Continuity story elements from .hack//RIVES (Chrono Link)

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 * The tutorial gameplay story set-up immediately after .hack//RIVES -Season- 3 Episode 24  The End…?  which set up in the crisis of The World R:3 were they were attacked by Monsters AI from Area words as they attacking the PCs which the monsters being infected by Brainwashed Virus  X-Chain .
 * The mysterious voice which was revealed to be    in Episode 25 -Forthcoming- which mentioned how it lead up to the crisis that happens in The World R:3.
 * That crisis that happens in online games has to affect all networks leading CC Corps' decision to shut down the World R:3, while other players who still trapped in the online game were in a coma.
 * X-Chain  virus was responsible for the alteration of mental mind issues toward PC and start making outbreaks In the Blue Moon Guild Home.
 * Lot conversation as Shopkeeper discussing with Tokio and Akira regarding their missing from The Real World after what happened in the crisis back then that lead them to their disappearance so suddenly.
 * There was no sign for Geist or ENTIES and what they’re doing right now eventually is still unknown, but the crisis might be one of his doing.
 * With gloomy and unviable expression has left them in silently turn also feel shallow as they decide to keep a low profile and wait until the next turn comes from CC Corps when they gonna re-open The World R:3, although they gonna wait for a year to do that.
 * Although Tokio didn’t accept it, forced to do it which he felt disappointed, as he had no choice but to avoid their problems with CC Corp.
 * With news, outbreaks come with few references and callbacks from the RIVES story, which can be found on Tokio’s laptop after school.
 * Over 20 players who played The World has been fallen into a coma due to the incident of Blue Moon Guild home, with one player, Naomi Isshiki (Yun-EL's Player) was found dead and passes away after the incident.
 * Tokio was shocked all this time, Yun-El didn’t make it even though she already escaped into the real world and asked what just happen to her.
 * The several news, rumors, and forums discussing the Legendary PKK and Hackers, ENTIES and her action in RIVES story.
 * But one key news that it been two months since ENTIES didn’t appear anymore in the online game, which is the very unknown reason why the criminal didn’t show up herself ever again.
 * And this must be due to the events of RIVES -Season 3- Episode 23  Last Chance  as what happened to Tokio must be a key and reason why she never showed herself ever again in the online game.
 * This left many unanswered questions within Tokio’s mind and confused regarding her intention.
 * Over 5.000 players fell into a coma after the Crisis networks happen in The World R:3 which caused overload to the hospitality and patient happens in japan.
 * Not just that, several players or more likely over 2.000 players had gained the psychology issues and mental breakdown since the Crisis and Shut down happens, which is likely due to  X-chain  that affecting their minds.
 * Salvador Aihara was mentioned to be missing with no trace with no proofs and evidence where he disappeared.
 * The last place before he disappears could be possible in The Cyber Connect Corporation, which was mentioned in RIVES' story.
 * Over 70% of the entire population of players announced to had a new disease and syndrome following the Crisis of the Network in The World R:3 which was called  Alteration Memoria Syndrome.
 * Which is a disease that been affected by players of The World and those who already login to The World will experiencing their memories been modified causing their original memory which is replaced by new memories.
 * Also with causing an impact on their emotion and behavior in different ways bringing the certain ways they didn’t remember a person they originally met which was caused by the syndrome.
 * CC Corps and government recommend to all players do not log-in to the online game as it will be caused major brains affect causing their memories to change.
 * Over 10.000 players, including people, were missing from the entire population that including Japan following the shut down of The World R:3.
 * There are more several cases regarding student, worker, even children disappeared with unknown reason and there’s no trace including proofs if they were been kidnapped.
 * This was including Soma, Nishiki, Shiho, Hiroshi, and Akihiko, which they’re also missing and never been found
 * CyberConnect Corporation, including the administrator, receives thousands of major backlash and complaints regarding those incidents that were came affected by The World online game.
 * However, CC Corp staff denied their speculation and try to keep the people calm to not get the situation getting a heat, although they’re doing their best to fixing the major issues by Shutting down The World temporary.
 * Although, this was a cover-up made by the Conspiracies of The CC Corp who has something to do on their sleeves and denying their complaint.
 * At the battle between Tokio against Fluegel, while Kite cannot move from his ability, as Tokio face him, however, he had thought that he had met him before.
 * Tokio already met him in the World R:3 since RIVES -Season 2 Episode 7 at the Post-Credit scene, where Fluegel wanting to have a meeting with Davis, the leader of RedDead Guild.
