He didn't answer right away.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENDf5m6fee
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTXd0uKMzh
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3KSqWhNOW
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5fW3P03nN
to be rewoven before it could respond.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r30xoIdlb
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyAcWGi6hi
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgmtHTlyZr
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw399vYZXHB
"You were never given a choice,"110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sVlZpydxT
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMqZetmyZX
but with currents hidden deep beneath.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhG0ahWaiC
"What you've always had—was burden."110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oxJwVTYIs
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd98NH6FsSC
He tried to speak,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdhZhgTg5B
but his throat was parched,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkmCNrmH6w
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtau4vrFAOk
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdpZZBC7vN
and the cross in his pocket—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZxaSaQofu
all pressed against his breath like a weight.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YIbCFxUKN
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4fKGGSJGl
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQy2PxPp5u
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYAg4UF1P3
"Then understand this:110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdJsCjhLaJ
your memory was never from a single source."110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EVIpZnoOe
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OBeDwRfAC
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoaa4YT5dn
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgz7s8Uhkgn
"You've been… adjusted.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAlx95XL7b
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfoaEkV0Nm
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vxYm567Wk
"Each moment you remember—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboE1DDtvfI
may come from yourself,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWywFOn7Eg
another version of you,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85BPJbGjCw
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1jPNvQhHR
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXD0ojshMR
Silence stretched between them,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxleywTpau0
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgHB6lOwhp
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZi80juQLHo
He suddenly remembered the photo—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96WnHR2nz7
the clock frozen at 28:01.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd1ddqPFZ8
It wasn't the end of time.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRqzEV4n9c
It was a new beginning, in another form.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVOAZh2laT
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUtuQyi35w
"So who am I now?"110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwwMbVjEVf
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6760YcFHR4
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66aQnucpRL
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQoxAAdMSD
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOOVTAGTuI
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiAZRWVvMq
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tuASZJGkA
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXHXD041hR
The moment those words landed,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwSeRxA356
something inside him stirred—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7wZjaLHQw
not breaking,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokoi6kn0yI
but realigning.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeopycaiSn9
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCktzgHdASF
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVq8CYGy9F
"come back to me.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVpdb3OBwn
But remember—don't be late again.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCqrNj484Y
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRW6ihzCt1
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk78iNeeIuT
The lights in the hallway flickered,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuq44S3ZaI
like a memory signal about to be severed.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFo8EWpLW5
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXGQvqqGeQ
He stood still.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQvDhCiW7c
Didn't chase,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeC0xbJDPE
didn't turn back.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ34kacqt91
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbfaf03sjd
Because he knew—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72lvYetwGy
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3atj48DQ6
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAKzHCV2pq
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIjswHYETq
His fingertips trembled slightly.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CXkaK1d5Y
It wasn't just cold metal—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbPLDYofbN
it was a key to every possibility.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeT77rmBHxC
A key to memory,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqUBgFlOyO
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswLcEnxNwi
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSZlVtLSYR
The door was opening.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYPViYcELs
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DzKJpeUAl
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GkgMUM69G
---110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykzuM4NuMQ
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGB9ef8Pd8T
When he left the LUOYEH base,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTQfQzd3ne
the sky outside hung between two extremes—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfgdAbCgOW
not day,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPsLDbSQJF
not night.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRwWyX4xU8
A soft light drifted through the air,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQdUyClAcr
carrying whispers left unfinished.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsvKukiXHF
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GRzkO5flb
As he entered the alley,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJnssfnPFy
his phone screen lit up on its own.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7QpDurivp
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLd7WVRAQYF
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVnlpgNh6s
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:40110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcO1d6Fc2f
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslfs2PnDhU
He froze.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5efLncncE
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFv3JSW4qq
That was impossible.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhy5IKq9ynJ
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTTzEJuuFO
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabPpukTqy0
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMlB1xfJrW
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVsImlhnON
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzkJppEDjh
Even stranger—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKCgO9Vd2n
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaHOorQgss
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQdtjYpPDf
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBdBbRgXI7
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoaIogy3zw
"How long have I walked again?"110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBFuPxkLfI
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG7CltWWwi
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxezjSb7oWB
He opened his notes app,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99wMSudqdS
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJcV6AcdLy
only to find a line he never remembered writing:110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy3vVFRQbY
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhbdNCLzvz
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2YHZrJStm
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmVcUcAQf3
[Do not return.]110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIs3MiCXGvv
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sBeI5jL7R
He hadn't written that.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8D0rhXDlzB
But it was in his voice—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1qVkzAWMX
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUREiNNzRkc
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrG9t7c2vcy
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FiW7agkQt
He tried deleting it—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdzXYTO86F
but nothing happened.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BTjkAgRdn
His finger brushed the screen,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9OVGeI8QI
and the entire device seemed to chill.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMH4DYz963f
Tiny static flickers danced across it—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wpxQfpd2v
like interference.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWb6XztLPC
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUw1ASFBvnn
Then he knew—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmIsbAkONU
this wasn't a warning.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QLxNBXha1
This was a trace of timeline interference.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXPxlffRrf
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1BrxAlgyN
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitAXgywIsn
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJStFzDQ4SO
At a far corner,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2k7LnTpgL1
a figure flashed past—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCL5C880gE
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5JI1Wt3De
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fBC3gigrJ
the eyes not his.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRB69mIaXw
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq7fZirWna
Yet—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW8NKZPBGY
not entirely not his.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfrwy4Kg7I
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yusnn395y
He turned sharply,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Gs9czKJ7I
ready to chase—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT07uYQw6fp
but stopped.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNroPS2qNHd
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6pBWtHV4B
Because he understood:110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrZlISVj0m
if he approached,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIjQCINFD8
he could never come back.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpd9QdmsqY
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRIUCzlbIm
He whispered,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNxWqrFGbH
"28:01… is it beginning?"110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQbIu8uMyw
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcucBX7EVH
He drew the cross from his pocket,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjHLCVUjbG
held it in his palm—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnEX69LWi2
as if testing whether it would respond again.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoRPvo9dAy
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eCDiQEdVS
Cold.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePGOSlgWu5
Silent.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBk7dRgXO6
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvjyhmlCYI
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvdCrUxl29
he saw it—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0ULZi2Xal
a fine fracture running along the surface,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOJLlUuoFN
and at a specific angle,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQm7LsV7Ox
a hidden reflection emerged:110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOAi0C8ZaI
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTxLEdDJ7i
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9sNFGFwwo
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:01110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ289ihFadDs
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4qYArX4Tz
Not "Tuesday".110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKM7UUCJsjf
火曜日.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5QN5joV8G
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FYi0B7Ffs
an ambiguous name,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9Ko48RuMj
a term that only surfaced110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBm7TvNEOuR
when events had crossed into irreversibility.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcCM3G1svq
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDlSgtD2Cf
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaw9T6s65Z
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIBQo37rYc
"But now…110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3c4awZ2E4D
can I still leave?"110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQGCK7z51f
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmag5UIMcuL
No one answered—except the wind.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEjHFpV9kz
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDojGBV76oD
The wind had never truly stopped.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jl8gQ8WB0
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV79ft6ev7f
And now,110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbBZwwuqA2
it was no longer just the movement of air.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZtz3X8uky
110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ04WPMWjVN
It was the echo of memory—110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HJXQZ1cLJ
and of fate.
Penana
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