He didn't answer right away.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjbRDC1RtT
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cmfUQ1cVj
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg4Ox1de3v
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhymixSxQIL
to be rewoven before it could respond.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XVVR3C0yA
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZcgBTvsMJ
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns6WCGSGvw
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2Ki0xRI8F
"You were never given a choice,"148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKsJwCVuYa
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhohHm8Ou4s
but with currents hidden deep beneath.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajNzIzgAie
"What you've always had—was burden."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OMfpl6iQ4
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArzDjzPr8o
He tried to speak,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafC8elcTRe
but his throat was parched,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡex5L9dyxQQ
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6Vg14zoaj
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXYreXOCLh
and the cross in his pocket—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVmwI2nVvx
all pressed against his breath like a weight.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFskSdvvlXp
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5F5bbVpLf0
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ132cDKp7vg
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjwQxIYkY5
"Then understand this:148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iN4HgFDhC
your memory was never from a single source."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NroLr2jZF
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8Z0jj1o6w
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGaBGlVqbW
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizdFuqMv7A
"You've been… adjusted.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7e7mllhBr
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxGTJNBGer
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx02bi13TyC
"Each moment you remember—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7tO2NgZAb
may come from yourself,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUM9J1pREG
another version of you,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JlT3lGY2Q
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HewMG3DPv
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVAr4aRN5V
Silence stretched between them,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiOPKBsZsr
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwcYUE99Pk
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUvFtWVb3I
He suddenly remembered the photo—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwLv1oUEC5
the clock frozen at 28:01.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAbW12cimG
It wasn't the end of time.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43KBSDrkfJ
It was a new beginning, in another form.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIAyNhupkg
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UX4cc3K8d
"So who am I now?"148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvb1QxCqwg
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPMm33poDp
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32dx4bs0VF
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx0SyxITe5
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKncwU4mmim
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHu6jpmrAY
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbYAAQPWzd
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6QComZO15
The moment those words landed,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKj8i1TFE7
something inside him stirred—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPIJm4K4NB
not breaking,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0Sxla4vUt
but realigning.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeOx6lmMaI
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKgmxH1juT
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtA8ZGNrSb8
"come back to me.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37G7wOxLUk
But remember—don't be late again.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWvDBABxJY
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgesU7dgCGy
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05Uj11z2wu
The lights in the hallway flickered,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcJdsPdiQt
like a memory signal about to be severed.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaPW40eHTY
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnB8WjMNhY
He stood still.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrNGZsxDjq
Didn't chase,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx4IXsmV9O
didn't turn back.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmPFJDG355
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9fm2bicQJ
Because he knew—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqM1AF7x67
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCIOmPRTV6
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5wDf4yCF0
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qh8wXhSls
His fingertips trembled slightly.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlgSstf0w2
It wasn't just cold metal—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7XcJDTHdd
it was a key to every possibility.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAAkqiWuUr
A key to memory,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fCWmNU9D1
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRoxePFEHN
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJpae8rHN0
The door was opening.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MrGAInreF
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7q5YKAfBi
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPAvgddsOV
---148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2B03sODz6I
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT45lAmxmB
When he left the LUOYEH base,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fYBPgi3uo
the sky outside hung between two extremes—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae2iYi1WNX
not day,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUaVft6xQe
not night.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXNkPlP6AF
A soft light drifted through the air,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MwedNifvt
carrying whispers left unfinished.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGJHwqGbPD
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlPlx78oug
As he entered the alley,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgf958IMSa
his phone screen lit up on its own.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetT2Vm0MPr
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ451AX4P9Nm
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MlE1JeKnB
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:40148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhk0gp3Liok
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nLah3hl23
He froze.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjMq5m7qmq
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lwYh1tjWR
That was impossible.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgVnlgY3yx
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2owzJ43ds
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2IQjCbexg
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfVr8j8tHB
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUSaVgeFLA
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qQboF17IC
Even stranger—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcJbErFG9c
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gUAMo4mju
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaR96p6MMQX
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcEKV4hEQ4
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6Q85u3oq2
"How long have I walked again?"148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppx60MxSV8
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaz9F07QkFD
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuT8Ks8UYAh
He opened his notes app,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjG5AR5bhb1
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iJLSTsUpK
only to find a line he never remembered writing:148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt41zzvowm6
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdCnodQEN6
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TANTXPSgJ
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHymumf044k
[Do not return.]148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpGIEc6uLC
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgoMhshGxu
He hadn't written that.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2eQ34vxCE
But it was in his voice—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3cRC360uW
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycTvDMnN7n
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtBN7vGT5B
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMjqiqQgOk
He tried deleting it—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y0emkCqYg
but nothing happened.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt7cSCOxLu
His finger brushed the screen,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOYxfalDN1
and the entire device seemed to chill.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFnnPoM70A
Tiny static flickers danced across it—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHhkr3vWG2
like interference.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOczgvGXkD
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmFPJDEiKa
Then he knew—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTTfthZugI
this wasn't a warning.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseuh2iGmQF
This was a trace of timeline interference.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGArUN75uWC
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdP4CCVhLT
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxzENQ569r
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPBBle747W
At a far corner,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT9CxUa0j9
a figure flashed past—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrdz9XGRhS
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ994vqytMFL
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KY05ih9au
the eyes not his.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlkmOJDNMQ
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdBXonOPZL
Yet—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlCAX0FthM
not entirely not his.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZPTYxbKLW
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1FK4tpuL9
He turned sharply,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZe1qgK5b6R
ready to chase—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTG3LddOmrX
but stopped.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ9COSpaTu
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2comAyJ81H
Because he understood:148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8L5FriMfFc
if he approached,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZELoAjtHWM
he could never come back.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjT15XWwCR
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVL8bXhJmr
He whispered,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjfp3Yb78M
"28:01… is it beginning?"148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoE61trRS6
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYutRwjhJMn
He drew the cross from his pocket,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2If8RPNrVp
held it in his palm—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgLosSUeO7
as if testing whether it would respond again.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0PysyhuFz
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlMPvbB8YF
Cold.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT10bsPhrTE
Silent.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwCxoxHYBH
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzCN0GdeAG
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlA3q09wkmB
he saw it—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8ZX1qTOSt
a fine fracture running along the surface,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9omA3S6YR
and at a specific angle,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBZlYWXEQb
a hidden reflection emerged:148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSu4LfdVYR
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM69sG0ae1
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKpmBgYCcS
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:01148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZJcGmkcc9
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoF6en612a3
Not "Tuesday".148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKlaJVECpe
火曜日.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7raUxYfCyC
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHiykBghCV
an ambiguous name,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUwGufI9Lw
a term that only surfaced148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3o1LJjv3Z
when events had crossed into irreversibility.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh06MCujLms
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhjsUK30Xl
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN95xfU6PQj
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9ypqAgIZn
"But now…148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki5EFR6TIA
can I still leave?"148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06kboTohof
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BCWWgNYLD
No one answered—except the wind.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBCxfNndec
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7w3UoFqzR
The wind had never truly stopped.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7ZRpxsYJY
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQ8GvHLCI8
And now,148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96bAO1VaOV
it was no longer just the movement of air.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCTv4ddwtq
148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUzgz7gOi5
It was the echo of memory—148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiPQpJ8hFW
and of fate.
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