新月軍失去火星領土,狼狽地回到小行星帶外環。阿那吠耀停在木星太空站維修,卡利斯托殖民地近在咫尺,但所有官兵都禁止下船。488Please respect copyright.PENANAlxt2piY5f8
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「元帥大人,您來了。」488Please respect copyright.PENANADg8FLJf9o8
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黑暗房間塞滿監視螢幕,照亮情報長官的老成臉孔,「正好,我們剛得到進展,關於誰是內鬼……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAr6VUL93AJS
488Please respect copyright.PENANA7TShk3pXJo
薩邁爾‧吳‧瓦迪馬低調入室,沉重地觀看影像。訊號來源標示著他熟悉的名字:茵坦。488Please respect copyright.PENANATLTMXPzT4N
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「如大人所見,這位複製體的腦神經晶片非常有用。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAZy7BmmNgGc
488Please respect copyright.PENANAyTGi06IZPW
曾經,火星還在新月軍統治下,複製人研究所的「產品」得以適用新法,獲得自主權利。身為試驗複製體的茵坦,最大特點就是能夠分享感官情報⸺甚至是記憶⸺給主子使用。488Please respect copyright.PENANAACdaSDyG3d
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「這是窺探隱私……什麼基本權利……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAnmKzQJHNGD
488Please respect copyright.PENANASpmJGihVEY
「為了鞏固統治,這些都是必要之惡,」情報官見領袖咬牙切齒,立即上前勸說,「大義,必須凌駕在道德之上。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAKyEUbfXJw6
488Please respect copyright.PENANAlKzm4cLdnp
帝國消滅那麼多文化,馬基維利思想卻能歷久不衰。元帥無言嘆息、點頭答應。488Please respect copyright.PENANAhDRwG7mlWR
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「幸好,我軍反偵蒐工作完善,航行座標全由指揮中心發出,只有艦橋組員能提早知道內容⸺加上,火星回歸派都來自奧林帕斯官校高層,子弟兵被指導成間諜的可能性很高。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAS2NjymSIvE
488Please respect copyright.PENANApE7k8PkKAY
「莎拉‧赫克托,還有茵坦……」薩邁爾眉頭深鎖,對自己的眼光感到挫折,「兩個最高嫌疑人……正在討論要如何離開新月軍……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAutEhtRmXGv
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位在居住區的她們,談話內容一字不漏地被大腦晶片捕捉。488Please respect copyright.PENANAAOlPhRNPfE
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「沒錯……私下審問時,我刻意說另一個人是間諜……聽到好友被冠上罪名,茵坦少尉看起來已有預感;赫克托中士就比較有趣了,那表情像是……安心?罪惡?」488Please respect copyright.PENANAvxyJnmyH8J
488Please respect copyright.PENANAgLmWJDWZyh
情報官看似樂在其中,元帥投以反感眼光。488Please respect copyright.PENANANasbHMbxdM
488Please respect copyright.PENANANbYcfULvgk
「報告!發現輻射痕跡,與艦橋殘留物模式吻合。」488Please respect copyright.PENANABYK5aeH25g
488Please respect copyright.PENANAlENdoCQJp9
精密儀器提出證據,突擊小組起身整裝。憲兵隊長經過長官同意,帶隊攻向兩名女子所在位置。488Please respect copyright.PENANAkYrW0vgPSC
488Please respect copyright.PENANAaHuBhNRw9k
「跟我一起走,好嗎?」488Please respect copyright.PENANAQABN3d9xyb
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「妳說……一起走?」茵坦心跳加速,深怕那場幻覺成真。488Please respect copyright.PENANA1MekWT8KeB
488Please respect copyright.PENANAvT3HzXfhQq
「再不走妳就危險了!」平時內向的女孩憤而起身,不小心撞到手指傷口,「嗚……討厭,為什麼我會對妳這麼……」488Please respect copyright.PENANA6gcHV8YL0F
488Please respect copyright.PENANAE3TBL9UTIF
突然,門鎖強制開啟,數名重裝士兵闖入房內,把槍口對準嫌疑犯。488Please respect copyright.PENANANwTlC6ACPg
