Story Elements of .hack//LINK -Chrono Link-

Characters
Main Characters Chrono Link Team/Grand Whale Member. Schicksal/Destiny CC Corp Terminal Hacker Twilight Knights
 * Tokio Kuryuu - 14-year old and Middle Schooler who survived from the crisis of The World R:3 and Akira's best friend who was known as The Gear of Liberation PC in The Online Game. When he met with Ayaka Koshizumi, and transport into The World R:3 in a favor from Kite to free all PC and Twilight Knights, while finding the mastermind behind the cause. Tokio cooperates with Ayaka to free them with the power of Akashic Records and finding the truth behind the connection between Schicksal, Enties and The World R:3.
 * Ayaka Koshizumi/Saika Amagi - 14-year old and Transfer student of Middle Schooler and same classmate as Tokio & Akira, she was titled as Honor Student the same as Akira, making described both skills to be rival. She's the one who dragged Tokio and Akira (accidentally) into The World R:3 to find Chrono Core. She's imperious, demanding and really rare to show kindness to others, but she really mystery described by Tokio. She has her goal to free all Trap PC and Twilight Knights from the criminal guilds known as Schicksal. Even so, behind her imperious personality, she actually smart to judge decisions, but it ends up to be much careless for her. it speculates by Akira that she has a great secret admiring to Tokio. Her real name remains unknown at the time.
 * Akira Yoshinori - 14-year old and Middle Schooler who made the same class as Tokio which also a survivor from The World R:3 Crisis. 'The honor student who enjoyed a game with his best friend Tokio and sudden being dragged in The World R:3 in dark state. He joins forces with Tokio and Ayaka to obtain the power of Chrono Core. He is friendly and open-minded, even though he was an honor student, he was very glad to join an online game with Tokio whenever he ready, including when he ever feel trouble. he was mostly to be 4th breaking wall characters. he's very skilled with strategy and analyzes the situation which he's key for Ayaka's influence.
 * Niizato (Ninjato as PC Players) - The Shopkeeper of VGS who becomes a fan of the heroes from the previous revision, which is known to be Legendary hackers who fought the abnormalities that begin threats to the World Networks. He also mysteriously known about the information regarding CCcorp and their intention, however, he has a secret that everyone didn't have to know about, except regarding the incident 2014. He's just loyal fans, but his past is very not to be told even to Tokio and Akira.
 * No.99 (Hiyori Izumi) - Tokio and Akira's allies due to their time in The World R:3, although she's from another school and now she went missing trying to investigate the missing people due to the incident shut down of The World R:3, including his former senpai. Although she's tomboyish, and not too girly she becomes an important factor to Chrono Link as she skilled as a General and Skillful with Fighting. Sometimes, she has a crush on Akira.
 * Alibaba (Mio Shinomura) - The Legendary Prestigious student using hacked PC who ventured Akashic Records to discover the past event of the .hackers and G.U. and unfortunately her skill becomes known rates to be wanted by Schicksal. Her reason for discovering Akashic Records was definitely unknown, but she seems to be interesting in Tokio's unique PC which to be aware of as Digitalize and become her goal to discover the knowledge about Real-Digitalization.
 * Nishijima81 (Nishiki Kyojima) - The delinquent who's being popular back in The World R:3 glory's days, also who used to bullied Sol and being lost by Tokio and his friends, with now become friends including Sol. He is included as Missing person on the list, trapped into Unknown Time along with Sol, as he's a member of the TaN guild, he working together in secret with Sol to find a way to escape.
 * Sol (Soma Shigemura) - Tokio and Akira's Loyal Kouhai from their school, he also become a greatest friend and allies to both of them during their time in The World R:3, he also helping them during their investigation about Enties, and he is now missing after The World R:3 shut down, but he was found trapped in The World R:2 era due to Akashic Records. He has his goal to investigate the reason behind his brother's death during the 2014 incident, and the reason behind intention regarding Jyotaro Amagi's secret.
 * Helos Pierce - A mysterious PC who has an interest in Tokio and Chrono Links and wanting to challenge him for Sage Palace Tournament. He seeks cooperation with him in order to find interesting information regarding Schicksal, Twilight Knights & Network Crisis, and he seems to play out his own motive for joining as he has a secret goal that no one could have been known.
 * Seventy-Seven - A upgraded hacked PC from X7, using the power that gained from outside spec-data from The World, he managed to travel through Akashic Records and learn regarding events that have been set, even though he had discovered Akashic Records is a system that becomes a part of Aura's memories. He's the one who guides Tokio and Akira back in The World R:3 and joined force again to solve the mystery behind CCcorp's intention.
 * Kruger - A former member of Red Dead Guild who's become despair and sought revenge against the Enties who put his leader David and his mentor John becoming a Lost One, and being controlled by Possainue which manipulates his Data and hacking his PC to becoming berserk. After he joined with Chrono Link, he desires for revenge against Enties by helping Tokio and his friend to retrieve Chrono Core also to finish what John and David started, as his goal to learn and discover behind Chrono Core's creation.
 * Miki07- The mysterious girl who are secret resident of Grand Whale who've been hidden from outsider for at least months, but she been called by Toki-Runty to help Tokio for Chrono Cores business and it seems that she's very respectful toward others, as for how her background remains unknown at some times, but the story will progress as how her true identity will be revealed.
 * AIKA - The Princess that Tokio's met in his dream, and being a twin-sister figure to Ayaka due to her opposite personality from her. Because of her kind, Cheerful and timid personality become the reason why Chrono Links member liking her, including Kruger who has a crush on her. her origin became a mystery to the team, but if someone has a problem, she would there to help those in need. regarding the relation between her and Ayaka become speculation from Sol and Kruger, but one of the most aware about her existence could possibly Akira and Fluegel.
 * Flugel - The mysterious long white hair and a marksman who was known as the leader of Schicksal, he seems lazy, but also very wise to the situation there, however, he and his member never taking orders from anyone but being forced to do it for money. He is not meant to be a bad guys or being good guys either, but he just deso wha'ts right things even thougt he just doing for the job he takse.
 * Metronom - The member of Schicksal who is also an advisor of the guild, he's an uptight and strict character who needs to deal with his job on the members. He has his admiration for Flugel in the real-world, and desire to protect his master had at all cost and doing in order to succeded the mission, although he had a lot of argument on personal things with Fluegel even he really admire him.
 * Cello - The member of Schicksal, she's also a character who brings holds her guild together even when they had arguments or fighting. Fluegel treating her as her own daughter, but she's a little mature to take care of Fluegel when he doing recklessly on a mission alone. with honest things, she's the smartest member in the group, sometimes better than metronom do.
 * Klarinette - The member of Schicksal Guild, and also pretty high-skill in gym dancer and fighter while also being so-called as an assassin for Flugel. All this time that he only took orders from his leader, but it's not because she wants to, but she really had a crush on him and she does everything to bring her mission succeded. Sometimes her heart can be so changed in little when she met Tokio back in the real world.
 * Orgel - The member of Schicksal Guild, and also the strongest member who had the same as Trommel, but he's very tempered when the situation gets too much heated with possibilities for uncontrol anger due to his personal past. Although he is very impatient, and always gets usually in anger, he never hurting his own member or never defies his leader's order, but it seems that he had trouble to hold his emotion. He is an older brother of No.99.
 * Posaune - The member of Schicksal Guild and also a very own trickster who can bringing lies on his own words toward players, especially his own friends, he can eailly trick anyone but not for the member of Schicksal. He was former Chaotic PK as Miku The Liar until being removed from the list as Chaotic PK, but join Schicksal after being recruited by Fluegel. the As story progress, he hthehis mystery intent that willa led him to betray his own guild.
 * Trommel - The member of Schicksal Guild and also pretty tank position, with the strongest muscle and amount of his data become much known as the strongest PC. He was known back then as the Muscles Heroes during his time in R:2 until he get almost PKed, and being founded by Fluegel for recruiting. During the main story, he's manipulating the SIGN timeline, by becoming a secret leader of Crimson Knight who manipulating events and Tsukasa in order to obtain Chrono Core.
 * Geist - The member of Schicksal Guild, and a very mysterious PC within all members who hold the wild card on his hand with foreseeing what the event he will play out. None of Schicksal members had known about his true intention and his deal with Fluegel, but his smile always hiding something that never wants them to find out, but in tremendous detail, He's ruthless.
 * Genius
 * Shinji Sanada
 * Dr.0
 * No.9
 * Jyotaro Amagi - The Genius programmer that almost match outstanding Halard's skills, he is also the leader of G.U. Project and creator of R.A. Program along with Jun Bansyoya, but ever since the firebreak on CC Corp, his mind being insane, thus get his mental breakdown. He is the key that tied up on RIVES and LINK story and bringing all ties together with his intent and are still mystery even now, he holding the key to how story progression goes.

