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 Self166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpnI6LlFyS
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.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAFGzMG26V
Scrawled in red ink, with jagged pressure:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbeiX0GPS0
"Today is your last chance to tell the truth."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1O40NDT1Yc
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.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3as6cwFrCj
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HVJWKze3I
08:12.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnytkZszYMZ
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.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVhacywpnb
Colleagues greeted him.He didn't respond—only muttered under breath:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQhmwk1peL
"I didn't schedule it. I didn't schedule it. I didn't schedule it…"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzZIgdyFRN
The duty roster dropped onto his desk.He suddenly barked:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TYTWdXI20
"Who changed it?!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RXOUpbpz1
No one knew what he meant.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmY3VNMwVO1
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8iYTOdqbP
10:37.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYG0NQoDYw
Chief Lin approached to discuss coordination details.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqFshlrxrb
But Zhang's tone shifted the moment he saw him:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwobUPaA474
"You knew.You all knew from the beginning, didn't you?!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWcZZDYX9Q
Lin froze—solemn, silent.Then gently replied:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYv39wNYD1
"Xiao-Yu, we're all just—"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbNe3Z08sj
"What did you call me?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkaFNYX1er
Zhang lunged forward, eyes wild, nose nearly touching the Chief's.He searched his face like it held the answer to the universe.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprgetpfFJW
"Say it again. Say my name again."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mLH3KDo59
Lin lowered his voice:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OYU5i9zuW
"…Yu Yong'an."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Cy5VyJvSE
Zhang stepped back as if struck.His lips quivered.A sound, more breath than meaning, escaped his throat:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0VGks3hA7
"…Then why do I still remember her name?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoK3vHyooOI
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt3F64sn2u
12:20.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWlUxNYTFL
He refused lunch.Instead, he taped a note to the glass of his desk:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNntxFAcib
[Do not trust today's date][Do not stand where there are shadows][If anyone asks what day it is—don't answer]166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrivsRtYJeb
Colleagues began to avoid him.In the breakroom, only whispers and sidelong glances remained.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNmf7VHuy8
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3121F40ar8
15:01.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn5heSDhkC
He stormed into a meeting room, cut off an ongoing briefing,and pointed at the projector screen.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmRpl3Cx8t
He shouted:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyo6AovQUgt
"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!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYh2ppUZMj
The room fell silent.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmqLg2PCS8
The moderator gently asked him to step out.He stayed, murmuring:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVWZgbTmUq
"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…?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6yrB08mmH
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKfGaGkJBE
17:45.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeI8hSML1Qy
They convinced him to return to the dorm.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYc5MftqjG
As he left, he muttered:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8isWHODnH
"Next week they'll write me out.I'm just a backup—I'm not the official version…"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNqTGt1WGg
Back in his room, he spread out notebooks, duty logs, financial ledgers—not to organize,but to prove something.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7Zb0KHzho
He whispered to himself:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aagUL5UzN
"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…"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHytLaq0l85
He never said who she was.No one knew.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdNXILCMkP
But this room—was no longer his.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfxn32SUGd
It had become a threshold between two worlds.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhyqUvRsqU
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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)166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ofqIj3w7X
You're not truly mad.They only made you believe madness belonged to you.That's when you started thinking you were the problem.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt3qk0zQBg
When did you go silent?Was it the day you decided to stop telling people:"I heard it"?166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oFGFgQQO5
Stop writing.The words will be replaced.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6WVkLgTl7
Use memory.Use the misaligned pain.Use the cross from your dream.It remembers you.Don't forget it.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26SQAn1kcS
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Zhang Huan-an's Mutation and the Descent Toward IntegrationJuly–August 2024 · Extensions of the Cyclical Collapse166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHR12cZ7AG
Tuesday, July 2nd166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB0zV2Ntjp
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:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAseeKd8ppI
[You no longer need to write][Tuesday remembers on its own]166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA5KT5IGR0
