He didn't answer right away.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxNaMKSofb
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Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscrI4mwfzj
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxHEp5VlA0
to be rewoven before it could respond.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9sUxVBUwB
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"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDzIzoRfRX
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"You were never given a choice,"15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZn0DTqw1X
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EGbHmD0L4
but with currents hidden deep beneath.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKYdeYWAr8
"What you've always had—was burden."15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWcKquXLp5
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He tried to speak,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hEPidCJqk
but his throat was parched,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0pHPFoEGo
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1kWtC6CGA
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJwAZYO2gV
and the cross in his pocket—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1MlRdIqm5
all pressed against his breath like a weight.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch0OP240du
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"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPiYPAvQkg
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfc5jdoDrk
"Then understand this:15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGJxAV3PP9
your memory was never from a single source."15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZSI9J1kd7
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"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wfkV4pMai
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"You've been… adjusted.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGgRCWbkXy
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExSHISCUIV
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBFmlWyjZK
"Each moment you remember—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ1GaatOXD
may come from yourself,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4ZdZmsHje
another version of you,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2YNSSC0C0
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatrvCBQAUf
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Silence stretched between them,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1KsSejzKy
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlAeHe48DS
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He suddenly remembered the photo—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuoaE7HIvF
the clock frozen at 28:01.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyanjLLyEJ
It wasn't the end of time.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQiNsNGxf8
It was a new beginning, in another form.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7yFGAfgCU
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"So who am I now?"15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AvqB0ee6D
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmReyjfkieD
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Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQAq5OIk8k
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKRcb3hQeY
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"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVuRLSDASA
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The moment those words landed,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHq3d7J36x4
something inside him stirred—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f6VvHF4D7
not breaking,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx0yGyI9xC
but realigning.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfVNlRYXAP
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"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTgOPrLBYI
"come back to me.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaE2pwoNLw
But remember—don't be late again.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjlS4fAeyV
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EFBsLWbiq
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The lights in the hallway flickered,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJRNG0QYHk
like a memory signal about to be severed.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Vi8aQgO2l
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj4YqVjaNi
He stood still.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCxkwhHQZf
Didn't chase,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfmM3k2iyN
didn't turn back.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjwGUJNfot
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeYgHENbq1
Because he knew—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWcJ4N9sfu
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaZFv4Ducf
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He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDZv5ebFu7
His fingertips trembled slightly.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0s3CBgirR
It wasn't just cold metal—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpC8SHqWhK
it was a key to every possibility.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiY7cUwRNcg
A key to memory,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2vdtabkCn
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrvytzDpt4
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The door was opening.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YgVCrlnVC
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---15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9491fgwbDk
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When he left the LUOYEH base,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfYSS8LGrU
the sky outside hung between two extremes—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem7c7OTbGH
not day,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC81eq3xlIv
not night.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAzqbem1Sl
A soft light drifted through the air,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg41Fs9xNZ2
carrying whispers left unfinished.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwVbshgoON
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As he entered the alley,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEF7wtfHn3
his phone screen lit up on its own.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIMpLIqFD2
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5DyWnMeZc
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February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4015Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSx5OOjAmx
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He froze.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNl5ySwKFj
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That was impossible.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3WaioLCi8
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When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBRLHfi00j
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ2N9Gi7tV
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJXqdRAB35
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Even stranger—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvpmuK8Ljp
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2l928Nb1M
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfCXtf9KNy
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQulD5HjZL2
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvT9pB81SMg
"How long have I walked again?"15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzQwG17veq
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pbQBNUsm5
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He opened his notes app,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZf4Zevfqz
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6r6sSWGjp
only to find a line he never remembered writing:15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu82Lh3Vn2C
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[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFKjnc6r2c
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvho6k2ONd
[Do not return.]15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCV7EBHMdm
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He hadn't written that.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiyDanOV19
But it was in his voice—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooTR3uJhk2
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNeDklvoz1
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5vcxDucfS
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He tried deleting it—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzweJN2smgz
but nothing happened.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf06T3yKN8
His finger brushed the screen,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzce0e4V0co
and the entire device seemed to chill.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ir0VjVsHB
Tiny static flickers danced across it—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1cOI1Ai1m
like interference.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYROkWdhcei
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Then he knew—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYIlITbrYu
this wasn't a warning.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLOPANpsXQ
This was a trace of timeline interference.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQs4A8q0v7
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He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELYSnRz49K
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At a far corner,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwuoYm2aic
a figure flashed past—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZihT7VBl9p
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1hA806k0D
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAidUV4WOt
the eyes not his.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCni5i4Jil
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCBFMrDkIy
Yet—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdskFPqSct4
not entirely not his.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOR0tTSujY
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He turned sharply,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4g1VH8xucj
ready to chase—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCEmPH8qnf
but stopped.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi3mkf5YeZ
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOTBaFiLZA
Because he understood:15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVdWxqHWCG
if he approached,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r0PLXyeYC
he could never come back.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9wmXr3Btu
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwwbVmBi5r
He whispered,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6JAcGUoPo
"28:01… is it beginning?"15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22CoKnsWui
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40DYW7fXYu
He drew the cross from his pocket,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTx3JRuxzWz
held it in his palm—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32xZVRQWkX
as if testing whether it would respond again.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKYyB7CrVQ
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7L7iaRHgZ
Cold.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTINLh3q6b
Silent.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiQEXhBcdY
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But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBppDLDRAYK
he saw it—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarHp02u0yJ
a fine fracture running along the surface,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4NqfkqaUK
and at a specific angle,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9KtZGRsBR
a hidden reflection emerged:15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpzIUMQcGy
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X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwei31goGe
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalhaoIZjOy
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Not "Tuesday".15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVbjUzBX6L
火曜日.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlVnOZQLqB
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFrEIUQGeB
an ambiguous name,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIf14vP0Ak
a term that only surfaced15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwlTiULVG1
when events had crossed into irreversibility.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJo8R2llvzo
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"He really did stay behind," he murmured.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEtukj28kH
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnipmbcwBe
"But now…15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNe3bu0mXX
can I still leave?"15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoGhSyNyW9
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYzLQueKwJ
No one answered—except the wind.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqozQdoBtdo
15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65gJzaUW4p
The wind had never truly stopped.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI73GHyUAtT
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And now,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZAKuT9jl1
it was no longer just the movement of air.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYKoEuU1pR
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It was the echo of memory—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8y4QDtRTUV
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