He didn't answer right away.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzc1lc6O5F
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0sCcqjFpo
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ulyNTZyp5
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7GeltBkz5
to be rewoven before it could respond.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJyRa1AFwT
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ43KeG8Mx
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAjBwUFi92
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2zjssy4kp
"You were never given a choice,"142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPIo545a3t
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6UwjVgviN
but with currents hidden deep beneath.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvcQt5M9SG
"What you've always had—was burden."142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5W5rkl74hM
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5KZyIgCUK
He tried to speak,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuZYmmnvqK
but his throat was parched,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCOAucb90q
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfX6Fim3Q9k
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtG2FLXT1sT
and the cross in his pocket—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jzadtpsx1
all pressed against his breath like a weight.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQ4WbFvVyz
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5lofkSyIX
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYwJNVBH93
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXRj4fbPdM
"Then understand this:142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gkgl8NGPN
your memory was never from a single source."142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmyxAJMzvG
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBzr9atQBS
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL8t0Yy2tD
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDdW5NP62Z
"You've been… adjusted.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyE1Ifh1taA
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWWf0IYW3M
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYhb475qPZ
"Each moment you remember—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dc1ytYrNj
may come from yourself,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5fusMWTNa
another version of you,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1tXMdhyE9
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPe91GIohiJ
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbCQNmHnOY
Silence stretched between them,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPHOUt7Hus
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVvEwqvYhX
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb9oqCwPwd
He suddenly remembered the photo—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhirYg1lL9
the clock frozen at 28:01.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOjU2eqpJg
It wasn't the end of time.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡih7gNCScd5
It was a new beginning, in another form.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaTz3AQBYe
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqQxCQyryu
"So who am I now?"142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4n3EyfT9h
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5T2jPsR7X
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLS8eOuqUg
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwhyXhOtss
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oJmRD7gm7
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02kngWIZxw
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXf3Eyw6xi
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7rH6U5X77
The moment those words landed,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGoHFkiWRT
something inside him stirred—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFcKQagb7p
not breaking,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGInvxJCl1
but realigning.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiqzSHbJlV
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9qfoq2mOT
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMfkiXJOSf
"come back to me.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPjoDnflec
But remember—don't be late again.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyV89iaTZW
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXYx9XcoA6
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFcsuLyZhl
The lights in the hallway flickered,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfK9OIG1tf
like a memory signal about to be severed.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTJeaueoCk
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDMfwqmkKZ
He stood still.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yK7QUvVLM
Didn't chase,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡES8hcFsthG
didn't turn back.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYv0gly99u
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8XuZrfBxY
Because he knew—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGGi84Zw7g
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3kdFRh7Ln
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QcJyPJSZ4
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYo39neAYw
His fingertips trembled slightly.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUyTYPFgrb
It wasn't just cold metal—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C8jCJRilK
it was a key to every possibility.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0gpcs8CjN
A key to memory,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SDmOxVlTp
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb3SfDqkBW
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTRsbth4Tq
The door was opening.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToqhRZv12M
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxTj0AuMHN
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirtTJJtnTm
---142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKy85ik9QE
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbeCnSrxs8
When he left the LUOYEH base,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1sSvEChOY
the sky outside hung between two extremes—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzp35mYV6B
not day,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7VCieE5wP
not night.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9BMmpmnMn
A soft light drifted through the air,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs2YCHWEmI
carrying whispers left unfinished.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnnp8AXOdW
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvommeOHQD
As he entered the alley,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuxXKIP2yC
his phone screen lit up on its own.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfoAwuhChL
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EVs6EOd09
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP47oGTHzOx
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:40142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBQ7EorK6c
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgwUIZr9xJ
He froze.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKj48pvh7Q
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0d5Dq46Eu
That was impossible.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlPsxRuTDs
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPONccweoE3
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyzSTj137q
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3ZywaQ51U
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIKsrcbO6S
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPdzzOv18a
Even stranger—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4p0dl6WZ2k
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjFP62SDpu
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcZQKQLppl
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ASlj8uNV8
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlxUwDEa7z
"How long have I walked again?"142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiS09NwgXII
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCbfaW2d3l
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJO2Y3kMKR
He opened his notes app,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6l4eP8oFO
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc34awbHsB
only to find a line he never remembered writing:142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFE5Y3NtQVe
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDWYvdDAr9
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kcVmttfK5
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s7IbvBUM3
[Do not return.]142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDDperYMBy
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBlbrY1yZ0
He hadn't written that.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVrp9wetZw
But it was in his voice—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIu74VVs1UI
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCJvmQcDbC
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAUiii48OP
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5brRx1aKK
He tried deleting it—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxLRTdMTCw
but nothing happened.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINBSBMAq6S
His finger brushed the screen,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4DLSVt3wB
and the entire device seemed to chill.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFprsfdqlv
Tiny static flickers danced across it—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrlz3ONNmi
like interference.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6WhrhWtSz
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7g3Pko1kbt
Then he knew—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TNrEQ75vs
this wasn't a warning.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVLqhtWUuD
This was a trace of timeline interference.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRMzsa1zK1
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ectCYjt5u
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2D8TFZgqM
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ7OYDxyCK
At a far corner,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasgjEJid2o
a figure flashed past—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8SFKjWJun
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7XcwNWbEP
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafvvatAyo0
the eyes not his.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LEpHZh7gY
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBf5Y4XKdB
Yet—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JdXR9mGBS
not entirely not his.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgtJKnduiC
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrpsyKeiJZ
He turned sharply,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OoUQKqEaD
ready to chase—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0QGF1XXS8
but stopped.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOghBn2gBPG
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DyPjoYm5s
Because he understood:142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX1Uw2apji
if he approached,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkBFczH4Gp
he could never come back.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOBuh1BRUs
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yPQ4ULHdF
He whispered,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr3bMHlxox
"28:01… is it beginning?"142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ChOJRZ6p5
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhms4uCo09e
He drew the cross from his pocket,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfedWc0G62
held it in his palm—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipr134QU31
as if testing whether it would respond again.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgmRCQgBCc
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtl5VKX8IX
Cold.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBF4aRaptsJ
Silent.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTBfq2d59q
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvFjaiqSLa
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWemzmaWmT
he saw it—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4ktmjPjHH
a fine fracture running along the surface,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmw8t2X67O
and at a specific angle,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXW8vJhq0C
a hidden reflection emerged:142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFhHy480Wb
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUitwHiK1uY
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyHBhObfhE
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:01142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡul54xQCPEh
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAcNY45V9O
Not "Tuesday".142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UC0Z78zQW
火曜日.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡof65HirWUC
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70gnyySo7O
an ambiguous name,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJEc3S0MhE
a term that only surfaced142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbYadG1P1u
when events had crossed into irreversibility.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfddvU8nNZ
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9Rml0PFws
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pBOpC67e0
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdeI6T68gG
"But now…142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tHqQmWiAh
can I still leave?"142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDAivS6l1p
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntb1LHIp9D
No one answered—except the wind.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3xaLDVfe0
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AFwPlsaIR
The wind had never truly stopped.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT10oBx70Nt
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ6uSbysLc
And now,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrV0ZcyxGe
it was no longer just the movement of air.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRWOBwvtYF
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdITPV7uHIw
It was the echo of memory—142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGBpZSBqob
and of fate.
Penana
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