Chapter 321 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 321

The narrator drives the fourteen-year-old Yu Ji-won in a dilapidated Matiz, adopting a reckless, post-apocalyptic driving style that alarms her. She clutches a hand axe for protection, having previously viewed the narrator as a potential stalker. Upon arrival, she critiques his driving as dangerously fast but acknowledges he hasn't harmed her, citing CCTV footage as a deterrent for any future malice. Over time, this becomes a regular commuter arrangement. The narrator observes that despite his help, the young Ji-won has a peculiar inability to recognize his face, greeting him with confusion even after repeated interactions. She apologizes for her poor memory, noting she is not good at recognizing people. To investigate, the narrator tests her recognition by changing his appearance—wearing old clothes and a cane—and later infiltrates her home while disguised as her drunk father. Ji-won fails to recognize the disguise, confirming her condition: prosopagnosia, or face blindness. She explains she relies on context, voice, and smell, as her vision cannot distinguish individual facial features. She tests the narrator's scent, discovering he has no natural body odor, which surprises her. The narrator realizes this sensory deficit explains why the adult Ji-won, who possesses Awakened heightened senses, distinguishes people by their unique post-Awakening scents (e.g., the Saintess smells like water, Noh Do-hwa like lemon). Because the narrator lacks scent, he stands out as an anomaly, yet he also wears a consistent barista outfit with a cane sword, aiding recognition. The narrator deduces that Ji-won's future Awakened ability, the Mini-Map, which renders faces blank and labels people with chess pieces, is a manifestation of her natural face blindness. He also notes that her inability to perceive faces likely rendered Go Yuri’s mental control ineffective against her. Finally, the narrator reflects on the constraints of time travel: Cheon Yo-hwa likely edits inconsistencies, meaning the name "Undertaker" is auto-deleted from Ji-won’s memory because it doesn't exist in this timeline. To ensure he leaves a mark despite her prosopagnosia and the timeline's corrections, the narrator decides he must devise a method to embed his presence into her mind through non-visual, non-verbal means.

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