Chapter 405 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 405

Oh Dok-seo confronts the protagonist (Undertaker) about his recent habit of mimicking Cheon Yo-hwa’s appearance, citing a recent dogeza as the cause for his side effects. The protagonist explains that his compulsive impersonation is a lingering side effect, not a joke. Oh Dok-seo warns that such identity imitation is dangerous for most, but notes her own [AT Field] and [Fourth Wall] allow her to maintain her ego while immersing herself in roles. Their conversation is interrupted by noise complaints from above; the source is the 'Noise Complaint Anomaly,' a trivial but persistent anomaly that prevents Oh Dok-seo from writing. The protagonist reveals he can now understand the voices of all anomalies, a new ability he gained around the 1,000th regression cycle. He recalls first hearing the voices of the blood-red handprints at the Centum City crossroads during his meetings with Dang Seo-rin, who herself had begun hearing the world as 'music' or 'noise' starting at cycle 999. The protagonist asks Oh Dok-seo to use her [Side Story Creation] to investigate what happened at the end of cycle 999, but she cannot because her novel has not yet reached that point in the timeline. After some banter about her writing habits and desire for personal training, the protagonist reflects on his new capability. He realizes the 'Meteor Shower' anomaly, previously heard only as noise, can now be understood as a woman singing a lullaby while crying under an air-raid siren. By acknowledging the anomaly as his 'Mom' and refusing to look away, he accepts the starlight fragments without using his destructive aura. The starlight melts away, leaving silent pebbles. He realizes he can neutralize anomalies without relying on his overpowering aura, finding a solution to his self-contradictory route of suppression and preservation.

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