Other
 * Enties - The legendary Hacker and PKK who is always been enemies to Tokio and his friend since back in The World R:3, and is also the possibility to be a mastermind behind the event of The World R:3 Shut down and Schicksal intent for Chrono Core. Although Enties location is unfortunately unknown, he can appear anywhere as long as she wants, but the problem is Tokio and his friend can figure out the true identity of Enties.
 * Jikanet - The mysterious boy who are the resident of the Akashic Records, unable to learn who he is and why he be able to arrive in Online game, mistakenly as human which has possibility that he's AI, but no one so sure about his past unless Tokio can help him as they retrieving the Chrono Core. The connection between him and Akashic Record are remained unknown, however...

Connection story elements with .hack//RIVES
There is 3-Episode of .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- which has an important plot point regarding the connection between .hack//RIVES and the remake story, it is shown how the remake stories share a connection with anime prequel stories.

Revision

 * The prologue (tutorial) story is set immediately after .hack//RIVES -Third Season- Episode 13, which when The World R:3 was heading toward destruction due to a mysterious phenomenon happen in MMO.
 * The story so far will be brought by Tokio as Narrator which it tells event from .hack//RIVES Season 1 to Season 3 in certain important plot-point.
 * The Shopkeeper was felt bad with Tokio and Akira about what happened John and David, and Crimson Knight who become a lost one. and Shopkeeper cannot contact Soma Sanadamura (Sol), Piros and X7. those characters are from .hack//RIVES which was mentioned.
 * Akira still wandering and researching all data regarding the location of ENTIES, however, it seems that it goes with no luck, and it seems that she logging out from The World completely. This was mentioned what happens to him in Episode 22 .hack//RIVES -Third Season-.
 * At battle between Kite against Fluegel, as Fluegel knows Tokio when he met him in Chaos Gate even was just a while, which was mentioned the event .hack//RIVES -Season 2- Episode 14.
 * Tokio already knows Chrono Core a little by John which a fragment that embodied by 3 Ultimate Hackers, Haseo, Kite, and Tsukasa, which mentioned about John and David's intention on Episode 7 .hack//RIVES -Second Season-.
 * Tokio was shocked about The legendary Rumors about Grand Whale was true, which was mentioned in Episode 5 .hack//RIVES -Second Season-.
 * Ayaka/Saika confirmed the possibility regarding ENTIES to be the mastermind behind the fall of The World R:3 and the possibility to be part of Shicksal as Secret member.
 * Akashic Records was mentioned a few months ago by other players as Big Update Expansion to The World R:3, but to be surprised that it came to this as Schicksal and Enties corrupting the system in Akashic Records.
 * Tokio still questioned regarding Crimson Knights, David and John wanting to obtain Chrono Core as why they really need it was remain mystery, as this dialogue connected surround the story of .hack//RIVES.
 * Tsukasa who wish to be alone in online games was reminds him with Envy who's been lonely and wish to run away from reality, but Tokio Comforting him there's a way to face his reality. Connected the story on .hack//RIVES Envy's perspective who now becomes a Lost One.
 * Akira mentioned there are several people's missing after the destruction of The World R:3 that including Sol, No.99 and Kruger was also missing for a month, and it seems they're been trapped in Different Times in Akashic Records. Which was mentioned about The Destruction The World R:3 in .hack//RIVES -Third Season-.
 * Tokio and Akira met again with Geist which how they surprised he's part of Schicksal. Geist was appeared in .hack//RIVES, as to how his action to be reflected as to how both know about him.
 * Possainue seems to be a former member of RD Guild, who hates his guild master and obsessed to obtain Chrono Core for his own. This seems reason explain by John in the Second Season of .hack//RIVES where one member betrayed him in order to obtain Chrono Core for his own.
 * Possainue seems to be a former member of RD Guild, who hates his guild master and obsessed to obtain Chrono Core for his own. This seems reason explain by John in the Second Season of .hack//RIVES where one member betrayed him in order to obtain Chrono Core for his own.
 * Kruger who still trauma about his guild master and his mentor become a lost one and struggling to join after what happened, and decide to work alone. It was connected to .hack//RIVES -Third Season- as to how John and David become a Lost one.
 * After joining with Chrono Link, he shares his information regarding Chrono Core which is why John and David trying to go find Chrono Core, but the rest is still left behind mystery regarding the reason. This also noted how David and John's intention is still a mystery in .hack//RIVES.

