Chapter 325 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 325

In a graveyard during a rainstorm, Yu Ji-won asks Mr. Matiz to remain still so she can memorize his scent, explaining her difficulty with faces and voices. She acknowledges that while she doesn't believe in prophecies, she finds him trustworthy and vows to survive until they meet again in seven or eight years. She expresses a pragmatic curiosity about whether his kindness will endure, noting that malice often outlasts benevolence. As they leave, a transparent noose made of water-bugs materializes around both their necks. Mr. Matiz perceives the noose visually but cannot feel it, while Ji-won remains entirely unaware of it. He realizes this phenomenon began after their agreement to live, suspecting a connection to Leviathan's influence on humanity, which contradicts his prior theories about the entity's timeline. Three days later, Ji-won reports her parents missing to the police. The local officers, familiar with the family's history of abuse and cult ties, quickly dismiss Ji-won's claims as likely abandonment or theft, concluding the parents fled to avoid legal or financial trouble. The investigation yields little; CCTV is obscured by rain, and a cultist's car is found in Incheon with Ji-won's phone. The police express pity for Ji-won, who is left caring for her dementia-afflicted grandmother, and close the case, unaware that Ji-won had killed and buried her parents overnight. Time accelerates rapidly for Mr. Matiz, skipping through months of daily life with Ji-won, who texts him about mundane details like travel slippers and leftover stew. He reviews his phone, finding contacts redacted with static and an inability to communicate with anyone other than Ji-won, reinforcing the illusion's constraints. Cheon Yo-hwa's rule that a canvas holds only one painting limits his knowledge of this timeline's other acquaintances. As the simulation destabilizes near its end, the doorbell rings. Mr. Matiz expects Ji-won, but the visitor at the door possesses no face, only TV static. Through the noise, he hears the voice of Go Yuri. The illusion abruptly collapses with a sound like a smashing television, cutting off the simulation.

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