He didn't answer right away.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK0tGHkEnN
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qTq8Czovu
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMj3Scpvnj
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOGRkAJvcs
to be rewoven before it could respond.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF70YLZJ9oB
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGaPwRe6Eg
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvY3dfU0hkh
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbtNe6JP4k
"You were never given a choice,"79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1ZtMPvfst
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhXKqeCman
but with currents hidden deep beneath.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsSnImnb59
"What you've always had—was burden."79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7ghhyjXq3
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcjwj91v7J
He tried to speak,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM80f91ABx
but his throat was parched,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmzWh0UwBf
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFR0tlKb87J
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWf3a0Bfbm
and the cross in his pocket—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6ovtUbuj2
all pressed against his breath like a weight.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTaFCiJJVm
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0samOPMwxn
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8STOB7iKbl
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqxnJKU5Yf
"Then understand this:79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBowIONn8q
your memory was never from a single source."79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSYa4C5EcZ
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DZHTM5y9X
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4NwPZSXPg
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDGNWT9Yjf
"You've been… adjusted.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3GtZsCrDh
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatyLbDCGIN
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa9KjGJfiu
"Each moment you remember—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGmZq7pDWf
may come from yourself,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxCbKLxJc7
another version of you,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddxxhgFTTZ
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPtpFXa6y7
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUT4Iv8ddF
Silence stretched between them,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO06lCw7Ld
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VFy3E6rzB
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SltjG67Qh
He suddenly remembered the photo—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPz8A8YAMYl
the clock frozen at 28:01.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVunPwT5AGb
It wasn't the end of time.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW8lEo5zra
It was a new beginning, in another form.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWX3Nj9py3
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3otyjVYwYU
"So who am I now?"79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtd32LGcRZ
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrHqzqJS75
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLl0uE0LvSP
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ2Sq7657V
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgxjdX6wNw
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD7PQaaLfc
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdXeZaql8U
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiHJUtVayi
The moment those words landed,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6ucs1V0Sb
something inside him stirred—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuwkHEDoVw
not breaking,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNBOg5lSMY
but realigning.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FU2GFCjjB
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGTlTY4Ujf
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9tuZW62T2
"come back to me.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8brA1qNSzr
But remember—don't be late again.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6Mu8JNdKH
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHydp08B6yu
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LtprAh6bw
The lights in the hallway flickered,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFk7xrjfPB
like a memory signal about to be severed.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RaoTCD6bO
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9Gr3NTWCJ
He stood still.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgMUTilUZ5
Didn't chase,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IY31Q6npo
didn't turn back.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk42F1kddBP
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHG8zJGCH9
Because he knew—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqunM2bzf8
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbay3wtBNA
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSo11ZPjsU
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIQjSji3Xb
His fingertips trembled slightly.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y0dLQzUPZ
It wasn't just cold metal—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYYQQF116W
it was a key to every possibility.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLtif4Tm4v
A key to memory,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLvdwwWDQC
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQwKvxcYHe
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaJbkY69zO
The door was opening.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeF8wDQmlX
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0nV0qZ7lW
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcSMeRb2bR
---79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYD7std47p
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzalD3lJALw
When he left the LUOYEH base,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlNAi2wxhZ
the sky outside hung between two extremes—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUlqgwm0xG
not day,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X6CnWllVy
not night.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUl1YmpUBD
A soft light drifted through the air,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuv1JQprJQZ
carrying whispers left unfinished.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S1y18Rx6r
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusWDS05RXx
As he entered the alley,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze9QreVLZG
his phone screen lit up on its own.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJm2735oZmg
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LQHvg9c2H
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBLys7pWKP
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4079Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5S2wt58Xs
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuHcufN0mH
He froze.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPId2inpONW
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JZPJJa91m
That was impossible.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDs8Qdpaqww
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRcM4NlNfE
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSNxgYCrw3
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69YjrxnlfF
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggJOdoanZZ
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79Rdk4dcBo
Even stranger—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaGqTy1gfh
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkQy5QQRmH
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWc8EjwC3cs
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytK6fomYrR
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD7DtppZJm
"How long have I walked again?"79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27mdRRl25F
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Pl4wsQl7B
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegqQ4Zf4tU
He opened his notes app,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPRW7iyMCU
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqEX83zQrh
only to find a line he never remembered writing:79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMMqoSBCPo
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgBbUqLPol
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YpfFsryft
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXz4as4AVl
[Do not return.]79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlOEa0SXYY
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa87TKGorzV
He hadn't written that.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4m2YuylmT9
But it was in his voice—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu93AZ2wsl
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3vCYzYC97
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcKD7RaQT6
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbA69vYqV1
He tried deleting it—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYE3nbSvBq
but nothing happened.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4bGYKW1Yw
His finger brushed the screen,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXlIXtJrDH
and the entire device seemed to chill.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6femUeZob
Tiny static flickers danced across it—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvWgmfoEi6
like interference.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfMpyWvmG9
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne57CNm8OM
Then he knew—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBctS8lFUa
this wasn't a warning.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvEWeGhBRY
This was a trace of timeline interference.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrandcQmmSu
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrVyKtoxPm
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU5vSJdDuv
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gyhBJ9kXt
At a far corner,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPB0ncHIsg
a figure flashed past—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsxfXkxoOq
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzL2ACYP75
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRTqZranAK
the eyes not his.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bOJvL3V8z
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEbXZTwNNH
Yet—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogF62s9YFn
not entirely not his.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbbA6QReE2
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk40DiFc4y
He turned sharply,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXfP8CDCoN
ready to chase—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lL7Wsfcj7
but stopped.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQGLJGBRgK
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRwgjPj3kp
Because he understood:79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOQTQQWgZa
if he approached,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QXI0iucAa
he could never come back.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPRDDIkXC2
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0PXB5bTJb
He whispered,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwrkowvzXC
"28:01… is it beginning?"79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSTHOO8IyE
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHN0sjhMbg
He drew the cross from his pocket,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PIa9YUCKj
held it in his palm—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOvCdXl3N4
as if testing whether it would respond again.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qWRIWDMM3
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPYL1Npagt
Cold.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1oitv4aVp
Silent.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvVvSvK1Fp
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZmSquwrC4
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qUsNcjGGZ
he saw it—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2dXTdEc5w
a fine fracture running along the surface,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5ifE3Qy7Z
and at a specific angle,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfker8YuHd
a hidden reflection emerged:79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUuxD8npOb
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzJZnni5Fh
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3ctKea0kt
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoubLRALqt
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTwMC0dNg2
Not "Tuesday".79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayoHItZKyt
火曜日.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iGABiJeR0
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjtc3TBg8d
an ambiguous name,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpERCWHANBt
a term that only surfaced79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWSxiTg227
when events had crossed into irreversibility.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwPrF5Xkws
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuSQYC6u5V
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6Z1bioGqq
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB1TY85Gy4
"But now…79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3a9IOP1vzr
can I still leave?"79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9M4l8ZJSVl
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhBm9HC0b7
No one answered—except the wind.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP2gaHEWph
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1swVHA4RW
The wind had never truly stopped.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu4hbZrf3q
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswQezCrx1K
And now,79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNhsG3PGtz
it was no longer just the movement of air.79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFBGpu5CXE
79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SLIODaSSE
It was the echo of memory—79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjwblLi2Fg
and of fate.
Penana
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