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「戰術輔佐官莎拉‧赫克托,妳涉嫌洩漏情資,必須送審,請配合拘留!」488Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9qHpvn8pV
488Please respect copyright.PENANABAG7JjQum5
莎拉表情冷靜,像是有備而來,「沒有違紀通告,怎麼能侵入私人領域?」488Please respect copyright.PENANANEtBqmzsLM
488Please respect copyright.PENANAfOiKQiHgwj
「持有第一級放射線裝置,違反軍事要地安全條例,行動符合程序。」488Please respect copyright.PENANABuygEUVjrV
488Please respect copyright.PENANA2GiVzbrVMh
「你們有證據嗎?」488Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0s8Ymm1mZ
488Please respect copyright.PENANA8RNrCJLTBS
「證據,有!」情報官撥開士兵進入房間,伸手指向錯愕的複製人,「就在茵坦少尉的連結觀測晶片上。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAS6S5w0HMBa
488Please respect copyright.PENANAt1qn9JdRzz
莎拉絕望地看向好友。繃帶掉落,露出潰爛的手指,比那更怵目驚心的,是她充滿贈恨的雙眼。488Please respect copyright.PENANAC7ecgwx4iJ
488Please respect copyright.PENANAeTeh7QMGbs
「我還相信妳……沒人性的複製品……」488Please respect copyright.PENANA3P1j4Of1UY
488Please respect copyright.PENANAWiT9Q9Q67N
帝國間諜跟行李中的粒子容器一起被帶走,剩下茵坦呆立在原地。沒有感情的她不該難過,但是,照片上的莎拉一家卻讓她發寒、作嘔。488Please respect copyright.PENANA7vlgvvz8R6
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「我的能力……是為了什麼存在……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ76cTqTYj
488Please respect copyright.PENANA3PpvtNG94o
「茵坦……」在螢幕上目睹攻堅的薩邁爾告誡自己,要用大義抹去惻隱之心。488Please respect copyright.PENANApSv2X7IQMd
488Please respect copyright.PENANAACK0rdiM0v
「元帥大人,我們會把不明裝置送去卡利斯托檢驗⸺至於人嘛……如果要讓她快點招供……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAqUe9g2QIje
488Please respect copyright.PENANAnw8i2QIGpZ
對講機中的情報官欲言又止,誘使領袖狠下決心。488Please respect copyright.PENANAXxU4qmSXnf
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「手段不過問,全權交給你處理。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAo56WtA2eNz
488Please respect copyright.PENANAXxGdAUtbYb
「遵命,新月耀世!」488Please respect copyright.PENANAlIlMtCGCxu
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薩邁爾掛斷電話、快步離開。順利逼出內賊,心情卻沉到谷底。488Please respect copyright.PENANAEzQ3bmMfES
488Please respect copyright.PENANAVzc0UCTV7P
「新月耀世……唉……」488Please respect copyright.PENANALFgsCsOHJN
488Please respect copyright.PENANAgC8PhE9zyf
年輕元帥拖著疲累身心躺回寢室。剛闔上眼,就被電腦吵醒。488Please respect copyright.PENANADPd0HVDOvz
488Please respect copyright.PENANAPyCfheWQAM
「通話邀請,訊號來源:海王星商會貨船,加密專線……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAXZPMvqqaBx
488Please respect copyright.PENANAQFv7Gax9Wk
「嘖……接通!」488Please respect copyright.PENANAlyKquMHraA
488Please respect copyright.PENANAJVx3P2qeyv
螢幕顯現出一名中年男子,左邊額頭鑲著大量銀飾。488Please respect copyright.PENANAsBCxQK7evO
488Please respect copyright.PENANAOUgT96b9wh
「札廣,有何貴幹?」元帥啟動擴音,不想看到對方的油亮光頭,還有貪婪的表情。488Please respect copyright.PENANAHdYA15a7RL
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「薩邁爾元帥⸺俺剛離開穀神基地,回家路上經過木星,想說來問候一下唄!」488Please respect copyright.PENANAoUzc3mwa9X