Additional story element
'Attention: These additional story elements are just prototype, not a complete version. There will be an upcoming change when the plan is on set. and this will keep changes after I watching or Playing .hack//Link -English Translation- brought by .hack//Translate, please look forward to the original version of English translate on PSP.'

There are more surprising changes, improvements and retelling in a new direction that didn't add in the list in order to keep more surprise come as to how idea strategy those.

There are 3 Episodes of .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- that will receive all-new elements story which never been presented in the original game:

Revision

 * Brand-new prologue story set immediately after Epilogue of .hack//RIVES Season 3 Episode 12 and also set perfect for a tutorial of the games during the disaster unknown phenomenon happen in The World R:3.
 * You can walk in the real-world which also served as the beginning of the game, and thought it was a linear, and an original story which explained what happened so far in .hack//RIVES from Season 1 to Season 3, but it explained in an important point of the game.
 * And Meeting with Saika has been expanding more which also involving Akira's appearance as well, it also takes 3 Days before went to the rooftop which fills with an all-new cutscene.
 * The expanded fight between Kite and Fluegel, like a surprise as you can play as Kite temporary against Fluegel, and there's dramatic and improvise voice-over dialogue which how it never presented in original.
 * With deep extended cutscene in Grand Whale and depth story which has more funny moments and also explains little deeper regarding Chrono Core.
 * With more additional moments, as Toki-Grunty gives him an Amateur blade and Brave Twilight Sword (which Tokio's main and sub-weapon from during his playing the online game back then and originally presented in original version of .hack//LINK).
 * Also given him Transparant eyeglasses, which based on technologies online that Saika had created, which can use features from the online game.
 * Akashic Records exploring areas expanding into deeper scales at the beginning, and learn few about Akashic Records, and mentioned from .hack//RIVES regarding a massive update expansion dungeon areas which supposed to be part of a major update from The World R:3 that turned out to be messed up.
 * The timeline of The World R:1 (.hack//from 2010 and SIGN from 2009) will be much expanded with major changes, added brand-new character appear, new events, the new plot about RTC & Key of Memories and Akira join the party with Tokio.
 * It also offers few elements from .hack//LINK -Twilight Knights- Manga revolving Tsukasa and Trommel.
 * Trommel's character will be fleshed out and adds backstory regarding his past.
 * Several new moments which never been presented in original games, including Helba's awareness about time memories has changed.
 * New elements Guardian Recorder has tried to pursue them for entering The Gate of Chrono Core, and there are several new moments and teamwork between Tokio and Akira, including Trommel's fight boss will have a lot of major changes with new form bosses from the original version.
 * Tokio and Akira encountering the First Guardian of Recorder Time which has abilities to control the time so it is best to be careful when skills used.
 * A new story element will revolve their formation as Chrono Link as a team working toward a goal to free Twilight Knights and hunt Chrono Core, while confirmed Ayaka/Saika will be a leader while Tokio and Akira will be a member.
 * Adds Major event point from .hack//ZERO -2009/2010- which set between SIGN and .hack event majorly focus on Sora, and Carl also appearance of Posainnue who trying using Sora and his epitaph for his own personal deals to driven out Chrono Core. This event will lead to a major point connection to Haseo in .hack//G.U.
 * It also little developed Saika as characters, about how she cares about the condition that Carl has gone through.
 * Posainnue has a very connection to Haseo/Sora's Player, Ryou Misaki which seems some truth behind will flesh out.
 * There's are a brand-new character, Kruger will be returned from .hack//RIVES but still struggle to join forces with Tokio for what happens to John and Davis, along with his guild in .hack//RIVES.
 * Wiseman and Carl will be joined to your party members.
 * There's a major element story revolving appearance of Enties from .hack//RIVES causing Kruger went berserk and attacking Sora for Chrono Core, but eventually making Sora's epitaph Skeith went berserk as well due to triggering effect from Posainnue.
 * Adds Major event from .hack//Legend of Twilight -2014- which focusing on the mystery behind Aura's missing from The World in Hulle Grantz Cathedral and the tease major story element revolving Aura and the truth behind.
 * Akashic Records will have major elements story revolving Guardian Recorder, Akira's Betrayal, Posainnue's attack, and Klarinnete appearance.
 * The Second Guardian of Recorder Realm which can control area realm including akashic realm itself, so the area can be rotated or messed up which creating open to attack, so Tokio needs to be careful and find the weakness to stop the realms rotating.
 * A new Stronger Final Boss fight on Akashic Records.

