「市長，這邊請。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcImWQjsJS
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經過層層氣密艙門，身穿防護服的男子沐浴消毒氣體。「奧卡涅特‧奧圖」小心謹慎，遵守規則進入實驗室。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSugBuCGRh5
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「研究主任，結果如何了？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRDahM5GnQ
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「接觸病毒三日發症，呼吸器官衰竭，目前施予支持療法，已經採取血液培養抗體……照這個惡化速度，大概沒時間深入觀察了。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyslzSo4gF6
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被衣服包成圓胖輪廓的兩人走到玻璃帷幕前方，端詳著裡面的實驗對象。一名中年人虛弱地躺在床上，手中緊握著一張相片。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYofpcSXeV
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「最近被判戰爭罪的前帝國軍人……無期徒刑，沒錯吧？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg2Hv8ZYGS
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「正確，市長，他的妻子是本地出身，育有一位女兒。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBH83MW4bu
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「讓他知道，家人都會得到補償。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuAtWt9toH
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「沒問題……接著是對照組：努那純血、死刑囚犯。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJeKrGIZEB
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研究主任帶市長走到隔壁的觀察室，一名男子正在做伏地挺身打發時間。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0dEEvuV3p
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「強盜、強姦……」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNd8yDGB38
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「夠了夠了，我只想知道，努那人都不會發症？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuS9BCQOop
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「沒錯，我們的特定基因會抑制病毒生長。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoQAZ09qDA
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「祖先們造出不得了的東西……我會備妥列印機，進入量產階段。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndctidVpMo
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「市長……它對混血的影響還沒測試，而且，疫苗還在研發……這樣會不會太快了？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwDeKylzAc
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奧圖笑著搭上研究主任的肩膀，一同往消毒室走去。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6MAmrUWBb
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「我認為啊，人活著的時候，他的善惡都……交融在一起？黑白難分，就像血統混雜，參差不齊……」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerCTY08gsu
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經過繁雜程序，兩人終於能脫下防護服好好談話，奧圖繼續訴說他的理念。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiVsl8yRfI
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「人死之後呢，就比較單純……留給後代的東西，能決定他的價值⸺努那受試者跟帝國受試者都是罪人，但是，他們為病毒研究奉獻己身，就能留下價值：給家人金錢、給自己減刑。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFg5LFqb89
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壓倒性的堅決，讓研究主任無法回話。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIePz46emFz
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「我們又何嘗不是如此？這個專案，能帶給努那對抗侵略者的力量，強大又準確的抑止力，這個專案，就是你我的價值、偉大的遺產！」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsivfxCGq9s
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「我……知道了，謝謝您的支持，市長……」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJh5JV072d
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「呵呵，別擔心太多，我不會傻到在努那施放病毒。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCxCJMeUV8
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關上艙門，奧圖拄著拐杖，往階梯末端的光芒走去。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWXTCLU9bf
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「美麗的故鄉，就由我來守護。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLcCvgnmbD
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研究設施位在工廠市中央，移民船改建的高樓上。市長看著窗外的蓬勃生命，秘書上前遞出一封信件。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oGZLKLpJZ
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「打擾了，有關於烈南德‧琪拉露拉女士……」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrCp16vrba
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「嗯？居然……轉達家屬我會出席，請她們節哀。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi0rP6b5lK
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奧圖凝重地放下訃聞，轉身拿起電話。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrxkxPe035
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「將軍，是我……您也聽說了？對，我要借用守望隊的力量，媒體不準出現在葬禮中⸺另外，通知領航組員做好準備，那位大人可能會現身。」
舊首都「努那貝里」曾有一座象徵引導之光的高塔，如今，卻只剩下一片瓦礫殘骸。為了銘記那場慘烈戰爭，人們保留所有遺址，包括近郊的樹葬墓園。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbrNAgHH8E
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針葉林中，兩架「納蘭守望」撐開巨大帆布，幫底下的人遮風擋雪。齊波尼亞把骨灰罈與種子放進土中，與母親一同看著業者封上石碑。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKWgk6K8sn
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「烈南德‧琪拉露拉⸺引領的白鯨」「索達特‧洛迪那⸺無限之愛」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXABWh3LI7g
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兩位偉大女性永遠比肩而立、受人景仰。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ385igFpbCn
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儀式結束，身穿喪服的賓客走進樸素靈堂，依序點香哀悼。齊波和母親站在堂前答禮，各地跋涉而來的參加者，反映出琪拉的扎實人脈。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLpxo3Sie5
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「僅代表梅花孤兒院獻上祝福，淨土之路必受祖靈引導，本院創始者妮黛兒女士也將同行。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwYiILPn58
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嘉娜莉跟姐妹會代表人一同上香，熟悉面孔讓齊波心情好了些。接著出現的人，則是讓他肅然起敬。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsSITQ8UaP
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「本人代表市政府全體同仁，一同哀悼、獻上祝福。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksKdhPrzl5
