克拉克上校端坐在雷納普特設法院“裁罰庭”的聽證席上,表情肅穆,可望向被告時,眼神帶有無限的失落感。37Please respect copyright.PENANAn2hhKPxe84
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站在被告席上的,正是米拉——米蘭達・沃寧——那名當初總是好奇心旺盛、浪漫主義的少女技師已經不在了。現在的她,面色憔悴、形容枯槁,身份被烙上“叛徒”的印記。37Please respect copyright.PENANAhV6DmaE2eU
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沒有律師,無人會為她辯護。一般老百姓去忙他們的生活了,只知道又一個罪有應得的混蛋被處理就好,整個法庭就是走一個程序——一切皆已註定。37Please respect copyright.PENANA8Oa4XZW5BO
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「被告米蘭達・沃寧,只有你能證明自己是清白的。」工會名譽會員身穿黑袍、此時扮演法官還有模有樣的:「你有什麼話想說的嗎?」37Please respect copyright.PENANAymCBrf9ZAR
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「……我不是叛徒。」37Please respect copyright.PENANA0JcqbOw8YP
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「反對!」五虎將之一的戴維斯在證人席提出抗議:「那你說啊,畫面上的那個人是誰?」37Please respect copyright.PENANAuBNZd6zdhx
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投影畫面中呈現一張照片,正是那一晚,米拉與“西方教會”的雷蒙娜接觸的畫面。37Please respect copyright.PENANAqZcVn8pLIb
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當時米拉正離開潔姬時,旋即被巡防軍攔截,並以戴維斯的證詞為據,加上馬克的說法,她在執行任務時擅自離開軍營,兩項因素,使通敵的輿論不脛而走。37Please respect copyright.PENANAUZ5xnkeNy4
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「你在鬣狗幫的地盤上做什麼?講啊!」37Please respect copyright.PENANAIKYPoq6peh
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「我該說的都說了!」米拉怒號道:「“西方教會”無意入侵雷納普!他們是可以合作的對象,雷納普可以……」37Please respect copyright.PENANAfPhrl1dBUY
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「夠了,你並不是巡防軍,西方教會有給你任何保證嗎?」戴維斯望向聽證席,問道:「如果這不是與外來勢力私通,那什麼才算?」37Please respect copyright.PENANAyM4nTx823s
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民眾交頭接耳地議論著,聲音之間此起彼落,但旋即被法槌敲出一個肅靜。37Please respect copyright.PENANAkKa49e9Mrb
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「被告米蘭達・沃寧,通敵叛亂罪成,死刑定讞。死刑即刻執行。」37Please respect copyright.PENANAi7MTUHKPYz
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法官重重敲下錘子,隨之沉入的也是米拉死去的心,無法上訴,也無力上訴。不管說什麼,密謀推翻雷納普的罪證確鑿。37Please respect copyright.PENANAgQMuovm9V8
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米拉無言以對,這幾個月發生的事件實在太不真實,荒謬得她感覺自己好像已經瘋了,望過去,那些沉默的群眾全穿著巡防軍的制服。37Please respect copyright.PENANAax5h49I6tN
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是啊,他們只要穿上巡防軍的制服,就能夠改變他人的想法,只消向民眾問“是不是這樣?”,雷納普的人自然就點頭接受,這不是什麼舊時代的那些令人佩服的高科技——就只是權力,可以使一切扭轉。37Please respect copyright.PENANAB698TfX8t8
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又有誰會為他們的作為感到憤怒呢?37Please respect copyright.PENANA3LJgnlIw0K
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米拉沉重的腳步走上冰冷的處刑台,布袋套在臉上、絞繩緊緊地栓在脖頸,無法發聲、無法呼吸——可的確,原本的設計的目的就是如此。37Please respect copyright.PENANAWFadaT89fu
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「嗚嗚嗚……」37Please respect copyright.PENANA0B0GOiwe7Y
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她雙腿不自主地抽動,開始抽泣,本能上深切感受到“再也不能感受”的恐懼。死去亦即代表神經、受器不再作用,一切機能都會停止,全都從她的身體抽離。37Please respect copyright.PENANADvgVLVScTe
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噹——37Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZBCggK4px
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轟然一響,身體下墜,繩索緊緊地壓迫頸動脈,從而將所有事物封閉住——雷納普那間小小的房,其中一待伸展的抱負、未竟的發明……全都溶入深沉的黑暗之中。37Please respect copyright.PENANASa2Gquy5ub
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她想,在最後的最後去咒罵這一切,是可以被允許的吧?37Please respect copyright.PENANAWW4RzuGzs9