He didn't know who left it.Nor did he recall choosing not to write.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8L8yhzpa6
Yet the pages remained blank—empty line after line,as if language had been erased for the month.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIRbygXIxA
He knew he was alive,but the world no longer communicated with him through logic or speech.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRocoCawWnB
It fed him images, sounds, instructions—directly into his body.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxVtONmKTs
Friday, July 5th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3g88Uf3L6K
The precinct was silent.No one spoke to him directly anymore.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjeuYCwsZM
His words were too disjointed.His gaze, misaligned.His tone—unstable.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJaRrWqVkQ
He spoke in fractures:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4oxKEpjC8
"The case files, I… we've already handed them over."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mAO1vI8a4
"If needed, I can explain directly… he's listening too."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wcRKUTKNW
Colleagues couldn't tell who "we" referred to.Or who he was.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlnJAlBZnr
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ELwsSfJt1
That afternoon, he pasted a grainy black-and-white photo onto the shift log.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSYkyqyysK
No date. No markings.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIFJhCVXtX
It showed him, standing at the precinct gate—passing by another version of himself.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbpkPQSS38
The image was blurred, the focus off.But no one questioned its authenticity.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbDqvFvSAS
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JSNOeEhbV
He had lost track of the date.Time had begun to reappear, looping rather than moving forward.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfmy16fSSH
Tuesday, July 16th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAw4A7JrN9
He drew a map of a non-existent route—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVCITfFJke
from the precinct to Di'an Road,cutting into a dead-end alley off Qiyang Lane.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOAyabRBmu
"We've been there before," he told his team,"just… not in this version of your timeline."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1O7Zofw0bN
They visited the location that afternoon.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a0SbtTlz5
Nothing matched.No street numbers aligned.Even the power poles he had marked weren't there.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsBvWzFRGf
And yet—the incident log that day showed a report filed from that very alley.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSLiPhqYto
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."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuFemi1MZH
The system's assigned handler wasn't Zhang Huan-an.It was Yu Yong'an.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CpgHQupNZ
Friday, July 19th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hOYLyBkFQ
He no longer tried to explain himself.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SMcCtbQM7
For every error, every misaligned memory, every reflected version of him seen through others' eyes—he responded only with a quiet sentence:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpbgYxGkRo
"I know you don't recognize me anymore.That's okay.I'm starting not to recognize myself either."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQamT2P87OE
He had once tried to resist.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03ZnKDXyMb
Now he followed the invisible track laid before him—like a sacred, strange ritual,each Tuesday and Friday folding him inward again.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PU7BapXKq
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXG0yaoMHP
His notebook for that month repeated the same line:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF7931FuSF
"I no longer ask who I am—but when will he fully become me."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJzpTtTJU0
Tuesday, August 6th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ldUe5T1Dq
He hadn't spoken in a week.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzK4Q2hfpKy
Not because he lost the ability—but because language had become untrustworthy.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweY6iPspqN
He tried speaking into the mirror.His lips lagged behind.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcTF8AU3Ye
Typing produced sentences he hadn't yet finished forming in thought.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfskdDRS7l0
That morning, he found a note:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D0K0FcrGO
"Today, you will speak three sentences you didn't write.Record them.Or you will believe you were the author."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI38BBr68p
He kept the note.Said nothing all day.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwDIX6sKWc
Until 18:44, when he answered a colleague's question in the hallway:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8F398Ulq3
"She won't appear tomorrow."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uQ3UV9eGe
He wasn't aware he had spoken.But everyone else paused in silence.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQo0XVeRnST
The next day,a close colleague submitted a sudden transfer request.The date matched.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDJvh8UJH9
It wasn't prophecy.It was projection.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk4XI8ODvV
His language had begun to carry outcomes from other timelines.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAVIpWdAmg
Friday, August 9th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQkAD39ohf
He no longer walked—he glided.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbNe8QvL6f
Each turn, each stair, every doorway—he anticipated them.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUOSVwS5Ts
Even people's appearances and words arrived like recorded loops.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPle3l5qkC
His speech was no longer generated.It played—like tape.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoZG6q8WWv
He passed Chief Lin, and said calmly:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOLFrc6QYT
"The last time you brought me here was five years ago."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcPts7laTZ
