Episode 139: Even if I have to break the laws of time, I will save you.
『 "I... I want to see him," Rose said, her eyes pleading as she looked at the Doctor.
To her surprise...
Rose, who had expected the Doctor to flatly refuse, heard him readily agree:
"No problem, your wish is my command."
As soon as he spoke, the Doctor rose from his chair and deftly activated the prepared TARDIS console. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Chika Fujiwara (Love Is War): "He really... I'm crying," ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "The Doctor is so good to Rose, he agrees to everything." ]
[ Shizuka Hiratsuka (Oregairu): "Going back to the past to see a deceased loved one... that temptation is truly irresistible." ]
[ Kirigaya Kazuto (Sword Art Online): "My own long-gone loved one..." ]
[ .....]
『 Amidst the rumbling of the engine, Rose and the Doctor successfully arrived at a crucial moment in 1987.
The location of this critical moment was an ordinary street corner.
At this point, the two saw a small car swiftly turn a corner.
It was heading straight for an unsuspecting man—Rose's father (Papa Rose).
Papa Rose stared blankly as the car sped towards him, the vase in his hand dropping to the ground and shattering in shock.
Rose witnessed this scene, somewhat stunned.
The Doctor reminded her from the side:
"You'd better go and see now."
But Rose found it hard to believe for a while, and by the time she reacted,
Papa Rose had already fallen alone on the street, lifeless.
Rose felt deep regret and asked to return to that moment again.
Even though such an action was extremely dangerous,
The Doctor, after hearing her, still granted Rose's request.
Soon, the two returned to that familiar intersection.
Not far away were their other selves and the Doctor, who had just witnessed everything.
At this moment, the Doctor, noticing something amiss, cautioned Rose:
"You must wait until your other self disappears before you can approach your father."
"Otherwise, it will cause a serious time paradox."
But Rose, seeing the disaster about to repeat, couldn't hold back and rushed out.
She resolutely saved her father, who was about to die under the wheels of the car.
This time, the vase on the ground was safe and sound.
But the two Doctors and Rose, who hadn't yet recovered, suddenly vanished into thin air...
However, Rose was incredibly happy because she had successfully saved her father.
Being able to talk to her father while he was alive was something she wouldn't even dare to dream of.
She didn't notice at all that around the corner, not far away, the Doctor was glaring at her with a furious expression. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Nanami Aoyama (Sakurasou): "Changing history like this, while it makes one happy, I feel like something bad is about to happen." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Something bad? Isn't this great? It changed a regret or something," ]
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "But this will also trigger a new time paradox." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Time paradox?" ]
[ Umaru Doma (Himouto): "I think I've heard of it." ]
[ Shinomiya Kaguya (Love Is War): "Can you explain?" ]
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "It means that only if her father died, would Rose want to come back here to save her father after meeting the Doctor." ]
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "If her father didn't die, Rose might still meet the Doctor, but she wouldn't want to come back here to save her father, who isn't dead, so this logic would be flawed." ]
[ Haibara Ai (Detective Conan): "That's how it is." ]
[ Shizuka Hiratsuka (Oregairu): "I have a feeling things are going to get troublesome." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Then, what should we do now?" ]
[ .....]
『 At this point, Rose learned from the conversation that her father was going to attend their neighbor Clark's wedding.
So, she naturally lied, saying that she had also been invited.
This way, she could go to the wedding with Papa Rose.
However, before heading to the wedding, Papa Rose had to go home to get something.
After returning home, Papa Rose went to find that item himself.
As soon as Papa Rose walked away, the Doctor immediately began to question Rose.
"Was everything you did today planned beforehand?"
"When I invited you to travel together, you initially refused."
"But when you heard about the time machine, you immediately agreed."
"All of this was for what happened today, wasn't it?"
Rose listened to the accusations but still insisted she had no such intentions.
"I just saw an opportunity to prevent misfortune and took it."
At this moment, Rose completely didn't understand why the Doctor was so angry.
Her father was just an ordinary person.
Even if he had luckily survived, it wouldn't have changed the overall course of human history.
Since the Doctor could save others, why couldn't he use a little bit of power to save her own father?
"I know what I'm doing! But you don't know what you should be doing!" The Doctor looked at Rose with a serious expression: "The previous two times we did that, it already caused a huge mess."
"But Dad is still alive now?!" Rose said emotionally.
To be able to look at her father like this was Rose's heartfelt desire.
She truly couldn't understand why the Doctor was so angry; every time he saved someone before, it was fine.
Why was her small wish so serious?
What Rose didn't know was,
If someone who was supposed to die was brought back by temporal means,
The laws of time simply wouldn't acknowledge it.
