小松一踏進校園,內部構造仍是學校的樣子,可周圍氣氛完全變了調。58Please respect copyright.PENANA2h6MPeGK7R
天空上的夕陽愈發昏紅,照得整個天空如同被血浸過,十分詭譎;還有幾道黑色人影在廊下穿梭,口中呢喃模糊的人聲,聲音聽起來像是有人拿著豬油在耳邊揉捏一樣。58Please respect copyright.PENANA4qimJIH96M
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「小柏!魏柏嶺!」58Please respect copyright.PENANAZy4G6rVTUW
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黑影悄然擦肩而過、使人寒毛直豎,這令人不適的一切,小松都不放在心上,仍是喊起弟弟的名字。58Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fb8tQAjC1
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快步走過空盪盪的走廊、一片寂靜的中庭。越往校園深處,空氣越為沉重,這便是所謂的瘴癘之氣,光是吸入就會讓人頭暈眼花,小松信念再怎麼堅定,也依然感到呼吸困難、舉步維艱。58Please respect copyright.PENANAEzDepuQGLS
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沒時間去想剛才不聽勸告、直接衝入這裡的行為是否太過衝動。自己最重要的弟弟到底在學校發生了什麼事——而他心裡多少有數。58Please respect copyright.PENANA72xPoqFOQe
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一年B班,小柏的教室,但並不是瘴氣最濃的地方;小松環顧四周,僅憑血脈相連的兄弟間的直覺——只見不祥的氣息包覆最濃的體育器材室。58Please respect copyright.PENANA2iRP8p6qD0
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是在那邊嗎?58Please respect copyright.PENANA1qFoQWINf5
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「小柏,你等我!」小松豁出去了,就算心裡害怕也要大喊壯膽,直奔向前。由於說話聲響太過刺激,瘴氣凝聚成形,化作一頭野狗大小的怪物,張開血盆大口、直撲而來。58Please respect copyright.PENANAd0HlqPOJCk
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小松迅速蹲下身子,雙指彈出像是暗器的東西——58Please respect copyright.PENANAMy1JOtc1kj
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此為魏松嶺由身為鍊金術士的母親所傳授、並習得的鍊金術【麻田散鐵】(Martensite),是將金屬製品因應各種情況而變改為不同結構與型態的能力。58Please respect copyright.PENANAobNAKJRQR4
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這根不足一公分的圖釘在拋擲出去之際,於倏忽間化成一柄鐵製長劍,怪物們只見一道銀白色的閃光,下頜與腦門直接被長劍所貫穿。58Please respect copyright.PENANAmVj5H1XNnF
雖然他未經鍛煉,還沒有足夠的臂力揮劍,可身上藏的“兵器”拿來對付瘴氣化成的妖魔綽綽有餘,這些尖細的圖釘就像傳說中保命的銀子彈一般,為他驅散妖邪。58Please respect copyright.PENANAK17BR3AdfZ
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「我才不會輸!小柏!我來了!」身為哥哥、為了弟弟,他勉強按住胸口的不安,繼續往該靈界的最深處邁進。58Please respect copyright.PENANAa0offy9PPh
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另一方面,在外面的王羽明等人也跟著進入校園,但,什麼也沒發生、環境沒有變化,依舊是和平的放學景象。58Please respect copyright.PENANAfXmlgXsi9h
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「果然是這樣嗎?被拒絕了。」羽明不由得感到垂頭喪氣,花時間與蓬萊院的孩子們培養感情,自以為是他們的大哥哥——這一切似乎只是一廂情願。58Please respect copyright.PENANA8If6VthnuJ
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「別放在心上,既然是來自蓬萊院的孩子,看來有修持相當高級的方術。」學姐丁筱寧的經驗談:「失蹤案件不好辦……再拖下去後果會很麻煩。」58Please respect copyright.PENANAAaEw1WZE3W
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「這我知道。」58Please respect copyright.PENANACL5Zh6k1cP
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只要有“事件”成例,人們的傳言就會堆積起來,島內的異常就會逐漸與日常融合,此後該校就會陸陸續續出現更多相同的失蹤案。58Please respect copyright.PENANAYdktgIh3nb
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「幸好車上有準備道士法衣……我先到附近的土地公廟或城隍去問問看。」58Please respect copyright.PENANA7XyOSYx13D
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「那我繼續找好了,到廟裡我幫不上忙。」羽明指著自己,倒是有些自信,反正有校方授意,能夠自主到內部探索。58Please respect copyright.PENANAfdUJJsTpnj
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「……好吧,但記得!如果有危險要馬上跟我聯絡!放隻魔鳥通知我也好。」筱寧雖然身為監督者,必須好好看著羽明,可現在還是找人要緊:「我走啦。」58Please respect copyright.PENANAJ26MZAKKOY
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「遵命!」58Please respect copyright.PENANAvyJ2oc3KRi
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記得院長說過,異常的失蹤方式至少有兩種——第一種是直接消失,是施術者自主轉移到不同的異界,第二種是被妖異之物牽引,是“被帶走的”。相比後者的飄忽不定,前者空間座標較為固定,以這次情況判斷,應是屬於前者。58Please respect copyright.PENANAX7U3EXczEb
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「總感覺我好像見過同類型的術。」獨留羽明一人,他托起下巴思考道:「小松啊,真希望不會在另一邊看到你。」58Please respect copyright.PENANAmayPTJAGQM
