He didn't answer right away.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgZxzExHSt
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Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxYOuF1BSZ
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk01boom3BP
to be rewoven before it could respond.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvPA7LScJa
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"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8fhSN6FNu
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"You were never given a choice,"40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUeMP3u4Xy
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sJxf08zwo
but with currents hidden deep beneath.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNmeF3UBX7
"What you've always had—was burden."40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpRKwbrU4t
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Phai08GQ
He tried to speak,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiii6qrNQJn
but his throat was parched,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16LQcCnzOp
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2v65OtFAWo
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxxrPOmMIB
and the cross in his pocket—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIflnN8Fpk
all pressed against his breath like a weight.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZExjeHIH2
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"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbV2brPuse
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBgQvo7bnv
"Then understand this:40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsiRCDVols
your memory was never from a single source."40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3cTIRVLWr
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJySA55wDcz
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQDk9HCMtN
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"You've been… adjusted.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezomzPMRGR
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvVEYaAvnU
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"Each moment you remember—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz26HTSldO
may come from yourself,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyyF2Rihx8
another version of you,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eEVvx1Wc7
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE0RJ9Ag9K
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Silence stretched between them,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqzluKYQtb
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoctV8q53f
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfqR0ufm3d
He suddenly remembered the photo—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKclYAg5ePZ
the clock frozen at 28:01.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6pYQJFHs9
It wasn't the end of time.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJLlWaJC70
It was a new beginning, in another form.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqn5pUI664
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkd3Z8amF8
"So who am I now?"40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFSxSJXCSh
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzTgO30Jvt
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Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cYPPLjTJF
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhb5xGY9Xh
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m1Vecj7fH
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMZQhYhYpB
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmnpO0CwJc
The moment those words landed,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1tUVAiXkC
something inside him stirred—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4Vegx0ZE8
not breaking,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCQPkFrd9c
but realigning.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjf6uM4mE3
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"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jhdDAL9Iw
"come back to me.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiwKqK5PSN
But remember—don't be late again.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3GWLngINv
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwrUBETVuB
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The lights in the hallway flickered,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9PT0W4vom
like a memory signal about to be severed.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fXJ2mb1cZ
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhRwD0izOC
He stood still.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cbfOViiUN
Didn't chase,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqY6ogaLjt
didn't turn back.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUc3rULkTZp
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhq2XqKFIZW
Because he knew—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupnZvL8Q3r
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjQslE2AVE
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AfwzxIqJf
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqnSp2Wlr3
His fingertips trembled slightly.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRScwgsNKqQ
It wasn't just cold metal—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhgVQ2LVoE
it was a key to every possibility.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4TH1PekdC
A key to memory,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZzlTy7NcB
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31Yi7os9R0
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The door was opening.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVKSF95s39
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---40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMTOVgSFXU
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When he left the LUOYEH base,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHwgWwBDEQ
the sky outside hung between two extremes—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1boNtCdYkG
not day,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfL7CDcmyZ
not night.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19eAcDOqNp
A soft light drifted through the air,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm621PdMt4x
carrying whispers left unfinished.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWLlp5cktl
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As he entered the alley,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xSBgtBKcB
his phone screen lit up on its own.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarSikrRPYa
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPS3GJzpSix
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February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4040Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yRiKMaOTe
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He froze.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwLs0rx3p2
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That was impossible.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9U0XJ7Zbv
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When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmThRgmpIo
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5cEkL4QtG
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfjRA2Itui
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Even stranger—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxSGEKmQg9
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGXvV6dEZu
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcrvrvG0Th
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2I6VGir1b
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiWI5CZg4f
"How long have I walked again?"40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVZ0daF27M
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1JFseAcLW
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He opened his notes app,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoswOgPFmv3
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp35rnwbCnD
only to find a line he never remembered writing:40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEc7vzogXw
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[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt6Zfh4l3z
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHWn3djuE5
[Do not return.]40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicBxaI3gEL
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He hadn't written that.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxAfzcQVxQ
But it was in his voice—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAb06XPup9
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfJYQB3B6q
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpr3lIchh0
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He tried deleting it—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QGeCFuufZ
but nothing happened.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YvrnnzIOt
His finger brushed the screen,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgwA733L8N
and the entire device seemed to chill.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TIAgkawpY
Tiny static flickers danced across it—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmqdYNXMTn
like interference.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8esPbMBRf
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Then he knew—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiplJlaDIb
this wasn't a warning.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqybn9yO4re
This was a trace of timeline interference.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSHRdqVZYr
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He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRRRXytO9K
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo86xk3KuU
At a far corner,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BM9K0tImf
a figure flashed past—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysRsTggIJH
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5sYrcs5d7
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuafAGWOVj
the eyes not his.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsbyLgIC3G
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazclL0lTiF
Yet—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ97LZBtXx
not entirely not his.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplWI28QRo7
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He turned sharply,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2ZZrTnqjT
ready to chase—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0oBz7x7bg
but stopped.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u2glanuaK
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4MIikjsrc
Because he understood:40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytNg4w26vv
if he approached,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HHyhYjuQU
he could never come back.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETjFzuqt1O
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAENUbbPEw
He whispered,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7g30OcwcDY
"28:01… is it beginning?"40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoF9d98jY6
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He drew the cross from his pocket,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5laHMYIinU
held it in his palm—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx54ingP1F8
as if testing whether it would respond again.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MtZNUpbEn
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Cold.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7qbSR9e6n
Silent.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXye7zWUUeW
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But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSunKDsJIfg
he saw it—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxZprTUvhK
a fine fracture running along the surface,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIwUYM0CoU
and at a specific angle,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd01ct1TwxR
a hidden reflection emerged:40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHWlkuf9lo
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X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfNwWQlJLn
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGPVEi7lmm
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Not "Tuesday".40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmGr4c8D97
火曜日.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAZNrHgsaE
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18v3AASBzy
an ambiguous name,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4MGNxhKwB
a term that only surfaced40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshoY6Eh5ki
when events had crossed into irreversibility.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgmbi6Zi1O
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"He really did stay behind," he murmured.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghWfiMKJA3
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw29q5r8zpy
"But now…40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4IQt2si7U
can I still leave?"40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzSzzjoiHe
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7igwt4tVwO
No one answered—except the wind.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOYPaG9ujn
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IU8I4Ev1o
The wind had never truly stopped.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dovuSzTkD
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMcBvAjPOa
And now,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVClWkXz5rP
it was no longer just the movement of air.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiTLitco93
40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8uK5VAqu9
It was the echo of memory—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3cg7VeY8J
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