Terror

 * The Major and Expand story of .hack//Roots Timeline 2016, but there's also a major changer and big expand which something that never been presented in anime series which marks major changes from it's original, Sol and No.99 will be returning from .hack//RIVES which bringing an all-brand new original story which only tells in .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- story.
 * It also offers major information regarding Haseo's Player, Ryou Misaki, which Tokio will Recognize Haseo as Sora from seven years ago.
 * No.99 will have her own character arc, regarding Orgel and fleshing out the story between them.
 * It adds new story elements as team-up with Ovan as Guest Party Member against TaN.
 * Adds new moments revolving Tokio, Haseo, Shino, Saika/Ayaka, and Sol which never been represented in the original game, and new story elements revolving on Sol.
 * Major new elements and a plot revolving about Ovan and some hints that connected with Sora and SIGN & ZERO event, also an Ovan as new boss with Sol, which set he PKed Shino in Hulle Grantz Cathedral which taking Tokio and Sol to another place in the anonymous area.
 * There are a new major story and plot elements revolving on Phyllo and hints for G.U. events.
 * Extended plot detailed regarding Akashic Records, RTC, Double Ware and Chrono Core.
 * New story moments revolving Shicksal and Fluegel.
 * All-brand additional elements in Grand Whale, revolving Tokio against a new form of Akira (which based on Dark Knight) and learning some of his intention for betraying Tokio by joining Schicksal. This story will be using a dark element story which how it feels dramatically and sense to be betrayed by his own best friend after getting through together since childhood.
 * Akashi Records battle between Tokio and his party against Klarinnette, and expand the dialogues which also set after an incident in Grand Whale.
 * Major expand story elements Maze of End, including a major plot change that replacing Shadow Kite with Fluegel as Boss battle which considering as Major changes to the story.
 * It explained more how Fluegel can get to Maze of End, because he also been here for several months ago when R:3 was released and Maze of End was served Area as part of R:3, however, due to the area become strange abnormalities, and it's decided to erase the area from list, however, Fluegel using his hacking Area to go through here as soon that area become a "Lost Area", and suddenly met with Tokio.
 * Major new story element revolving on AIKA with Tokio.
 * Tokio's despair pre-getting his Xth Form, which adds his new flashback regarding his past real-life situation until now, which how back then he was alone and only bragging himself with his dream to become a hero, and always hate study and school with the only game he likes had made his life better. (These flashback story elements will be based from .hack//LINK -Twilight Knights- Manga)
 * It also developed a major serious backstory revolving back then when he always thought that even he's a strong kid, but realizes that his weak and unable to save someone who precious to him.
 * The scene how he gets his Xth Form will be extended, but the name will not an Xth Form (but same similar design from Xth Form), but rather a 3rd Form which upgraded version from his PC from .hack//RIVES. with special elements and weapon gear from Akashic Line.
 * Major expand story elements in Akashic Records Battle against Orgel, which revolving on No.99, also offer a brand-additional story which never been presented in the original game.
 * First, you need to fight against the Third Guardian of Recorder Space which has abilities to control over space area and you have a time limit to attack him before he moved you into another place to place.
 * Extended Orgel's flashback in-depth while it also added major story elements revolving No.99 and Orgel in the Real-life.
 * Saika/Ayaka's dialogue regarding Orgel will be deep than in the original version and new story elements revolving Sol, and No.99.
 * The Major and Expand story of .hack//G.U. Timeline 2017, but these events will be majorly based on .hack//LINK -Twilight Knights- but with Reworked and Rebooted version from its manga version which keeps the few directions of character's appearance from the original games, but it surely had an all-brand new original story.
 * It also major reworked appearance on Ninjato and new story direction with its new elements that presented more ambitiously, but also refreshing.
 * With reasoning a changes from the original timeline, because one member of Schicksal, Posainnue still around trying to controlling Haseo, just like once controlling Sora.
 * It will use Haseo in 3rd Form, but it also adds sightly improvement toward the 3rd form and add some parts from Beast of Apocalypse from .hack//G.U. Trilogy Film.
 * New Development for Saika/Ayaka, which fleshes out her new side of her characters and her New PC "The Panzer", including AIKA's involvement in this timeline.
 * As this story from the manga version will be different, it also adds involvement with 99, Sol and Alibaba.
 * Helos Pierce and Seventy Seven will return from .hack//RIVES and participates in a Sage Palace Tournament.
 * A new story element revolving Akira to be also involved in the Sage Palace Tournament.
 * Atoli, Pi, Yata, Kuhn, Silabus, Sakaki and Gaspard will appear, including Tokio's awareness regarding Yata's revealing himself to be Wiseman from seven years ago.
 * AIDA will also appear in this event.
 * New story elements revolving Tokio and his team against Ovan in creator rooms, and new mysterious Character appear which call himself as No.9 which was not part of Shicksal members.
 * Recreating elements Tokio date with AIKA to show around Mac Anu, but it also adds a new perspective for Saika/Ayaka, which might see some of her true self witnessing Tokio with AIKA.
 * All-brand new stories in Akashic Records will encounter the last of Guardian of Recorder, which held even more suspicious and strange behavior about them and tries to free Haseo.
 * The last Guardian of Recorder Paradox, which has abilities to see the illusion and controlling the time at free will where you take a place. Tokio needs to be careful to face him and find his real body or your memory will be caught by alteration and memory modification.
 * Tokio may witnesses that Haseo's PC will be 5th Form, instead Xth Form as how it consistently happen on .hack//G.U. Vol.4 Reconnection.
 * Metronom will be a boss fight, but it also add-some depth which making connection led to Episode 3 of .hack//LINK -Chrono Link-.
 * All-brand new stories of .hack//LINK Timeline 2019 in unknown space, revolving their fight between Akira and Tokio, with AIKA trying to find a way to stop them, but as for Saika however she has no reason for that. Meanwhile, Haseo, Tsukasa, Yata, and Pi with Helos, 77, Sol and Kruger encountered with Geist and No.9 and the story will start reaching its climax soon.
 * There are a twist and truth behind Akira's intention and aware that there's a traitor in Grand Whale who is responsible for every scene that befalls on Twilight Knights and Shicksal and somehow could be a true identity behind ENTIES PC. The truth about his participation in Akashic Line Closed beta will be revealed.
 * This story will gather materials and plot about the mysterious connection between AIKA and Ayaka/Saika, speculation about the real princess that Tokio met in Akashic Records back in 2014.
 * Ayaka Yoshizumi's real name will be revealed as Saika Amagi by Akira's himself, the little sister of Jyotaro Amagi who responsible for RA Program projects.
 * Major Expand story elements, where Tokio, Saika, Chrono Link teams and Twilight Knights are now together headed toward Akashic Records and Find Aura, and Sol predicting the possibility for Shicksal to appear, including Akira.
 * There are more new moments pre-battle against Shicksal, revolving on Team Chrono Links, Haseo, Tsukasa, Ovan and Sol.
 * Tokio and Party members need to fight four of Schicksal members but with Akira's Absent.
 * There are more new dialogues which never been represented in original, regarding why Saika/Ayaka so much wanting to save his brother.
 * The First final boss will be The King of Akashic Records Chrono has 4 forms and its abilities, which will use all-weapon gears from the guardian, which had a different move-set and attack skills. The King of Recorders will be the most powerful bosses than anybody can face.
 * The second/final boss will be "Akira" using ultimate hacking on his PC which improves and merged elements with all-Guardian of Recorders including the King as well.
 * The way scenes showed how Aura's corrupted become little different, but it also expands story elements as to how Tokio will losing his power and letting Akira free Tokio from X-Chain with cost losing Tokio's power while Akira sacrifice and letting the X-chain to corrupt him. his sacrificial will be more dramatics and also heartwarming.
 * A new ending will show a major cliffhanger and Fluegel with the remaining member of Shicksal (except Geist and Metronom) join forces with Twilight Knights and Chrono Links, while Tokio sleeps for coma and AIKA was there for him.
 * In the epilogue scene, man name Genius appeared on Aura's reborn as corrupted, including Akira becoming a new Azure Dark Knight which surpassed the three of Azure Knights.
 * The secret ending will be much twisted and majorly teasing on Saika development which her secret will soon be revealed in the Third Episode of .hack//LINK -Chrono Link-. and Sol trying to speculate and tie all connection to his suspicious with Saika.

