A Promise In Four Fragments - As If Drunk, As If Bewitched : Me as Him

Reality Timeline · Friday, June 14th, 2024Zhang Huan-an / Disordered Actions, Unstable Speech, Fragmented Self152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8tvjWl5aX
05:03.He wasn't sure if he had slept.When his eyes opened, dawn had begun to bleed across the windows.The dormitory was silent.His notebook lay open on the desk.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpw3BTRgCy
Scrawled in red ink, with jagged pressure:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxGr6xYuD1
"Today is your last chance to tell the truth."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOJ3xwrPL3
He had no memory of writing it.He tried to erase the words, but his hands trembled.Nails cracked. Knuckles raw.Signs that he had repeated some unknown action through the night.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqgaTlPHMW
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnMnzZptXy
08:12.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKOzlhsoWk
He walked into the precinct—calm on the surface, normal in pace.But his eyes wandered, unable to meet another gaze for more than three seconds.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1QMkK8ZXy
Colleagues greeted him.He didn't respond—only muttered under breath:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FVRCUYfQR
"I didn't schedule it. I didn't schedule it. I didn't schedule it…"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RNTaHBvuS
The duty roster dropped onto his desk.He suddenly barked:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mmiVA6FDo
"Who changed it?!"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfXeyVfOhD
No one knew what he meant.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR1exS94RQ
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicdIW8vcTe
10:37.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluTFhAtFCJ
Chief Lin approached to discuss coordination details.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eQLBzy8jy
But Zhang's tone shifted the moment he saw him:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJPw51AOnm
"You knew.You all knew from the beginning, didn't you?!"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVdZVZFrA8
Lin froze—solemn, silent.Then gently replied:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUE9IwXdDR
"Xiao-Yu, we're all just—"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ixGSTwFup
"What did you call me?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRs46rUYC2
Zhang lunged forward, eyes wild, nose nearly touching the Chief's.He searched his face like it held the answer to the universe.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg4hHeu21W
"Say it again. Say my name again."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGE2ozdBC0
Lin lowered his voice:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNolLsPjkc
"…Yu Yong'an."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmmU5mBFht
Zhang stepped back as if struck.His lips quivered.A sound, more breath than meaning, escaped his throat:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADO0Lp30Ru
"…Then why do I still remember her name?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0zjUihf7u
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12:20.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcxlEVWzhk
He refused lunch.Instead, he taped a note to the glass of his desk:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIQJkIhOv8
[Do not trust today's date][Do not stand where there are shadows][If anyone asks what day it is—don't answer]152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmeFjYIiT7
Colleagues began to avoid him.In the breakroom, only whispers and sidelong glances remained.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLtnwRU1lM
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnPcMRWvkw
15:01.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRsai3GoTe
He stormed into a meeting room, cut off an ongoing briefing,and pointed at the projector screen.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEvdc2Sh1k
He shouted:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyulbiwfUt
"This is fake!You play this briefing every week—every time the same!I've heard it four times already—always on the same day!"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa58et1vBTV
The room fell silent.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3OPbx3Jsp
The moderator gently asked him to step out.He stayed, murmuring:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2oVhn4hVC
"You don't see him anymore, do you…?The one who speaks like me, dresses like me—but isn't me.Don't you think he's strange…?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaA1PZxGJCd
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57eVHlAkmY
17:45.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgMlsumnhT
They convinced him to return to the dorm.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9GE9PiKWi
As he left, he muttered:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwWbHvbY3w
"Next week they'll write me out.I'm just a backup—I'm not the official version…"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo4II1ViSA
Back in his room, he spread out notebooks, duty logs, financial ledgers—not to organize,but to prove something.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4JDVxuBVJ
He whispered to himself:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42kQmXcg4S
"I existed.I really existed.I'm not fake.I remember Mazu's return route…I remember the way she looked at me the first time…"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAX4HUYm4y
He never said who she was.No one knew.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBscAxCKywS
But this room—was no longer his.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTe2d9FW8Y
It had become a threshold between two worlds.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1owqmTUBN
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Zhang Huan-an / A Memory That Didn't Wait for Him

Just before sleep could claim him,a scene flickered—not like a dream, but like a file opened without request.

