Chapter 322 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 322

The narrative opens by establishing Yu Ji-won’s profound social isolation due to prosopagnosia (face blindness) and a cold, calculating personality devoid of empathy. Classmates isolate her through rumors about her abusive family, leaving her as an outcast who earns money as a model and cares for her grandmother. The narrator, identified as Mr. Matiz, waits for her outside Shinseo Middle School. He reflects on the divergence between his past self and current self: while his younger self might have been disappointed by her ungrateful nature, his current self chooses to adapt to her by masking his scent with a custom perfume blend, allowing her to identify him by smell rather than sight. Ji-won tests the scent, verifying its uniqueness and accepting Matiz’s claim that it is his natural body odor, establishing a functional rapport based on sensory specificity rather than social warmth. Inside the car, their conversation reveals Ji-won’s precocious intellect and pragmatic worldview. She discusses plans for studying abroad, with Matiz advising her on the merits of liberal arts (Latin and Ancient Greek) over STEM to avoid future dismissal, noting that classical literacy commands respect. Ji-won expresses a deep, existential dissatisfaction with societal norms, describing life in Korea as a suffocating cage of empty words. She confesses a morbid fascination with death as a tangible reality versus the abstraction of life. Matiz offers validation, patting her shoulder briefly before she sniffs his hand again, reinforcing their unique bond. The tone shifts as the narrator acknowledges the temporal context: it is summer, and Ji-won is fourteen. He recalls the future event where Ji-won murders her abusive parents, dismembers their bodies, and dumps them in a Dobongsan minari pond. As heavy rain falls, Matiz senses the violence beginning through Ji-won’s father’s scream, confirming that the murder has commenced.

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322

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