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Chapter 26 - Chapter 30: Invasion of SERN

[ They're going to kiss, they're going to kiss, just a little closer and they'll kiss! ]

[ Can those who ship Okabe and Tonz just die, this is heresy! ]

[ Although easily deceived by 3D women, Tonz's sexual orientation is undoubtedly normal. ]

[ I thought he would continue to introduce John Titor's online statements, but I didn't expect him to start talking about SERN. ]

[ Speaking of which, does SERN have a real-life prototype? ]

[ Yes, it's 'CERN', and the other descriptions are basically consistent with what Tonz said. ]

[ LOL, being unfairly saddled with a bad rap, 2034, huh? Brain-computer interfaces are already out, so Time Machines shouldn't be far off. I'm already looking forward to it. ]

[ Tonz's beloved, besides 2D and 3D women, I didn't expect it to even include such cutting-edge equipment; he even uses an endearment like 'carbon'. ]

[ wwwwww ]

"Black hole…"

Okabe Rintaro shoveled a large mouthful of beef bowl into his mouth, chewed it briefly, and then swallowed it before setting down his bowl.

"Tonz."

"Hm?"

"I remember, among the methods to achieve time travel, one was through the use of a mini black hole, right?"

"Yes, there is, but didn't Ms. Makise say in her previous lecture?" Hashida Itaru said, holding his rice bowl, "Ultimately, the creation of a black hole is impossible."

"But with the LHC, that possibility…" Okabe Rintaro tried to retort.

"There will be…" Hashida Itaru raised his chopsticks, intending to pause, but quickly changed his mind, "No, there's no way."

"SERN has officially denied it."

"But rumors don't come from nowhere." Okabe Rintaro still felt it was possible.

After all, he had personally seen gel bananas and text messages return to the past.

As he spoke, he pulled his phone out of his pocket again and put it to his ear.

"It's me. Yes, I understand. El Psy Kongroo."

The screen's image perfectly focused on the 'No Cell Phones' sign posted on the door behind Okabe Rintaro.

"Who are you fighting now?" Hashida Itaru complained.

Okabe Rintaro put down his phone and said, "In that case, we only have one thing to do."

"Go to Felis-tan's place!" Hashida Itaru said excitedly.

It seemed he truly liked that 3D woman.

"Wrong!" Okabe Rintaro suddenly pointed his finger at Hashida Itaru, "You're a Super Hacker, aren't you?"

"You should connect the dots and then sneer!"

He tried to correct Hashida Itaru's habit of always being deceived by 3D women.

"Not 'hecker', it's 'hacker'." But Hashida Itaru, as always, just picked out the flaws in his words and complained.

"Do you know what to do?" Okabe Rintaro ignored his correction, sat back down, and then posed another riddle.

"No, not at all."

Ultimately, even as Okabe Rintaro's friend, he found it difficult to fully keep up with his thoughts.

Connecting the dots and then sneering, what exactly was he supposed to sneer at?

"..." Okabe Rintaro was silent for a moment, then, his expression cleared, and he said very calmly, "Infiltrate SERN."

"That's it."

With that, he stood up and put his hands into his white coat.

"Okabe, you're joking, right?" Hashida Itaru was stunned.

"Exposing their evil deeds and getting clues about the Time Machine." Okabe Rintaro took a deep breath, turned, and walked towards the door, "Whether to transform the phone microwave (provisional) into a real Time Machine, or let it continue to slumber in the Laboratory's warehouse."

"It all depends on your skills."

"..." Watching Okabe Rintaro gradually walk away, Hashida Itaru, still holding his bowl and chopsticks, shouted, "I won't be responsible for whatever happens!"

The moment his words fell, the shopkeeper's voice came from behind Hashida Itaru:

"Two beef bowls, 800 yen total."

"Huh?" Hashida Itaru was stunned for a moment, then let out a furious cry, "Okabe!!!"

[ Pfft ]

[ wwwwwww ]

[ In the end, he still went to eat beef bowl. ]

[ Okabe, who deliberately says cool-sounding things to avoid paying, is trash. ]

[ Does he really not have a single penny in his bag? ]

[ I even suspect he brought up the Time Machine topic because he had already planned to do so. ]

[ The close-up on the 'No Cell Phones' sign, wasn't it to tell us that he didn't actually receive a call, but was just acting up as usual? ]

[ You guessed right (laughs) ]

[ Tonz showed an expression of disbelief; the food in his hand no longer tasted good. ]

[ But, is it really okay to say these things in this shop? I see passersby nearby, you know? ]

[ Don't worry, it's customary for others not to hear such conversations. ]

"Hm hm hm hm hm~" Humming a tune, Amane Suzuha squatted in front of the car, constantly fiddling with the bicycle chain.

"Are you slacking off again?" The man least qualified to say that appeared.

She nodded decisively, admitting the fact that she was slacking off:

"Because the shop is boring, and there's nothing to do."

"You're just like a bicycle repairman." Squatting down, Okabe Rintaro complained.

As soon as he squatted, Amane Suzuha stood up, looking down at Okabe Rintaro from above, and began to change the subject:

"Speaking of which, what are you guys doing on the second floor? It's called the 'Future Gadget Laboratory', right?"

She said the Laboratory's name with a grin.

Then, Okabe Rintaro retreated several steps in extreme panic:

"Why do you know that name?!"

"Look." Amane Suzuha didn't answer, she just extended her finger and pointed behind herself.

Sure enough, on the mailbox in front of the hallway, a white paper taped with adhesive clearly read 'Future Gadget Laboratory' in large characters.

"..."

"Since you already know these things, there's nothing to be done." Okabe Rintaro twisted his expression unnaturally, and as he spoke, he walked forward, "We are fighting against the Organization secretly manipulating the world."

"Now is the stage of preparing to infiltrate the Organization."

Amane Suzuha's face showed a look of sudden realization: "Ah, could it be that SERN is that so-called Organization secretly manipulating the world?"

"?!" Okabe Rintaro's expression once again became extremely terrified: "Why do you know?!"

"I'm sorry." Amane Suzuha lowered her head, "Actually, I heard your conversation."

"Well, didn't I say it was boring? So…"

"So you came to eavesdrop!" Okabe Rintaro turned and angrily questioned.

"I just happened to hear it." Amane Suzuha mumbled, clenching her fists, "But don't worry, I'm very tight-lipped."

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