A narrow room.White curtains.A girl sitting by the window, one knee drawn up.

She wasn't looking at him.But her voice reached him anyway—a soft, aching tone, like someone trying to remember the right way to say goodbye.

"You used to stand right there.You used to say: 'Even if I forget everything else—I'll remember your name.'"

Her hair fell across her cheek.She wiped a finger across the glass, tracing a symbol—Not a cross. Something older. More fractured.

"But now you forget me, and remember the cross instead."

He stepped forward.The floor cracked under his weight—like reality couldn't hold both of them.

She looked up. Her eyes shimmered, not with tears, but with time.

"If you forget me one more time…I'll start remembering you instead."

The room collapsed into silence.

Zhang blinked—and found himself back in his dorm.But the weight on his chest remained—like he had just said goodbye to someone who still hadn't left.

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[Notebook Entry｜2024.06.14｜Friday] (torn page)152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9hVHJGU7C
You're not truly mad.They only made you believe madness belonged to you.That's when you started thinking you were the problem.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuX9EuHMOk
When did you go silent?Was it the day you decided to stop telling people:"I heard it"?152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9a4nDMLno
Stop writing.The words will be replaced.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQ8RlhoFrM
Use memory.Use the misaligned pain.Use the cross from your dream.It remembers you.Don't forget it.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBQwDTBH5a
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Zhang Huan-an's Mutation and the Descent Toward IntegrationJuly–August 2024 · Extensions of the Cyclical Collapse152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwY9CMcbK9
Tuesday, July 2nd152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUxO6mIfzk
That morning, he wore his uniform—but no belt.His notebook slid off his shoulder and landed on the floor.As he bent to pick it up, he noticed a note taped under his desk:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBViT21aPMe
[You no longer need to write][Tuesday remembers on its own]152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lTtmrrZxX
He didn't know who left it.Nor did he recall choosing not to write.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA8qmQU6ma
Yet the pages remained blank—empty line after line,as if language had been erased for the month.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhDUoyCpsL
He knew he was alive,but the world no longer communicated with him through logic or speech.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFPQtTHyKA
It fed him images, sounds, instructions—directly into his body.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBh4b8UdR9
Friday, July 5th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdlDgRuat2
The precinct was silent.No one spoke to him directly anymore.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5BjDMN1YL
His words were too disjointed.His gaze, misaligned.His tone—unstable.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8uAYnUU5u
He spoke in fractures:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mV14JlNT6
"The case files, I… we've already handed them over."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtbdaT6Ryi
"If needed, I can explain directly… he's listening too."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7MaLfAEHE
Colleagues couldn't tell who "we" referred to.Or who he was.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7Keekp3VJ
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eFrt4q6IR
That afternoon, he pasted a grainy black-and-white photo onto the shift log.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ8thjrPYz
No date. No markings.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1zkr8gcfo
It showed him, standing at the precinct gate—passing by another version of himself.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4vwbOUdfq
The image was blurred, the focus off.But no one questioned its authenticity.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGCd3N4Hv5
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He had lost track of the date.Time had begun to reappear, looping rather than moving forward.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1enXR9KGMB
Tuesday, July 16th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE2ykKPoLV
He drew a map of a non-existent route—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2gJXnOj1o
from the precinct to Di'an Road,cutting into a dead-end alley off Qiyang Lane.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYzB3fOBVe
"We've been there before," he told his team,"just… not in this version of your timeline."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIEpaCaojQ
They visited the location that afternoon.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGjYBZ39J8
Nothing matched.No street numbers aligned.Even the power poles he had marked weren't there.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEdozlj3j5
And yet—the incident log that day showed a report filed from that very alley.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMygyjD5aKZ
Time: 2024/07/16 14:07Content: "Someone in a police uniform entered my memory."Filed by: (no name)Audio: (no sound)Note: "Transferred to: Y.A."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuwLpwfKKx
The system's assigned handler wasn't Zhang Huan-an.It was Yu Yong'an.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOGAoSXPJW
Friday, July 19th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6UYo4RVqw