Countdown
The third episode Countdown is different from the second half from .hack//LINK Timeline when it reaches climax, as how it takes 4-5 hours for the main story, and the final episode will be 30-35 hours for the main story which how the story of Countdown will diverge from the original .hack//LINK story, which expands the story that never been presented from the original version.

There are few elements from .hack//LINK Story will be reworked and different from the original game, such as: There's massive new story element for .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- Episode 3 Countdown which never been presented in the original game, such as:
 * Coming Soon

Disaster Concept of The World Arc
Info: Set after defeating Jyotaro Amagi.

After the collapse of the Akashic Unrecord and Jyotaro Amagi become a lost one, Saika still mourns over the loss of her brother and No.99 and AIKA comforting her sadness. Meanwhile Sol and Cello working together to find Ninjato's location, and suddenly found out his where doubt which fastly Chrono link team trying to go where Ninjato is.

Meanwhile, Ovan and Yata were already there with Ninjato who is now trying to locate his former loyal kouhai, Genius who is thought to be responsible for the corruption of Aura and the Real-Digitalization with cooperation with Jyotaro Amagi and decide to stop him...

Cardinal System Virus Arc
After the battle between Ninjato and Genius, causing Niizato to fall into a coma while Genius been escaped and Saika disappears with no clues to find her with AIKA is trying hard to find a clue where she might.

Meanwhile, Sol secretly trying to figure out the diary that been left by his brother before his death regarding the Cardinal system which is a key to unlocked the door of The True Akashic Records that lies between in secret space which holds within Akashic Records and unrecords.

While Tsukasa makes his way to the True Akashic Records, however, someone who from True Akashic Records greeted him and for some reason knows about him for a long time, but seems not being suspicious, however, it caused Tsukasa to disappear as well as Mimiru. Tokio, Sol, and No.99 rushed to find Tsukasa as soon as possible.

Fourth Network Crisis Arc
After learning the truth about True Akashic Record, it was making a shock that Halard was the one behind the creation, which the risk to save Aura needs to rewrite the system log data and the world program which is how it supposed to be and the memories of them including Tokio will also be rewritten.

Meanwhile, Tokio, AIKA Kite, Black Rose, Pi and Yata trying to figuring out how to deal with Digitalized of the real people has gotten into The World without their PC, with forthcoming of Fourth Network Crisis. and Because of this Kite and Tokio encountered with Cubia which this time is a PC but on some other time, there's a truth that never been revealed before regarding a secret that Halard and Jyotaro had left to them.

Meanwhile, Kruger encountering Saika there...but her face and her emotion are felt dark and empty...

Morganna Arc
Tokio and Haseo working together to put stop the crisis, however, Haseo's avatar starting leaking out and suddenly bring forth not cubia, but more dangerous than just a threat is known as "Morganna Mode Gone" starting to make problem on them, and while Ovan seems had problem to defeat her, thus his avatar Corbenik being stolen by Morganna. Tokio and Haseo find a way to defeat Morganna, but there, they met No.9 who end up had a negotiation with Tokio regarding a way to save Aura.