488Please respect copyright.PENANAm2E0ja9mJ9
粗啞聲音操著外環腔調。土生土長的邊境特徵,是獲得當地人支持的利器。488Please respect copyright.PENANArjKGADYhHn
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「一點問候,比你想像中影響更大嘿?懂點世故,很有用。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAXHU8u4LgJj
488Please respect copyright.PENANArLVNVCx5HT
「你出賣OBU情資讓我攻下木星;我讓你在木星圈以外自由活動,利益交換,沒有人情。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAiDfWtarkWJ
488Please respect copyright.PENANAEIkMyU3Kln
札廣用多毛的手指敲打額頭,發出令人不悅的喀噠聲。488Please respect copyright.PENANACOJL1NImlc
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「是喔?那要不要解釋一下……你的那些動作,是在幹啥?」488Please respect copyright.PENANA1Fq7NiAjNJ
488Please respect copyright.PENANAzTMQbLboOP
「你是指……清除那些毒品轉運站?我說得夠清楚了⸺新月統治區不能出現那些東西。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAEcGe9IdiJW
488Please respect copyright.PENANAD7tGhppjx0
「吼!不是啦!還想裝傻……嗯?等一下……你是真的不知道,嘿嘿嘿……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAvNlsUKgOdq
488Please respect copyright.PENANAVapj50o89m
「不知道什麼?」薩邁爾不得不看向螢幕,猜測扭曲笑容下的真意。488Please respect copyright.PENANAe2WckzPu4b
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「你不知道,新月軍要去打土星了啊!元帥,內政堪憂哦……若是需要人情,歡迎找我啊!哈⸺」488Please respect copyright.PENANAjcXPuKODqC
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訊號切斷,闇雲壟罩新月。488Please respect copyright.PENANAoeQQCh0Hke
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如果情報屬實,代表薩邁爾被家族孤立,更慘的是,還被札廣握到把柄。488Please respect copyright.PENANAsIBp7PSmpt
488Please respect copyright.PENANAS11JBZHjXJ
「今天真是糟透了……」488Please respect copyright.PENANA33zwQsvZc4
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年輕領袖起身著裝。儘管好幾天都沒休息,前往木衛四的船上,他還是無法入眠。
元帥離去,旗艦氣氛明顯低落。茵坦走到禁閉室區塊,想探望同梯卻被攔阻。488Please respect copyright.PENANAt7dolTFyZM
488Please respect copyright.PENANA6u1HIVrDt9
「少尉,緩緩吧……」情報官走出拷問室,拍了拍茵坦肩膀,「妳不會想看到她現在的樣子,相信我。」488Please respect copyright.PENANABpmDf8iXsa
488Please respect copyright.PENANAId7xHUeV2T
「我只想知道她的動機,這裡是她的夢想才對……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAqZ3ds7Gd7h
488Please respect copyright.PENANAGj4JvD7PLr
軍官揮手示意憲兵退下,帶領複製人進入房間。裡面的牆壁、桌椅都跟新的一樣閃亮,凸顯出地上的一片膿血。488Please respect copyright.PENANAsoZQRBiaV4
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「莎拉膽子不大,我們還沒使用侵入治療就招了⸺這裡,有錄音檔案。」488Please respect copyright.PENANA9pAHBSauu8
488Please respect copyright.PENANA6C2vaCIaoZ
茵坦走到錄音機旁,深吸了一口氣,按下播放鈕。488Please respect copyright.PENANAyPApIeAnnA
488Please respect copyright.PENANAwyFYj8gh0m
「你問我……為什麼要投靠地球?因為你們……破壞禮樂制度……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAiDfQHAemqM
488Please respect copyright.PENANAgwrdtS6sUd
女孩的語氣不再扭捏,而是滿腹冤屈。488Please respect copyright.PENANANSY8NXVtna
488Please respect copyright.PENANAQyqKeiokWb
