007's voice carried a hint of regret, "This is you in every lifetime, and you've failed every time. You've lost that courage and boldness, making it even harder for you to succeed. Do you know what the most frequent way you've died is?"
It asked itself and answered, "It's suicide. Jumping off a building, overdosing on pills, hanging... there's nothing you can't do, only things I can't think of."
007 continued, "In every life you don't live past thirty, the longest you ever lived was twenty-eight, which is why I said your original ending was death."
Su Jin asked it, "Will you be with me in every one of my lifetimes?"
007 said, "Yes, but I don't always time my appearances well. Sometimes it's too early, when you're too young to believe. Or sometimes it's too late, when you've already given up hope."
"Moreover, the path you choose each time is different. You need to know that a small choice can trigger a butterfly effect, just like the life you just saw. You didn't enter that junior high school when you were thirteen, so you didn't meet Lin Shi. Your lives became two parallel lines that will never intersect."
Su Jin continued, "Then why are you telling me all this?"
007 sighed, "Because in this life you are most like her."
Is "she" referring to herself?
Su Jin was confused. "Is she me, or am I me?"
"Don't dwell on this, Su Jin. You're standing here, you are you."
007 seemed to be reminiscing, "Because I've failed so many times, I've been wondering, is it possible for a person to ever defy fate?"
"So in this life, I'm sending you to 'win over' Shen Yanxiu, because he is one of the chosen ones of this world."
Su Jin finally understood what was going on. "So all those favorability ratings you detected were actually fake?"
"No, he really likes you, which surprised me too."
007's previously calm tone suddenly turned impatient: "I'm leaving. I'll wake you up before that."
Su Jin asked in confusion, "Where are you going? Leaving my body?"
"Yes, the main system will likely discover me. From now on, you'll have to walk your own path."
The voice of 007 faded into the distance.
"Su Jin, live on with your beliefs."
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