He didn't answer right away.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwbJVnPBld
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ijHsHIOoR
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIDRt4RkGA
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiokHHGCpp
to be rewoven before it could respond.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE8QE1dEJV
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡougb7bxwhh
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHsN3hENvC
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX04f7eQKk0
"You were never given a choice,"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ7kgH8a5k
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd5Bj90nhY
but with currents hidden deep beneath.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmkmlLNp6r
"What you've always had—was burden."174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvr6YaUeVn
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyjQ0SIe3i
He tried to speak,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDdVV5Z1wa
but his throat was parched,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2FB8qKRj8
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM26JrTlWkn
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVKgksMOTR
and the cross in his pocket—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGpKHYn7Qk
all pressed against his breath like a weight.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVd3xDeLt0f
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd8vHUrsnj
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zUa6ChMXw
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYThtBboAX
"Then understand this:174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNEzJ2JHPy
your memory was never from a single source."174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxc63JLYxp
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYjgaa9i7J
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTokZfOhe3y
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhydkwLAWZu
"You've been… adjusted.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZKYad9dmU
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquN6NAx53a
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HCDrU0RTX
"Each moment you remember—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xKyoIyMuh
may come from yourself,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrs8RbqC7sG
another version of you,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFgfrgtsn6
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcDVWCTlGh
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZUegqGexu
Silence stretched between them,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtuByE9weA
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxZ1HDgxSR
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSga8z6Zca
He suddenly remembered the photo—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3lzADyGeg
the clock frozen at 28:01.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPeEEdiMy6
It wasn't the end of time.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHE7kEMtff
It was a new beginning, in another form.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO57by8ggjb
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57L92WUOUf
"So who am I now?"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4qvn1KbiA
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPlm9j1KAp
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBUG6ux6w4
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqDuaWPzCY
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTjM7HhdEH
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRWYoSUJCE
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Z4hIyxSeS
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy1RUHkp75
The moment those words landed,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlfe92GuW5
something inside him stirred—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhxp64i83h
not breaking,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9F74t90b7
but realigning.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ggNmkMxCU
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJPDwUlVsu
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4D6wg5raP
"come back to me.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rpkTUtRSo
But remember—don't be late again.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVjx0qm6Ek
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHQ4HVJn02
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxji5tgQNGb
The lights in the hallway flickered,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK6BeoYnb1
like a memory signal about to be severed.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpQEZX34Yo
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJud86SwEeg
He stood still.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55PhN5faS7
Didn't chase,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBrKHfTpXN
didn't turn back.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJr3F8gcsIF
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQDeO3x8rz
Because he knew—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSz9xQtFnR
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlXPUyFM8I
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsypm1slEi5
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTFM8KRM1W
His fingertips trembled slightly.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHgVSFCPrS
It wasn't just cold metal—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdJJQAtRxd
it was a key to every possibility.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbgoqeKqUn
A key to memory,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7drdoRrUKJ
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa36wLB4SBw
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xHN25Iyxu
The door was opening.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgoQJj2ZdZ
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6jNRXmPkF
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd03r44ZhuQ
---174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPEkGVTphz
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiEs0dhJB7
When he left the LUOYEH base,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmD2qsZTCL
the sky outside hung between two extremes—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJSc9oxdlh
not day,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tekX9reV3
not night.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfzYzE2sSi
A soft light drifted through the air,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFqnuUaP9C
carrying whispers left unfinished.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE6HX96kb0
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEB6pd4yQw
As he entered the alley,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh26v7hRJaT
his phone screen lit up on its own.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO1yJ2k02i
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCdQ4SEGgv
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2yVd6NwQo
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:40174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimGrUlvUM8
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLW1tZg9JEK
He froze.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbArd5fSbZ
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5ARRSKEna
That was impossible.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3y8xZgYIxi
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfu8sefv7a
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qewWlozsE
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafFxJjoYlD
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1WfzUB05Y
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkNIDFfQrA
Even stranger—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkCDuMfxuW
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtf73r4beyg
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLo91L4E26
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjnjFlGnd8
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5cO7MnVAg
"How long have I walked again?"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbghT3uU3xp
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq0pXP6sXJ
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2uKXjFFuZ
He opened his notes app,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kaKgXeGQi
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVED1IYhtr
only to find a line he never remembered writing:174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡds7OcrlOMS
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfz67ABUdq
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhR79tnDDL
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eDDgASYGD
[Do not return.]174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9PP0bpY3B
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYXN1KyD6w
He hadn't written that.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPdtnTsfhH
But it was in his voice—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7rCMvEuqu
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2yh1JBEYI
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwHUhPNcvP
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqg5CNgFSy
He tried deleting it—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeo22vXSFd
but nothing happened.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JF3LO1qFV
His finger brushed the screen,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifOM8Qc0Ev
and the entire device seemed to chill.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstRPPHJnYW
Tiny static flickers danced across it—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKyIoN3FkY
like interference.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7sCOgiELO
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CJbn6Afjy
Then he knew—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYML6FedrQ
this wasn't a warning.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlz5JxlVln
This was a trace of timeline interference.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuqGVv3ClH
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7wW83f506
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqfkaVjpBf
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmbAW70DJR
At a far corner,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTMNObxuOg
a figure flashed past—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vsBWMG43k
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNWnHlqDOl
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNmh7gXQVv
the eyes not his.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOnFi7d39h
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X39ttJbyF
Yet—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVIsxsUR95
not entirely not his.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01pxD2I8bq
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOJboAncNm
He turned sharply,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwWWbb4RVO
ready to chase—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdokRyK0a9
but stopped.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtu9iD9wcL
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW1k73xmS7
Because he understood:174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocmZSxgLt3
if he approached,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXIHmJPPtn
he could never come back.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoBbsQ1DsQ
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNIqQY5Khb
He whispered,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gESJ8BCVu
"28:01… is it beginning?"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSL21etdxEM
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNesJP87vO
He drew the cross from his pocket,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQpaoPd8om
held it in his palm—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTij6UkXQld
as if testing whether it would respond again.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTXOnoiUwY
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RNUvc4IZR
Cold.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrVA4e9zqo
Silent.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcgmCSHRrM
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWy8753AAV
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhtzxltQlQ
he saw it—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtiq8iurHd
a fine fracture running along the surface,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIG0IM3Wlgn
and at a specific angle,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8tBzXWRHp
a hidden reflection emerged:174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpADFzpipOc
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSmEOMohz6
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf4vrxL7HZ
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:01174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxSAHQ3aZX
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IyODWt2fj
Not "Tuesday".174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhXzuTBxaT
火曜日.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PQ0eyHGTr
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1oX9gjiKH
an ambiguous name,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMci9sCVxXH
a term that only surfaced174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgfKSKtnWm
when events had crossed into irreversibility.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6lIKhJHB1
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJADixAtnL
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXl9TxduaS
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68qnM0iCWN
"But now…174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXQyvuGIyr
can I still leave?"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtM8iy0T3B
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIuxtpPzGy
No one answered—except the wind.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkbtn6RQz2
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbwiwfMlOt
The wind had never truly stopped.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimxCeOcRzX
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoVTL0ctv8
And now,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWE8o8HgOh
it was no longer just the movement of air.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0uwa43jus
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnCWY9sdjM
It was the echo of memory—174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3p8Etlh78
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