「父母親為了生下我,賣命賺錢……安裝便宜內臟,連皮膚都賣了……好不容易拿到姓氏,可以成家,結果呢?新月軍為了支持率,讓所有人免費升階!」488Please respect copyright.PENANAFV0vAbKZrz
488Please respect copyright.PENANA4wKyHgV1wd
茵坦不敢聽完所有片段,因為自己就是新政策的受益者。複製人離開房間,剩下無奈的悲願繼續撥放。488Please respect copyright.PENANA4iEYPoRBSK
488Please respect copyright.PENANAD2AozJQ6nQ
「他們把所有生命留給我,然後就病死了……『赫克托』是我的姓氏、我的驕傲⸺這個寶物,不是用來換取民心的道具。」
羈絆,以各種形式繫著人們,有時候也會化成詛咒。488Please respect copyright.PENANAws4SIxRkky
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「母親大人!」488Please respect copyright.PENANARS7GT6m1zh
488Please respect copyright.PENANAvlvdZtt6gn
薩邁爾推開卡利斯托宮殿大門,對王座上的艾莉雅女士質問,「為什麼沒經過我的同意就調動軍隊?」488Please respect copyright.PENANAWqBdNFi7pH
488Please respect copyright.PENANAk1i9GIQYAU
「木衛領主團一致同意,讓你弟成為代理人……你好好養傷,順便做最擅長的國政事務,豈不是兩全其美?」488Please respect copyright.PENANAQRhubPSssX
488Please respect copyright.PENANARJJUDtJSrj
桑德斯站在母親身旁,一如往常地帶著純真自信,「哥,放心,我的專用機體『高雷霆』拿下土星輕而易舉!」488Please respect copyright.PENANAo8v8IIMeyH
488Please respect copyright.PENANAGV1gT1wmxG
「我早就說過,不能急著……」現任元帥的去路被衛兵擋住,家族離他更是遙遠。488Please respect copyright.PENANAuMXx2ku0Ei
488Please respect copyright.PENANAeinhmNswSZ
「軟弱!你已經不是乖小孩山姆了,薩邁爾!」艾莉雅的斥責痛徹心扉,銳利眼神在面紗下閃爍。488Please respect copyright.PENANAG0H4hO0L6Z
488Please respect copyright.PENANAQw9G9lXi9E
「沒有威嚴,才會讓間諜有機可趁!桑德斯的熱情,正好跟你互補……退下,讓腦袋冷靜。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAHLd3rp1xhg
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「是的……母親……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAQwvD095Av0
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薩邁爾失足。他被母親的「貼身護衛」帶回殘破的月神,雖然能夠自由行動,但所有決策都會被耳目知曉。488Please respect copyright.PENANAMNfF65Hduz
488Please respect copyright.PENANAVzKuH9rvRL
相對的,桑德斯搭上旗艦「馬勒亞普」,與禁衛軍浩蕩啟程,前往土星大舉侵略。
滿身枷鎖的青年領袖靠在機庫欄桿,看著和平重工的貨櫃入港。特規兵器「高盧米涅」本應與兄弟機組成無敵陣型,現在卻分道揚鑣。488Please respect copyright.PENANAapmNr8z6lF
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「大人……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAA2LX595GaS
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茵坦站在數米外的走道上。她們之前還在這談天說地,現在,各種猜忌卻在心中築起層層障壁。488Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7LJzjqZVU
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「原諒我,利用妳引出間諜,讓妳背叛朋友……」薩邁爾瞳孔深處是無助的少年。他看到茵坦的濕潤眼眶,立即收回軟弱姿態。488Please respect copyright.PENANAWrM2SUcizv
488Please respect copyright.PENANAkoC7fR85JV
「但,規矩就是規矩,莎拉會被處刑……流放宇宙。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAbmLahsrimo
488Please respect copyright.PENANAHfdNGXpeqF
「我知道……讓我負責她,可以嗎?」複製人緩緩飄近,把內心糾結全部掏出。488Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7gGhQWNI0
488Please respect copyright.PENANAWlXVfnAQ5G
「觀測晶片影響我的大腦,那些本應不存在的情感……蒙蔽了視野,讓我產生誤判……克服這點,我才能繼續戰鬥!」488Please respect copyright.PENANAhaUQxrSAje
488Please respect copyright.PENANAJHcKDj7Hxj
