He didn't answer right away.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kZ09BRSqI
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgjb3xzL65
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4MDTRB1ZJ
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJObR8ntK5T
to be rewoven before it could respond.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cIBWCH9SY
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdny4mnYUv
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yQe0ZVWWP
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnC3aaA6WA
"You were never given a choice,"63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsfhlc7Ikz
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqac8usbgF
but with currents hidden deep beneath.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjmgCBrmxC
"What you've always had—was burden."63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbknsgAAeDF
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0MoTc5aXm
He tried to speak,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZh5U4fg2CW
but his throat was parched,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IWHqXZHUn
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURz39bTMLU
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GJyt4OT3u
and the cross in his pocket—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AsJ30RnqV
all pressed against his breath like a weight.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirjxGrWcMh
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrDtats60t
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyy08cHoUv
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C1BZbzppb
"Then understand this:63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PbWSXIgRn
your memory was never from a single source."63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT3FibDApE
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAzrWz2sdy
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgdJk4PU5S
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNn7l6SywgX
"You've been… adjusted.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcvMXkoW3u
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwQliOPbx6
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyOAegYxfZ
"Each moment you remember—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxwTz5RXW6
may come from yourself,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOMU09seJv
another version of you,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWc18ubq10
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawrDDakiFD
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWGRVgyw7C
Silence stretched between them,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PnD175cDa
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hgRGJ2jSE
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7y7ktsQeP
He suddenly remembered the photo—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNmLUQj64P
the clock frozen at 28:01.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKngQDwA60Y
It wasn't the end of time.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DZFnj4gon
It was a new beginning, in another form.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWF3smTXia
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZV0shYSoO
"So who am I now?"63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1xaaZHi2z
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kfMB7trLe
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5zQGx0arP
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqrVNFftbJ
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmJzdKcNHZ
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P0k60a5ro
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAbHKYyOp2
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAh560tkm0w
The moment those words landed,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1DoLATeWr
something inside him stirred—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1KICuLmKT
not breaking,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJb0FXVqqhV
but realigning.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56keb2MWey
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUj9rAbUZOW
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurbWAlpZ14
"come back to me.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFanKEtEnO
But remember—don't be late again.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6jGkjtOzU
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCsAgaAauh
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnT8MhxV6U
The lights in the hallway flickered,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ621NxXURQN
like a memory signal about to be severed.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxKjtFjjFD
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5fNvVj07P
He stood still.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡit6BIx2ci6
Didn't chase,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx7VbFtMok
didn't turn back.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvc1PtWFvo
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEQhm0dhdU
Because he knew—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PDcUbS2tG
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy87EXURkPI
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoxnYXd9UT
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw6FojND74
His fingertips trembled slightly.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaES4KJyw4
It wasn't just cold metal—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiM4j9Ax6p1
it was a key to every possibility.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHUASvSgyN
A key to memory,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllcIKka7RD
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWEh6lsmoR
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvwoJ2w3tI
The door was opening.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTcvaqvHR1
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEnYqJmvXb
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt415L6Qh0Y
---63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAb8jus3lbQ
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79BtwtWncc
When he left the LUOYEH base,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqyWacJsMf
the sky outside hung between two extremes—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6hJfbEcwG
not day,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡma2e4UpBYE
not night.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVTj7upaB3
A soft light drifted through the air,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LhJ63pHTI
carrying whispers left unfinished.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIJBP5ONMu
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OjGQVqu89
As he entered the alley,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡow1E8wmsur
his phone screen lit up on its own.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL33jgqfkmQ
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4X5QPpIeB
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovPNgFEj0S
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4063Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiImkUFLFT
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rDMjCHsEQ
He froze.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZKhYBlp4x
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppzRuM2n8m
That was impossible.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOPBddiLJI
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBG7DlJC1e
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWrk929Ioi
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2Q0ML6vPK
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftl6FlKWT3
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9IRpRFztJ
Even stranger—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvivtz83jwY
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzrMqFATon
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5WP18nQDF
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5meMoLMcIE
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcULFYMCqL
"How long have I walked again?"63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE32z8MO7Y
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBCWB4H0DB
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7H5fWDhkT
He opened his notes app,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6uWfXJ1O9
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxH6FWTj6vk
only to find a line he never remembered writing:63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2R7G5BycMJ
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavVcajMYOF
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvRCObj3T1
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KNlruoQBp
[Do not return.]63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf93o3myU4
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh29QdAqzY8
He hadn't written that.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0T3UXxMo3
But it was in his voice—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRulH7sm5j1
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpU7YgiXiE
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvIJtcK8dL
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGCTWNwc0F
He tried deleting it—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSToJV87cC
but nothing happened.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKheiD2B4C
His finger brushed the screen,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYECNkYYWQ
and the entire device seemed to chill.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUribHT3xxg
Tiny static flickers danced across it—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLsHxDOLYj
like interference.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVCOEQYGGm
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9i19RnsHQz
Then he knew—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMnPS1dQRm
this wasn't a warning.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3awDmCgfVY
This was a trace of timeline interference.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxMOlTcJY0
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6VE6930El
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnADGs0x3H9
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn926w54ZJv
At a far corner,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs5wMowVok
a figure flashed past—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n25L95Yp8
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1M2DMLWxD
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLnhOYkCw4
the eyes not his.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSFBKW3MdR
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeu30yBlk8
Yet—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nhjMnRdwv
not entirely not his.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaF9xFcrec
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CHObFPL9T
He turned sharply,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4WLzuu12H
ready to chase—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrETdV3m0uH
but stopped.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzngzQqvEW
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYktZsjBq2M
Because he understood:63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN60k4HHKDw
if he approached,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtj9NAwPZR
he could never come back.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFTu6Lheng
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeK7h9ILhmz
He whispered,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssl3BsQ0A5
"28:01… is it beginning?"63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB889vrsPg1
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rSo5LtKzR
He drew the cross from his pocket,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4b40vn51Cx
held it in his palm—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaIhBTd1E1
as if testing whether it would respond again.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmm3aRaJHGV
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUqdqbHPh5
Cold.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHDqcqY10V
Silent.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMY9cKTsHy
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOQ0Yyyusy
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ20yBzoD2f
he saw it—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKZoTjVmqd
a fine fracture running along the surface,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZixqPktgLh
and at a specific angle,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvjr4v6ywb
a hidden reflection emerged:63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWFtgGoj9J
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡck33QqoT1G
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkG0Eyjk54
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNju5FlfxE
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Vq0GlV9LY
Not "Tuesday".63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtWji8OOO3
火曜日.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd95NSlJbxa
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvOsDcS2vi
an ambiguous name,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUzUCtNiw2
a term that only surfaced63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8F4qgffrD
when events had crossed into irreversibility.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyZdssSd1r
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXWxYPN8ug
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpJSWWSKGD
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41ZaT5k7o3
"But now…63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu03l5Oz7ix
can I still leave?"63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnf1QElGb2d
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTtsyZosTJ
No one answered—except the wind.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuM3JlcJsuW
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuvek1FwP5
The wind had never truly stopped.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OTQlDK250
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Rj7ILpgOZ
And now,63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU6ERYihpd
it was no longer just the movement of air.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cIB8g5eMK
63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkXXP4YZ55
It was the echo of memory—63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpT3l5MogT
and of fate.
Penana
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