2157年11月25日,晚上十一點,大眾媒體E區(東北亞)482Please respect copyright.PENANALtZ5ahQe6o
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和里奧出任務的最大好處──所有開銷都能報帳。里奧訂了間舒服的四人房,MIO正在浴室泡澡,李博洋吃著客房服務的宵夜,里奧則坐在落地窗旁的沙發看書。482Please respect copyright.PENANApHNS7szLZP
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相較於以前出任務、只能睡自己白色空間的李博洋,里奧就像歐洲人玩家,高宇維真的非常偏心,相對地,里奧也得承擔高宇維陰晴不定的個性。482Please respect copyright.PENANA4xLf6yOP0W
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「那個,里奧大哥。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA9YSERvXwtT
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不過,現在的李博洋沒心思想那些。看時鐘的指針越來越晚,他的內心也越來越忐忑,「你身上有安眠藥嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANArtRcSasaaU
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里奧搖頭。482Please respect copyright.PENANAYFBXfdGqNC
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「那,」李博洋請求:「麻煩你把我打暈。」482Please respect copyright.PENANADPzL7mZ7Ov
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里奧疑惑,「你怎麼了?」482Please respect copyright.PENANA6vL2vZIKF0
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李博洋瞄了眼浴室,確認MIO不會那麼快出來,才開口:「打從清醒,我每個晚上都睡不好,不停做同樣的惡夢。」482Please respect copyright.PENANADBq3ZgJnuU
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聽見關鍵字,里奧把書放下,「夢到李仲翔?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAw4WP5mFEkv
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「是,你怎麼知道?」482Please respect copyright.PENANASeWg8fZfbJ
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里奧露出像在思考的表情。李博洋叫他:「里奧大哥?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAJMETEQxm0w
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「在。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAkL7xWmCYIi
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「想事情嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAvct7xiW756
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「嗯。」里奧說:「我在思考怎麼和你解釋。」想了想,「獅鷲是特別的存在。挨了她一頓,潛藏在你們體內的水果塔記憶被喚醒,就像在你們的意識開一個洞,讓被保存在仙境的第一代進入你們的意識、與你們共鳴。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAPAgN4fbNSX
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「但是,」李博洋問:「每個人的共鳴過程似乎不一樣,產生的結果也不一樣。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAajnfxDNR0p
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「看水果塔的執念多深。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAtvkySq0ZQW
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「什麼意思?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAbCGbZIfUyG
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「以派翠克為例,他的祖母──『公爵夫人』薇奧拉.雷蒙,死時無牽無掛,派翠克的共鳴過程很順利。」里奧說:「相反,尼可的叔叔──『三月兔』尤里烏斯.史密斯,是典型的麻煩人物。他對艾莉絲體系的恨意,死後變成執念,原本打算取代尼可的意識、搶走他的身體。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAZSYjKzU4Yq
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里奧聳肩,「不過,兩人似乎達成共識,三月兔最後沒有這麼做,演變成這樣的共生關係,結局也不壞。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA2WNnGzDiHj
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「其他人呢?」李博洋再問。482Please respect copyright.PENANA4gURIonuPL
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「葛蕾絲的水果塔,是從『書蟲』凱薩.克里斯托多羅普洛斯轉移過去的,和你們的狀況不一樣,暫不列入討論。」里奧列舉:「謝綠和江云格還在觀察,目前都沒有共鳴的跡象;MIO記憶混亂,和『假海龜』NAGI的共鳴才會受阻;赫密士是最高機密,沒有宇維允許,我無可奉告。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAtXliseQ9aD
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最高機密?李博洋記得很多年前、問赫密士的性別時,里奧也這樣回覆。482Please respect copyright.PENANAJLqhg3RSb6
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但他沒有閒暇探討赫密士。李博洋結論:「如果是執念很強的水果塔,又沒有尼可幸運,我們的意識就會被殺死,被第一代水果塔反客為主?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAedwuEX4jwc
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里奧點頭。李博洋的臉色瞬間慘白。482Please respect copyright.PENANAChG7gXmzA0
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「『紅心傑克』李仲翔是這樣嗎?」里奧看出他的驚恐和不安,直接問。482Please respect copyright.PENANAy97kqFfB9o
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「……嗯。」李博洋低頭,「夢裡的爺爺他,全身都是黑色的泥和紅色的血,嘴裡念著可怕的話、朝我逼近……每次作夢,都覺得他離我越來越近。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAvjBZFmUF1E
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里奧沒有回話,又露出像在思考的表情,這次李博洋沒有發現。482Please respect copyright.PENANAY6nbyWDi0G
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「里奧大哥,我……」李博洋問:「我會,就這樣死掉嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAz3vLdxPDJK
