Here is a detailed explanation on D-mail, and how it all works: [Refer Image]
Assu a tiline, marked with two instants 1 and 2, separated by a ti length of 24 hours.
Now, Richard bought a dog at instant 1, but after 24 hours, at instant 2, he wanted to undo that decision. So, he sent a D-mail, telling "Don't buy the dog", from instant 2 to instant 1 i.e. 24 hours back into the past.
Let's call Richard's mory on the 1st tiline between these two instants M12.
Now, the Richard in the past, at instant 1, received the D-mail, and changed his decision.
The tiline diverged, and after 24 hours, it reached instant 3. Let's call Richard's mory on the 2nd tiline between the two instants M13.
In this example, the Richard at instant 2 on the first tiline will jump to the instant 3 on the second tiline, retaining mory M12. But he will not have the mory M13. Please keep in mind that it was information that had traveled to past, not Richard himself. This retaining of mory M12 is called Reading Steiner.
After jumping to instant 3 of the diverged tiline, our Richard will rember that he had sent a text back to instant 1 of his original tiline, telling himself not to buy a dog. And, yes. There is no dog around him. BUT, surprisingly enough, now there is a cat in the room. Now, Richard has no recollection of the mory M13, so he doesn't know why did he buy a cat, as he had ntioned nothing about it. This is a butterfly effect. It may happen, or it may not. There is no guarantee.
The longer the duration of D-Mail (how far it is sent back into the past), the higher the chances of encountering a butterfly effect.
The divergence no. of the second tiline tells how much it differ from the first. The higher the number (between 0P and 1P) the greater the divergence.
It is very very important, so if you didn't understand, read again.
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Chapter Begins:
Everything had gone according to Kai's plan, and things had turned out to be even better than he had hoped for.
Suddenly, he felt a stirring to his right.
Kai's head snapped in the direction and saw a burst of silver mist seeping out from the moldy roof of the building.
The silver mist took the form of a long, slender, white serpent. Selene slithered up to his shoulders, coiled around him, and flicked out her tongue, kissing his chin.
No longer did he care for the watching Contestants outside the Tournant to see her and connect the dots between Selene's Intangible form and Viscount Lucas' death. Nor did he care for anything that had happened in the last 24 hours.
No, Kai corrected, scratching Selene under her jaw. I still have a few minutes left.
-None of them sensed , master- Selene hissed haughtily. -If only I could kiss that fucking bitch!-
Then her tone changed to more rational. -That sword is too scary,- she hissed, her head bobbing thoughtfully. -I don't know if my fangs could penetrate it.-
Kai didn't wait for her third personality to surface. -Spit it out,- he hissed back at her. -Let's see where they have gone-
Selene slithered to the concrete floor and pushed out the bulge in her stomach.
It was the Tablet.
Kai's Tablet.
He cleaned the slimy juices over it and pressed his thumb on its back. It opened to the Maps directly, and now, there was a blue trail running from his position to the faraway mark into the island and then coming back.
"Haha!" Kai laughed like a maniac. -Good! Excellent job, Selene,- he hissed exuberantly, patting her head. -Even I couldn't have done it any better.-
"Let's see," he mumbled, zooming in at the location of Queen's colony where 47 and others' trip had ended. "So, these are the coordinates. Well, let's not wait any longer, then."
Kai stood up, looked at the sun, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
-Selene,- he hissed. -From hereon, you are forbidden to co out of my body no matter the situation.-
As the serpent cursed a hissing breath, diffusing within him, Kai walked to the edge of the roof and took out the Book, which he had put inside his shirt. He looked up and smiled at the sky.
Kai knew none of his audience could see his face, but just looking up with a blurred face was enough to guess his expression.
"Boys," he said, opening the Book to the latest tale, "feast your eyes on this."
A smoky veil manifested behind Kai, and when it parted, the insane scientist, Rintaro Okabe, walked out in his long, white lab coat, looking as smug as one possibly could.
"Muahahaha!" Okabe roared, jumping to Kai's side, and putting his hands inside his coat's pockets. "So the ti has co to take down the organization. I knew I was the key to all this. Only I, Hououin Kyouma, the greatest scientist, can take on such responsibility. Mr. Storm, how do I look?"
Okabe ran his hands through his hair, pushing them back, and the sun's golden light showered his youthful face with bright shimrs.
Kai looked at him, his smile gone. "Pathetic," he said. "Thousands of people are watching you right now, and you had to look like an idiot. Tch!"
Okabe clutched his heart and feigned a heart attack.
Kai frowned, smacked the book on the back of Okabe's head, and said, "You idiot! Is it ti to dwell on playing gas? D-Mail!"
Rubbing his head, and cursing under his breath, Okabe took out the mobile and flipped it open. "ssage?"
Before he arrived at this place, Kai had one specific plan.
He would gather all the knowledge, paying whatever cost. Then, after 24 hours, he would use D-Mail, sending a ssage to his past self, and saying that wait for 24 hours and don't go to the 47's eting. In this way, after jumping to the second tiline, he would have all the knowledge about both species paying no price, as his past self had never even gone to the eting.
Now, though, things had taken a more drastic and murderous turn.
The matter of raiding the Queen's Colony demanded him to get as strong as he could before advancing with his plans.
For that, he must attend the eting orchestrated by Candidate 47. And, as he would go to Queen's Colony just after the eting, Kai needed the information on both the species, i.e. Candidate 47's docunts. So, he couldn't afford to let his past self wait for 24 hours and do nothing.
What Kai did need now was a massive boost in strength in a short period, letting him contend against the monstrous Queen.
And he had just the Item to accomplish such a feat — Afro's Tachi.
Kai couldn't use Xenomorph's blood, for it was acidic and may react with the sword's material if kept in long term with each other, decreasing its quality. On the other hand, Yautja's numbers were few and far between. Not to ntion, it wasn't easy finding them.
What Kai wanted was sothing that could let him enhance his sword's Base Damage using Ruthless Ritual in as little ti as possible. Then, he would use the enhanced weapon to raid the Queen's Colony.
It turned out he had just the targets in mind with red blood and a smooth touch.
Other than him, there were 16 more Candidates in that hall. A number enough to increase his sword's Base Damage by a drastic amount.
Who would have thought... Kai amused himself, grinning. ... Who would have thought that their Bad Luck is my existence?
"Kill all Ritual," Kai told Okabe, as the scientist typed it in. "Queen 9.7036S 160.0619E. Don't use spaces and set it for 24 hours."
"We are just making it," Okabe said, now serious, losing his childish behavior. "34 bytes. Should I send it?"
Kai closed his eyes. Once Okabe sent this ssage, he would jump to the second tiline, not knowing how and what his past self had done in the last 24 hours after getting the ssage. But Kai knew himself. He just hoped his past self would be prudent enough to get the docunts from 47 before slaughtering them.
He let out a breath and said, "Do it."
Let's see if this all was worth it or not, Kai thought, smiling.
"Umm... Mr. Storm?" Okabe whimpered. "It's not working."
Kai's head moved towards Okabe as if he wasn't a human but a machine, slow and chanical. His eyes were dead and demonic, and there was no smile on his face.
The corners of the insane scientist's mouth twitched apologetically. "Haha!" Okabe laughed ruefully, shying away from Kai's gaze. "Sorry, sorry, Mr. Storm. Just joking..."
And then Okabe pressed the button.
Kai had expected sothing, but not this —
An insanely vast image of a microwave oven appeared over him. It was so large that it covered the entire sky. Before Kai's eyes could even move from one edge of this oven to the other, the entire world shook like a TV screen getting a poor signal.
[Divergence Number: 0.1543P]
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