Devour是一個語帶雙關的詞語,可以解作為狼吞虎噬,亦可解讀為毀滅以及吞噬。603Please respect copyright.PENANAMFj9IaUktU
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創立人特意使用Devour來命名組織,除了是因為狼吞虎噬與尋覓美食的意境互相對應之外,同時亦想向成員們帶出一道警惕的訊息,時刻均要警惕大自然的威力,不要被喧賓奪主,在追尋美食的時候反之被大自然吞噬、消滅。603Please respect copyright.PENANAMfytPqecl9
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在此觀點上,華語地區用上「世食會」這個毫無震懾力的名字來作組織的中文譯名,究竟是恰當,還是不恰當呢?603Please respect copyright.PENANArvRX2CPaf4
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冷風驟起,雪雨交融。603Please respect copyright.PENANAa9wDq9l2ud
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刺骨的烈風帶同寒氣穿透防風雨褸、駛進羽絨內部,直入極地上眾探險者的骨子裡頭,彷彿是在警告他們趕緊離開此地,不要試圖繼續前進。603Please respect copyright.PENANA42PHvASDAr
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「喂,蛋糕仔,感到身體不對路的話便跟第二梯隊一同折返本部吧!603Please respect copyright.PENANAe7UgHPUzlF
今天的天氣比平日來得惡劣,硬闖是絕對沒有好處的!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAjF1s4grBfy
一名魁梧的獨眼男子背上厚重的大劍,對身旁年僅十三歲的克深臨作出深情勸告。603Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZzuVNOVsM
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「我再說一次,亦是最後一次,我並不是叫作蛋糕仔,我的名字是克深臨!你可以直呼我全名,又或者稱呼我為臨仔,但絕對不能是蛋糕仔!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAgz9M5QSrj4
因著自己的名字與黑森林讀音非常類近關係,世食會的成員大多會以「蛋糕仔」這花名來稱呼他。603Please respect copyright.PENANAFEe9PwLIFH
然而,克深臨對這個花名感到非常反感,蛋糕帶給人一種柔弱、容易被受摧毀的觀感,他覺得這個名字會使他的男子氣概急速下降,顯得不夠硬朗。603Please respect copyright.PENANAI57KqcNooO
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「哈哈,我就是喜歡稱呼你對蛋糕仔!除非你能夠在劍道上擊敗我,否則我是絕對不會改口的!」603Please respect copyright.PENANARl7U4Icgqc
獨眼男子右手輕輕拍打身後的重劍兩下,豪笑兩聲。603Please respect copyright.PENANAd8brHK2ghp
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看著那把長闊高均接近是自己身型兩倍有多的大劍,克深臨自知自己絕對不是獨眼男的對手,只好不發一言的側起頭來。603Please respect copyright.PENANAXGSoJRICjH
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北極的天氣極為寒冷嚴峻,手槍等軍火器材很多時候會因為內部結冰等問題而無法使用,所以閱歷較為資深的世食會成員大多會隨身攜帶較為原始的近身武器,以備不時之需。603Please respect copyright.PENANA9yMt37GlJN
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「第一梯隊,報數!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAxjVByQmmGt
此時,冰極魚探險隊的隊長大聲作出號令,召喚有意繼續往前探險的有志之士。603Please respect copyright.PENANA7mrGphK4xR
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「一、二、三......」603Please respect copyright.PENANAOeAO8j0CCB
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「十五!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAmaUbgAIiC2
被寒冷侵蝕至蜷縮在一團的克深臨,用盡全身的力氣高聲大叫。603Please respect copyright.PENANAfSlOk1Yg5f
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「十六!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAWtBrVJCuSg
見狀,獨眼男搖頭苦笑,緊接報數。603Please respect copyright.PENANA9axbbYcAqG
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「十六第一次,十六第二次,十六第三次!603Please respect copyright.PENANA5c8uNj79qa
好!梯隊的尾門,就靠冥叔你來擔當了!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAemL43aP170
隊長在隊頭高聲道。603Please respect copyright.PENANA6EyGCLwu0r
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「沒問題!放心交給我吧!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAoFBaUiUyY4
說罷,獨眼劍士冥叔脫下身上的一件羽絨,把它被在克深臨的身上,以性感白色小背心示人。603Please respect copyright.PENANALw7xLbESyY
