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He didn't answer right away.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68sVtAZw4M
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Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbvLhGcedS
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6TkdfeO99
to be rewoven before it could respond.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL1mct9Fpj
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"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUE8Rg41VM
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"You were never given a choice,"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7yIw6iA52
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGiT0dMpeo
but with currents hidden deep beneath.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO9EcpOEFw
"What you've always had—was burden."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlrLwOOQdr
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He tried to speak,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnt9vki2vsO
but his throat was parched,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ931Xq4hyt4
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZoOynAIEQ
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTxE3gUmVo
and the cross in his pocket—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzKeQ1nj6F
all pressed against his breath like a weight.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsEIvykUZz
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"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1Rhe3Sa8x
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrNobwU3pL
"Then understand this:20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLd5aq6equ
your memory was never from a single source."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpD54T9QZCl
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"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbRvp66rZR
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"You've been… adjusted.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oQXQ8nZQs
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsEiXaycdt
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"Each moment you remember—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1srpHl7JV
may come from yourself,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplnhGvrPnQ
another version of you,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KmMQIyXep
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KP769Kjho
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Silence stretched between them,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjow3jknMVi
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU7VhgAJMA
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He suddenly remembered the photo—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbBHwTmrpp
the clock frozen at 28:01.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvNzlxy5mR
It wasn't the end of time.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4dP7VvjcQ
It was a new beginning, in another form.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN7Xjoy9g2
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"So who am I now?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RsuXwd3JK
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuhINly3Ld
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Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xL4QfqXwf
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Kdm9UOGUZ
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"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6srNo70fM
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The moment those words landed,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaqk7xYAn5
something inside him stirred—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEwjP3xAD7
not breaking,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFm4ObYsOS
but realigning.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtZaJvfNZH
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"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjy7kpTb3B
"come back to me.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYfTTjkh47
But remember—don't be late again.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogznzqWqOg
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbH4vEmYjP9
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The lights in the hallway flickered,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoxV2xSiPI
like a memory signal about to be severed.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBLZevKSqS
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He stood still.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlRMkBOe1N
Didn't chase,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEpBYXEfp3
didn't turn back.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3xwf86gys
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Because he knew—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopSh13O8QL
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5MzfXLddJ
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He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpNUIqVvVa
His fingertips trembled slightly.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBam8kiDEB9
It wasn't just cold metal—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPV1ziNnDRq
it was a key to every possibility.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWRrxJWszP
A key to memory,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pweqI7AOg
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgH2KVUUrWO
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The door was opening.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3yDecU4MA
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---20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOpY3k5ZwB
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When he left the LUOYEH base,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMWYM4iEoX
the sky outside hung between two extremes—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5wRPJ9O6U
not day,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4CXQ2n2OF
not night.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlswHDjlYNR
A soft light drifted through the air,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyMeaaPf3s
carrying whispers left unfinished.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd9h7ZCcJi
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As he entered the alley,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcCqGO4bkR
his phone screen lit up on its own.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeNSoN5ezo
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtq62vaMeH
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February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4020Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFDbmsqb8J
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He froze.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKF4u16Z9r
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That was impossible.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZultas4AM
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When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvNEiqg1ZL
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68xJVenaX0
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaRICBXWLP
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Even stranger—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SWj7kM8yH
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKesmTfN0m
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDpm6lVQ20
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92P25tY0sd
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"How long have I walked again?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDfTGm6PBa
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUUPthcfe6
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He opened his notes app,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbuMZG1CO8
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rTFj71Acl
only to find a line he never remembered writing:20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb76ITwkWb
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[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn5ybiKds5
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kTW4CBrFQ
[Do not return.]20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSq1qIsEJA
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He hadn't written that.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYDLDD3wTF
But it was in his voice—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFxMDeysoj
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze3Y4EaTnu
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMC2RpE3St
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He tried deleting it—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRCr7PQQJ1
but nothing happened.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFK7JJ4W2ku
His finger brushed the screen,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFsBuxdKLC
and the entire device seemed to chill.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0bm7YfKNQ
Tiny static flickers danced across it—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrUFNL1s99
like interference.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTS6NLzGMOr
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Then he knew—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbPJQRudar
this wasn't a warning.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqpCWk7k0g
This was a trace of timeline interference.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf4stVBAlB
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He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQBVORUgFc
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At a far corner,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCCOowsmrn
a figure flashed past—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh731AvaFq2
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM5vmnmkZJ
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTlvncn7Sc
the eyes not his.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyH5Pp1dhoo
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Yet—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbhooR6IC2
not entirely not his.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTvUCkqw7c
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He turned sharply,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq31wKZ3QUk
ready to chase—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnN64xCAXK
but stopped.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNR1TabKaQ
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Because he understood:20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE4K4siKv3
if he approached,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4KpbIqT49
he could never come back.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfMBWPIScD
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He whispered,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5d17DfEGef
"28:01… is it beginning?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh6g7vB7Gd
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He drew the cross from his pocket,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINVgRB3FEG
held it in his palm—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohyJRdJLhZ
as if testing whether it would respond again.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkECx2Tikw
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Cold.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5IFU8tonQ
Silent.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFbKW5fo5K
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But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43cupjaPui
he saw it—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0cTaogZfj
a fine fracture running along the surface,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJwmU1Kf6L
and at a specific angle,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb64APjgCQ
a hidden reflection emerged:20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs7lP294yi
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X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR63XmR6Ix
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8h4mBb4ch
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Not "Tuesday".20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqCkLQlFPS
火曜日.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mQCdM3VD9
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1g5BfRVgR
an ambiguous name,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0HqL6fADB
a term that only surfaced20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJERNA6P2FJ
when events had crossed into irreversibility.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXZL3rf2Eo
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"He really did stay behind," he murmured.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3feSqqwmnp
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"But now…20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMehNigEdlR
can I still leave?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiJ4VLOCHL
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No one answered—except the wind.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG764s1LhNU
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The wind had never truly stopped.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v1myDeplm
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And now,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCD7yvQ6PNy
it was no longer just the movement of air.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMOcR7koZ3
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It was the echo of memory—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMXYcCMXNo
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