Makise Kurisu said.
"Then, we can't send a D-mail?"
"How can this be..." Urushibara Ruka was very disappointed.
While typing on the keyboard and continuing his search, Hashida Itaru casually suggested:
"How about we modify the machine to send 'poisonous radio waves'?"
"You two are enough for poisonous radio waves," Makise Kurisu retorted.
Hearing this, Hashida Itaru made an incredibly strange sound:
"Ah ah Okay Keep scolding me It's fine"
"I see, hehehe, haha." While Hashida Itaru was acting crazy, Okabe Rintaro, as if synchronized, suddenly laughed and spread his arms: "My talent is truly terrifying."
"What do you want to say now?" Makise Kurisu, too lazy to bother with Hashida Itaru, sighed.
"If there's no mobile phone, why not send it to a pager?" Okabe Rintaro stated the answer.
Good question, how to send a text message without a mobile phone?
And isn't one second an hour? To send it back seventeen years, how many seconds would that need to be set? Can it really be sent back?
Oh my, you're not the Okabe Rintaro I know. How are you so smart this time?
So what are 'poisonous radio waves'?
So-called 'poisonous radio waves,' also known as 'brainwashing radio waves,' in short, are invisible radio waves used to describe the communication between chuunibyou individuals like Okabe Rintaro.
Understood, so what about pagers?
"Pagers are devices that use small receivers to receive radio wave signals," Makise Kurisu's voice interwove with various black and white advertisement images of pagers being used in different places: "In the 1990s, they spread explosively."
"They gradually declined due to the popularization of mobile phones."
The few people in the Laboratory gathered around the computer, looking at the encyclopedia content retrieved by the search engine, which was almost entirely consistent with what Makise Kurisu had said.
"Pagers?"
"This, it's my first time seeing one."
"You know a lot," Okabe Rintaro unexpectedly turned his head: "So you, this rich girl, aren't 17, but rather a rich girl of thirty?"
"It's written right here, read it yourself," Makise Kurisu glanced at him.