He didn't answer right away.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBALYlI8pdd
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Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQrovHjzUw
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbe8asxzkWO
to be rewoven before it could respond.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5s3Ka175Q
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"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunW7c11jbA
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"You were never given a choice,"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5OlgzWah1
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZqjOuhJ3Q
but with currents hidden deep beneath.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnTSIqgp30
"What you've always had—was burden."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsXYuZobgS
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cx23gnm6j
He tried to speak,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4ZzoRLyKG
but his throat was parched,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWljVC28gmp
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOBmhxZnqj
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBPYJosQHt
and the cross in his pocket—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDv8EmORB8v
all pressed against his breath like a weight.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJDisKlg47
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"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5KTVniNmI
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhs6KlI44CH
"Then understand this:16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkRu2NIxkJ
your memory was never from a single source."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFrxtla1uX
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRHyJZNMib
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvZCzqYrzS
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0LJmn5gd8
"You've been… adjusted.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyq4GXDoT5h
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpt3IS9FAnS
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ls4DY0AZB
"Each moment you remember—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwAON6n53R
may come from yourself,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JGuubbuDG
another version of you,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcufiv11W1J
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPb05Uh4IN
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqI0gHdmqy
Silence stretched between them,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsEi0h8Oy9
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzq3hSFmoVJ
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJf00GLFMO
He suddenly remembered the photo—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9NCrRjblQ
the clock frozen at 28:01.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz90Yfq44Ab
It wasn't the end of time.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzLcPhITpt
It was a new beginning, in another form.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVA2stBgoB
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6wEhOTFBa
"So who am I now?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBCdDwYFsZ
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO4JMx1PqL
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUxNWCEVXw
Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMajgH1rU07
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl6GKfXl3u
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkabRcXoLQ
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZd5pLfrod
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7GtuKVEqG
The moment those words landed,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEZztM8o0Y
something inside him stirred—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36mMO9Q3WE
not breaking,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDF9Ya9Ajx
but realigning.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfzCS6fRcy
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"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jXrHWBsz8
"come back to me.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODrTIbRzpq
But remember—don't be late again.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsrjnHyqdz
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh3SS4a2ZU
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The lights in the hallway flickered,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2ei9aolL2
like a memory signal about to be severed.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHVwkDJKFL
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfD09v770W
He stood still.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnFnFAfK43
Didn't chase,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHinRqGdMd1
didn't turn back.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvu7xqaB7e
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WDle8CyJl
Because he knew—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rfGsbBUO3
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXUi4WLsei
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3KVuzEeEU
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN05H9mz7W8
His fingertips trembled slightly.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRO3h4vev5e
It wasn't just cold metal—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZqhfZHYBM
it was a key to every possibility.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIquoi4WRNC
A key to memory,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSn1NesjsW3
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkdmVr27ol
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The door was opening.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZESU30inm2
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---16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4W7SoZnS4
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When he left the LUOYEH base,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGe7j2JyJOL
the sky outside hung between two extremes—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXt0Jz69Ye
not day,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8j6BqCXan
not night.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZBWM1AXvw
A soft light drifted through the air,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LfvIhH3kg
carrying whispers left unfinished.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFMGIzfHDT
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32SC6vFpnc
As he entered the alley,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz85cr8keYz
his phone screen lit up on its own.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriNb80w6Xn
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZu1GvVnT8
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February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4016Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn7q42QOkm
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEOzhIrY2r
He froze.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9dn4araOg
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That was impossible.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8U96JMBdr
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When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KSloAauci
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAdBYZskev
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhV3ngxl39e
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Even stranger—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwSkrCav24
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDv0W80CVY
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDhl06CpUe
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qMYSxbeSv
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"How long have I walked again?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpifgRHzZDP
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVvV8EBm85
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He opened his notes app,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ldrChq0d1
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FAIOoH4X9
only to find a line he never remembered writing:16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jkFK38SAX
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[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcnU0TuxWa
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9hMpoPiYo
[Do not return.]16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡju5SE64mNL
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He hadn't written that.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnAVNFoXol
But it was in his voice—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YZHqdPIBu
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2aAp2UsLm
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRieIHsh6U1
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He tried deleting it—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8CWlOIlWq
but nothing happened.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4XJ34vnKm
His finger brushed the screen,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTANhlxIlX
and the entire device seemed to chill.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GWb2dGwD9
Tiny static flickers danced across it—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTcd9INJIu
like interference.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIxDZTbY7d
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34nisXACGP
Then he knew—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoMNPFmZMF
this wasn't a warning.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IAz2EFK5X
This was a trace of timeline interference.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5DU6C19ep
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfQAAEhPOk
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IgfSYFIBO
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At a far corner,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONw1VWeUlD
a figure flashed past—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fw5mXW23I
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOApIqg5pX3
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7HDUW7VCF
the eyes not his.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGULqqaXYe
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQwbohfjdO
Yet—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifcRLkvKEy
not entirely not his.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAQleXvTwI
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1JwkEGMpU
He turned sharply,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLK8zbPTYR
ready to chase—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctbgFAoxOW
but stopped.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IW7v1Z47p
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQPSo3mDLn
Because he understood:16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KQdv7Dk0b
if he approached,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L78g7tUGq
he could never come back.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBPuREOh5B
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oLqb4VznL
He whispered,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1AL7QGdFr
"28:01… is it beginning?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJsTYowRcU
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5jWhPTzpx
He drew the cross from his pocket,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXy1Sl6tkuQ
held it in his palm—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYKblEBIYW
as if testing whether it would respond again.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4Cjnh8BVi
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWzZA5BSPU
Cold.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoK1gqSH8ve
Silent.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXy6mqySsj
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But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6Z9iE5KkM
he saw it—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmvpAreqOX
a fine fracture running along the surface,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2glcKC33h7
and at a specific angle,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM5gYodKrv
a hidden reflection emerged:16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiFYAGTZZF
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bH1dNALWi
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5ucQ27NLa
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZYAoQPcY7
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXe2DLq30d5
Not "Tuesday".16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcgSyS7sMG
火曜日.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAlGcEREqc
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaSo8vYo5b
an ambiguous name,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbpsDmfYOg
a term that only surfaced16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAlFKnMo1x
when events had crossed into irreversibility.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3225qDBCUo
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"He really did stay behind," he murmured.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHERO5KNrwZ
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56s0vmCVJ3
"But now…16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvT6BN5rMJ
can I still leave?"16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7lSW306iW
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSn8AfJWQZJ
No one answered—except the wind.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Y5UYP04ZV
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57qu3kB0SE
The wind had never truly stopped.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjB32sJaTeU
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTeuDSEsU3
And now,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EviLjCYdW
it was no longer just the movement of air.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4W3sMPklbc
16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ny3byoqMS
It was the echo of memory—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlw5GrLooP
and of fate.
Penana
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