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「我感到有點熱,你暫時幫我保管羽絨一會兒,可以嗎?」603Please respect copyright.PENANAQJUAAoXYVd
沒有讓克深臨開口拒絕,冥叔先行搶閘提出「請求」。603Please respect copyright.PENANASXHS8X927l
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「唔......既然你如此誠懇作出請求,那我就勉為其難幫你保管一會......保管一小時吧!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAK6s8i4wECj
克深臨以欲拒還迎的態度接下冥叔的好意。603Please respect copyright.PENANA6WEaAJS3fR
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「哈,那我這件熊皮戰衣就拜託你了!千萬不要弄失哦!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAS1Of65jZpt
眼見克深臨的身體在穿上熊皮大褸後再也沒有劇烈顫抖後,冥叔隨後也沒有多說話,沒有任何拆穿真相的意思。603Please respect copyright.PENANAjLw8jiHSLM
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「我用性命保證,一定會好好保管。」603Please respect copyright.PENANApLFZ2xQRIu
克深臨背向冥叔,低頭跟隨大隊前進。603Please respect copyright.PENANAQKjpMxWwDD
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萬事以安全為大,尋覓冰極魚的第一梯隊因此亦只會選在日照時間行動。儘管如此,北極的大風雪使周遭看起上來白濛濛一片,能見度極低,幾乎可以說是選在日照或是在夜照行動也不會有太大的分別;603Please respect copyright.PENANALEj4c6Pxre
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為了避免隊伍成員有走散的可能,隊員的腰部均會有鋼繩相連在前後方的隊員。若然有突發事件發生的話,只要拉扯前後方的鋼繩,隊員們便會能夠在第一時間洞悉得到。603Please respect copyright.PENANAEjy9wLn8xZ
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這是克深臨第二次參於世食會舉辦的冰極魚尋覓之旅,對比上一次,這一次的天氣明顯比之前的更為惡劣。603Please respect copyright.PENANASbJaj6br7j
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沒有冥叔的熊皮大褸加持的話,克深臨心知自己根本沒有可能能夠撐下去。603Please respect copyright.PENANAKrsene8ppM
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「多謝你呀,冥叔!」603Please respect copyright.PENANA4rlVIsE73q
行走的中途,他自覺良心有愧,欠冥叔一句多謝。603Please respect copyright.PENANADgEwGPOFJG
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良久,身後的冥叔並沒有作出回應。克森臨誤以為是自己誠意不足,故此便鄭重再表示致謝一次。603Please respect copyright.PENANAF2Oli3fNcL
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「冥叔,多謝你借給我穿上這件熊皮大褸,感覺真的是非常和暖。」603Please respect copyright.PENANATppeUnq5Op
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過了十秒左右,冥叔依舊沒有回應。克森臨開始感到有點奇怪,立刻轉身往後一看,只見後方白曚曚一片,不見冥叔蹤影。603Please respect copyright.PENANAMhV4EbSh2D
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得悉事態的嚴重性後,他立刻拉扯與前方連繫著的鋼繩,示意隊伍立刻停止移動。603Please respect copyright.PENANAn6F8ij5uFL
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㗎嚓!603Please respect copyright.PENANAUUqQP3se9M
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他整個人失去重心往後跌倒起來,驚見鋼線原來早已與前方失去連接,鋼線前端的鋼扣更是消失得無影無蹤。603Please respect copyright.PENANANpu85CMZEs
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「這......」603Please respect copyright.PENANAUqynUeo9oC
慌亂之間,他情不自禁地流下馬尿,在褲襠間孕育出為數不少的微細冰塊。603Please respect copyright.PENANA1i0LsgOhn3
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叮叮叮叮!603Please respect copyright.PENANA2g8F6yjgiy
叮叮叮叮!603Please respect copyright.PENANAJjbG3mGqNA
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右手手錶突然響起鈴聲,錶面上清楚地顯示現時時間為4:00am。603Please respect copyright.PENANA8haeBKgR4i
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「克老闆!」603Please respect copyright.PENANALi0OkU2cqy