 * Although, he didn’t remember where he met him, due to some part of his memories were erased due to ENTIES almost killing Tokio, but only fall into a coma.
 * Without his PC as he does in RIVES story, he felt powerless and frightened to fight against him in real-situation which lead him for getting attacked with Braieler Rossel, but luckily his attack did not affect Tokio at all.
 * Kite’s request is the same thing that Tokio wanting to do and realize that he came back to The World in different situations that had to do in R:3, thus his new adventure will begin once again.
 * It seems how RIVES is the first chapter, while LINK -Chrono Link- is the second chapter to the story as both titles are interconnected and continue to tied up the story together.
 * Grand Whale is the legendary rumors that he thought was just annoying rumors that been set up by Ju21, however, as Tokio saw it and he knew that he telling the truth about its existence.
 * Which was callbacks story from .hack//RIVES -2nd Season- Episode 7  The Legendary Ship of Grand Whale.
 * The Grand Whales rumors were created by a noisy rumors broker, Ju21 which he appears in the eighth episode in the second season which Tokio with Ju21 investigating the legendary rumors regarding that ship.
 * But their search failed due to Ju21 fall into a coma while he continued to search the ship further that nearly cost his life.
 * As now he saw it, which has proven that Ju21 didn't lie about the ship.
 * Akashic Records had been callbacks since the .hack//RIVES -3rd Season- Episode 1  Friendship in the Matter of Lifes, which CC Corp announcing a new dungeon will be added exclusively in the root town as Challenge Quest, which all players found it weird for putting a new unique dungeon into the Root Town.
 * Akashic Records back in the glory of The World R:3, it was considered as  the expansion update  which was released in a Summer Vacation 2020. But eventually, it was released between the Crisis and Shut down of The World R:3, which makes it even weirder.
 * Saika explains that ever since ENTIES appears in The World R:3, showing the sign how it leads into the shutdown, and she very knew well the possibility if ENTIES were connected to Schicksal and CC Corp, however, ENTIES didn’t show up again for an unknown reason.
 * Mentioned through all episodes of .hack//RIVES and its season, ENTIES appears as the main antagonist until RIVES -3rd Season- Episode 23  Last Chance.
 * She looked into information regarding ENTIES, however, there is only one key information if ENTIES trying to assassinate the important member of CC Corp to fulfill their plan to creating Akashic Records.
 * But who sends her right now are unknown, but it is a possibility if CC Corp was the one who hired her before Schicksal did.
 * After fighting against Tsukasa, she had her determination to wish to stay in the online games of The World after remembering all memories from the Real World, and she never asked someone to reach her as she made solitude to her self by bringing her goal to find where she belongs and die alone.
 * This means running away from reality reminds Tokio about Chewy’s perspective from .hack//RIVES -1st Season- Episode 8  PK Player  which resulting in her to become a lost one and fall into a coma.
 * Because of this, he decided to reach him with help from Subaru and telling him there’s more life than just staying in the online game alone because Online game wasn’t supposed to be made a place where you can solitude forever, but it is place and fate where you can meet someone precious to her.
 * The way Tokio met Geist has been retconned by RIVES' story which he already knew about Geist and starting to think that he might gonna do something like he did back then, which mentioning every event in the 3rd Season.
 * Due to the events of .hack//RIVES -3rd Season- Part 2 Episode 6  Final Salvation, which builds up the first step for Kruger’s development as he grows in despair and grieves until he met Posaune, but eventually brainwashing him to becoming his puppet.
 * Several strong connections to those events bringing a strong reason for vengeance against ENTIES, which he has driven by hatred and despair that makes Brainwash virus getting a lot stronger than before and could go out rampage before it happens.
 * It is confirmed that Davis became an Eternally Lost One, due to ENTIES attacks are not about making people fell into a coma, but people who got PKed by her will died in the real world, which destroying player's brains emulate through P-COM that causing them to death.
 * Following Kruger join with Chrono Link guild and share some information regarding what his leader, Davis’s intent which how his doing has a connection with what Tokio and Saika trying to obtain regarding Chrono Core.
 * Eventually, during his job for Jun Bansyoya for R.A. Plan, he discovered Halard’s old works about Chrono Core which is the transpire core that separated from main living things which it calls right now as the Time Data.
 * He was interested about Halard’s works about Akashic Records, Chrono Core, and Chrono Link Core which is the true reason for Red Dead Guild wanting to discover its secret and how it connected to Akashic Records.
