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地圖上找不到的地方,高宇維坐在桃花樹下。這位紅茶狂熱者此刻,難得沒有在喝紅茶,而是在看書。444Please respect copyright.PENANAsrbEfTb0gM
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綠螘新醅酒,紅泥小火爐。444Please respect copyright.PENANARYAMY904Sf
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晚來天欲雪,能飲一杯無?444Please respect copyright.PENANA9uneyh5xCb
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從翻書的那一刻,他就一直盯著這四行,尤其是第三句──「晚來天欲雪」。他反覆看著、看著,有什麼東西被他埋在句中;難得懷舊,便把那東西挖出來,好好看一看,再放回去。444Please respect copyright.PENANA1JjXWsbZ7M
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「宇維。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAVwzCE4yMOC
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3D的投影視窗出現。螢幕一片漆黑,只寫著數字「1」,傳來里奧的聲音。444Please respect copyright.PENANAatxTVRE5WL
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「安琪找到了。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAnLQAgQ9fnd
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闔上書本,高宇維的思緒回到現在。他淡淡說一句:「比我想像中快。」然後問:「Platinum呢?」444Please respect copyright.PENANA72mUsfHdrl
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「雖然繞一大圈,白石墨還是糾出不少珠寶商、中盤商,原料供應者是薩拉凱爾;金允道也做了鑑定,珠寶飾品和小約翰的礦物,成分完全吻合。」444Please respect copyright.PENANADx198UROWe
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里奧再說:「安琪傳來的影片,我也寄給了Platinum。」444Please respect copyright.PENANASUzt4UohNo
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「哈。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAIP4VPzlfPs
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高宇維發出得意的笑聲。里奧問他:「你打算怎麼做?」444Please respect copyright.PENANAZCOcUimJXz
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「怎麼做?里奧,你是不是忘了?」高宇維微笑,「雪檸死後,我們和薩拉凱爾停戰五年,我不想當破壞約定的人。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAQO32Z9LeyX
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里奧聽懂高宇維的意思,沒有多做評論,只是罵一句:「你真的很X。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAXnliIm6BY6
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「謝謝誇獎。」444Please respect copyright.PENANABayDY5dSJX
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拿起放在一旁的高帽,高宇維戴上帽子,突然問:「晴煬呢?他還好嗎?」444Please respect copyright.PENANA8qb6cuUn6l
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「不太好。」里奧說:「我請博洋把他送去黑教堂,還有賴梓綾。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAkUJTJ2jSOb
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「艾莉絲呢?」高宇維又問。444Please respect copyright.PENANA6lMGDWJsu0
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「往D區的路上。」里奧結論:「跟你的劇本一樣,演員都到齊了。」444Please respect copyright.PENANA60QJqprjwi
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「很好。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAnrFOg462yw
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高宇維起身,剛才的書被他扔在地上。瘋帽握著白色拐杖,一步一步,往桃花林的出口走去。444Please respect copyright.PENANAsCGs7XiQCm
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「一起去吧,我們慢慢來。」444Please respect copyright.PENANA02df4IChIL
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「OK。」444Please respect copyright.PENANARg2lJeJeAz
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對話結束,投影視窗消失。高宇維看也不看,白色的靴子踩過凋零的粉紅色花瓣,讓花瓣黏在地上,與褐色的土和在一起。444Please respect copyright.PENANATwv6wkJU6u
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「獅鷲啊,獅鷲。」444Please respect copyright.PENANA5OklWcb2kJ
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「妳從來,就不是我牌桌上的對手。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAw07TaeSCga
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高宇維用慵懶的聲音說著,漫不經心。444Please respect copyright.PENANAFP3t4SYBh8
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「妳只是一張牌。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAMiM3BA8bQb
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「一張很好用的牌──僅此而已。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAAoNlFVKkfO
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2161年3月3日,早上八點,黑教堂,南棟444Please respect copyright.PENANAjNTNKN0Tec