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奧卡涅特‧奧圖單膝下跪，再用拐杖撐起身體。齊波上前攙扶，母親忙著鞠躬。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7IvrIMk6b
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「市長先生，百忙之中還勞煩您撥空……」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DGelyZp0f
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「伊露雅女士，應該的、應該的……這是令郎齊波尼亞，對吧？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98lNKHqkKR
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頑強有力的瞳孔看著少年，讓人感受到靈魂深處的戰士之血，「琪拉女士的英雄精神，你要繼承下去啊。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQwVrvG1ht
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「是……是！」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXHVhBiZjA
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目送市長搭上專車離開，齊波滿心景仰，但是，最後一個進來的人卻讓心情跌落谷底。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkB34ohDk5
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「孩子的爸，你也來了……」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJLq7DM2Vf
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戴眼鏡的斯文男子走向兩人。跟母親的微笑相反，少年深鎖眉頭。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAF1G5JcVU
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「伊露雅，我還是覺得一定要來……齊波，你變好高哦？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC5IFMbSwc
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「因為你十五年都沒來看過我。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZZifBBlg0
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「等一下……」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DVngXCdjG
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那個曾經是父親的人，給家裡的痛苦多過幸福。少年快步離開，不想讓阿嬤在天之靈悲傷。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlp9g0E7kZk
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想讓風雪吹散雜亂的心緒，齊波坐到門口長椅上。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ976HP9qUb
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「他們在幫奶奶祈禱，如果你想知道。」嘉娜莉跟著坐下，讓男孩身邊多了點暖意，「齊波相信嗎？神明、祖靈。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLjcsFMfLo
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「我不清楚，嘉娜呢？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmJtJu7zAZ
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「我也一樣，不清楚……孤兒院每天都會祈禱，跟往生的姊妹們說話，創始人留下的習慣。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHqPlfOvNf
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「祈禱……有效嗎？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoOLGH4wga
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「嗯……當我一個人的時候，我覺得，她們可以讓我放心依靠。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhm9JmSem1
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「那，我想阿嬤的時候，也來祈禱看看。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DnDDzKrEG
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少年少女看向天空。風雪減弱了一些，他們也更靠近了一些。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHiExtTuD5
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「接著，是嘉娜莉播報時間！移民船資料庫文獻指出，太陽系過去的信仰中，神明也曾經是人，曾經活在這個世界上，死亡之後才獲得神格哦。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJ5dxEAYe6
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「是嗎？那跟我們的祖靈有點像呢。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmE0fXgKrK
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「沒錯，但是太陽系現在只信昂天皇帝，他還活著哩。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb14mWylxUH
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「活著的神、發動戰爭的神，算那門子信仰？哈哈！」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTonhofbG23
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用閒話家常忘卻悲傷，少年少女不經意看到樹林另一端，墓碑旁邊有個孤獨的人影。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaA0SMZVgpu
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「那個大叔……剛才有來嗎？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiNm4qIOmb
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兩人瞇起眼睛觀察。那個大叔身穿破舊大衣，雜亂毛髮與骯髒皮膚，像是遠離文明的隱士。當他正想轉身離開時，突然公務人員攔下。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWycVHtNVw
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「政府專車？」嘉娜莉用相機望遠鏡頭找到線索，「要去找市長嗎？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekdYinBQbP
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「我總覺得……他們知道阿嬤的事、威爾斯的事……」齊波口袋中的變形石似乎又在發光。好奇心轉變成動力，少年起身跑進靈堂。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCyLVPmNeI
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「媽，我去買個東西，晚點回來！」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUvZsSBorl
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伊露雅與前夫回頭，看到孩子拿起機車鑰匙。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXInv0gZWOn
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「齊波尼亞！等等，我不奢求你原諒我，但是……爸爸會永遠支持你。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD21rVQ9XKw
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「知道啦……」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdoaiwQGh1
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家務事充滿難言之隱，至少父母的愛是真的存在。少年頭也不回地跑到停車場，暫時放下那些心結。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HihWoYQts
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「齊波！我跟姊姊說了，可以跟你去。」嘉娜莉戴上護目鏡，一腳跨上機車後座，「那個奇怪設施，我有照片可以指路。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ430mbjhObw
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「咦？記憶卡不是被老師折斷了？」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB83AVNh02V
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「嘿嘿，早就有備份，別小看情報王。」383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzFWy3gV1h
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少女抱著少年；少年滿懷期待，往謎題的答案催滿油門。383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPsujl5KjS
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