 * And the reason why Kruger went to Turtle island because he was ordered by Davis to find the location of Chrono Link Core which were possibly hidden somewhere in the sea of data that connected with Turtle island, but eventually failed because Kruger met Tokio and Akira back in the day
 * Referencing the events of .hack//RIVES -1st Season- Episode 4  The Legend of Admantinium.
 * But eventually, Kruger didn’t know what kind of reason for David wanting to use and searching for Chrono Core, even though the players PC who hold Chrono Core already retiring from the online games.
 * Possibly referencing Kite, Shino, Haseo, and Tsukasa as the holder of the Akashic Records.
 * But the last secret that his master told him that he wants to finish something that he couldn’t for his old friend's sake from CC Corp,  Jun Bansyoya  to prevent the company used it, but eventually, it came late due to Davis been assassinated.
 * Davis's reason has something to do with Jyotaro Amagi and Akashic Records' discovery, including Halard’s himself.
 * Although all his discovery has been noted in the book, however, his book was never been found after his assassination which is very vital to unlocking the mystery of Akashic Records.
 * Akira had recalled his memory regarding about the mystery of his origin and Geist said back in .hack//RIVES -3rd Season- Episode 25  Forthcoming  before the crisis happens, which he made an offer with Akira that he will help Akira to find what he looking for in exchange that he will join forces with him.
 * Akira has shown signed of his jealously and doubts toward Tokio’s strength at the end of the second season, which how he became stronger now has made Akira afraid that he will surpass him.
 * As he made a very difficult choice, but he wants to do something first by spending time with Tokio and his friend before he prepares for his betrayal.
 * explaining the key behind the progress of Akashic Records and the mystery behind the R.A. plan that Jyotaro has created thus something that connected to it.
 * According to the Jyotaro, if the time data changing too much causing the creation of a new AI-based from past heroes to log data how much they interfering with time data too much, that causing so much risk to the memories of the players In the real world.
 * Creating an AI-based on their log PC data was based on, with the time data been interfering too much will causing awareness of them to realize that they exist in the world that they shouldn’t exist which is how the side effects of the ability that was meant too much for network and online.
 * Sophora revealing something secret in the .hack//RIVES -2nd Season- Episode 12  Sophora’s Last deal  as he is not a human but an AI which he was created without any awareness that lived in the World that he didn’t even know anything.
 * Which is revealed to be a side-effect of its ability bringing major turbulence on its creation of AI.
 * One proof that Hyokawa1 was also an AI created by the abilities of Akashic Records due to he logs out and arrived in the world he didn’t even know as an AI as it was also mentioned in the twelfth episode.
 * Yun-El was already aware of the rotation and side effects that happened in the Akashic Record which were created by Halard’s himself and redeveloped by Jyotaro.
 * One revelation from is how Tokio can get into the online game with his actual body because Tokio possessed the rare ability which never seen before, which known as  Doubleware.
 * The first time  Doubleware ability  was mentioned by David in .hack//RIVES OVA 3  David’s Secret Agenda  which is the ability the let player can freely roam into a network and online.
 * Its ability can only be obtained by participating in the Akashic Line Closed Beta project and it needs to finish the game to surely awaken the awareness of Doubleware ability.
 * One revelation from is how Tokio's friend can get into the online game with his actual body because Tokio possessed As for why Tokio’s friend can get into a The World with their actual body is because their also immune toward the digital space which possibly they also had that ability, however, they Doubleware ability are not original but only just a low-level ability which they can only survive in 5-6 days.
 * If they reached their limit times, they will go to the terminal stage which causing them permanently goes into Outer Dependency Syndrome, and in order words which causing them to lose their memories data.
 * To solve this, Bansyoya wanting for Tokio and his friend to find Zelkova, because he is the only one who can fuse their actual body with their PC and with Tokio’s doubleware sample could making the PC which much looks like Schicksal PC, which made them immune to the ODS and Digital Space.
 * But, the sampling process needs to be more careful than anything to make the new types PC complete
 * But, the sampling process needs to be more careful than anything to make the new types PC complete

Terror

 * The existence of PKK was explained by Sol, in which the system of Player Killer was already formed during the era of The World R:1 which were that system was allowed in the root town and area.
 * But due to the incident regarding Ryou Misaki whose player behind Sora making underused his title as PKK and lot of players became victims due to the existence of PKK system, the CC Corp had decided to erase that system to keep players more safety.