Meanwhile, Kite encountered Endrance who has a long-time business with him from 10 years ago, much Saku confused what comes on his mind...or is it about the incident that happened to Mia long ago.

The True Akashic Record Arc
Tokio and Chrono Link, including Fluegel, Cello, and Klarinnete Guild has finally reached to the True Akashic Records and find a way to restore Aura from its corruption meanwhile AIKA Sense the strangeness of its abnormalities inside True Akashic Record, while Zelkova and Lios guiding them to find a way to get through.

And the gate was now been protected by three azure knights, including Akira who now became an Azure Dark Knight who ready to fight them, Tokio rushed himself wanting to save him from Aura's corruption within him which is also from his doing as well.

But Geist, who still alive despite being destroyed due to Jyotaro and now in the brinks of his emptiness and despair having to learn the truth behind his intention try to go to True Akashic Records for unknown reasons, but it has to be connected with his origin.

Aura's Restoration Arc
Now Tokio, AIKA, Chrono Links, Shicksal and Twilight Knights ready for a final battle against Aura, and with The "Reset Key System" which was taken from Cardinal System, will be a great chance to restoring Aura from its virus that controls her mind. but there, they met Genius who was already there waiting for them.

Tokio now needs to have a chance risking the choice they made who will gonna sacrifice themselves to save Aura, however, he can't sacrifice himself just yet, he still needs to find out where Saika is.

The Truth Arc *True Ending path*
Fluegel finally figuring out regarding Saika's location, and it seems that the condition to reach her might gonna be hard to follow due to the system abnormalities due to damage from Dark Aura who causing ultimate steers to The World, and it takes several hours to find a way to where Saika is, without doubt, that Saika was the one who made it very hard for them to find her.

Meanwhile, Tokio asking a favor to Akira regarding the truth behind the experiment Doubleware and Saika, which was saved on her laptop data, however, it was protected with Security Gate, all they need to do is to hack the data, but left in no hope...

However, AIKA came to help for both to open the security system and learn the truth behind every scene that Saika did, including connection to Akashic Line that once Tokio and Akira are played.

Answer Arc *True Ending Path*
After learning the truth about Saika, he have to made decision which can be reflect on his future, and based on how arguments wanting to get rid Saika due to her criminal status several months ago, while one of pro wanting to Saika's life in sake to find a way to deal with her mental problem.

As Tokio choosing to save her, AIKA and Akira join with the Chrono Link team for the final mission to save Saika Amagi.

Meanwhile Genius, however, trying to using Saika for one important mission to kill Tokio as due to his memories limit how it can hold off until his memories being rewritten due to the effect of True Akashic Records, it's only matters of time to go where Saika is.

The Final Battle begins, The truth they've been searched will soon reach the climax!!

Twilight Knights
Twilight Knights are the Armies who were created by Aura based on Log memories data from past PC who’ve been written to their history in the past time.

Based from their memories of log data and their old archive character data with recreation into a new version of themselves with new jobs and version fit to the current revision just as a creation from Aura, but the only PC who was really called by Aura is, Kite, Haseo, Tsukasa, Black Rose, and Ovan.

Those armies have purposed to stop Schicksal and the CC Corp AI Security Program from taking Aura away from The World. But due to how powerful Schicksal is, including their unique PC become something that undefeatable, and due to someone putting Mysterious supreme virus bug from Akashic Records and infect them by turning them into Moonstone.

The kite was the only one who has been escaped, thanks to the new version of the bracelet and power of Azure Flame Kite, however, it will no longer later.

The Fall of Twilight Knights
The event was describing their failure to stop taking Aura away and seal her into Akashic Records as she now being trapped with their battle against Shicksal and CC Corp AI Security System, had resulting something that very twisted.

Their fall and the spread of the Virus Bug to the network causing the crisis of the World R:3 and turned out to be shut down by CCCorp.

Those fallen hackers and PCs are being trapped by MoonStone due to the someone who has ultimate hacking skills to release the virus and stopping PC from moving, with them being petrified into moonstone return into Real-World with their memories being altered due to existence of Akashic Records, while their original memories being trapped in MoonStone.

And thus their fall led up to the story of LINK -Chrono Link-.

Black Copy Disc
The unused archive Disc which long ago created by Halard Hoerwick over 12 years ago which was used to digitalize himself into the online game The World. It was redesign, reworked, and re-improves by Jyotaro Amagi which improving capabilities to enter and also used fit on The Real-Digitalization user.

The black copy disc can enter the actual body into the network but in exchange for their physical body turning to PC with Data manipulation which led you freely travel into the data, and can only bring 1-2 people to transported into the online game, and it needs one person to activate the disc.

The existence of the Black Disc Copy is still unknown to the other players even to Tokio, and it seems that the disc seems to contain much-hidden power that never been shown up before.

Chrono Link Guild
The main guild that been formed by Tokio Kuryuu and Ayaka Yoshizumi/Saika Amagi due to more of Tokio’s friend join as a member of the team which led up to the creation of the guild. That guild was created who had the same goals to restore the online game The World and bring back all PCs into normal states, by obtained Chrono Core and restoring Akashic Records before Schicksal did.

The name came accidentally from Akira Yoshinori who came to talk regarding about History of Chrono Link and supposing that name will be a new name for their guild. It might annoy Akira somehow, but new guild names and goals will bringing a way to restore the network and reaching new clues that will lead to ENTIES’s plan.

Chrono Link had one mission, to find the true identity behind the mess crisis of The World R:3 which led up to its shutdown and preventing Schicksal to obtain the Chrono Core for their own goals, which means they need to get it first.

