Part 9: Okabe Rintarou browses the internet

"...Thank you, manager."

The woman called Amane Suzuha breathes a sigh of relief. Then, she looks at me.



"You want to know my name? No, give up on that. If I told you, terrible things would befall you. There are too many people who were targeted by The Organization just because they knew my name. Sara from America, Claudia from Italy, Simone from France... I can't put anyone else in danger."

"Hey, stop with the retarded delusions."

Kuh. I've been interrupted by emotionless words...

"This idiot is Okabe Rintarou, who's renting the 2nd floor here."

"It's not 'Okabe', I am Hououin--"

"Shut up, or I'll add an extra 1000 yen to your rent."

"...I'm Okabe Rintarou."



"I don't know about this 'Organization' that you're being chased by, but if you have any problems, Okabe Rintarou, you can always talk to me about it. I'm already used to it."

"...Huh?"

She's already used to what?

"Depending on what it is, I might also have to give you a good shaking."

"Mr. Braun, I don't think you should accept her..."

"Yeah, it's dangerous. I'll fire her if she causes a disturbance. Also, the 'Organization' or whatever is something that Okabe made up, so don't take it seriously."

"Made up...?"

"You can keep thinking that."



And so, Amane Suzuha stares at me again. Does she have a habit of looking people in the eyes, or something?

"So this is what's popular today. I'll keep that in mind."







When I returned to Akiba after going to the university in the morning, I was engulfed by an unbearable heat. For now, I decided to stay at a certain bakery in Yodobashi and appears my thirst with an iced coffee.

I'll take this opportunity to check out @channel from my phone. I frequent the occult and future technology boards, and occasionally visit the physics board.



So what I saw really was a delusion...

Some of the threads in the occult section have a person named 'John Titor' posting in them. Titor? After such a long time?



Titor posted that he came from the year 2036 to get an old PC called the IBN5100, while answering the questions of the forum dwellers. He partially predicted certain future events, as well, such as the outbreak of the Iraq war, and the spread of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease.

He tried to prove that he's from the future by explaining the theory behind his time machine and taking pictures of its instruction manual. However, he disappeared after about 4 months without revealing his true identity to the public.

For a while, his predictions became a hot subject in Japan. However, due to the many false predictions and contradictions in his posts, he was met with a lot of skepticism. And now, after 10 years, John Titor is back in @channel?



In the first place, John Titor is American, so why the hell would he post on @channel in perfect Japanese? Well, let's see what he has to say...




Some of the books based on him are translated into Japanese and are being sold here. I got my hands on one of them, and got somewhat interested. That's why I know that what he's posting here on @channel is pretty much the same as what the one from 10 years ago posted.

Regardless of that, this new John Titor is nothing but an impostor. No, the way he's pretty much copying and pasting everything makes him something below that. It's true that John Titor isn't that popular here in Japan, but I'm quite sure that these people won't fall for such a troll.



It feels as if no one is aware of the first time that John Titor appeared. No one is even talking about his appearance from 10 years ago. I tried to post about it, but was completely ignored.

What the hell?! I need to do some investigation on this. There's an American website about John Titor, and tons of personal blogs where people talk about him. I try looking up John Titor on a search engine.