He didn't answer right away.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmiAPAYolR
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cO4giEPuA
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdsoz6D2ze
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIi1zeaEcl
to be rewoven before it could respond.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqBIU4c1Qr
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgff6LFBYKz
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrAopINZS8
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXxP3mMwQO
"You were never given a choice,"46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGKrR1m1ds
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7yKOoxdKu
but with currents hidden deep beneath.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0fI6mzqUN
"What you've always had—was burden."46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHknWh7w7N
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswdxurEMO5
He tried to speak,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyVUWXzF3M
but his throat was parched,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7HKdDGnTQ
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlZW6bMQXM
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZULJV2pqf3
and the cross in his pocket—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ty3Ge51YS
all pressed against his breath like a weight.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUarHS2fmNl
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWgD4Rvvmq
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2VM2mUC1h
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfREylLXI4J
"Then understand this:46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSycEOSUtz
your memory was never from a single source."46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpH8ANOHMz
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenAFO4kwpb
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxblF0eGn2
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZUyD3AtYC
"You've been… adjusted.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZheF1z2fY
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhM4Rzeic0
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyuEBWWMiD
"Each moment you remember—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjyBx155U9
may come from yourself,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFc0T2GK7yR
another version of you,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoeNgXpXSr
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRboAVlEmk
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydkS4lVTC6
Silence stretched between them,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7iZ5zwzK1
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6MR0I4zXV
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPeh0oLDWD
He suddenly remembered the photo—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgIUHoHjYG
the clock frozen at 28:01.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOr6vbQQpiW
It wasn't the end of time.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9Tw45mck1
It was a new beginning, in another form.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwigrxmSqCN
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQmrFyCxpg
"So who am I now?"46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Sqa8d8UZW
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdnDi64OVx
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCSNSYdntC
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4AzvyP5Rc
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtXxmYmQYt
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsJAABuUh6
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR82c9WbE0
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpktU5hbT0E
The moment those words landed,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufHPabjPst
something inside him stirred—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ892ncVOfNn
not breaking,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZVQV9Zzuo
but realigning.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJJQVqNHqH
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccld527qPg
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jy9osVFxN
"come back to me.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr50mGUn9YW
But remember—don't be late again.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhW2fqMOvu
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncHKk8OhSU
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoXu150ew0
The lights in the hallway flickered,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwznPhZLFx
like a memory signal about to be severed.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa7wYQFffe
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdXtG5bWrZ
He stood still.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwd9CczY0O
Didn't chase,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfjEVpWS9J
didn't turn back.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeQUTzIyzI
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs9qqfOI3f
Because he knew—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtmMwEWcmD
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolZsItf27M
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76xQdKBFtC
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7DEFbSb5l
His fingertips trembled slightly.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyYBm7WYl9
It wasn't just cold metal—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklyZxnPML1
it was a key to every possibility.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KbRKYThUw
A key to memory,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9si8pkcsO
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2nwd4y9DS
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtS2DUeKqrR
The door was opening.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3EyuS0tZi
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQxY0Ef3M3
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMY7wd78gb
---46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUOwffKlrx
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogFWyczgAq
When he left the LUOYEH base,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Gyv2t17iK
the sky outside hung between two extremes—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWcRj67Jon
not day,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F14ebkAUk
not night.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO61fnoT9NB
A soft light drifted through the air,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIaigYuH1z
carrying whispers left unfinished.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL3P7JIzD5
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy8dmMStXo
As he entered the alley,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOQpiDMbAJ
his phone screen lit up on its own.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcwFeId5HP
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsC6Ku6qRVj
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRlgeDfE9O
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4046Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFot95zrzq
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDyVVvN8G1
He froze.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0nRWJ5p4e
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrOPM0wCJw
That was impossible.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaTL07MQVV
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeDK9otMBS
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgJh1FVX7f
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX4D5cWJOf
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0zEvWt2cW
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTY26bWz0ht
Even stranger—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4njx3vMTF
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkm5INSQUnc
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhYU91jf9L
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjjURqRySq
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBALZ9n1gN2
"How long have I walked again?"46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxjA6Hq1rW
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuj8VWwAuH
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGKrS4uR43
He opened his notes app,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijQeJGRUkJ
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAleGpxV72
only to find a line he never remembered writing:46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqSFALZFzr
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0AZpwlJ6u
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqwJgN8rWu
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgGsgRsDgk
[Do not return.]46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNjmNYV3ta
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAU6KOn8l6
He hadn't written that.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPxXouq2Ym
But it was in his voice—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U7RDVohEv
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9xFBJQ1to
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1FqjsEb4w
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOWTDIJzIm
He tried deleting it—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVspM3nEIui
but nothing happened.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKLE6qM9zp
His finger brushed the screen,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Qv8OTpQCV
and the entire device seemed to chill.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc6gPgGZzJ
Tiny static flickers danced across it—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKthglSIrHa
like interference.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdwjqNGYrB
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWK52yW1nl
Then he knew—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNsiAhn5qc
this wasn't a warning.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSw6NKA4Bo7
This was a trace of timeline interference.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9k3agegVs
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvOh2YDPrF
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8o4Qdb7NA1
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZo2B8df2U
At a far corner,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4Mpo2cOzW
a figure flashed past—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoELHRFCAW
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIllu4aHQvU
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fgbs6pceK
the eyes not his.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAw1L4NigTP
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcGj9he45I
Yet—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcma1ga5Mju
not entirely not his.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrGLwwp2Zq
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8efhNDl9g
He turned sharply,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmh8EEH5uF
ready to chase—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9I9CImPF8
but stopped.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnY57b8PRM
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1neqF7Aa4
Because he understood:46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLy4F7nnY0
if he approached,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51BbcyPG3P
he could never come back.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP00oLr3qL8
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5Vh4mUFUV
He whispered,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW98Yk6ymSi
"28:01… is it beginning?"46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQQIGH9jLZ
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAzCbeScd5
He drew the cross from his pocket,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIKG2HVuWY
held it in his palm—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2yuiocJvv
as if testing whether it would respond again.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdyqavoSF9
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAW0fnnZsR
Cold.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kPNTRcoqZ
Silent.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohkPFLWY6Q
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHPU3zaSDH
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYRHJdzfH9
he saw it—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgJQ8BXekV
a fine fracture running along the surface,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYfhnRzFM3
and at a specific angle,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGZ3mQuc1L
a hidden reflection emerged:46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lw94Rb80D
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8zfK5cjRM
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiau6SIX0b
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3SVKSJNm4
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZhe1yZYU2
Not "Tuesday".46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBckWNBFxHX
火曜日.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq24jNcY6g
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfXzWUXeH3
an ambiguous name,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn4mjvD964
a term that only surfaced46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK3swGnvRX
when events had crossed into irreversibility.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxZcTCCYRr
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJzYp71UGu
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlP8XGzaSsF
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeRsyhhrbq
"But now…46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc9VOr0I3t
can I still leave?"46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkBTGNMhQ4
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zPwoACUjP
No one answered—except the wind.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa26GwJcrz
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ReMk5UNef
The wind had never truly stopped.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7G4eUKeChh
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y6pAOKs7q
And now,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FIoqsGWWz
it was no longer just the movement of air.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaxOTHYsmL
46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUfC2YbWgf
It was the echo of memory—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqceDWNPb6
and of fate.
Penana
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