Chief Lin blinked:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QBxNLoMS4
"When have we ever come here together…?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDs0HZH1E5
Zhang didn't turn around.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SBy3LjSMp
"Back then,you didn't know who 'I' was."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCYxqaTG8y
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4DTpcYSZi
That night, he locked himself in his room.On the wall, he formed a symbol with tape:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTfFI4tzhU
A cross within a cross,and in the center—numbers aligned to form a smaller cross:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL3IlJ6M5t
1, 4, 5, 9, 2, 6, 8, 3, 7166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9sFWMB3uh
He whispered:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowWwiGtmWq
"This isn't a code.It's a time sequence.The last one he can still use my body to write."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmo5webOW6
"After August, I will vanish, piece by piece—every Friday."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIeXhl6JBc
Tuesday, August 20th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEf4pVVTnX
Rumors stirred at the precinct:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh79Wb5dRLM
That Zhang Huan-an's case logs didn't match anyone else's.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj2Og3Rdw7
That he filed visits to the already-dead.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Gx0kHaPff
That he whispered the exact final words of deceased relativeswith perfect inflection.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu94QwHdpt7
That day, he had no fieldwork scheduled,but requested a shift anyway:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETdle6jbdf
"I've already been there once.This time is to confirm the replay angle."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSf1UGSjRs
He left a note on his schedule:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGMXIKqorM
"If I can see Yu Yong'an's memories ahead of time—does that mean I no longer belong to this timeline?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3q3IwcAu0
Friday, August 23rd166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNGbvcWzrB
His voice began to change.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoSUg9qldj
There was a resonance—as if another voice overlapped his own.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBxr2wCJc1
That afternoon, a colleague paused mid-conversation and asked:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBANoZMATL
"…Who just spoke that line?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzh5k206IZ
Zhang replied:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aWYwBOIii
"I didn't say anything."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00ubYrtD8u
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZHnioHwdw
He could only hold on to himself through scribbles and muttering.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9mOPIgrwv
"Today I'm Zhang.Tomorrow I may be Yu.The day after—we'll be us."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8a6Vthgok
He wrote that in his journal.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsc0PmAIFG
The language had lost its subject.The self was unraveling into shared identity.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtrC79U6OZ
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HKXw6yglM
And for the entire month,he said only one sentencethat truly belonged to him:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq20SqhTHvW
"Please don't say my name—because you don't know who you're calling."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsk4x1FIDv
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Zhang Huan-an's Mutation and the Integration of IdentitySeptember–October 2024 · Dislocated Existence and Dual Memory Synchronization166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4K1wola0g
Tuesday, September 3rd166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5u8znLqNt
He filed his first formal request for extended leave.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HGt7kgU8J
The reason: neurological fatigue and adaptive dissociation.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13rjrvrk7r
But within the precinct, whispers stirred:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53HiZ973Er
"He can't recognize the floors anymore.""I saw him speaking into the glass of the copier—like it was going to answer him."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZNHlZWGJZ
All he said was:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNQdh30BGp
"I need silence."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9iLQbHZ6c
But his silence was not rest.It was a temporary retreat from the touchpoints of this timeline.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXDmq84gaq
Friday, September 6th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz5BroWUs3
Though officially on leave,an internal message suddenly appeared in the precinct's system—sent from his account:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEosKuVVZO
[Subject]: Friday Review Protocol166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0bSsvvSzR
[Content]:・Not being present ≠ Not existing・Physical stillness ≠ Time suspension・Duplicate data ≠ Incorrect transmission166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk4AZqlY6L
→ Do not delete any anomalous files→ Yu Yong'an (Zhang Huan-an) will continue to observe your responses166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiB6UWZd0T
The system auto-locked his account for six hours.IT couldn't trace the login.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIxm6VCahE
It was as if the system itself had written it.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndLtf2HzS2
Chief Lin murmured later:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKISYndwpM
"He's not here…but he's still here."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYFePTi9Xt
Tuesday, September 17th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwBS2JXLCZ
Even during leave, he kept appearing—in quiet corners of the city:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NLBePqt4I
• 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"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNp3ytX5Pd
He never spoke. Just sat.Sometimes nodded, as if listening to something.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCABFa8BBB
Witnesses said:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6YI8fuCzc