Saika will be a leader, while the Field Leader will be in charge by Tokio and Akira.

Schicksal
The most hired criminal groups and ultimate guilds which came from illegal rumors who are revealed to be true, which’s been hired by CC Corp. Fluegel/Ryuuji Sogabe is the leader of the Schicksal, made the purpose of using Akashic Records and Altering Aura’s memories into the corner to obtain the Chrono Core from Past Heroes PC.

They using the special unique PC, created by CC Corp known As Schicksal PC, which merging the consciousness between Real-Body and PC altogether, which is almost perfect for Digitalization. Not playing as Evil or manipulating, but they do everything to be a reward for money to pay or something for their living in terms. To find their happiness, they must succeded in the mission to obtain the Chrono Core.

There are 9 members of Schicksal but been resign due to personal reasons, and it was a possibility if the Ninth members of Schicksal, ENTIES to be responsible for the Fall of the Twilight Knights.

Schicksal PC
Schicksal PC  is   also known as  In-Digitalize PC, which was created by CC Corp and given for the members of Schicksal, including their leaders.

It created to merged the conditional between Real-Body and PC that bound together to the same condition, once the PC is attacked or injured will impacting to their real-body as well, thus making the critical risk to their psychological and their bodies movement physics.

Each their Unique PC been given, receive unique special abilities and skills with their freedom character design PC, their favorite jobs, and their weapon which desires from the players. It has gone out through experiment and 7 subjects were succeded to become a Schicksal PC, in terms merging their Real Bodies with PC consciousness at the same time but must prepare for the risk to their bodies reaching the limits.

Their PC become a key to how Twilight Knights been defeated by them, one can theorize the possibility from someone who was also a member of Schicksal in the shadow and the one who help them to accomplished the mission.

Grand Whale
The legendary Network Ship which originally came from annoying rumors during their time in The World R:3 which turns out to be true. Grand Whale is the Lost Object Ship of the online game which was originally resident in the early of The World R:1 but being forced to delete due to enormous bugs with those content.

The ship was survived and become Core of the Netslum in 2008 created by Helba to become a place for hackers to gather. But after the shutdown of The World R:2, Netslum has been reworked in process upgrade, but longer it process causing the separation of Grand Whale and Netslum. Thus Grand Whale became an independent ship once more and thus Saika founded the Grand Whale and making her home base for Tokio whenever Tokio will log in into the World.

The grand whale becomes home base to Chrono Link Guild and Twilight Knights, which has capabilities to travel beyond hacking space, realm, and network, including Time Heist hacking of the Akashic Records, also capable to perform stealth mode which made the ship invisible to see by many players.

How Saika found the Grand Whale was by accident when she came to the unknown Lost Ground and suddenly found the ship which confirming the legendary annoying rumors were true.

Many players have speculated regarding the ship’s existence and most players called it as myth and non-existence rumor, but some players have investigated and theorized it which somehow has some hints regarding its location, and somehow possibly true.

Akashic Records
The Akashic Record is the labyrinth of Time which contained all memories of log data which are the collection of Aura’s observation, which also the Aura’s memories. It is a nexus based on the Compendium Library of the Past, Present, and the Future based on the originality of its own from the PC’s memories.

It was protected by the Guardians of Recorder who protecting the Library from someone who wants to change the time and the event. If they use the Akashic Records to change the time and their fate will cause all players who played the online game from previous revision stating to an Alteration Memories Syndrome, causing them forgetting those who they originally met during the past time.

Using the Sea of Memories as the gate to the destination of the past time, even though it is just a Data Log which created from Past PCs Memories, which relieves so many events that happened to the players and the world as to how it recorded in Akashic Records.

Akashic Records was created way back during the early era of The World R:1, but has been recreated and reworked in a new version by Genius and Jyotaro Amagi, which are used to store all PC’s Memories log data and recorded only in Akashic Records which located in Deep CyberConnect Network System.

It is a main key story to the LINK Story, as Tokio and his friend using the akashic records to stop Schicksal rewritten the timeline for their ambition, and obtain the Chrono Core before they will obtain first.

Akashic UnRecords/Dark Time
The Dark Time, also known as Akashic Unrecord which is the junk and hidden memories of log data that never been shown up in the past time, or many times they traveled. It was labeled as The Lost Dungeon and also the Forbidden Area to explore.

It was covered with all Hidden Memories of Log Data that never even been told, or never as actually planning to be told which intended to keep hidden to avoid the darkest things happen for those who travel the past time.

Those are also part of Aura’s memories, and only her who knows the truth of the terrible things happen to Players and the other as well, but she’s patience and hoping for what might best for players, but only to observe them.

It contains horrible experience, and Secret events that never meant to be shown by anyone, even they will show what it contains from Dark Time only bringing nothing to suffering, mental breakdown, and traumatic experience, by going to deeper and deeper of floor levels will contain even more suffering, traumatic, and darkest memories which never explained any of it, but it also contains a lot of information about what they didn’t know.

Those events become a key to the future titles story and it’s tied to the upcoming title, and also as the opening to the Third Season of dothack Story.

True Akashic Records
The true existence of Akashic Records and the forbidden areas that are never supposed to travel by players, hacked PC or even Unique PC could never enter the most forbidden area.

For those who enter that area, and slowly their memories will be lost and replaced by alternate memories that never supposed to be their memories either, consisting the cause of Alteration Memories Syndrom will come into the worst stage. If that happens, there will be no way of restoring their original memories, even Chrono Core cannot do help for such a situation, which brought disaster to players in confusion.

The continuation of exploring the area will only bring risk to their psychology mind and their memories will be overlapped cause their images, personality, and memories started to change.

True Akashic Records is the final place of the Third Episode of Chrono Link which can be unlocked when players choosing answer more carefully at the end of the First half.

