He didn't answer right away.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVuNZg2WeN
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc99BvkQltO
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3Frjk68IW
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWjMqvawHZ
to be rewoven before it could respond.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2QKjlJYGj
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwLvuIQ0ZM
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVdQVCYXq5
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWbi6mv72j
"You were never given a choice,"172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHc90a6yarM
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsUxXPO91F
but with currents hidden deep beneath.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXM0LdXmmr
"What you've always had—was burden."172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOmsijOPsD
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5DwzzqvB2
He tried to speak,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡott55LuGuR
but his throat was parched,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlZ2lYNtQ0
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAm6WR4Kqz
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4haRFV2fV
and the cross in his pocket—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEQoxxyIs4
all pressed against his breath like a weight.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqBc4bAMzA
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGYWc4gAzT
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa1r5YuMvA
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuaWoSjNuO
"Then understand this:172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTlFZu5Ds6
your memory was never from a single source."172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89J6d5wOXJ
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE77Ij2ztL
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3i9zeh2mf
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkreVUwTGsf
"You've been… adjusted.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6z6yGCDCCh
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Z1HI9PHDA
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwftOolD80N
"Each moment you remember—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItD6iK3wyP
may come from yourself,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ4izdh1kJ
another version of you,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxEYp9yWVU
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmXhZP439V
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNMyDwv52M
Silence stretched between them,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbyKS8OmiF
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7jrafGLi2
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlp2I657WSf
He suddenly remembered the photo—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsjI7FrYde
the clock frozen at 28:01.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGkrIXBztH
It wasn't the end of time.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsw0yX0VsA
It was a new beginning, in another form.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxgF2h7yUN
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUL5f1OFGs9
"So who am I now?"172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgPCskDSne
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxFu2DL8Gv
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVf8UQOG1d
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPE935U6rb
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2qcimYQyi
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTSGAsZN68
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoUht9VbMG
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOq1r6WZFc
The moment those words landed,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXr51eiEyfc
something inside him stirred—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt15E7V7sEW
not breaking,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrLYi73Y7u
but realigning.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFz8aa19QW
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAqYAWtTXH
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutNpYXjz7x
"come back to me.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQHfjw9YxU
But remember—don't be late again.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrv0Vr1JW8d
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnMqjOMoWB
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUCLKI1bHQ
The lights in the hallway flickered,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFun2f5iQr
like a memory signal about to be severed.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUedBKCFHXU
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVGLnMg5PB
He stood still.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHOpqvxZjc
Didn't chase,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudwNpkKq7r
didn't turn back.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wu1EpGEr2
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs3309pzN0
Because he knew—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6uwLydqcH
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OW4rp9RY6
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZo19dtItMB
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbio90EKXxW
His fingertips trembled slightly.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ylAqTIP8F
It wasn't just cold metal—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFIQsExCKV
it was a key to every possibility.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VLptPpFn2
A key to memory,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpugLDszipq
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAKX1qd4TX
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsMEy6QftB
The door was opening.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd6qpkpI7O
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xTmyCfPwc
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiZU4azJ4U
---172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJfXaeSSfG
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHeISO5gTU
When he left the LUOYEH base,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiz7cwa7mKs
the sky outside hung between two extremes—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2bNLDXg69
not day,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7hpcQzOgw
not night.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWnpAqFlZg
A soft light drifted through the air,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vGGN7DiMI
carrying whispers left unfinished.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwsgIxa50J
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIZxNSNFFB
As he entered the alley,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4HvuZZZLR
his phone screen lit up on its own.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4awvFzFrH
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBEUOlZXnQ
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJAWdY3hzR
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:40172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ1X7VhIPg
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO1J2pb401
He froze.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLt1GZ1rvx8
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj80HdBlJRy
That was impossible.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbc4na64IMP
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHyGZbAZCp
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvPstK6JhM
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bqUG2pbLA
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKvWMwCw1H
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8N8FFN4X9u
Even stranger—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7OtrumwBg
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTj9LkZ4lf
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjXiSy0Z32
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76W6tJf8q6
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Vc7hYEs8v
"How long have I walked again?"172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqtJhyw8tE
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YmLecgp6Y
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb3fPXc1PB
He opened his notes app,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKpfH9ReiI
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxk4TOorrN
only to find a line he never remembered writing:172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwBkBnYTdh
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElwJC0IH77
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcchaUnqJ8m
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVP7K9cPdm
[Do not return.]172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vaxIL3XCc
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ss7ViaaOy
He hadn't written that.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGBX6k6VBG
But it was in his voice—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagBCT6u6g9
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRBTA5fOGm
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GF7Y4URGo
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE38trjbowG
He tried deleting it—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa9HT56cx3
but nothing happened.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3qfqPOG7g
His finger brushed the screen,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVwCXQaTmm
and the entire device seemed to chill.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4zwsgmQtT
Tiny static flickers danced across it—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6O2dWC1USu
like interference.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgAUrMugBK
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLtmF19Wej
Then he knew—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS5HaEHX9O
this wasn't a warning.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO99ONi00jm
This was a trace of timeline interference.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNT1XfN4m7
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrifBTEwBVV
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioYwKiHKkx
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLMFPehbNA
At a far corner,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA9VLO48o2
a figure flashed past—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P2F7JiYp4
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsvqi8rE8z
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYLsU5eUDI
the eyes not his.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbPk3mRjKr
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXTIXsIVTP
Yet—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanOTc1AHDJ
not entirely not his.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf30GNa5Inl
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCN4r99e7t
He turned sharply,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEkOxGBeze
ready to chase—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYUPCwzAjS
but stopped.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z1pWdEoqL
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgY9m4eqEe6
Because he understood:172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUvKJHVy6f
if he approached,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHFwhQP2xQ
he could never come back.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6wiiOwve7
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMBmvMY71W
He whispered,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCfJSAmlOR
"28:01… is it beginning?"172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEWHNCQzFo
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡse8MRQxTls
He drew the cross from his pocket,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPlrDSjLCv
held it in his palm—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ep4B7RWv4
as if testing whether it would respond again.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwC94l43GK
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnlMRYCZ3N
Cold.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtLyZhOAQj
Silent.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjbeNJIjdr
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpnDn1Mn51
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OpVcEY8fg
he saw it—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWq9pI4dz5x
a fine fracture running along the surface,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZISUK9QF80
and at a specific angle,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijx3xFciee
a hidden reflection emerged:172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWORrig7jO
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb6poHSLST
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5HRBkN57J
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:01172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIaQMk2ijK
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWslaYNiE14
Not "Tuesday".172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4FVONR1g3
火曜日.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsP9bwmVLU
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDEfbd5CDT
an ambiguous name,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWZKjsJXsd
a term that only surfaced172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcLQDP7Uls
when events had crossed into irreversibility.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdi6ghFEO7
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUDebqS4nI
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs1oHSAcBS
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8pNhvCzN3
"But now…172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQW3LWriYK
can I still leave?"172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnZfI1x0zK
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacD0CgiziL
No one answered—except the wind.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPRYWbttkN
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpRkvp6nPT
The wind had never truly stopped.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvPzn1Z4ZD
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiHjQXaMzJ
And now,172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ573kJ9Kuoa
it was no longer just the movement of air.172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoFRHZUpuj
172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhylDdWwppr
It was the echo of memory—172Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcKgFuaURr
and of fate.
Penana
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