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周日固定的彌撒,賴霜原、十二使徒、所有黑教堂的教徒,全部聚集在禮拜堂,聆聽由十三歲以下孩童組成的聖歌團。天籟般的歌聲,孩童們站在月之天使──沙利葉的白色雕像前,人人手裡拿著一本書,歌唱:444Please respect copyright.PENANA4gVBLQU5Oq
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「祈告月之天使:但願天下人不會笑我,吹起號角。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAJUoobnCjHw
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「當我在千軍萬馬、左衝右突;願祢庇佑我的父母,不被異教徒褻瀆。」444Please respect copyright.PENANA22aVl1tMPX
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在場,只有「病假」的賴冰河、從不出席的賴梓柔、不是教徒的檸檬,以及還在醫務室休養的小羽,沒有參加這每周一次的盛宴。444Please respect copyright.PENANAtd9EXXqoKa
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「因為祢,不畏懼利維坦的烈焰;」444Please respect copyright.PENANA5DgK5ogGkZ
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「因為祢,讓光之聖劍沾滿鮮血。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAxurv4ecGuS
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「我們對抗漆黑的海洋,來自祢賜予的勇氣。」444Please respect copyright.PENANA8K3Mqon2mS
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所有人聽著聖歌,底下的父母因為優美的歌聲,流露出驕傲、欣慰的表情。身為主教的賴霜原,雖然子女不在上面,依舊閉上雙眼,悉心欣賞。444Please respect copyright.PENANA3rZ86mTauk
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「薩拉凱爾啊,我們是勇士!」444Please respect copyright.PENANArabXW2K6V1
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「像真正的藩臣那樣廝殺!」444Please respect copyright.PENANA7UVaeOJ4P4
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十二使徒裡,賴梓柔的兄長──賴梓威,起初和大家一樣,陶醉在聖歌團的歌聲中;直到他聽見聲音、抬頭,覺得不大對勁。444Please respect copyright.PENANAs0BMwpp61k
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「異教徒必將全軍覆沒!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAfZyZPdr1Ck
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所有人,包含聖歌團的孩童,都專注在神聖的歌聲中。只有賴梓威看著天花板,發現頂上的水晶吊燈,在緩緩擺動。444Please respect copyright.PENANAwP1RoyMgCe
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「異教徒必將全軍覆沒!」444Please respect copyright.PENANA0zTu8uXfBs
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結尾,情緒高亢之處,聖歌團的孩童一致伸出右手,揮灑事先準備好的黃色花瓣,笑容燦爛。眾人一致起身、拍手叫好,只有賴梓威發現天花板的裂痕。他瞳孔縮小,從人群中衝出,對聖歌團大喊:444Please respect copyright.PENANAess5QoOigI
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「孩子們!快跑!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAtlpFgyc8oS
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「……!?」444Please respect copyright.PENANAbz4RHc08Bf
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還沒聽見賴梓威的聲音,聖歌團的孩子依然燦爛笑著,下一秒──444Please respect copyright.PENANAKwrEJKOXGl
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「磅!!!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAtFYrwbDqgg
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當著所有人的面,孩子們正上方的天花板,和水晶吊燈一起砸了下來。上一秒情緒高漲的教徒,下一秒,聲音彷彿被鎖在喉嚨,全部呆在原地,腦袋一片空白,追不上現實。444Please respect copyright.PENANAKfuiNbj5bN
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「……!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAfJp8dgtVQV
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賴梓威也僵在原地。原先歡快的禮拜堂,剎那被灰色的粉塵淹沒。等粉塵散去,賴梓威才看見瓦礫下,紅色的鮮血流淌在地毯,沙利葉的雕像裂成碎片。444Please respect copyright.PENANAqrj6QoPXAW
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──頃刻四方安靜無聲,陶醉、沉迷,瑰麗、怪奇。444Please respect copyright.PENANAKTxyksguga
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塵埃散去,粉紅色的女人坐在瓦礫上。444Please respect copyright.PENANAc0HTuO2rqb
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坐在孩子們的屍體上。444Please respect copyright.PENANANQOaYbGSl2
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坐在沙利葉的殘骸上。444Please respect copyright.PENANAdGDqV9hgXv
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──奔馳狂野奇幻秘境,幻境經歷驚聲連連。珍奇鳥獸,和睦對談;如幻似真,半夢半醒。444Please respect copyright.PENANAmsKSkTGYcR
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她起身,紫色的眼睛掃向身穿教袍的三百多人。她如鳥爪的手,拿著沙利葉破碎的頭;粉紅色的頭髮,看起來像鮮豔的羽毛,穿在獅鷲身上。444Please respect copyright.PENANAKyHUwu4UoA
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「怎麼?」444Please respect copyright.PENANAM0gCMNtabY
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「不祈禱了嗎?」444Please respect copyright.PENANArEsdkIqbNJ
