Chapter 408 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 408

The Special Anomaly Exhibition concludes successfully, leaving Sim Ah-ryeon celebrated across the Korean Peninsula as a genius artist. As crowds request autographs, Ah-ryeon displays eccentric, dismissive behavior, rejecting photos and demanding the demolition crew led by Lee Ha-yul wait. She requests Guild Leader Go Yuir (The Undertaker) to keep a section of the gallery intact for one week, hiding a secret project behind a white tent. Ha-yul agrees to shrink the structure to one-fifth its size. Inside the tent, Ah-ryeon isolates herself, communicating only by snatching meal trays, her arm covered in paint. The Undertaker worries about her well-being, while Jeong Ye-ji telepathically suggests Ah-ryeon is creating a thank-you gift. After the week passes, the Undertaker receives a message from 'Saintess of the North' (Ah-ryeon) instructing him to visit the gallery alone at 11 PM, noting a dress code restriction regarding his 'seven-colored perfume.' At the meeting, Ah-ryeon is disheveled and paint-splattered, hiding a bridal veil. She leads him into the gallery, where every previously praised artwork has been ruined with chaotic black overpaintings. She explains that these 'Night Exhibition' pieces depict anomalies not as they appear, but as the Undertaker perceives them through his Complete Memory. For him, past traumas and present realities overlap equally, creating a 'human Cubism' where he sees all cycles of victims, such as the Ten Legs and Dang Seo-rin, simultaneously. She contrasts this with normal human perception, which keeps past and present distinct. Ah-ryeon expresses envy for his perspective but notes he asked her to paint from *others'* viewpoints. She then reveals the final masterpiece, 'World Tree Udumbara,' which depicts her own death and corruption during the Final Defensive War, wearing a Saintess's veil to hide her ruined face from believers. Kneeling before the painting, she recalls the Undertaker brushing her hair, feeling the dense emotions of sadness and gratitude he projects onto her. She concludes the exhibition by asking him to brush her hair.

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