But at this moment, Rose couldn't listen to any of that; she only understood that her father was still alive and well.
The two argued more and more fiercely, and eventually, the Doctor took the TARDIS key back from Rose.
From then on, the two went their separate ways.
With that, the Doctor left Rose's house without looking back. 』
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[ Chika Fujiwara (Love Is War): "Huh, are the two of them... separating?" ]
[ Haibara Ai (Detective Conan): "After all, what Rose did this time made the Doctor very angry." ]
[ Haibara Ai (Detective Conan): "Even though this is something that ordinary people like us would want to do. (Sister...)" ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Sigh, there's nothing that can be done, but it's good that Papa Rose is still alive, right?" ]
[ .....]
『 But in a flash, Rose suddenly rushed forward.
"You can't fool me!"
"I understand how much pain you're in."
"You'll be back soon."
"Otherwise, you'll be waiting for me at the door with the key."
Looking at the Doctor's retreating figure, Rose shouted excitedly: "I'll make you wait a long time!"
The Doctor was true to his word, turning and leaving without any hesitation.
But when he returned to the TARDIS and opened the door with the key,
The scene before him greatly surprised him.
He was astonished to find that the blue box before him was an empty police box.
The Doctor rushed into the TARDIS, looking around.
Suddenly...
A bad premonition welled up in the Doctor's heart.
A big problem might be coming soon. 』
『 .....』
〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "The TARDIS is gone? Is it affected by the time paradox?" ]
[ The Doctor ⦍11th⦎ (Doctor Who): "Yes, I don't know what your other worlds are like, but here, the timeline is absolutely fair." ]
[ The Doctor ⦍11th⦎ (Doctor Who): "Under normal circumstances, any attempt to modify the timeline will create a huge time paradox, and then, a terrifying entity will descend." ]
[ Chika Fujiwara (Love Is War): "A terrifying entity? What is it?" ]
[ The Doctor ⦍11th⦎ (Doctor Who): "Keep watching, it will appear soon." ]
[ .....]
『 An ominous premonition suddenly rising in his heart, the Doctor frantically turned and ran back, wanting to find Rose, who was still in this spacetime.
But the Doctor never expected that Rose had already left with her father,
They were going to attend their neighbor Clark's wedding.
Just then, in front of that church, the small car that had almost hit Rose's father inexplicably reappeared.
"Dad!" Rose cried out anxiously when she saw it.
Papa Rose, hearing the shout from inside the car, quickly swerved the steering wheel.
Fortunately, the warning was timely, and they narrowly escaped danger, avoiding this calamity.
However...
The address Rose had blurted out just now made Papa Rose a little suspicious.
(Papa Rose thought: Why would the blonde beauty I just met call me 'Dad'?)
Just then,
Younger Mama Rose walked into their line of sight.
She was holding baby Rose in her arms, looking at the two of them with displeasure.
It turned out that Mama Rose, seeing her husband bringing a young girl to the wedding, immediately flared up with anger.
Right there on the main road, Rose's dad and mom directly confronted each other, arguing fiercely.
"What did she tell you?"
"Did he say he was a business genius?"
"Because he's not, he's a complete loser!"
"A born failure, a true nobody!"
"Rose needs a good dad, and clearly, you're not it!"
Rose's dad, hearing this, didn't back down and retorted:
"No, I'm still working hard to earn money, isn't that enough to support our family?"
Rose listened to her parents' verbal sparring, her heart a mix of emotions, and finally, she couldn't hold back and burst out.
"You two, enough!"
It was then that Rose suddenly realized that what her mother called "our relationship is very good" was just a formality.
Their daily interactions were actually so terrible, completely shattering the image of perfect parents in Rose's mind.
Her father was not an aspiring young talent, and her mother was not a gentle and charming young lady.
This cruel reality was difficult for Rose to digest.
She never expected that her parents would be so incompatible.
Just as Rose was troubled by her parents' emotional entanglement,
In a flash, the two who had just been at loggerheads inexplicably reconciled.
In the end, Rose finally understood—
As long as her dad was healthy, nothing else mattered.
However, at this critical juncture,
The Doctor's call suddenly rang out behind Rose:
"Rose!"
Turning around, she saw the previously angry Doctor running towards her at full speed.
Looking at the Doctor's rushing figure, a meaningful smile played on Rose's lips.
But immediately after,
The Doctor suddenly shouted loudly to the people around:
"Get into the church!"
Following the Doctor's gaze, Rose suddenly discovered that a giant winged monster had appeared above her head at some point.
As soon as the monster appeared, it lunged directly at Rose.
