Connection and Referencing Story Element from .hack//LINK

"BEWARE FOR THE ULTIMATE SPOILERS, THOSE WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE SPOILED ARE BETTER TO AVOID THIS PAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT COULD ALTER YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT .hack//FRANCHISE."As for how the Chrono Link and the original LINK is a different story as equal, however, it doesn't mean that they didn't connect to each other, it also brings a whole continuity indirectly together until how the third saga of Third Season Reboot "The End of the Twilight", however, this reference are kept to be indirect until the third episode Re: Countdown as how brings unexpected story will brings a new branch together.

Not just Chrono Link, but RIVES will indirectly connect to the original LINK.

.hack//RIVES

 * In episode 8 of RIVES -Second Season- stated by Ju21 that he had witness something that barely shocking him, which revealed that he saw recording with someone who looks like Tokio, including his battling against Aura who like in some disturbing form along with another PCs.
 * This mentioned that Ju21 had seen the footage about the event of .hack//LINK