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里奧不講好聽話,實話實說:「有可能。」482Please respect copyright.PENANALMjLtjDlSZ
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「有辦法阻止爺爺嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAk9lDVgPWgm
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里奧不知道。他自己也在和「紅國王」拉扯,處於劣勢。482Please respect copyright.PENANAP8KgWjoK5z
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「……我明白了。」李博洋再問里奧:「弟弟也會嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAu4JpZfKDzB
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「不確定。」里奧說:「我不知道李仲翔會怎麼做。他的執念太強,可能到你就打住,也可能覺得一個不夠、也對晴煬出手。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAWs9jUQjhye
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「如果是那樣,」李博洋拜託:「里奧大哥,一定要請宇維少爺阻止爺爺。我沒有關係,一定要救弟弟。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA54H9VKd4OD
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里奧點頭,沒有給口頭承諾。482Please respect copyright.PENANA6UfKQC6sR0
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說煩惱,其實他更煩;說憂鬱,他非常難受;說壓力,他快瘋了。李博洋有MIO,里奧有誰?雪檸、紅鶴、高宇維……昔日的人都離他而去,他只能把情緒往心裡吞。482Please respect copyright.PENANAm4VkBhqpvW
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「奇怪,MIO怎麼還沒出來?」482Please respect copyright.PENANA2TqBfmEkCs
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結束話題、看看時間,李博洋發現MIO已經洗了兩個小時,泡澡也不會這麼長時間。李博洋敲了敲浴室門,「MIO?妳洗好了嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAW21B9Gtfrm
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「……。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAHwibK3ncX0
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「MIO?MIO?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAdsMLwYkoP1
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「……。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAYTLIHR1sgM
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MIO是出了名的不怕燙,洗澡水能把人煮熟。里奧第一時間反應:「熱暈了?」482Please respect copyright.PENANA77894sBwAv
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「有可能。」李博洋再敲門,「MIO,我進去囉。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA7MyMfdXKld
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這間飯店的浴室門沒有鎖,而是不透光玻璃、推一下就能打開。正當李博洋準備推門時,裡頭的MIO突然大叫:482Please respect copyright.PENANAxuVfDKORzN
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「不要啊啊啊啊啊啊啊!!!!!!」482Please respect copyright.PENANAblZ8QFKIy6
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兩人嚇一大跳。李博洋趕緊推門,發現裹著浴巾的MIO瑟縮在角落、全身發抖。482Please respect copyright.PENANAVXgYoF0GDW
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「MIO!」482Please respect copyright.PENANAAPyMVW0FKG
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李博洋衝上前、將人抱在懷中,發現MIO不只戰慄得厲害,體溫也非常低,不像剛洗完澡的人。482Please respect copyright.PENANAe27G49fchn
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「不要……不要……媽媽……!」482Please respect copyright.PENANAn6dfeMMoOC
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「MIO!是我,我是博洋!」李博洋知道她又陷入回憶,「妳不是MIA,是MIO!是李博洋的MIO!」482Please respect copyright.PENANAWCZzQzLgkc
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「不要……不要啊啊啊啊啊……!」482Please respect copyright.PENANAxEhE7GjGvG
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黑色的眼睛沒有聚焦,MIO仍然哭個不停。李博洋心急如焚,以往只要抱著MIO、呼喚她的名字,MIO就沒事了,怎麼這次就沒效呢?482Please respect copyright.PENANACHhcxHrRnI
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看著MIO剛才瑟縮的角落,再看看浴室的門,里奧似乎明白發生什麼,開口問:「NAGI死了?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAq522g6tbGL
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李博洋回頭,「什麼?」482Please respect copyright.PENANA8iz53iRiX6
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「NAGI死了嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANA0FFX2Z5usK
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里奧不是在跟李博洋說話,而是他懷裡的人。482Please respect copyright.PENANA5Svwhv62AU
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「……死掉了。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAhRVioFUp5c
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MIO用哽咽的聲音回答。里奧再問:「怎麼死的?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAiHih8AMoDV
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「李仲翔……」482Please respect copyright.PENANAYljiB9M5VO
