2157年6月10日,上午十一點,史密斯列車736Please respect copyright.PENANAdzWlvZssrT
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史密斯列車正行駛於大西洋下的海底隧道。海中世界不如童話故事描繪得美好,這裡超出陽光所及的範圍,窗外的景色不管怎麼看,都是黑漆漆的一片。736Please respect copyright.PENANAIt3nWNBvAX
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史密斯列車,如其名,乃十大家族第七──史密斯馬戲團的根據地。家族成員以車為家,以馬戲團表演者的身分環遊世界、巡迴演出,營利所得幾乎都捐給慈善組織,因此,史密斯被譽為「慈善之父」,在全世界有很高的名望。736Please respect copyright.PENANAB82niYrbRr
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如今,史密斯列車從美洲出發、前往非洲,預計耗費一個月車程。這段時間的他們只能待在車上,與世隔絕。736Please respect copyright.PENANAeLzqmzX8Ru
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「……。」736Please respect copyright.PENANA5PVMKlNV7M
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列車上,一名身材魁武的光頭大漢穿著橘色的西裝。他的面容很特別,右眼失明,右半邊臉全部都是刺青,花樣是紅色的女王皇冠。他行走於列車與列車之間,中途時不時跑過裝扮奇特的家族成員。就算沒有表演,史密斯的日常打扮,依舊異於常人。736Please respect copyright.PENANAASktSnqzxd
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「叩、叩、叩!」736Please respect copyright.PENANAW19WuILRpH
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光頭大漢敲了團長室的門,沒多久,門被一名紅頭髮的年輕男子打開。和光頭大漢不同,紅髮男子右臉頰上的刺青,是紅色的蝴蝶結。736Please respect copyright.PENANAXa3oYxeIPR
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「早安,泰勒(Tyler)!」736Please respect copyright.PENANAqBzoRsG0Hm
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關上房門,紅髮男子燦爛一笑,「這個時間,是來陪我吃午餐的嗎?」736Please respect copyright.PENANAzO25ALnQ8O
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「別開玩笑了,我沒有和奧斯卡(Oscar)團長共進午餐的資格。」光頭大漢語帶挖苦地說。他的聲音雖然低,卻不會讓人覺得恐怖。736Please respect copyright.PENANA3rTGBr36fH
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「哈哈!說過很多次,私下叫奧斯卡就行。我們是一起長大的兄弟姊妹,沒什麼好顧忌的。」736Please respect copyright.PENANArAj2nFh48H
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紅髮男子拍了拍光頭大漢的背。雖然有體型差距,但紅髮男子──奧斯卡大他五歲,是光頭大漢的大哥。而且,奧斯卡是現任團長,也是史密斯的領導者。736Please respect copyright.PENANAWMenUIlbM5
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「艾琳(Irene)叫我拿這個給你。」736Please respect copyright.PENANASBamlC3hQn
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說完,光頭大漢拿出一疊紙。奧斯卡稍微瀏覽,露出異常詭異的微笑。736Please respect copyright.PENANAUxedyVJYqM
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「不錯。」奧斯卡得意地說:「這樣就萬無一失了。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAeO9eU7tl0y
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「是啊。」光頭大漢點頭,「弟妹們都很期待。」736Please respect copyright.PENANA0gNVzsXjtZ
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奧斯卡露出胸有成竹的表情,坐到自己的辦公桌上。736Please respect copyright.PENANAMUU6qchrpc
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「下次演出,將是我們的最後一場戲。史密斯馬戲團即將解散,展開夢寐以求的定居生活!」奧斯卡翹著腳說。736Please respect copyright.PENANA2WqDukedmB
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「但,這樣真的好嗎?」光頭大漢說:「接受謝氏的幫助,向來沒有立場的我們,可能被認定為反高派。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAHgxDcLcRcv
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「反高派也沒什麼不好。你想想,有謝氏、薩拉凱爾、Platinum站在同一陣線,高宇維沒什麼好怕的。」奧斯卡瞇著眼睛說。736Please respect copyright.PENANAkmjixdx5Sf
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光頭大漢沒有回話,只是嘆口,上前拍了拍奧斯卡的肩膀,感慨地說:「辛苦了,要不是爸爸走得突然,你不用背負這麼沉重的事。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAFQOBTg93qs
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「只要能讓弟妹過上好日子,再累我都願意。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAxptXfQEPqS
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看到奧斯卡的笑容,光頭大漢知道他沒有在逞強,就放心了。736Please respect copyright.PENANADponyjjzR4
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「幫我告訴艾琳,等我寫完劇本,會去找她討論。」736Please respect copyright.PENANASRWaIIjbtD
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「沒問題。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAeZMfsjlSz4
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說完,光頭大漢離開團長室。他穿過好幾節車廂,先去跟四妹艾琳轉達奧斯卡的話,回到自己黑漆漆的房間。736Please respect copyright.PENANAjOg3NjiKLf
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光頭大漢打開燈。房間的紅色地毯上,一名和他長得一模一樣──衣服、髮型、刺青、身材──全部一模一樣的人正倒在地上,身體被繩子綁著,嘴也被戴上給狗穿的嘴套。736Please respect copyright.PENANAXEWqYArSOm
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「……!」736Please respect copyright.PENANAF4IOechi29
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一看到光頭大漢進來,那人開始扭動身子,然而,繩子的材質不知是什麼做的,身材魁武的他無法掙脫,只能在地上蠕動,發出低沉的吼叫。736Please respect copyright.PENANAT0ou9PdeN7
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「別露出這麼可怕的表情嘛。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAM2Yn3Qoc2o
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光頭大漢開口,然而,他的聲音跟剛才完全不同,竟然是女聲。736Please respect copyright.PENANAEC9bvNzFc7