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粉紅色的女人──白絃,露出她一百年前,那專屬於「獅鷲」的瘋狂笑容。夏悠和李仲翔喜歡她的瘋狂;他們死後,白絃好久沒笑成這樣,彷彿回到沒有兒子的時代。444Please respect copyright.PENANATBAAkN84Gz
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無拘無束、肆無忌憚,她還不是羅琳娜,只是小悠的系兒。444Please respect copyright.PENANAsx2lhzZ2qL
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「快點,和你們的沙利葉祈禱啊!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAT4e2yFkhkL
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「祈禱這些孩子能去天堂!」444Please respect copyright.PENANASQARn9RkEB
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「祈禱這些孩子,不會被利維坦吃掉!」444Please respect copyright.PENANA7woF329s7T
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白絃將沙利葉的頭放在自己面前。輕飄飄的聲音、瘋瘋癲癲的語調,她模仿教徒的語調,好像在跟雕像對話。444Please respect copyright.PENANAvVE2HqaF6z
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「什麼?聽不見?」444Please respect copyright.PENANAjvwflTz5KH
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「為什麼?祢不是月之天使嗎?為什麼?為什麼祢聽不見?」444Please respect copyright.PENANAPHHEZ3fmCK
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一邊說,白絃搖著沙利葉的頭,再拿到自己耳邊,這個動作重複三次,深怕漏聽任何一句。444Please respect copyright.PENANAzeUGNfSjF9
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「啊,我知道了!因為有羅琳娜!」444Please respect copyright.PENANA6DbkEFaa9U
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「難怪祢什麼也聽不到!」444Please respect copyright.PENANA67PKaqKLod
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──奇幻秘境,接連展開;一段一段,接二連三;稀奇古怪,百轉千迴。444Please respect copyright.PENANAVxJ5ySrOqw
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「這是我們的世界。」444Please respect copyright.PENANADidgvA0qeM
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「我們的世界沒有沙利葉。」444Please respect copyright.PENANA2vOd2fSFt3
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──故事尾聲終將呈現。444Please respect copyright.PENANAtMgkqJTKWi
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「羅琳娜不會讓沙利葉出現。」444Please respect copyright.PENANABjG7K0OwW7
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──斜陽照耀始返家園。444Please respect copyright.PENANAgpUhV88VS1
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語畢,白絃手上的東西憑空飛起,下一秒,十二使徒的其中一名,腦袋當場被沙利葉的頭砸爛,血濺到賴梓威臉上,和賴霜原象徵教主的帽子。444Please respect copyright.PENANA5tmIf3zQA4
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「看好了,『睡鼠』的後裔。」444Please respect copyright.PENANA6kx3Ru2WV0
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語畢,白絃身上的運動外套,變成有寬大袖子的粉紅色帽T。她擺手,吊燈的碎玻璃憑空飛起、射出,貫穿三名教徒的喉嚨。終於,有人從錯愕與驚恐回神、大聲尖叫,現場一片譁然,三百多人像螞蟻一樣,開始逃竄。444Please respect copyright.PENANAohpltDL9kJ
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「『異教徒必將全軍覆沒』?笑死!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAbc0IugIGb1
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話落,白絃原地消失,粉紅色的袖子一閃而過。那些擠在大門前的教徒,十幾人的上半身一起掉到地上。他們的身體被腰斬,下半身還留在原地、維持逃亡的姿勢。444Please respect copyright.PENANAb9hijONOng
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「啊啊!啊啊啊啊啊!!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAm6Y0Ahmt4D
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眼前的人被活生生腰斬,一名教徒跌坐在地。他才剛轉身、正要往反方向爬,一雙眼睛突然出現。白絃已經蹲在地上,沒有靈魂的紫色眼睛貼著他的臉,衝著他笑。444Please respect copyright.PENANAJknvz347rG
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「嘿!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAjCI6ZIuTHv
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語畢,白絃消失,教徒的四肢全被砍斷。他趴倒在地,兩顆眼睛瞪著被毀的雕像,嘴裡唸著沙利葉……沙利葉……渴求月之天使降臨奇蹟,可是沒有。444Please respect copyright.PENANACOrjmrctjP
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「異教徒是誰?哈哈!」444Please respect copyright.PENANAxa08SOLkOI
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「全軍覆沒的又是誰?哈哈!」444Please respect copyright.PENANARrpNLoTOT1
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活潑的聲音、鈴鐺般的笑聲,一百年前的獅鷲重現在世人面前。尖叫取代聖歌,殺戮取代救贖。地上的屍體越來越多,教堂的彩繪玻璃被血染紅──444Please respect copyright.PENANAxTAwg5wxur
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沙利葉還是沒出現。444Please respect copyright.PENANAJBoXk8uPgu