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推理完畢,重新整理思緒,既已滿足條件,少年著手召喚能夠解決該情況的禍伏鳥。58Please respect copyright.PENANAUPuugN29M0
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「帶領我到魏柏嶺所在的地方,因第施耶・夸克(Indische Kwak)。」58Please respect copyright.PENANAZdq3SywSc6
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黑冠麻鷺型的魔鳥從天上飛來,再靜悄悄地收起翅膀著地。牠四處環繞,扭動那脖子像是在警戒著什麼,再謹慎地走出一步。其職責便是偵測並揪出失物之能力。58Please respect copyright.PENANAcRYodn0Jmy
幸好已經是放學時段,否則小學生們將會看到怪人跟著怪鳥的奇特畫面。連少年自己也感到尷尬,偏偏黑冠麻鷺每走幾步,就停下來晃動脖頸,速度相當緩慢。58Please respect copyright.PENANAnUaSciUoUV
看來這也是該項能力的缺點吧,少年只好耐心跟隨牠。經過體育器材室、樓梯口、直到操場……這才停住腳步、拍了拍翅膀。58Please respect copyright.PENANAofKmZ5iJPm
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「難道你只是想找蚯蚓吃嗎……」58Please respect copyright.PENANA9ITbUR806W
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須臾之間,黑冠麻鷺頭朝地一刺,尖長的喙插進土中,直接揪出一個長長的……58Please respect copyright.PENANAwRUasn9iCh
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「喂!」58Please respect copyright.PENANAqdWYPdS9FU
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同時天旋地轉,牠並不是嘴饞想吃蟲,而是正在拉扯出一整個異界的場域呈現其主人。58Please respect copyright.PENANASEEEZ2zQWs
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王羽明忽然感受怪風亂流,往下一望,正是剛才的「校園」,不過長得不太一樣——等等,剛剛不是在校園內嗎?為什麼是往下看到校園的頂樓?58Please respect copyright.PENANAhI52kbnG7Y
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他也終於來到困住魏家兄弟的異空間,而此時正在半空中。58Please respect copyright.PENANA9SfsYEc4MQ
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「……嘖,好歹接住我……」羽明一邊遠望飛遠的黑冠麻鷺,一邊下墜——58Please respect copyright.PENANAljmpVpyKPX
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他倘若身處於自己的小世界之中,過得自由自在。當然,也會寂寞,所以他靈機一動,決定拐走自己唯一的親人,不過他能不能接受呢?58Please respect copyright.PENANA4RwrqjgNwB
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他曾聽過院長說了一則故事——刺蝟們在天冷的時候想湊在一起取暖,可是兩隻刺蝟又會被彼此身上的尖刺所螫傷,想維持親密卻又得保持距離……他現在就是這種狀況。58Please respect copyright.PENANAYSyPFdoLv4
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「再也不需要了。」在體育器材室沉睡的小柏緩緩睜開雙眼,見到一臉憂心忡忡的哥哥。58Please respect copyright.PENANARI5ufk508z
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「什麼不需要?小柏,你在說什麼啊!」58Please respect copyright.PENANAdGcuHAKvah
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「……哥,這裡是哪裡?」58Please respect copyright.PENANAYrtboK93hY
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「我也不知道,我想走出門外就沒事了。」魏松嶺撕下外套的布來摀住弟弟的口鼻,以避免他吸入瘴氣:「來,我揹你。」58Please respect copyright.PENANAR84YINEji2
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弟弟變重了,擔在背上時,哥哥的腳步不禁踉蹌一陣,但馬上穩住身體。58Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ8bBjLFu3
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「哥……」58Please respect copyright.PENANAodEPMHoEVz
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他們只剩下彼此——是從什麼時候開始的呢?58Please respect copyright.PENANAkDw6ASelZ9
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想到以前,兄弟倆繼承來自父母的特別才能,松嶺學會鍊金術、柏嶺則學會方術,兩人天資聰穎、備受期待,不過,也從父母失和開始走向下坡。58Please respect copyright.PENANALdlTNeV7gl
自此,他們也上不了學、一直被關在老家的閣樓裡:在客廳的爭論、東西被砸壞的碎裂聲、最後是一片死寂又冷酷的沉默,不斷在壓抑的夜裡上演。58Please respect copyright.PENANAhexTQ6dhqW
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「對不起……」58Please respect copyright.PENANAxDCQU1lPQo
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「說那什麼話,你是我弟弟。」小松繼續走到中庭,汗滴落在眉毛上的疤痕。突然,不遠處傳來一陣轟隆作響,像是發生地震。58Please respect copyright.PENANAWEjChjcfas
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發生什麼事了?氣氛,感覺不太一樣。58Please respect copyright.PENANA6W2u62ZPE4
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「所以你覺得這一切都是你的責任,對不對?」此時小柏開口,用相當細長如尖針的聲音說道:「所以我跟他說好了,我們永遠都不會離開這裡。」58Please respect copyright.PENANAnHOHz8EQWE
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周圍的穢氣聚集成某一頭野獸的巨影,覆蓋在整間校園的牆面上。58Please respect copyright.PENANApqzWCKqTX4