 * PKK system returned and has been reformed with the release of The World R:2, CC Corp never take a statement or reason behind the return of PKK rule system, which is part of the theme concept of R:2 was really about.
 * As for The World R:3, that system had been improving more, including a new PKK Guild home, Bounty Quest, and Arena Tournament, however, those who break the rules will be captured by Cyber Security AI created by CC Corp, with addition their IPs and their PC address will be deleted or being banned.
 * However, the PKs who were hired by CC Corp is not allowed to be captured with permission from its company allow them to do what they want free, as long CC Corp can keep observing them.
 * However, PKs roaming freely and freely PKed the PC as much as they want which was revealed the possibility about the Conspirators pulled the strings into a corner and using PKs with permission for their achievement.
 * .hack//RIVES -1st Season- Episode 7  Canard  and Episode 8  PK Players  shown a proves about their existence.
 * Tokio finally met once again with Silabus and Gaspard who used to be their temporary mentor in Canard, however, it seems they didn’t remember about their time in The World R:3 (During RIVES event)
 * The both that he met in 2016 A.D. was their past version who was part of log data which are based on the record from the previous era, and they can remember Tokio, Sol, and Akira until 4 years later.
 * And so they can’t recognize Tokio’s face either which how time traveling works so far because they didn't meet him.
 * Tri-Edge was mentioned by Kruger as how it became popular on his guild regarding the presence of PKing and how intimidating looks which makes It most mystery, but eventually the hackers announcing Masato Indou to be a true Tri-Edge.
 * Her brother, Takeshi Ninomiya who played the Schicksal PC as Orgel was mentioned in .hack//RIVES -2nd Season- Episode 10  No.99’s Will.
 * Also as she shared the story on her episode how she joins Raven guild to find information about his brother’s missing
 * During Tokio been unconscious while fighting against Orgel, he recalls the events from RIVES as how David, Yun-EL, Ju21, Sol, No.99, Kruger, and Sophora’s word reaches their ideal to him and causing a trigger on his PC which evolving his PC into Time Gear Form.
 * It is revealed that the event of .hack//RIVES -3rd Season- Part 2 Episode 6  Final Salvation  was part of Posaune’s request to ask ENTIES to assassinate his former leader, Davis which is part of his announce for his betrayal.
 * With now, Posaune betraying his current leader and his guild for his personal goal and intent to brainwashed and manipulates Haseo’s fate encounter, by changing and interfering with the 2017 timeline which does not become an inevitable mess.
 * Haseo was mentioned in .hack//RIVES -2nd Season- Episode 4  Treasure and Hunts the Curse  as Tokio’s move reminds his fighting against Haseo, The Terror of Death four years ago.
 * Kruger, Tokio, and Saika participated in the Arena Tournament which found that they will fight against Haseo, The Terror of Death and realize that he can sense the terror as his master did.
 * Ninjato and Seventy-Seven become a key to be one who had to help Tokio and Akira ever since their adventure to discover ENTIES case during the RIVES event, and he returns with his PC brings an action as he became a powerful mentor to the Chrono Link Guild.
 * Ninjato joins with Chrono Link guild since they need a mentor who can Establish and partaking strategy with plans to obtain Chrono Core.
 * Ninjato really helpful for them ever since he searching the information and rumors about ENTIES and he glads to help them again, but this time will be his reason, but indeed wanting to help Tokio and his friend.
 * AIKA mentioning her first met with Saika Amagi in 2017 and they’ve become friends with her ever since, but Saika doing a mission that she never tells her about, however, AIKA aware she has most time problem with her struggle to find information about her brother.
 * This mentioned about ENTIES has been active secretly in 2017, but officially in action in two months after R:3 version released, there’s speculation regarding the connection between Saika and ENTIES
 * “To Avenge Shino and Kill Tri-Edge, you surely must find him”  which is quote came out unconsciously by Tokio himself as he acting very strangely like he trying to manipulate something on his mouth, however, this is not a first time he not acting like himself.
 * In the .hack//RIVES -2nd Season- Episode 4  The Treasure and Hunts of Curse  which he accidentally mocking his enemy with saying  “Bring in on your piece of shit”, which he was very shocked with why he saying words like that.
 * .hack//RIVES -2nd Season- Episode 7  Nishijima81  which he once again mocking him  “Its that all you got, no wonder you are just pathetic than what you just saw”,  which once again shocked him as he never trying to say words like that.
