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Chapter 9 - Typology Matrix: The Battle Beyond Categories

Chapter 1. MBTI

[4D Spacetime. Daehak-ro, Seoul]

In front of Seol Medical School, there was a street called Daehak-ro — not a place for martial artists, but for artists.

Leo often watched plays there, and it was where he met his first love, Tae-hee.

They grew closer over time, sharing moments together after her performances.

Today, after watching her latest play, they sat across from each other in a quiet tea house.

Tae-hee: "Leo, you come to see plays quite often. Why do you enjoy them so much?"

Leo: "Because on stage, people create another world — a world beyond reality. I find it fascinating to be drawn into that flow."

Tae-hee: "It's like opening a door to another dimension."

Leo (smiling): "Another dimension... that's an interesting way to put it.We live in a 4D spacetime — three dimensions of space and one of time.If there's a higher dimension than ours, it would be the fifth."

Tae-hee (suddenly changing the subject): "Anyway, what's your MBTI?"

Leo's face hardened for a moment.

He never found MBTI particularly interesting.

Leo: "Hmm... MBTI isn't really a scientifically validated test.It's subjective, since people evaluate themselves."

Tae-hee: "It's just a way to communicate and get to know each other..."

Leo: "Ironically, things like MBTI can sometimes hinder real communication.It's not a universal language used around the world — it's popular mostly among young Korean women right now.As an actress, shouldn't you aim to connect with audiences beyond just this trend — maybe even globally?"

Tae-hee (laughs): "Becoming famous worldwide... yeah, that's my dream."

Leo: "Trends like blood type personality or MBTI are fleeting. They can't cross time.In this era where anyone can leave videos online forever, imagine your video being watched 100 years from now.Fundamental words, universal language — those can last. But passing trends? They won't even survive a decade."

Tae-hee (curious): "You're really thinking about communicating across 100 years?"

Leo: "Yes. I hope my writing lasts 100 years. I hope your videos survive 100 years too.That's why we should use words that transcend time."

Tae-hee (teasing): "Relax, it's just for fun~"

Leo: "Every creature enjoys things suited to its own cognitive level.Wave a toy in front of a cat, and it'll chase it around happily — because that's its world."

Tae-hee (laughing): "Are you saying I'm like a cat?"

Leo (grinning): "Let's say... a very beautiful cat."

Tae-hee (mock glare): "Not sure if that's a compliment or an insult..."

Leo: "Just like we watch cats and wonder, 'Why are they so obsessed with that toy?'Maybe a higher-dimensional being is watching us, thinking the same thing."

Tae-hee: "Like puppets on a stage... being controlled by something beyond us?"

Leo: "That's why we need to look carefully at what we're chasing after.Is it really what we want?Or is it just another cat toy, dangled in front of us by something we can't see?"

Tae-hee (smiling wryly): "You really are lacking social skills, you know.Don't you realize girls don't like guys who refuse to do MBTI?"

Leo (putting down his teacup): "Then perhaps... this is where our story ends.It's been a pleasure."

Chapter 2. The Encounter of Martial Arts Masters

[4D Spacetime. Daehak-ro, Seoul]

Leo walked the streets of Daehak-ro, alone.

He had just parted ways with Tae-hee, after arguing over something as trivial as MBTI.

This was a street where art and academia coexisted — a place of theatre, not of warriors.

But the true masters of the world did not reveal themselves on stage. They lived quietly, in the shadows beyond the spotlight.

Leo was one of them.

Once a scholar, now a seeker. No longer bound by the rules of academia, he wandered in search of a way to break the matrix of this world.

And then — he felt it.

A powerful presence. Elegant, yet unwavering. Gentle, yet razor-sharp.

Like a sword hidden in silk.

His eyes met hers.

A woman standing quietly, long hair flowing, serene smile concealing sharp, observing eyes.

Her aura was like a perfectly forged blade.

And in that moment, both knew.

— This is one who has awakened.

Leo slowly raised his hands and pressed his palms together.

A martial greeting.

Leo: "I am Leo. A seeker who walks the path to break the matrix."

She smiled softly, yet with unshakable clarity.

Woman: "I am Won-hyung. One who exists beyond the matrix."

Won-hyung (元形異)

元形 (Won-hyung) — "The original form, unchanging essence"異 (Yi) — "To be different, to transcend form"

Her Martial Arts & Nature

Heaven's Formless Shadow (天外非形) — A being beyond all categories.Immune to labels like MBTI, blood type personality, or zodiac signs.Free from all systems of human classification.

Phantom Step of Illusion (幻影神步) — A movement style like a flowing mirage.Impossible to predict. Impossible to trap.When others try to read her patterns — she shatters them.

Her beauty — mathematically perfect, yet full of life.Her presence — transcendent, capturing all eyes on stage.Her gaze — gentle, yet piercing into one's very core.Her appearance — ever-changing, yet never captive to trends.

She was the world's most famous idol — and beyond that, a fully awakened being.

The First Dialogue of Leo and Won-hyung

Silence fell between them.

Even the wind seemed to hold its breath.

Then — she spoke.

Won-hyung: "Do you know the Way (道)?"

Leo narrowed his eyes. Instinctively stepping back, he rested his hand near his waist, cautious.

Leo: "Uh... you look normal enough... You're not some weird cultist, are you?"

Won-hyung (laughing softly): "Cults? No, I walk the Way. The Way of all things."

