"The 'Consciousness Editing Anime Production Machine' emerged from Professor Dante Zhen's 'Brain Painting,' an epoch-making device born after in-depth research."
"However, this does not mean that all edited anime content perfectly reflects the creator's thoughts at that moment. Even with the device connected, we still cannot, and will not, attempt to peek into people's minds."
"Everyone's understanding of the 'Consciousness Editing Anime Production Machine' is not yet deep enough. This might be because you haven't seen the relevant explanations specifically released by the program team. You can find some related information on the program team's V blog and Professor Dante Zhen's V blog. If any viewers are interested, you can follow them to learn about the latest and most cutting-edge news."
"Alright, back to the main topic. The principle of the 'Consciousness Editing Anime Production Machine' is 'Brain Painting,' but what exactly is 'Brain Painting'? Is it to materialize thoughts into concrete images? Is it real-time thought reading?"
Host Fang Yuan waved his hand: "No, it's neither."
"The essence of 'Brain Painting' is 'resonance,' the resonance of 'imagination.'"
"Imagined content is resonated out, and after subtle adjustments by the creator, it is gradually arranged into suitable and complete images."
"Therefore, normally, a creator would be constrained by various considerations, occasionally pausing to revise the story, or waiting until the story is complete before creating it."
"From this, it can also be seen that our Contestant Hua Jian has an incredibly complete framework for the story of "steins;gate."
"Perhaps the various scenes that appeared in the first episode are also foreshadowing he laid."
"In short, due to the limitations of the creation system itself, there is no situation where sudden ideas are interspersed into the visuals. Every frame is chosen by the creator himself before becoming part of the main feature."
The Host's words undoubtedly confirmed that the momentary flashes might be foreshadowing. However, although many viewers wanted to try and analyze them, the anime itself was still continuing.
More than deciphering, they wanted to see what came next.
Okabe Rintaro walked alone on his way back to the Laboratory.
"Sure enough, no one remembers."
"Not Mayuri, not Tonz, not Makise Kurisu."
Soon, he returned to the Laboratory, and saw Mr. Braun, who had just flipped the 'Open' sign in front of the shop.
"You're early today, Mr. Braun." Okabe Rintaro greeted him loudly, carrying plastic bags in both hands.
The bald Braun said with great dissatisfaction: "I told you, don't call me that."
"Someone came for a job interview today." After expressing his displeasure, he said casually.
Hearing Braun's words, Okabe Rintaro smiled:
"A part-timer? An irritable and nagging old man like you, would anyone come to your struggling shop?"
Just as Braun was clenching his fists and winding up with his incredibly robust body, suddenly, a very cheerful girl with brown pigtails rushed out, raising her hand high:
"Hello—"
Okabe Rintaro froze.
And Braun, behind the girl, also stopped making the gesture to lecture Okabe, instead squatting down and sighing.
Seeing their reactions, the girl seemed to realize her abruptness, scratched her head, and said:
"Huh? I heard this is a popular way to greet people recently?"
Looking at the girl who seemed to naturally insert herself between them, Okabe Rintaro couldn't help but guess:
"Could it be that you're the part-timer?"
Before the other party could respond, Braun stood up and first replied to him:
"Is there a problem?"
Then, he very directly began the 'interview.'
"Name?"
"Amane Suzuha."
"Age?"
"18."
"Reason for applying?"
"I like Braun Tubes."
"Passed!"
"Great!" Amane Suzuha excitedly clenched her fists.
But Okabe Rintaro on the side couldn't quite maintain his expression.
"Wait, is this acting? Is it a rehearsal?" His cheek twitched slightly.
Finally, Amane Suzuha seemed to just realize that she didn't know the man in front of her, turned her head, and asked:
"By the way, who are you?"
"He's Okabe, the idiot who rents the upstairs apartment." Mr. Braun replied.
This triggered Okabe Rintaro's keyword.
Slightly raising the plastic bags in his hands, he leaned forward a little, and seriously retorted:
"I'm not Okabe, I'm Hououin—"
"—Shut up, rent doubles!"
"My name is Okabe Rintaro."
[LOL, this interview, it left Okabe stunned]
[By the way, I just realized that 'Braun Tube' means cathode ray tube. Mr. Braun sells Braun Tubes at the Braun Tube shop...]
[The time also seems quite early, mobile phones are not yet smartphones. But then again, if the time was now... then that text message Okabe sent to the past would definitely have been seen, given today's information protection...]
[Indeed, no matter how stubborn a chuunibyou, they'll sober up when rent is mentioned]
"Hello. Hey, what's in that bag?" Giving a casual greeting, Amane Suzuha, very familiarly, moved closer to Okabe and casually asked, looking at the plastic bags he was carrying.
"Ah, those are wisdom corn for the Laboratory."
Perhaps thinking Suzuha was interested and there was an opportunity, Okabe Rintaro held up the corn in his hand and said:
"If you want it, you'll have to pay the corresponding price..."
Amane Suzuha leaned forward, her cycling-tight outfit seemingly outlining the girl's figure, her pigtails hanging down. Her gaze was fixed on the corn.
"Corn, is that the small, individual grains?" A smile appeared on her face: "Oh? So that's what it looks like."
"You haven't seen it before?" Okabe Rintaro raised an eyebrow.
"Can I see it—"
Just as Amane Suzuha reached out her hand, he suddenly pulled back the bag, turned around, and feigned nonchalance, whispering:
"Many people who got to know me were targeted by the Organization."
"Sara, Claudia, Simon..."
Randomly fabricated names slipped out, and a melancholic aura seemed to float around Okabe Rintaro.
If it were anyone familiar with him, they would have recognized that he was having another chuunibyou episode.
But Amane Suzuha seemed to believe him quite readily.
"Is that so? If you need to, you can talk to me." She clenched her fists.