2157年6月10日,上午十一點,史密斯列車734Please respect copyright.PENANAvJjoXnPUSm
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAkMtDAs9JCI
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAq13MDCixcK
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAGahuY7fUBm
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「……。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAFevCbIWXbi
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAx3wyyv1QDq
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「叩、叩、叩!」734Please respect copyright.PENANAFzwqkxz9sA
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAuK9GNekbrW
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「早安,泰勒(Tyler)!」734Please respect copyright.PENANARUa6p0MApu
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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?」734Please respect copyright.PENANAMvElmwShJt
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAli7C6dccqv
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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。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAb69AcLli66
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAVpSaQYNdnB
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「艾琳(Irene)叫我拿這個給你。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAdWmAY48i1v
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAYPsqdUomYT
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「不錯。」奧斯卡得意地說:「這樣就萬無一失了。」734Please respect copyright.PENANACsde4ZdToI
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「是啊。」光頭大漢點頭,「弟妹們都很期待。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAbEAHn1wKdd
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANA0Rey9uscjP
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAbOsHEDXySC
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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。」734Please respect copyright.PENANArNCCd7Y2Qx
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANA8j2IHXSAPe
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「……。」734Please respect copyright.PENANA9tyaCyyNZZ
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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。」734Please respect copyright.PENANALv2JGR5bMF
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「只要能讓弟妹過上好日子,再累我都願意。」734Please respect copyright.PENANA2K20dwPexD
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAq7K8NsgYEl
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「幫我告訴艾琳,等我寫完劇本,會去找她討論。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAl3qhoiJ0Q5
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「沒問題。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAFbPiydGrRY
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANApNyfrmkOx2
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAz0guCMtDjn
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「……!」734Please respect copyright.PENANA58AUJcurTT
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAGPwPMh9Pjl
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「別露出這麼可怕的表情嘛。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAWAXfOAcsYV
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAgp0K2IUuPe
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「說好的,不傷害你的兄弟姊妹,我可是都有忍住喔。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAUTJU4m4MYw
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANANVmECmudn9
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「呼!」734Please respect copyright.PENANAHWb7i4Zc31
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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!」734Please respect copyright.PENANArH1oo8hU5B
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「……!」734Please respect copyright.PENANAlwurMiO7Qf
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAWvmL4a3MIW
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「我說,泰勒先生。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAFrYhAHNZjN
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雪檸從寬大的西裝褲中,拿出一雙白手套戴上。734Please respect copyright.PENANA1g4tkEdzVV
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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?」734Please respect copyright.PENANAvQYyOj4Ovj
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「……!」734Please respect copyright.PENANAZm7JrCpfaO
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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──」734Please respect copyright.PENANAOCQycrj1pW
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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:734Please respect copyright.PENANAHh8n9YGD72
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「很可惜。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAgW2gHIgD4Z
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’’Dead Men Tell No Tales.’’734Please respect copyright.PENANADFC8PVXaI3
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「死人不會說話。」734Please respect copyright.PENANA6v9RbTAbFJ
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAwnwvd8aKjx
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「晚安,泰勒。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAhnxkTI9pJV
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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:734Please respect copyright.PENANAcOqUZQamdU
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「沙利葉在上。願月之天使伴你左右。」734Please respect copyright.PENANABYdOOFe2vz
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「啊……!啊……!」734Please respect copyright.PENANAhcgQd8mh2h
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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。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAniQqpBSIND
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「啊啊……!」734Please respect copyright.PENANASeleEWdHF4
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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。」734Please respect copyright.PENANARm9BPmxLcE
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAytlu5YFa8f
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「OK!接下來,請博洋用白色空間送我回家就行了。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAiwUTuSsNX0
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANA04rhxtcKJi
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANADyrtK98u5w
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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。734Please respect copyright.PENANAKQIxpbvshQ
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「不過,真傷腦筋啊。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAry54g8PffU
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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:734Please respect copyright.PENANAQazsao2LHs
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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。」734Please respect copyright.PENANAzkGgIGgFuJ
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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。