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MIO抬頭,黑色的眼睛除了淚水,還有傾瀉而出的恨意。482Please respect copyright.PENANADAW9mBGyKi
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「獅鷲也在,但下手的是……李仲翔……!」482Please respect copyright.PENANAIKSdSN3SnG
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「MIA呢?」里奧問:「MIA在哪?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAOLNYYEh8j6
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「媽媽知道自己打不贏,把MIA關在浴室……卑鄙的李仲翔鎖定浴室,想先殺掉MIA。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA4xIFmhH0Fb
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MIO不發抖了,還是在哭。482Please respect copyright.PENANAxzKpLNbBHt
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「媽媽擋在門前……血從門縫滲進來。每響起一聲鈴鐺,媽媽的血就滲得更多,整個浴室都是媽媽的血,然後……!」482Please respect copyright.PENANAl8nKDg9zDc
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然後沒了,記憶結束。不是忘記,不是失憶。NAGI死後,她的下一段記憶,就是「MIO」和李博洋相遇。482Please respect copyright.PENANAAqfATevOHp
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「鈴鐺是李仲翔皮帶上的吊飾。」里奧嘆氣,「怪不得,晴煬說MIO的聲音是『鈴鐺』。對妳而言,鈴鐺象徵NAGI的死。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAen1kRoIPQf
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儘管記憶混亂,李晴煬依舊聽見MIO心中的恐懼,也是他厲害的地方。要不是李晴煬昏迷,靠他的解心術,這次任務會輕鬆很多。482Please respect copyright.PENANAlm5vawID1J
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浴室不是說話的地方。里奧先離開,李博洋幫MIO穿好衣服、帶人到沙發上坐下,三人繼續討論。482Please respect copyright.PENANA5Kbq3a2rqh
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「但是,」李博洋想到:「假海龜一死,MIA不是被抓回艾莉絲體系,就是被當場殺死……」482Please respect copyright.PENANA7xIXoUJuso
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里奧搖頭,「都沒有,當年假海龜死後,她的女兒就失蹤了。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAd7610WDO9p
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「這很奇怪。」李博洋點出關鍵:「她被關在浴室,能跑去哪?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAaqpqhSaUzC
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「也是大家不明白的地方。」里奧說:「當年李仲翔向夏悠保證:浴室空無一人,也沒有窗戶,MIA就這麼憑空消失。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAxdhOtQ7u5n
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李仲翔皺眉,「退一萬步:假設MIA用某種方法逃走,這一百年來,宇維少爺沒試著找她嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAdVfwO1KouG
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「試了,找不到。」里奧回答:「連我們都找不到的人,當年卻被剛成為神與畜的你帶回來,我和宇維至今都不能理解這件事。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAFzOed6pCh9
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說實在,和MIO相遇的那天並不特別──李博洋去某間寺廟參拜時,發現有個穿和服的小孩在哭,說自己沒有名字、找不到回家的路。因為旁邊有條水渠,李博洋給她取名「澪(MIO)」。高宇維差點嚇死,說MIO和某個小孩一模一樣,必須讓她成為神與畜……482Please respect copyright.PENANAcAgX6z2Fqe
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無論如何,他和MIO認識的那天非常普通,唯獨沒有名字這件事不尋常,後來大家知道──MIO記憶混亂,想不起以前的事。問題又回到原點:她到底為什麼失憶?482Please respect copyright.PENANA3MNgF9sfV2
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「我要……見獅鷲。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAgDuTnqSJP7
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一直沉默的MIO突然說:「媽媽死時,獅鷲是除了李仲翔外、第二個在現場的人,她一定知道些什麼。就算沒有,我要她連同李仲翔的份付出代價。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAv51EceZ1Kx
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這趟E區之行不是沒收穫,至少MIO想起最重要的細節──NAGI的死。既然白絃人在現場,找她詢問當年MIA的去向,是最可行的辦法。482Please respect copyright.PENANAfbUTzU5sgi
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「獅鷲人在哪?她的行蹤很難掌握。」李博洋說。482Please respect copyright.PENANAB2nmsoETvW
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「她在A區。」里奧秒答:「她昨天去了墓園,在十一塔。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAugr1kdi9hv
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十一塔。聽到那個地方,李博洋的內心「吭鐺」一聲。482Please respect copyright.PENANAMEKXmAitkr
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「勢必得拜訪李門了。」里奧看他,「博洋,你行嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAkFye3Tz6Xu
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「當然……這是任務,沒有不行這種事。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAIZ1LdalwTP
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李博洋逞強笑著。MIO看著他,黑色的瞳孔滿是擔心。482Please respect copyright.PENANAnxNCexi4hA
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雖然恢復記憶很重要,但李博洋的狀況讓MIO無法放心。她早就察覺,有什麼黑色的、暴力的、絕望的東西正在吞噬他,而且,那個東西會讓她失去李博洋,明明不能讓這種事情發生──482Please respect copyright.PENANAic3Pv0Ici4
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里奧卻沒當一回事。