He didn't answer right away.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPS7ki79xP
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Because he knew—it wasn't a question one could answer in a single breath.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASnlvcS5zn
It was a riddle that required the soul to slowly shed its layers,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M5nMhvBVk
to be rewoven before it could respond.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UkLIR655C
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"Do you think I still have a choice?" he whispered, as if asking himself.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVci5aAci1D
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"You were never given a choice,"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYDpKit61M
Bai Zi-Ming replied, his gaze calm like a still river,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uZy9O8OjH
but with currents hidden deep beneath.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtdiHHyvIu
"What you've always had—was burden."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6VTIGybzO
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He tried to speak,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPh4ysemlk
but his throat was parched,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrOhXgWx2l
his voice buried beneath layers of fractured time.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ0CD1pTvv
The ungrasped past, the names too dangerous to recall,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ivuRcfIcr
and the cross in his pocket—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYHS4fWHdS
all pressed against his breath like a weight.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQxAh8rkJB
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROw9ESUVy4
"You want the truth behind the 281 days?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsPFwTryMD
Bai Zi-Ming asked suddenly, his voice nearly a whisper.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dEha9O4o3
"Then understand this:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSpmQYKtG9
your memory was never from a single source."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJpdOa4tB9
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr0b0Dw6Kd
"…Meaning?" He looked up, brow furrowed.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMdg6lOig3
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwL2xLYQoN
"You've been… adjusted.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6JeQOf12r
Or rather, your time has been written, rewritten, and folded again."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTIIcsmcK4
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw26Xtk0j11
"Each moment you remember—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0oXj7UUGJ
may come from yourself,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aMV5LNVh3
another version of you,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XvlwPkSrM
or a future that hasn't yet occurred."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNidzrgMvv
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXIvxtNlBB
Silence stretched between them,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjryy5NTr85
like the broken timeline unraveling inside his mind.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUJtcrVWIm
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9d1EbiYZuq
He suddenly remembered the photo—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhXCrUCE7Z
the clock frozen at 28:01.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiBJOuPfPQ
It wasn't the end of time.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuGiAobVEI
It was a new beginning, in another form.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaK3zhE39vc
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wWnC9adUd
"So who am I now?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbyjfrUPRc
He asked softly. But this time, there was no tremble in his voice.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡur1hR8E0lB
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Bai Zi-Ming didn't answer immediately.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1QIvqO0XI
Instead, he stepped closer, and said quietly, with clarity:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdCnAKdQQ1
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gONqI6L05
"You are the one who—across every version—chose to remain."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeqO9Mx6tp
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHP547cNO2W
The moment those words landed,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOPXqkJOxY
something inside him stirred—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNSFuEGvnS
not breaking,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1Z7Ixc5QQ
but realigning.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtP4sBhlHd7
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAg35cfANd9
"When you're ready," Bai Zi-Ming said, turning into the shadows,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f6pkiw5d3
"come back to me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxpD6Is3v9
But remember—don't be late again.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnanHJHB9L
One more delay, and you will forget who you are."11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs597inEcFK
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The lights in the hallway flickered,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6H0JdJVD7
like a memory signal about to be severed.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey52aDDQ4s
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrtidCkZdd
He stood still.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYTZyAAe3q
Didn't chase,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhq3J8PcOQf
didn't turn back.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CmGIQF18K
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8ejhyIdR8
Because he knew—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6ZYgGrRJE
the silence in that moment was already a kind of wordless promise.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk09TCSh2mG
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oyGG3s7gX
He lifted a hand and held the cross in his pocket.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBupYee2wW
His fingertips trembled slightly.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizKtCiI80j
It wasn't just cold metal—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgsmR1XA2a
it was a key to every possibility.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BVQdP4XeL
A key to memory,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡds9TcKEYaB
and to the fate he could no longer avoid.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMzMw7jcwq
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zplGoUgze
The door was opening.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgsPC84Rcu
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---11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU9nofbIDm
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLidIBNaD8c
When he left the LUOYEH base,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6Hn8jG0gx
the sky outside hung between two extremes—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3qpQUfKDW
not day,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiubY0uKVX
not night.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wLnsOmEWs
A soft light drifted through the air,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hJbxqRIEO
carrying whispers left unfinished.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7i1mwIExl3
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As he entered the alley,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2W9CsqmBX
his phone screen lit up on its own.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMEGS1uIBw
The time flickered for a second, then displayed:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPs44AvfDZ
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0QyFBbiyp
February 23, 2025 (Sunday) — 18:4011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG9wsiypWD
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12h4j36tpe
