Lab Member No.009: Why She Left the Lab

Akihabara. The second floor of a certain multi-tenant building. That's the Future Gadget Lab. And I am Urushibara Luka. I'm just one of the few 'lab members' gathered by Okabe Rintaro, who we call Okarin. I don't have any special powers. I'm not a genius like Kurisu, and I don't know my way around machines like Daru. I don't even have a healing smile like Mayuri's that puts everyone at ease... Still, Okarin made me a lab member. He told me, 'You are my valuable asset.' Those words alone made