Ep. 20

Summary

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Although Moeka identifies where the IBN 5100 was stored, Kurisu warns that stealing it could trigger another unpredictable change. Okabe, Kurisu, and Moeka instead watch the location and follow the computer as a chain of operatives passes it toward an airport. One of those couriers is Yugo Tennouji. Confronted at his home, he admits that he is FB, a Rounder forced into SERN's service under threats against his daughter Nae. He recruited vulnerable agents such as Moeka and discarded them after their assignments. Bound by the Rounders' rule for failed missions, Yugo shoots Moeka and then kills himself. Okabe uses Yugo's phone to send Moeka's past self an order canceling the search. The world line changes: both Yugo and Moeka are alive, and the IBN 5100 is once again in the Future Gadget Laboratory. Daru can finally enter SERN's database and remove the record that led the organization to them. As the solution comes within reach, Okabe recognizes its hidden price. Erasing the first D-Mail will return them to the Beta world line—the reality in which Mayuri survives, but Kurisu was found stabbed to death in Radio Kaikan.