Chapter 337 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 337

The chapter opens with a content warning regarding self-harm and suicide. In Sinuiju, Monk Seok-hwa, covered in gasoline, prepares for a public self-immolation ceremony to combat the Monster Wave. The crowd, stirred by the spectacle, urges him on as the 'kind one' knight lights a torch. Seok-hwa shouts at onlookers to stay back, dismissing Shin Su-bin’s pleas to leave. Before the torch strikes, the narrator (Undertaker) reflects on a past memory of Old Man Shin visiting his workshop in Busan just before the world’s end. Undertaker realizes Shin stayed not out of loneliness, but to reassure Noh Do-hwa and himself that they were facing the end together, highlighting the isolating nature of being a regressor. The torch ignites the oil, and Seok-hwa is engulfed in flames. He screams in unimaginable agony for ten minutes, his body nailed and bound to the platform, remaining rigid despite the destruction of his vocal organs. The crowd, unaware of the torture, misinterprets his silence as stoic discipline and his prolonged scream as spiritual power battling Anomalies, cheering him on. When the fire dies, Seok-hwa is a charred statue, his Do-hwa-made prosthetic leg destroyed. As the crowd disperses in awe, Undertaker finds Shin Su-bin missing from the site. Days later, back at the National Road Management Corps HQ, Do-hwa confronts Undertaker for attending a 'sightseeing' bonfire. She provides a new prosthetic and orders him to deliver it to Shin Su-bin personally. Undertaker locates Su-bin’s position via Yu Ji-won’s mini-map, finding him on a desolate hill near Sinuiju. There, Su-bin has committed self-immolation in secret, alone and without an audience. His body is burnt to a crisp, kneeling in prayer. Undertaker places the box containing the new prosthetic beside the remains. He notes a disturbing anomaly: although Su-bin originally lacked his right foot and his prosthetic burned in Sinuiju, the charred corpse possesses a perfectly intact, natural right foot. The Saintess questions if this indicates an Anomaly or impersonation, but Undertaker dismisses it as Su-bin’s way of leaving no 'excess baggage,' a final act of quiet dignity. He bows to the dead man, accepting that regressors are merely visitors who uncover the silent sacrifices of ordinary people, and departs, vowing to bring a different gift next time.

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