Fortunately, the Doctor had already arrived and, once again, saved Rose from danger at a critical moment.
This was a monster that appeared out of thin air, poised to fly,
It suddenly spread its limbs and swooped down on the crowd below.
The strange thing was, this creature ignored a group of young and beautiful brides, instead turning to devour the elderly and frail priest.
And the Doctor was very familiar with this newly appeared monster.
This creature was called a Reaper,
It only appears to seek food when a time paradox occurs.
They are not picky eaters,
They habitually enjoy their feast in order from oldest to youngest.
But now was not the time to consider these things; the Doctor quickly led everyone into the church to avoid the monster.
After all, for them, this ancient building could temporarily serve as an effective refuge.
However, the people on the street were miserable; a world rampant with time paradoxes was simply a feast for the Reapers.
At this moment, Earth was once again facing a catastrophe.
On the other side of the church,
Rose felt a surge of unease.
"Is all of this my fault?" Rose asked, full of grievances, looking at the Doctor.
The Doctor didn't say much, just glanced at Rose, then turned and left. 』
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[ Shinomiya Kaguya (Love Is War): "At this point, Rose should have realized that what she did was wrong, right?" ]
[ Umaru Doma (Himouto): "But it's already happened, now the focus should be on solving the problem here, right?" ]
[ Oyama Mahiro (Onimai): "Most importantly, we need to deal with the monster here, right?" ]
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "This monster needs to be dealt with, and the time paradox here also needs to be resolved." ]
[ .....]
『 Although the Doctor didn't say anything,
The answer was self-evident.
Papa Rose, squatting nearby, also heard this and lowered his head thoughtfully.
Then...
He found Rose, who was still feeling down. He had been pondering a question:
Why did he instinctively believe this girl's words when he met her?
Connecting this to the strange situation before them, and Rose's urgent cry of "Dad,"
Perhaps there was some connection.
Suddenly!
Papa Rose realized a blind spot:
This little girl, who shared the same name as his daughter, was very likely his future daughter.
"You... you... Are you my Rose?" Papa Rose asked, his voice trembling, as he excitedly touched Rose's face.
"Are you grown-up, Rose?"
The father and daughter were ecstatic, hugging each other tightly.
"Dad!... My dad!" Rose also became emotional; her father had finally recognized her.
She could finally reunite with her father.
The heartwarming scene of father and daughter reuniting came to an end, and Rose then walked towards the Doctor, who was sitting to the side.
She wanted to ask how to make amends for all of this.
But the previous awkward situation made her unsure how to express this wish.
Before the two could even say a few words, the atmosphere became awkward again...
Until the last moment, it was the Doctor who broke the silence first.
"Alright."
"I actually didn't truly want to leave you alone like that."
"I understand." Rose looked steadily at the Doctor and responded softly.
At this moment, the Doctor also understood Rose's desire to make amends.
But even he truly didn't know how to deal with the current predicament.
All they could do now was delay the arrival of the inevitable end.
Unexpectedly, the church walls were not as ancient and dilapidated as they had thought.
As the damage from the time paradox accumulated,
Those Reapers would eventually break through this barrier.
"If only I had realized sooner..." Rose said, then didn't know how to continue.
Just then, the Doctor turned to look at her.
"Just say you're sorry to me." The Doctor looked at Rose quietly,
Awaiting his apology.
"I... I'm truly sorry."
Hearing Rose's sincere apology, a smile immediately bloomed on the Doctor's face.
No longer looking troubled, the Doctor tightly embraced his human friend.
The two were thus reconciled. 』
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[ Chika Fujiwara (Love Is War): "That's great, they've finally made up." ]
[ Chika Fujiwara (Love Is War): "The Doctor must have been waiting for this apology for a long time." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "He really is a good person." ]
[ .....]
『 However, as Rose embraced the Doctor, she felt something hot.
She suddenly pulled out a glowing, hot object from the Doctor's clothes.
Everyone looked closely and saw that it was the TARDIS key.
Originally dull, it was now emitting a golden glow.
The Doctor suddenly realized that the TARDIS hadn't gone far; it was just trapped in a time rift.
The key in his hand still maintained some connection with it.
As long as he found a way to activate this key, he could summon the TARDIS back.
The Doctor picked up the key and seemed to insert it into a hole.
Soon,
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the outline of the TARDIS gradually appeared in the void.
But this summoning process might be quite long.
So the Doctor quickly jumped onto the pulpit and warned everyone not to interfere with the process.
As long as the TARDIS could return safely, he would have a way to mend the wounds of time.
At that time, all problems would be resolved. 』
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