「茵坦……妳也是嗎……」薩邁爾牽起徬徨士兵的冰冷雙手。隔閡消失,取而代之的,是無情堅毅、鐵石心腸。488Please respect copyright.PENANAbB6uibSaEX
488Please respect copyright.PENANATeAsbYEdGm
「就讓我們一起揮別軟弱。」
帝國間諜莎拉‧赫克托蜷縮在禁閉室角落。488Please respect copyright.PENANAMxYgOh1W13
488Please respect copyright.PENANAHHbDCuvUAS
纏結通訊器的輻射傷口不斷流膿。女孩已經準備好赴死,陣陣抽痛還是催出了淚水。488Please respect copyright.PENANAoVlk8VbRx3
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「好想回家……爸……媽……」488Please respect copyright.PENANArKnWcVIUpT
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房門開啟,燈光刺痛雙眼。複製人茵坦蹲到同儕身旁,把一支注射器放到地上。488Please respect copyright.PENANA4BJVyC59MO
488Please respect copyright.PENANAuY5bVzfL9Y
「是妳啊……送我最後一程的……」間諜少女語帶解脫,故作堅強地嘲諷命運,「那是鎮靜劑嗎?我又不會反抗,流放宇宙什麼的……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAM2f7yu18i1
488Please respect copyright.PENANAaxilRMbD0L
茵坦沒有回應,捧起莎拉的潰爛手指,小心翼翼地更換紗布,「忍耐一下。」488Please respect copyright.PENANA6VetXbNvlf
488Please respect copyright.PENANADmqSQgO7mP
「嗚……有差嗎?我都要死了,妳不怕放射線感染?」488Please respect copyright.PENANAOlpT0cSKUD
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「莎拉,我想起來了,我從來沒有感應到妳的惡意……所以到最後,我還是不相信妳是間諜……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAUeacVXPvp8
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包紮結束。簡單梳妝後,莎拉回到家族合照中的清爽樣貌。488Please respect copyright.PENANAYMqQqdq9rP
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「可能……我根本不適合當間諜吧……在學校看到妳被刁難、欺壓,卻一直沒有放棄,讓我想到爸媽……我總是心軟,總是被人利用。」488Please respect copyright.PENANA8f5JiRVsTU
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「我相信,那是妳的本性……就算妳對我好另有目的,我還是很感激……那些快樂時光,對我來說都是真的⸺我想過,怎麼幫妳逃跑、幫妳辯護,避免預言成真……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAFZY3S4KG14
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「但是,妳不能那樣做……因為我害死太多人……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAxKvLa8J8Zp
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莎拉幫自己,也幫茵坦拭去淚水,「失去父母之後,我最怕的就是孤單……獨自死在宇宙,就是我的報應。」488Please respect copyright.PENANALVTpq7GP8N
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「不對……」488Please respect copyright.PENANAQkXO0l0i0c
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複製士兵環抱間諜女孩,悄悄拿起注射裝置,把安樂死藥劑打入她的頸動脈。488Please respect copyright.PENANAi1gC0iLucs
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「妳不會在宇宙中孤獨死去……這是我僅能做的。」488Please respect copyright.PENANAzPLxwDL9bB
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未來被改變了。莎拉嚥下最後一口氣,不是在黑暗虛空,而是在摯友懷中。488Please respect copyright.PENANAc1fCQLS8SH
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「茵坦……謝謝妳……爸爸、媽媽,我回來了……」488Please respect copyright.PENANALgi9isoqqK
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放下溫暖的軀體,複製人離開房間,用緊握到出血的拳頭宣誓。從此之後,她絕對不會流淚。488Please respect copyright.PENANAlquWh2AVSd
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「安息吧,我的第一個、最後一個朋友。」