Chapter 454 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 454

The chapter opens with the Undertaker experiencing recurring déjà vu while interacting with Management Captain Noh Do-hwa in her office. Despite his confusion, he instinctively understands Noh Do-hwa’s hostile glare as a rejection of unsolicited morning service. He places a cup of coffee on her desk, an action driven by an inexplicable authority that allows him to perfectly decode her preferences, resulting in a coffee that tastes exactly right to her. When he admits he made it while thinking of her, Noh Do-hwa reacts with vicious anger, accusing him of flirting, before falsely declaring the coffee terrible and ordering him to never serve it again. However, the Undertaker continues to bring the coffee daily, and Noh Do-hwa silently accepts it, creating a confusing routine. Meanwhile, at the Inunaki Tunnel, Guild Leader Sim Ah-ryeon notices an abrupt, unnatural shift in the Undertaker’s emotional color while he is ironing. Before she can investigate, the world freezes into a black-and-white stillness due to the Saintess’s [Time Stop]. Inside this frozen realm, the Saintess suspects the Undertaker might be immune to her ability, as his emotional color shifted too quickly. She tests him by checking for breath near his nose but finds none, leading her to conclude he is merely a statue. Unbeknownst to her, the Undertaker possesses a continuity of consciousness within the time stop, allowing him to see and hear her movements. He watches as she meticulously calibrates her Clairvoyance through Sim Ah-ryeon’s eyes, then approaches him to conduct what appears to be an experimental study of affection. She nuzzles against his chest, strokes his head, and leaves visibly satisfied, treating him like a doll or specimen. The Undertaker realizes that revealing he was aware of her actions would traumatize the emotionally delicate Saintess or trigger a memory-erasing response from Udumbara. Terrified of resetting his progress or facing her wrath, he chooses to maintain the charade of being unconscious. When the time stop lifts a week later, the Undertaker is drenched in cold sweat, having survived the ordeal. He resolves to keep his awareness of the [Time Stop] hidden for the remainder of the cycle, initiating a high-stakes game of deception against the Saintess.

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