"All things are led by the mind, ruled by the mind, created by the mind."

Leo (nodding slowly):"In other words — every perception arises from electrochemical reactions in the brain.Our reality is nothing but a subjective simulation, constructed by our neural network."

Won-hyung: "Exactly. We do not see the world itself — we see the image shaped by our minds.The world is not 'out there.' It is the shadow created within."

Leo: "Indeed. Everything we see and hear is not the direct reflection of reality — but the result of the brain's processing and interpretation."

Won-hyung: "That is why the path must be found not outside — but within."

"Walk your own path. Do not walk the path of others."

Leo: "Each person possesses a unique decision-making algorithm — shaped by their genes, neural patterns, and life experience.To blindly copy another's path is to betray your own design."

Leo (pausing): "But society always tries to set the path for us — parents, teachers, systems… They lay down roads before we even take a step."

Won-hyung: "Those are not your paths. Only the path you choose yourself is real.The feet walk the road — but the heart decides the direction."

(She lifts her tea cup, breathing in its fragrance.)

Won-hyung: "Yesterday is a dream. Tomorrow is an illusion. Only today is real."

Leo (smiling faintly): "The past is but the synaptic patterns stored in memory.The future — a prediction simulated by the prefrontal cortex.The only truth lies here, now — in this fleeting moment of sensory input."

(Their eyes meet — master recognizing master.)

Leo: "You truly are one who has broken free of the matrix."

Won-hyung: "Humans love to bind themselves — classifying their identities, chaining their own minds."

Leo: "Indeed. Blood types, zodiac signs, MBTI... Always searching for a box to fit themselves into."

Won-hyung: "It is the nature of humans — to build cages, then find comfort within them."

Leo (softly smiling): "It seems, we walk the same path, you and I."

(Leo lifted his tea cup.)

Won-hyung (smiling): "Then let us form a bond — as warriors of the Way."

She raised her cup.

As their cups touched — a ripple echoed out.

Unseen. But unmistakably real.

Chapter 3. The Matrix of Typology

[5D Spacetime Realm]

In the same way humans freely roam the flat plains of 3D space, the beings of the 5th dimension walk across time — seeing all moments at once, transcending past, present, and future.

For them, time unfolds like the pages of an open book.

Humans wake in the morning, live through the day, and sleep at night — but the 5D beings see morning, afternoon, and night simultaneously, like observing panels in a comic strip.

Among those beings, there were two ancient architects who had long shaped human civilization:

Hippocrates — The Founder of Blood-Type Personality Theory

Hippocrates was a grandmaster of the Theory of the Four Humors — believing that human temperament was determined by the balance of blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.

This primitive framework would later evolve into the Blood-Type Personality Theory — a technique he perfected in the 5D realm, using it to subtly control humanity in the 4D world.

By creating the concept of blood types, he guided humans into boxing themselves in.

"People with Type A blood are naturally cautious!"→ Therefore, they should act even more carefully.→ Thus, they tighten their own chains.

Through this method, he locked society into repetitive patterns.

Francis Galton — The Founder of MBTI Sorcery

Francis Galton was a 19th-century sorcerer of psychology and a pioneer of statistics. He, too, opened the gates to the 5D realm, crafting a formidable spell to classify human beings.

By measuring personality and intelligence, he divided people into rigid types — making them willingly confine themselves within his system.

His magic was not mere classification — it was a mechanism of social control, turning humans into experimental subjects.

"You are an Introvert (I). Therefore, you must avoid people.""You are an Extrovert (E). Therefore, you must be outgoing."

Thus, he bound human society within the invisible shackles of MBTI, subtly manipulating them from beyond sight.

And here, in the mysterious world beyond time, Hippocrates and Galton stood facing each other.

Hippocrates: "So... I've heard you're controlling the 4D world these days with this 'MBTI' trick?"

Galton (smirking): "Better than your ancient blood-type stuff, wouldn't you say? Who even uses that anymore?"

Hippocrates: "At least blood types are useful in blood transfusions. What practical use does MBTI have?"

Galton: "Blood types only offer a handful of categories. MBTI is far more diverse — a much more scientific framework."

But one day, while observing the 4D timeline, the two sensed a disturbance.

[The 4D Spacetime — A Page from the Book of Time]

Leo (in 4D reality, unaware he's being watched):"That's why we must look carefully at what pulls our strings.Are we truly chasing our own desires — or merely a toy dangled before us by some higher-dimensional being?"

From the 5D realm, past, present, and future were laid bare — like flipping through a book.

Hippocrates and Galton turned the pages of Leo's life casually, as if scanning records.

Galton (frowning): "There's an anomaly in the MBTI Matrix."

Hippocrates: "An anomaly?"

Galton: "Two individuals — Leo and a girl named Won-hyung — are showing error signs."

Hippocrates (flipping through their pasts):"Hmm… one is a top scholar from Seol Medical School... the other, a world-famous idol...Sharp minds indeed. It figures they would resist childish systems like MBTI."

Hippocrates (muttering): "The Blood-Type Theory is far more scientific, in my opinion."

Galton (dryly): "If he dislikes MBTI, I doubt he's a fan of Blood-Type nonsense either."

Hippocrates (sighing): "So, what do you propose? I'm Type A, you know — I prefer not to get involved in messy affairs."

Galton (grinning): "I'm an ENTJ — a natural problem solver. I'll go handle it myself."

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