He no longer tried to explain himself.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpuYrIhwFn
For every error, every misaligned memory, every reflected version of him seen through others' eyes—he responded only with a quiet sentence:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT2X1uLWuo
"I know you don't recognize me anymore.That's okay.I'm starting not to recognize myself either."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlB5M7FRG6
He had once tried to resist.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm5astBvVP
Now he followed the invisible track laid before him—like a sacred, strange ritual,each Tuesday and Friday folding him inward again.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGiK6RCTA0
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKQMW9mSfy
His notebook for that month repeated the same line:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk52cDqmcrx
"I no longer ask who I am—but when will he fully become me."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaOxcZ6BO1
Tuesday, August 6th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQUmPR343W
He hadn't spoken in a week.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1q3tYrICX
Not because he lost the ability—but because language had become untrustworthy.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0VMBG2oWs
He tried speaking into the mirror.His lips lagged behind.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg0gDjCSoT
Typing produced sentences he hadn't yet finished forming in thought.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6atSrHm6I
That morning, he found a note:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD99k3iizwN
"Today, you will speak three sentences you didn't write.Record them.Or you will believe you were the author."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvZHBTWVBx
He kept the note.Said nothing all day.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAY2djKOH1
Until 18:44, when he answered a colleague's question in the hallway:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8hPh8KAhN
"She won't appear tomorrow."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMqq1tw4CH
He wasn't aware he had spoken.But everyone else paused in silence.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBpjyywOg4
The next day,a close colleague submitted a sudden transfer request.The date matched.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdAUoUnol0
It wasn't prophecy.It was projection.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAegs9Tal1K
His language had begun to carry outcomes from other timelines.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYvWfgbtL8
Friday, August 9th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHT8V3UxfJt
He no longer walked—he glided.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl8DqRtCVB
Each turn, each stair, every doorway—he anticipated them.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kXZxnWMem
Even people's appearances and words arrived like recorded loops.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKixcTY6em
His speech was no longer generated.It played—like tape.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oV7QqgTVQ
He passed Chief Lin, and said calmly:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLst50sklvY
"The last time you brought me here was five years ago."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv06lRtPHto
Chief Lin blinked:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCzJMTIneu
"When have we ever come here together…?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAlGDHMgwO
Zhang didn't turn around.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElkWZRyn8t
"Back then,you didn't know who 'I' was."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRWLbKI4ad
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKkDDo9lU6
That night, he locked himself in his room.On the wall, he formed a symbol with tape:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH24HOVifAP
A cross within a cross,and in the center—numbers aligned to form a smaller cross:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF6sYyGqhF
1, 4, 5, 9, 2, 6, 8, 3, 7152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO4cjxEwyv
He whispered:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rugo184fZ
"This isn't a code.It's a time sequence.The last one he can still use my body to write."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19oxz5aHEh
"After August, I will vanish, piece by piece—every Friday."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7x8Lj2Wvy
Tuesday, August 20th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFba5wzj5h
Rumors stirred at the precinct:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAvdSKqyb9
That Zhang Huan-an's case logs didn't match anyone else's.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwwklQLxTr
That he filed visits to the already-dead.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbDxMVaKub
That he whispered the exact final words of deceased relativeswith perfect inflection.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNFXC76tE1
That day, he had no fieldwork scheduled,but requested a shift anyway:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4RUXFQUse
"I've already been there once.This time is to confirm the replay angle."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRTrbHp00d
He left a note on his schedule:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuyZfVFBkb
"If I can see Yu Yong'an's memories ahead of time—does that mean I no longer belong to this timeline?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWarazhXzXe
Friday, August 23rd152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMXdULnhzp
His voice began to change.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOJ6wHUOGg
There was a resonance—as if another voice overlapped his own.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGuSzsAXT5
That afternoon, a colleague paused mid-conversation and asked:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPuHh49ELj
"…Who just spoke that line?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXslHx2uZyM
Zhang replied:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CTLGk9onz
"I didn't say anything."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShXQ7XVhxj
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq61dhuROmS
He could only hold on to himself through scribbles and muttering.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i9jmHjIsu
"Today I'm Zhang.Tomorrow I may be Yu.The day after—we'll be us."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAa5rZmGNuA
He wrote that in his journal.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGClzfFGfV
The language had lost its subject.The self was unraveling into shared identity.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2obAqHvIQ
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuna07YbN6
And for the entire month,he said only one sentencethat truly belonged to him:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAGdj8DR89
"Please don't say my name—because you don't know who you're calling."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlbMeVVI3s
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Zhang Huan-an's Mutation and the Integration of IdentitySeptember–October 2024 · Dislocated Existence and Dual Memory Synchronization152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Q6f0GB9rk
Tuesday, September 3rd152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc53IbkrgYq
He filed his first formal request for extended leave.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5oe3fvOAR
The reason: neurological fatigue and adaptive dissociation.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cUvgFjiVq
But within the precinct, whispers stirred:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8xlkweCc8
"He can't recognize the floors anymore.""I saw him speaking into the glass of the copier—like it was going to answer him."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV23dXQB5KN
All he said was:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaTCaf1fzA
"I need silence."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnmsqS7YAV
But his silence was not rest.It was a temporary retreat from the touchpoints of this timeline.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfj3eUtmLC
Friday, September 6th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSh0qk6V7u
Though officially on leave,an internal message suddenly appeared in the precinct's system—sent from his account:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuie5pFc65L
[Subject]: Friday Review Protocol152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttTEW8fqOM
[Content]:・Not being present ≠ Not existing・Physical stillness ≠ Time suspension・Duplicate data ≠ Incorrect transmission152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MUlsEqLAB
→ Do not delete any anomalous files→ Yu Yong'an (Zhang Huan-an) will continue to observe your responses152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJj0JNAejQ
The system auto-locked his account for six hours.IT couldn't trace the login.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEKWcF4lS7
It was as if the system itself had written it.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0G4dBwJ2O
Chief Lin murmured later:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjHwjEsvM5
"He's not here…but he's still here."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8zFl9QhTZ
Tuesday, September 17th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuPy6oUTJO
Even during leave, he kept appearing—in quiet corners of the city:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFp2MvqYuH
• At dawn: the noodle shop near Qiyang Road—always an empty seat• At dusk: beneath the streetlamp beside the precinct—cameras always blinked once• At night: the riverbank bench under the Di'an bridge— incident log showed: "Shadow figure appeared in a restricted zone"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgto71yo3D
He never spoke. Just sat.Sometimes nodded, as if listening to something.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIG2BTuJcw
Witnesses said:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvlQUN7iEX
"He looked like he was waiting for someone.Smiled once—like the message had arrived."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvTUZrgZwS
But the one returning was never "him"—Only all the personas, memories, and voicesthat had once been displaced into his body.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pEo4abAFS
Friday, September 20th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6983twWl6
Day 27 of leave.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaH72HG1NEc
His sense of embodiment began to dissolve.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4baofdYFK
He dropped cups without meaning to.His hand missed the page when he tried to write.His reactions lagged—but his words were still perfectly accurate.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZdFFT2bHL
He wrote:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5rfTwoard
"I can feel my body.But it doesn't feel like I'm moving it.""It's like someone borrowed me, and left fingerprints behind."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CKs4aIH7G
He called this state:"The Observer Shell."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3hOHZpDGx
