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He didn't answer right away.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Cakc3tyO1
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Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgm4sWFJwLf
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAp1LouOQS
to be rewoven before it could respond.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WLCz7lQAU
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"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk2ePlRzRC
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"You were never given a choice,"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21IyaVn21u
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGk7VMlN3r
but with currents hidden deep beneath.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbgfxYb1zW
"What you've always had—was burden."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79VCNcWNjJ
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He tried to speak,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtRoOZnhsu
but his throat was parched,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6JwssqqtE
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmyVpZs2j6
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctMDFmsuw4
and the cross in his pocket—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTq3D7WfpH
all pressed against his breath like a weight.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniFwbGnpdP
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"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2f0VZzcEO
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQDC0RpVjL
"Then understand this:14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHXNpqHIY2
your memory was never from a single source."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCUZT3otLY
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"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wQkl2p4Fm
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"You've been… adjusted.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4fwZJszjA
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFM6zjORJn7
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"Each moment you remember—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nE3YRB1l6
may come from yourself,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVs7sbWYTD
another version of you,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAHvYT0ljz
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIeuSpn9Vb
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Silence stretched between them,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY89FZmdrMx
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdxGZXnXbH
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He suddenly remembered the photo—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ME7rv3S0q
the clock frozen at 28:01.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzw3Pw4Bxa
It wasn't the end of time.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xEjbPqKN9
It was a new beginning, in another form.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIFHYz82AQ
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"So who am I now?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ninXkB2su
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtSlwghLqQ
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Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4kVhUs2EE
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnA9ym8Fdpe
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"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx6JPc4JLB
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The moment those words landed,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVnE3uIj8f
something inside him stirred—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKHL6Z42q7
not breaking,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IEe8fveib
but realigning.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbr5Gb5mhy
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"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo61dBohkAN
"come back to me.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnTVQma8q4
But remember—don't be late again.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQaVcD0oar
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotyv4eyt13
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The lights in the hallway flickered,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb26QR3548I
like a memory signal about to be severed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEcH5gxoR2
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He stood still.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEraLqMB1e
Didn't chase,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT4goUGMGz
didn't turn back.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tWjj6tz8E
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Because he knew—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UZHyd2u6A
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzY0xvT1Jg
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He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK3Wh9J4MF
His fingertips trembled slightly.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkmta5ikOj
It wasn't just cold metal—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTtwfspG3c
it was a key to every possibility.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5EmawzQ7n
A key to memory,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ips8n8LL2
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU6sqXOil0
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The door was opening.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyIRtO7Q5Y
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When he left the LUOYEH base,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbmII1g2dC
the sky outside hung between two extremes—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw21l3LQq6
not day,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yvNtbqlEo
not night.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEvhKt5SaJ
A soft light drifted through the air,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42ErRhrLY9
carrying whispers left unfinished.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QK4SWdU4T
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As he entered the alley,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdjjeD3DKR
his phone screen lit up on its own.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7tlxYPVte
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiowv0Fdzk
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February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4014Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtpHAN41KQ
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He froze.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL08I7nNbWK
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That was impossible.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZum5e84Kd8
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When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKZzfk0lzK
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UHAQ9KKMr
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37N2An0ikL
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Even stranger—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQf2VAXeel
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7btCmeq4I
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjz3k8Fovd
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1zk4wlVzr
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"How long have I walked again?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YGIufeDcN
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBLSFZOvAu
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He opened his notes app,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYesgKQUfT
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDzDOMk6OD
only to find a line he never remembered writing:14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtKW3pbktO
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[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWUmeC6HKA
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfUgxiCia3
[Do not return.]14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglQYxyKT3w
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He hadn't written that.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvIcqf3hfW
But it was in his voice—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXpijV5jX5
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTAGlo0DSk
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MKq2HB7PC
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He tried deleting it—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCV0RkatsXX
but nothing happened.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aQEPndPCe
His finger brushed the screen,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCgoQvpluE
and the entire device seemed to chill.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUA9AnSr9D
Tiny static flickers danced across it—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfM0v0EXydz
like interference.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNK46dQmi6U
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Then he knew—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxN4w6BxPE
this wasn't a warning.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSHgOvK2Un
This was a trace of timeline interference.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMH2iHPP1j
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He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIFf49vXVx
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At a far corner,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobD7Qt57D2
a figure flashed past—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp5PimrB5l
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QTSBgjVMG
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAW1M2Rk1E
the eyes not his.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA0IrOLl82
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Yet—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Rs7yG4fT9
not entirely not his.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnMIeMvlLC
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He turned sharply,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnula6M2BCG
ready to chase—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7CALtXEkl
but stopped.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlimI0bcHF
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Because he understood:14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNryDu8nO6
if he approached,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWcGKlB8EM
he could never come back.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJ99eDd4FZ
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He whispered,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVD3gb0XN9G
"28:01… is it beginning?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7MGAPMkQM
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He drew the cross from his pocket,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHnAij9iHp
held it in his palm—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNL6f9wlVWb
as if testing whether it would respond again.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAnVxyQCL8
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Cold.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDIpFuwJPg
Silent.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2u0duBD3O
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But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEF4IjKMf1h
he saw it—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJiUvvKioh
a fine fracture running along the surface,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzxk02mXPf
and at a specific angle,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocRPV9Wbat
a hidden reflection emerged:14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8paVKMPrSf
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X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhZ99ZvFyV
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpJF2vjdm9
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Not "Tuesday".14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OPK821ZSB
火曜日.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qFwvAIOzv
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0vAaC26Ao
an ambiguous name,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHCzhVzWEj
a term that only surfaced14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZInXVYA104
when events had crossed into irreversibility.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3oy7dWzaw
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"He really did stay behind," he murmured.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttkIqd8T0y
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"But now…14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdExnxiqA8S
can I still leave?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4fz2m45Do
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No one answered—except the wind.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2erxiHLnf
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The wind had never truly stopped.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUui2U5b4i
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And now,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hIYI3xX8J
it was no longer just the movement of air.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm83zdTNYt1
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It was the echo of memory—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzfmtQU9dD
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