"He looked like he was waiting for someone.Smiled once—like the message had arrived."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS94dzRcen
But the one returning was never "him"—Only all the personas, memories, and voicesthat had once been displaced into his body.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyD3KIBj8Pg
Friday, September 20th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBGnOYVgfi
Day 27 of leave.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbohg2QiNLT
His sense of embodiment began to dissolve.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmCcVS2PAf
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.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUvmSIXOZU
He wrote:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcDf6TFKop
"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."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHR55WcbWMZ
He called this state:"The Observer Shell."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3EmiBc7sZ
That month, he left only one note with any raw emotion:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgWMC8qsKa
"This isn't leave. This is exile."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshO1ENAeoQ
Tuesday, October 1st166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQjCk4yA8l
There was no record of him anywhere.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNYS2zrkaU
Not just absent from duty—he vanished from all systems:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuVotnrsog
No CCTV.No login logs.No GPS.No medical pings.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwr6A5OUfq
Even his phone signal stalled at:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9HyUU8fin
September 30th, 23:59166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN14VjvVFK3
But at 23:51, a shadowy figure flickered across the precinct's backdoor camera.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixI6BvjQtx
He wore a uniform.Moved exactly like Zhang Huan-an.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR95Q2R8cG
But his face—blurred.As if a veil of unfocusable time masked his features.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9LlzZUfCZ
The system flagged the footage as "outdated recording"—with a timestamp marked:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6w5b1ga2BW
October 1st, 2025166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFI1rpc2Ur
He appeared.But in a time that did not yet exist.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5TboZSW52
Friday, October 4th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9EscSdIk8
He reappeared in the precinct hallway—civilian clothes, bloodshot eyes, notebook in hand.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2LO32ZEVL
Someone asked:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZsMvHJpOn
"Where have you been?"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QOuT3N7Rm
He replied:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgX7AZNN6j2
"I never left.You've only just caught up to the day I was already on."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRnR3R7Cpn
His tone—calm.Eyes unwavering.Every word sounded… rehearsed.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKNxXiJ5Fx
But a second later, he stopped speaking—bit his lip, as if warned from inside.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBZC4ICdfE
He was beginning to feel it:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBncYBi4AeD
His right to language was being revoked.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNRrgdGFiX
That night, a note was found on his desk:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7e1ggsjqF
[2024/10/04]166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xkkfu7qNl
High overlap in memory today.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNq4OG8WLsc
Morning: I conversed with Chief Lin in Xinan.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lg2KBinnT
Afternoon: I was still in bed, unmoving.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8foFv8OwjG
Both memories complete. No gaps.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKr70pfcAFz
→ Assessment: dual consciousness syncing, not yet integrated→ Suspected "memory proxy" present—someone else experienced the event, but I can recall it with emotional precision166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PTUg3h2nL
Annotation: "I didn't live this day, but I remember it."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvibPb6A62u
Tuesday, October 15th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt7J3EsdW2
He was spotted at Tamsui MRT Station.Blank stare. Civilian clothes.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH18V08Wrnu
At 5:40 AM, a civilian photographed him standing at a narrow alley by Sanmin Market,whispering to a peeling wall:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ05e2Z0Dzx
"The me from here should already be dead…but you're still speaking to me."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJmc7YUZyV
When approached, he smiled and replied:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwSSjy5agK
"You're a year too late.But that's not your fault."166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWqzVtaY7B
His words felt like a conversation—but the air held no answer.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuN14Ez2vTi
—166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY1AxXrAfO
That night, his journal bore handwriting unmistakably not his:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaFywFONvB
[Y.A.]166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHjM5Fklsq
Zhang, if you're still here—stop trying to go back.We came from opposite ends.We can't both turn around.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsqmhZbPmC
If we meet again,neither of us will survive.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Dnca9LmCC
Friday, October 18th166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymD06CgA3B
His leave was extended.Official reason: recurring spatiotemporal confusion.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Mn9U4x7BF
But that day, he appeared in a past assignment log:166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKM99GZMuQQ
[Supplemental Entry]2024/06/14, FridayZhang Huan-an — Present at Longjing Migrant Factory Preliminary Review166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVtq6gcUg3
But that day's photos clearly showed him in October's clothes—not the attire from June.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2BQfcmZOD
Logs unsynced.Identity displaced.The system began to "remember" days he hadn't lived—and forget the ones he had.

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