That month, he left only one note with any raw emotion:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyIjdG1OnD
"This isn't leave. This is exile."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCe10UHtoA
Tuesday, October 1st152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aUAmNCt9y
There was no record of him anywhere.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQuw23gTwC
Not just absent from duty—he vanished from all systems:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qT3LI5KQd
No CCTV.No login logs.No GPS.No medical pings.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMz6UQrnBJ
Even his phone signal stalled at:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqEqXTOKi5
September 30th, 23:59152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDt8v3s1WB
But at 23:51, a shadowy figure flickered across the precinct's backdoor camera.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OfSCnTKKp
He wore a uniform.Moved exactly like Zhang Huan-an.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvfoAC28DE
But his face—blurred.As if a veil of unfocusable time masked his features.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPARKHQcdx
The system flagged the footage as "outdated recording"—with a timestamp marked:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkhNpptoYh
October 1st, 2025152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cOXSDjnUd
He appeared.But in a time that did not yet exist.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTTLurzIiO
Friday, October 4th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvTCI6XaVR
He reappeared in the precinct hallway—civilian clothes, bloodshot eyes, notebook in hand.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSa8aeLDEc
Someone asked:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JdHMqa80I
"Where have you been?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP4InxbFIg
He replied:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAurh6IF32I
"I never left.You've only just caught up to the day I was already on."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAroz8t7UD
His tone—calm.Eyes unwavering.Every word sounded… rehearsed.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJ5PRfVp69
But a second later, he stopped speaking—bit his lip, as if warned from inside.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVYpZRCRPE
He was beginning to feel it:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EGeSLQmsA
His right to language was being revoked.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKNUkCWBSD
That night, a note was found on his desk:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4R5RKOCsl
[2024/10/04]152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfwDdNB2KS
High overlap in memory today.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFLDRJoHI6
Morning: I conversed with Chief Lin in Xinan.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7SzmivZ3n
Afternoon: I was still in bed, unmoving.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbs7saEPNpr
Both memories complete. No gaps.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQPi38wjCu
→ Assessment: dual consciousness syncing, not yet integrated→ Suspected "memory proxy" present—someone else experienced the event, but I can recall it with emotional precision152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk9J0q6K51
Annotation: "I didn't live this day, but I remember it."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGQbYw01mr
Tuesday, October 15th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YYchxCk8q
He was spotted at Tamsui MRT Station.Blank stare. Civilian clothes.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOXcRcfz0a
At 5:40 AM, a civilian photographed him standing at a narrow alley by Sanmin Market,whispering to a peeling wall:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IwOKyoqrN
"The me from here should already be dead…but you're still speaking to me."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR3A0GYCgD
When approached, he smiled and replied:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaolzsdWSxw
"You're a year too late.But that's not your fault."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFh3oI3G5F
His words felt like a conversation—but the air held no answer.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5jmNGtY5z
—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeTItRUX52
That night, his journal bore handwriting unmistakably not his:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXfTk5olmE
[Y.A.]152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLFzJz9wqO
Zhang, if you're still here—stop trying to go back.We came from opposite ends.We can't both turn around.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30Yu6E2gl6
If we meet again,neither of us will survive.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPWOXJ4jR8
Friday, October 18th152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJUhKAgaiQ
His leave was extended.Official reason: recurring spatiotemporal confusion.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaS7FDhCii
But that day, he appeared in a past assignment log:152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjnANfUTGt
[Supplemental Entry]2024/06/14, FridayZhang Huan-an — Present at Longjing Migrant Factory Preliminary Review152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRHNyUijOB
But that day's photos clearly showed him in October's clothes—not the attire from June.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIwGfEILYA
Logs unsynced.Identity displaced.The system began to "remember" days he hadn't lived—and forget the ones he had.

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