**One Kick Girl — Chapter 135:
"When Time Stops Asking"**
You can't choose wrong if you can't choose at all.
1. The Moment That Refuses to Move
It happened between heartbeats.
Raon blinked—
And the world stopped.
Not slowed.
Stopped.
Mid-honk. Mid-fall. Mid-breath.
Dust hung in the air like it had forgotten gravity.
Raon's foot hovered an inch above the ground.
"…Okay," she whispered. "That's illegal."
2. The God Who Doesn't Wait
The sky didn't tear.
It locked.
A figure stood before her.
Not sharp. Not ancient.
Smooth.
Featureless.
Perfectly still.
Even its presence felt paused.
"TIME IS NOT YOUR ALLY,"
the god said, voice echoing without sound.
"IT IS YOUR CRUTCH."
Raon tried to step back.
She didn't move.
"…Rude."
3. Shion Is Gone (Mostly)
Raon turned her head.
Shion was frozen mid-step, mouth half-open, tablet hovering in the air.
Raon's chest tightened.
"Shion?"
No response.
The god tilted its head.
"YOU ARE ALONE NOW."
Raon swallowed.
"…I don't like that rule."
4. The Ultimate Test
The god raised a finger.
Everything else remained frozen.
"YOU MOVE BECAUSE TIME ALLOWS IT."
"WHAT ARE YOU
WHEN IT DOES NOT?"
Raon clenched her fists.
Nothing happened.
She tried to kick.
Her leg refused.
"…Hey. That's my thing."
"EXACTLY."
5. Panic Without Motion
Raon's breathing quickened.
But air didn't move.
Her heartbeat sounded too loud inside her skull.
"I can't save anyone," she whispered. "I can't even fall over."
"POWER REMOVED."
"IDENTITY QUESTIONED."
Raon gritted her teeth.
"So what, I just lose?"
"NO."
"YOU ANSWER."
6. The Thing Raon Has Besides Speed
Raon closed her eyes.
Not because she was calm.
Because she was stuck.
"…I hate this," she muttered.
She thought of kicks. Of motion. Of momentum.
Useless.
Then she thought of something else.
Choice.
Not action.
Decision.
She focused.
Not on moving—
—but on wanting to.
On direction. On intent.
The world trembled.
7. Movement Without Time
A crack appeared.
Not in the air.
In the pause.
Raon's finger twitched.
The god stiffened.
"IMPOSSIBLE."
Raon grinned, teeth clenched.
"I don't need time to want to help."
She leaned—
Not physically.
Conceptually.
The pause fractured.
8. The Kick That Happens Before Time
Raon didn't move.
Time did.
It lurched.
Her leg completed a kick that had been waiting.
The god staggered as time slammed back into place.
The city resumed—
SCREAMS. NOISE. GRAVITY.
The god reeled.
"YOU MOVED
WITHOUT TIME."
Raon landed hard, gasping.
"Yeah," she panted. "I decided first."
9. Verdict of the Timeless
The god steadied itself.
Cracks ran across its perfect surface.
"YOU ARE NOT FAST."
"YOU ARE NOT PATIENT."
"YOU ARE NOT STILL."
Raon wiped her mouth.
"Wow, rude list."
The god bowed.
"YOU ARE
INEVITABLE."
Raon blinked.
"…That sounds like a compliment?"
The god dissolved.
Time flowed normally again.
10. Shion Returns
Shion staggered.
"WHAT JUST—"
She saw Raon.
"…You look like you fought reality."
Raon smiled weakly.
"Yeah. Won."
Shion stared.
Then laughed.
A little hysterically.
"Of course you did."
11. Stinger: The Last One Watches
Far beyond gods of silence, speed, and time—
Something older stirred.
Not divine.
Not patient.
Not fair.
A voice whispered from nowhere:
"SHE MOVES
WHEN NOTHING SHOULD."
"SEND HER
TO WHERE TIME
DOESN'T EXIST."
Raon cracked her neck.
"…Shion?"
"Yes?"
"…I think they're running out of rules."
Shion smiled grimly.
"Then they'll start cheating."
END OF CHAPTER 135