Chrono Core
The key orb which is the main key item to LINK Story, which is the key system operator of the Akashic Records and it is a way to restoring its operation & free those Legendary hackers who’ve been trapped in Akashic Record.

It is unknown and mystery how Chrono Core being planted on Haseo, Kite, and Tsukasa, but Schicksal might be ordered to obtain the Chrono Core from past legendary hackers and it holds the key to the powerful amount of data and gathering the lost data minding to absorb into creating new powerful PC character, and Chrono Core is key to bringing something the possibility.

The keys of the Operation system being guarded by The Guardian of Recorder who protecting the system operational in preventing to operate it in its own bad will or preventing the risk happen toward Player’s memories.

Chrono Core becomes something that Saika and Chrono Link been looking for and wanting to obtain it before Schicksal obtains it first. As the story progresses slowly will lead up to the origin of the Chrono Core.

Reprogramming Time Code (RTC)
The code of the reprogramming character PC system is a way to saving the PCs and Twilight Knights from MoonStone virus and their Alteration Memories Syndrome.

It can be used to reprogramming the PC system, and free all original memories who are trapped within a moonstone, although the normal people still unable to return normal unless they need to clear all levels of Akashic Records.

RTC Orb is a sub-key system from Akashic Records, as Chrono Core is the main-key system, which most likely resetting the PC programs and returning them into normal, however, it takes a lot of time to make reprogramming them fast, the player must gather more the RTC Code orb to free them from the moonstone virus.

Key of Memories
To unlock the memories of time event, it needs requirements by using the Key of Memories which are the ways to new time events which been locked away by Aura.

Those are fragment keys which been scattered across the time of era, and being held by the resident monster creature from Dark Time, known as Zeit, the monster who was born by abnormalities and negative emotion analyzation of Human PC taking the form of Dark Monster purpose to bring cause relapse of PC’s Memory log data.

He holding or storing the fragment keys of Aura’s memories for something out of their knowledge and preserving desire to learn and evolve, and to defeat the Monster called, Zeit, you need to do something to keep out their existence from Players of the past time, and it needs several strategies to defeat them because their strength is very vulnerable and much twist in strength.

Akashic Line
The online beta tester which it was created by Jyotaro Amagi before he being hired by CyberConnect Corporation for G.U. The project, however, it granted permission from CC Corp to be its publishers due to secret research and programming.

Not much known the connection between Closed Beta and the connection to Jyotaro’s research, but according to a Classified CC Corp files, The closed beta was used for testing the participant subject who can become a The Real Digitalization.

No one knows when it’s released in Open Beta, but Closed Beta only released for 3-7 months, and due to unknown reasons it has been shut down by him. Although the files didn’t show why Jyotaro can be hired by CC Corp with taking part as Leader of G.U. Project and why also he deciding to shut down the Akashic Line which remains a mystery at all times.

But according to some players from The World R:3, they’ve been discovered the mysterious City and Kingdom which was still to be unknown, but it sure confirmed, The Akashic Line still surface in Deep Ocean of Data after the shutdown and because of this, AIDA found their way to access the Akashic Line.

According to another classified file from CC Corp, Tokio Kuryuu taking part in the experimenting the Real Digitalization as a subject No.8.

Enties
The Legendary of PKK and Hackers which was known by many players from Newbies to veterans of The World R:3 and most notable to be a dangerous PC that they ever faced.

Tokio and his friend had been encountering with him many times and had been fighting against her so many times as well. However, no one could ever possibly knows about ENTIES’s true identity. He was presumed by Tokio and his friend to be the mastermind behind the Fall of the Twilight Knights and the corruption operational of Akashic Records, which is now still never been found until now.

According to the new information Alibaba and Saika, Enties is a possibility to be a secret member of Schicksal and was never been listed as a member due to her rarely being shown up. As the story progress, ENTIES is still become a main key role to LINK Story as they still figuring out his true identity and his true intent, while they hunt for Chrono Core.

Some according to the source, that ENTIES may have an actual connection with Jyotaro Amagi.

X-Chain
The mysterious virus which considered to be the strongest type of all bug and virus within Tokio which came from Black Disc Copy, even Aura couldn't stand a chance even become an Ultimate AI, as plan result from Immortal Dusk Project.

It Speculated as story progress that the X-Chain virus was not from Black Disc Copy, but someone else hacking Tokio's PC, therefore it was part of the traitor's doing who has a connection with Enties.

Guardian of Recorder
It is not an Angel or a Demon. The Guardian of Recorder is the one who guards the operational of Akashic Records and keeps Aura's memories from someone to change it in a corrupted way. But due to Schicksal, they begin to increase security and increase their data more, and because of this, it becomes a challenge to Tokio and his friend to put the Chrono Core to the main control system.

There's a 4 guardian, and each guardian had their unique and different techniques implemented on them.

King of Recorder 'Chrono'
The Leader and protector of the Gate of Chrono Core, and he has been protecting Akashic Records and Aura with his minion for last longer to prevent anyone to go near Aura. The Chrono is the source of all Chrono Cores and the strongest guardian which becomes the hardest to defeat.

Chrono was used to be a PC, but due to his player passed away in R:1, His PC mind keep intact and evolve from time to time due to spending his time to grow and evolve with amounts of data on the Internet and The World.

.hack//LINK -Chrono Link- Episode 1 Revision -RE: Start- DLC story

 * Akira's episode I "Regretful of Betrayal" - After the end of .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- Episode 1, he joins with Schicksal for his mysterious intent trying to want to know more information about Schicksal and CCcorp intention for bringing a shut down to The World R:3. Akira begins had a nightmare regarding for his betrayal toward his best friend, Tokio Kuryuu and trying get grip for his goal. However, he suddenly unable to do that, but instead doing his own mission to patrolling to R:2 Era.

See Also...

 * .hack//LINK -Chrono Link-