He didn't answer right away.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX01VRsFu5
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHglakAX2t
Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlMEOAGxmQ
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGND9EvPUV
to be rewoven before it could respond.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYWhXSjp7N
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZWXOK6yrd
"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnnsb6jdI2
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS8SodWBrp
"You were never given a choice,"170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqi64IPYFsk
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKbt1L9r5F
but with currents hidden deep beneath.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFDPr0Vw2V
"What you've always had—was burden."170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8z3qA3pUA
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡje3qELQEkd
He tried to speak,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGMDPMadvJ
but his throat was parched,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGiaUOUqcP
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsc66Va1jV
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVFhQjP5LJ
and the cross in his pocket—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkcGZmbSBo
all pressed against his breath like a weight.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qbs6fBRTo
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJytmfHv8W
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcQbN7z7Wj
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jSsLFVkOv
"Then understand this:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC89ZKLVaY
your memory was never from a single source."170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOI7cga2G9X
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RPRCD5luT
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMNVLtKTYb
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1B3QCF7WZ
"You've been… adjusted.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSs6v8NHpy
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdlelmngsK
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevMMsOkKms
"Each moment you remember—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqP9qTahI2
may come from yourself,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5NbYvwHSI
another version of you,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLz1az2WeL
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfouuQewB6
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡks2qaRd7xQ
Silence stretched between them,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfp8R0XgvS
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeo85y2RPEt
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU1zepLI6k
He suddenly remembered the photo—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuh81LkGxO
the clock frozen at 28:01.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCMjBmvBAW
It wasn't the end of time.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAjq4QybRZ
It was a new beginning, in another form.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ346juGYrtp
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eCKVizbGb
"So who am I now?"170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuvSAeASXD
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlWhapf2G1
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEOMTrgizp
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8Sk2lwJZz
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3Oike3T67
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3w7K7ZfEZ
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1vQ21H0cP
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lMHs0gsi5
The moment those words landed,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnrJVso6r9
something inside him stirred—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDWDkjVMHm
not breaking,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsHX3RoNwr
but realigning.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwODulub0RU
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoA0xGvnGwu
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BM4xCwKvW
"come back to me.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZVCOtWAV6
But remember—don't be late again.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDymzYW9lxL
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUs5cc5133R
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWZKq95BMl
The lights in the hallway flickered,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1g9H0ovgE
like a memory signal about to be severed.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJItH93W3Zf
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5o5TnT3d5
He stood still.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxSz95Taje
Didn't chase,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss3pE0dAqy
didn't turn back.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyszE4UIKEs
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKheyJjSsJJ
Because he knew—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn0d8fFgb6
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVFjrDQI52
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSztbBonwd
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLOcsqnach
His fingertips trembled slightly.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8IuSW2xq2
It wasn't just cold metal—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonk1j4q28d
it was a key to every possibility.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1tkAFb1ON
A key to memory,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQTB7hZpbP
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2fbLDnSOe
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU07pbavfKO
The door was opening.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVqEkjeQkW
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmkjNbQFvR
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkniOpYnnvj
---170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xtwnuAnNV
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdm1WJ78L0
When he left the LUOYEH base,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wE96JCKbM
the sky outside hung between two extremes—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26OREi7hOf
not day,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3FByCTFfn
not night.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxvsawIllX
A soft light drifted through the air,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE64jhjTE2
carrying whispers left unfinished.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGzF182CJb
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDTLHB7phF
As he entered the alley,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0PbBrVPxn
his phone screen lit up on its own.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8Glek2dBo
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ytDzlKxsj
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Xk6C6ji5V
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:40170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAJN6YTKW3
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3P6DuNs71
He froze.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERoNpk1EjH
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gcOP3xfnu
That was impossible.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgxk5IPdwS
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3azJsMOhHJ
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Gxo146Xzy
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnIOPwn6is
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20vkRzR5yd
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnIV7efTv1
Even stranger—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIv07MkbV4O
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc3BzHycND
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepGjdcPMD0
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWi94MCyaX
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPZGFYcVFW
"How long have I walked again?"170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzE5oPYgH2s
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGldrA9OfJ
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a2kYZCy8P
He opened his notes app,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA7Hjfk0zM
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdg6XAqGXuf
only to find a line he never remembered writing:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fx7gbDP4Q
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdH6i9UMmU
[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9koLOxQDS
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhnVrZuhqU
[Do not return.]170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeaJ4aglmk
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYfJMeTG8P
He hadn't written that.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡForW4aM3Bw
But it was in his voice—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNmH1Hpz7E
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoCQbdi11Y
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92F8ISkwBh
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG0tOMBw9z
He tried deleting it—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pa5j45QnJ
but nothing happened.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj06Yyk7khF
His finger brushed the screen,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfp61V0Qek
and the entire device seemed to chill.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSB9heZ4Js
Tiny static flickers danced across it—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9UQtjQrum
like interference.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQ3fQ0GjSC
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kkhXJt7do
Then he knew—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8tkOKeDKG
this wasn't a warning.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuzwuR9nL9
This was a trace of timeline interference.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlYMhiLNAa
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5zpDlmkOh
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Tt4nXZGEw
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JB0XQAxis
At a far corner,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72WW9SRBqr
a figure flashed past—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbJNEwU6al
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8u0qdzKTA
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4nBmVMgr0
the eyes not his.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwMSQTsAr7
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaFvlQYe2R
Yet—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct9YpwGqwV
not entirely not his.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssUhAXqzry
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeZ5Ts7aOU
He turned sharply,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKK8sLJTCg
ready to chase—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6whWs3aReP
but stopped.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLXMM7RPFg
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrhjqMowgL
Because he understood:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLfv5anAJU
if he approached,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVpvMcVwQe
he could never come back.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48y2eleW3L
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxOBISbdMz
He whispered,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItrwfy6xbR
"28:01… is it beginning?"170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXCJASNCpB
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJYQukciIQ
He drew the cross from his pocket,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrFJyZTbJq
held it in his palm—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjBlJq5EkK
as if testing whether it would respond again.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmNvVAkd09
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXq9V2T6EN
Cold.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LsTbxGTih
Silent.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57qLUIKkHG
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAYtAogjel
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k9MtU2MYP
he saw it—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzRjCnOIMs
a fine fracture running along the surface,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRg5OEfLtl
and at a specific angle,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMrS0Ev5CT
a hidden reflection emerged:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGkzUUxQGe
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7jNEPkbnz
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7Ccv2oYes
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:01170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwCB7JuB0j
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8hAhvv6lQ
Not "Tuesday".170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSXSnOI9Nq
火曜日.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEBGLI4Gtm
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA0d6gRHzB
an ambiguous name,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7C5FjgDPWp
a term that only surfaced170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABJUBHBFhW
when events had crossed into irreversibility.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNqIDDi0no
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQED2lX5YE
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSDBk03xTu
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY1XnLBtxH
"But now…170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUxu6RA8Rg
can I still leave?"170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XFxg9gZRa
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRlA5ALVLQ
No one answered—except the wind.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEYPo8hRZr
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1ezVf5pUZ
The wind had never truly stopped.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GLLow3ecD
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeuwNP2uyg
And now,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHPStht1F8
it was no longer just the movement of air.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzYnWdmkPY
170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvQ0ZG4Ueb
It was the echo of memory—170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatyXJM6ITO
and of fate.
Penana
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