He froze.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGJRYkoxEQ
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That was impossible.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcy4STswEsf
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVS5GaWXZh
When he entered the base, it was 3:47 PM.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrrldLzfQ0
The conversation hadn't lasted more than a few minutes.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHQA6cm3bq
There should've been no gap of nearly three hours.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadrbl8g2S2
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblsbYaec3X
Even stranger—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMFQg76tWb
he couldn't recall anything from the moment he left the inner room until now.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfGgWf3NBV
As if someone had sliced out an entire stretch of memory—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz1lppV6ax
cleanly, surgically, without even ash remaining.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAY97DmLof5
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVGR07whv1
"How long have I walked again?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X7fcPfGyK
he asked himself, voice so low not even the wind bothered to reply.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesiHJVMLMN
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlH7W6pf7C
He opened his notes app,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9YyongBdi
intending to record what Bai Zi-Ming had said—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2WA1VKmn1
only to find a line he never remembered writing:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GPwQccNER
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[Tuesday – fracture : 2/25, 03:00 tentative]11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5otJIMZaW
[Reverse Axis remains unstable.]11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo2USN5BbY
[Do not return.]11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIwvdmpgez
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysaR0ZrGGv
He hadn't written that.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz952AX6Jer
But it was in his voice—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u9ZHea3iC
his format, his rhythm, his syntax.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvyuV2Zsym
Exactly like something he'd write to his future self.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD0h6RDOg9
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJwlymUDIG
He tried deleting it—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMZerHrR9h
but nothing happened.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZIfYNds0c
His finger brushed the screen,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWp0AdfgF6
and the entire device seemed to chill.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzzx0oP4Q6
Tiny static flickers danced across it—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpql6ZnwCT
like interference.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxWnjOJdLo
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlT0i1Snu6
Then he knew—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqqBwtp9il
this wasn't a warning.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLO6Wqq2KK
This was a trace of timeline interference.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdinrBzboG2
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC6U7GURhw
He looked up quickly, scanning the distance.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS9iL4SGmD
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXblW3LjGLP
At a far corner,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYlvuybw9A
a figure flashed past—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhnwWl5SJB
so like the reflection he'd once seen in a mirror.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4TPNzhWdE
But the stride was different, the posture foreign,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9eraiObb9
the eyes not his.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWSY1HQxtx
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cDoGUV6zq
Yet—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GGFRDsb0V
not entirely not his.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ884cDEb6V
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcY8auitJ5D
He turned sharply,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt7zf9YWvX
ready to chase—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2Hp0FVKB1
but stopped.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPDMpJHgSt
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Because he understood:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkYthMo1Vr
if he approached,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqT7FTGvbpK
he could never come back.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXHUj8VTo0
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r8Uq0YwlQ
He whispered,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf9l4lPgtE
"28:01… is it beginning?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEhRvjABfi
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7PUwV3kK8
He drew the cross from his pocket,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RXm3ZjQXV
held it in his palm—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSAtgGDzFQ
as if testing whether it would respond again.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAnvwKVd7U
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz85MszD3Kx
Cold.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNb4n8XAWbC
Silent.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhEEebycll
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStCCeN3BnY
But as his gaze settled on the point where the bars intersected,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTGyHWtEK5
he saw it—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzbodldR6k
a fine fracture running along the surface,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlndll4GxOk
and at a specific angle,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOY1c4pt6eg
a hidden reflection emerged:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIz464q8p2
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehpfsQAv2X
X-Ω Layer // Phase 1 Initiated11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJv94qUovO
First Reversal Expected: 火曜日 28:0111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbABfKnYvg
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVCtG6NCgF
Not "Tuesday".11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuxzOEa8XP
火曜日.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ1FGtblbK
He'd never seen that word in his phone or system—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53ItC9T31Q
an ambiguous name,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDc4eI6jmf
a term that only surfaced11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWFgaHEUgO
when events had crossed into irreversibility.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU0k86KsWR
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgoSvQYxEI
"He really did stay behind," he murmured.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK4AswM2zY
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFRQF3m6S7
"But now…11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6qmCfgsFZ
can I still leave?"11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewD7byNYVP
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOrnn2EGZl
No one answered—except the wind.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UcM8QZIxc
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRg504PTcNm
The wind had never truly stopped.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVw7SxKLOl
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJrfuuUMpm
And now,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R4KMuuPK6
it was no longer just the movement of air.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJcKOY4xUM
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi3sKqkgQo
It was the echo of memory—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4g30tls2J
and of fate.
Penana
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