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「說好的,不傷害你的兄弟姊妹,我可是都有忍住喔。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAJNHGPNYOBR
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下一秒,光頭大漢屈起身子、骨頭傳來「卡!卡!」的聲音。他的身體以不規則的型態扭動、彎曲,然後,原本一米九的他,身子竟縮回一百五十公分的嬌小身型。他剝掉臉上的面具、摘掉光頭的頭套,黑色的直長髮披散在後背,從馬戲團的光頭大漢,變回Knight隊長賴雪檸。736Please respect copyright.PENANALhunbDByQK
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「呼!」736Please respect copyright.PENANAzVvp58T8P8
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雪檸解開脖子上的領帶,用手搧著風,「熱死我了……怎麼樣?我演得很像吧!我這人沒什麼專長,就是特別會模仿。憑這演技,加入你們馬戲團不是問題!」736Please respect copyright.PENANAtH2om4jbEK
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「……!」736Please respect copyright.PENANApSiWwc3ZOg
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地上的人──不,泰勒。泰勒.史密斯(Tyler Smith)本尊,依然拚了死命掙扎。不管雪檸露出多活潑、可愛的表情,都無法改變這個女人入侵史密斯列車襲擊他,假扮成泰勒的事實。736Please respect copyright.PENANAl9BSFQpDxj
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「我說,泰勒先生。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAcJT3BpCiY5
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雪檸從寬大的西裝褲中,拿出一雙白手套戴上。736Please respect copyright.PENANA47dbhi6dET
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「就這麼放任你家大哥亂來好嗎?再這樣下去,他會是史密斯最後一位團長,也是最年輕就死去的團長喔。你怎麼都沒有阻止他呢?」736Please respect copyright.PENANAnlhe5q4U6s
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「……!」736Please respect copyright.PENANAm5nVJtdITj
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「當然,如果你現在趕快告訴他:我偷偷拷貝了一份你們的計畫,說不定能避免悲劇發生,不過啊──」736Please respect copyright.PENANATN6vTPQ52j
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說著,雪檸走到泰勒面前,一手揪住泰勒的領子,一把將人拽起來,笑容可掬地說:736Please respect copyright.PENANAthP6kzUQ3r
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「很可惜。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAQZBezM85Cb
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’’Dead Men Tell No Tales.’’736Please respect copyright.PENANAmRk7YvC5DS
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「死人不會說話。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAsKoGjsMwDy
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下一秒,一把刀貫穿泰勒的胸口,鮮血從橘色的西裝滲出。泰勒瞪大眼睛,猙獰的臉部表情,與始終笑咪咪的雪檸,成了極端對比。736Please respect copyright.PENANAx9sJf7fPDh
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「晚安,泰勒。」736Please respect copyright.PENANA983v4Or00G
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雪檸的匕首往右、用力一割,同時閉上眼睛,用禱告的語調說:736Please respect copyright.PENANAgnIPy46JIO
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「沙利葉在上。願月之天使伴你左右。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAMO8qjadZL6
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「啊……!啊……!」736Please respect copyright.PENANAZSTZ3IurN5
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「願月光帶你遠離深海。願祂的長劍為你阻擋利維坦的烈焰。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAjLI3KrEC6g
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「啊啊……!」736Please respect copyright.PENANAoTE0A6k8F4
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「願祂的慈悲為你開啟天堂之門──」雪檸睜開眼睛,「你的靈魂終將安息。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAcpVPnXlpRp
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嘴套流出鮮血,泰勒僅存的左眼失去光輝,原本顫抖的身子停止所有動靜。雪檸把他身上的鐵鍊和嘴套拆下,再將屍體弄成跪姿,讓泰勒的手握著刀柄,喬裝成自殺。736Please respect copyright.PENANAuoS3U02fN2
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「OK!接下來,請博洋用白色空間送我回家就行了。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAswU7EQM6NF
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雪檸伸了伸懶腰,表情不像殺完人,倒像晾完衣服、準備休息的家庭主婦。736Please respect copyright.PENANAmMyZVWm5uM
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Knight沒有天賦卻各有各的長處。顧爾耐打,雷伊攏絡人心,赫爾曼拷問……至於隊長雪檸,則是過人的變裝術與演技。736Please respect copyright.PENANAGQT3LGYSab
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高矮胖瘦、男女老少,不論聲音、外型、言行舉止,她能模仿得一模一樣。說得好聽,雪檸是世界一流的演員;說得難聽,她是最厲害的騙子。736Please respect copyright.PENANAZ84gHyYosZ
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「不過,真傷腦筋啊。」736Please respect copyright.PENANAeBusUCYvkD
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從架上拿起拷貝的計畫書,雪檸看著封面的標題,困擾地說:736Please respect copyright.PENANAHMfSuJW26Q
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「要是讓宇維少爺知道,一定會氣炸……不,不只宇維少爺,連我都有點火大了,何況是里奧和赫密士。」736Please respect copyright.PENANA2ytbihwzAg
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想到奧斯卡那句「高宇維沒什麼好怕的」,雪檸忍不住搖頭。這位年輕的馬戲團團長,不知道分寸兩字的意涵。故意也好,玩笑也好,這一次,史密斯真的踩到了底線。