 * In .hack//RIVES -2nd Season- Episode 11  The Grace of Prophecy  which he once again unconsciously saying words like  “If you run, you failed, if you giving up your people, they will die, and if you don’t want anyone else dies, so fight!”.
 * In .hack//RIVES -3rd Season- Episode 23  Last Chance,  however, he unconsciously fighting against her and trying to hurt her with a frightening and intimidating look, due to his anger already reached beyond the limit, causing he feels soulless and with no emotion.
 * All memories of callbacks during fighting between Tokio against Akira, which how tied up their friendship during the RIVES event.
 * Tokio now finally remembering Fluegel’s face as he met with him somewhere in The World R:3, and Fluegel admiring his strength and will as he do it for him to stop Tokio and his friends reaching toward a final stage of The Akashic Records
 * Geist is responsible for not just planting the  X-Chain brainwashing virus  into a Black Copy Disc, he also the one who responsible for Akira’s choice and manipulating Posaune to betraying his current leader.
 * Although this is a second time Geist also betraying someone, that includes Tokio and Akira in RIVES until now which he also responsible for asking Akira to join with him and manipulating his emotion and jealousy for Tokio.
 * But as for Akira, Geist had failed to manipulate him, because he already chooses to abandon his true identity, but still join with Schicksal only to investigate the CC Corps plan and their conspiracies in order to help Tokio from the shadow.
 * Geist seems to know about Yun-EL before her death, as revealed that he’s the one who spread the brainwash virus into the guild home and that leads Yun-EL’s death.
 * It is revealed that Yukio’s player name is Souchirou Hoshi who is also using the PC Name as Metronom which fills the missing scene in .hack//RIVES -3rd Season- Episode 11  The Grace of the Prophecy.
 * He asked her to evacuate from Guild home to prevent her extermination by ENTIES, but she refused as she is aware that she got nowhere to run as her friend was brainwashed and start attacking each other.
 * However, Yun-EL gave Tokio a @L Drive which will able to unlocked the gate which was located on the final floor of the Akashic Records.
 * Although, Yun-EL already passed away due to her disease which became Metronom’s motivation to continued the Real-Digitalization project by stole Doubleware sample, and bringing Immortal Dusk.
 * All exploration in the deepest underground level of Akashic Unrecords/Dark Time, showing several scenes in characters' perspective from .hack//RIVES 1st to 3rd Season, however, the story cutscene has been extended and fill missing piece within the story that never even explored before.
 * Geist’s past which was set in .hack//RIVES and how his point of view after he met Tokio and Akira, also what happen to him between .hack//RIVES -3rd Season- Episode 3  The Friends of Betrayal  and Episode 10  Reabomination.
 * What happens to Shouko, Tokio’s gamer mates during the events of .hack//RIVES and after .hack//RIVES events.
 * Showing Davis point of views at the end episode of .hack//RIVES -2nd Season- Episode 6  The Legendary Ship of the Grand Whale  where he met with Fluegel and wanting to recruit him for Schicksal guild, but, refused its offer because he knew that CC Corp cannot be trusted at all.
 * Also, shed a revelation regarding Davis was an apprentice to Jun Bansyoya, same with Kazumi, however, the two of them went on a different path, while he supports R.A. Plan and Davis didn’t fully support that plan because forcing awakens Goddess will be much impossible.
 * The reason why his assassination happens in RIVES -3rd Season- because he was in charged for what happened to Jyotaro Amagi and the R.A. Plan also the fire at CC Corp which happens because Bansyoya salvaging the sixth phase of the epitaph.
 * Because the plan was failed and CC Corp wanting to assassinate him, he and Bansyoya hiding In surround of system, however, they were separated due to certain incidents, and he was forced to hide with cutting ties with his family and became a wanted man.
 * And eventually, RIVES -3rd Season-  Episode 19 Final Salvation  was proved with him being assassinated which became advantage and opportunity for CC Corp conspiracies to continue the plan
 * Tokio asking Geist to stop becoming like Jyotaro, because he wasn’t like his master did and Geist is his own, not a pawn to his master’s plan.
 * How Geist’s word transcending to Tokio’s ideals and how he lives doing his best as he could to fight for something that was right for him.
 * In epilogue scenes, Sol and Kruger found the book which was hidden in the former home guild which always been held by Davis himself as a secret book in RIVES events which contains a secret report, including Jyotaro’s location.