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「克老闆!早上四點了!你的超值早晨套餐已準備好了!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAzVsUrBEi8b
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聽到超值早晨套餐六字後,克深臨猛然一醒,驚覺剛才的一切全是夢境。603Please respect copyright.PENANAenU8dgquv3
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“呼,又是這個夢境嗎?”603Please respect copyright.PENANAwyLBZqtO4F
他心裡對於剛才的鋼繩鬆脫畫面仍然猶有餘悸。603Please respect copyright.PENANAVO90kr1J43
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「克老闆,你的面色並不太好呢!603Please respect copyright.PENANA3e4Fkqzewb
用不用著醫生過來看一看?」603Please respect copyright.PENANAdQ8T9XEcId
妙齡私人女秘書一臉關懷道。603Please respect copyright.PENANAncHTOuRH5l
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「不用,只是發了一個惡夢而已!沒甚麼大不了!」603Please respect copyright.PENANAXV6oIogaS8
克深臨把辦公室桌上的咖啡大口灌進肚裡後,隨即打開總裁版本超值早晨套餐的塑膠餐蓋,拿起刀叉大快朵頤。603Please respect copyright.PENANALiIFVzEasd
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作為第四代香港區默記快餐店的總裁,其早晨超值套餐自當然是與市面上的有所不同。其不同之處就只有一點,但正正就是因為這極具標誌性的一點,促使這個總裁版本的超值早晨套餐可成為香港區裡唯獨只有他一人才能享用的早餐。603Please respect copyright.PENANA21540jPhzk
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那就是,裡頭包含了只有早上十一點後才會在市面上發售的薯條。603Please respect copyright.PENANAmGiqpSC432
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克深臨在炒蛋上灑上黑椒和幼鹽,小心翼翼地把整塊炒蛋連同漢堡扒放進鬆餅裡頭,再隨意地在炒蛋和漢堡扒裡的空隙裡頭加插數條薯條,一口咬下自製的豬柳蛋薯條漢堡,並往女秘書打下一個眼色。603Please respect copyright.PENANAom4pQXykaL
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女秘書獲得指示後,隨即朗讀是日要聞以及昨天十八區的餐廳收入或特殊狀況。603Please respect copyright.PENANAJYGb7aqEuy
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這已經是連續總收入錄得比上年持負面增長的第一百天,克深臨對此感到非常不滿,心煩且氣躁。603Please respect copyright.PENANAHS4dZMfFW8
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但最令他真正地感到不安又或者是煩擾的是,這亦是連續第一百天一間名叫「柑紅瞞」的商業機構往默記提出收購申請,希望買下香港默記的代理權。603Please respect copyright.PENANAihVLF5Q1SB
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收購或買下代理權這回事可以說是屢見不鮮,他初任總裁的時候亦曾不斷收到智多星咖啡的合併呈請,但經過長久且堅持不懈的默記自家咖啡品牌打造歷程後,對方最終還是打消了前來分一杯羹的念頭。603Please respect copyright.PENANAvYHyQ3hUlr
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只是這一次,克深臨感覺到事情並不是想像中的這麼簡單。603Please respect copyright.PENANALgVWsGPWQJ
對方提出的收購條件不合理地豐厚,收購價高出市值接近百倍有多,是一道異常荒誕的商業舉動。603Please respect copyright.PENANAzfBfXZG27d
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經過思前想後以及組織智庫作深入調查後,最終還是得不出一個合理的理由解釋是次的收購行為。603Please respect copyright.PENANA351z3lDT8J
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商人絕對不會做出無意義或無功的舉動,深信這點的他在未查明真相之前,無論如何也是不會簽署任何合約或交易的文件。603Please respect copyright.PENANABTEMSZB3Ot
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而且更何況的是,在未達成自己的夢想之前,他是不會輕易地從這個位置上退下來的。603Please respect copyright.PENANA3jXPKighvA
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啪!603Please respect copyright.PENANAkW1KVbkd19
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在吃下薯餅最後一口、完成享用整個超值早晨際,女秘書亦異常有默契地完成新聞及財務狀況的匯報。603Please respect copyright.PENANAFNHlbO0YWH
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一日之計在於晨,每天早上四時正享用早餐、準時在四時四十五分完成早餐享用後,克深臨亦迎來每一天裡頭最為重要的工作。603Please respect copyright.PENANAn7t47NwyNY
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他穿上熊皮大褸,乘坐升降機直落位於地庫的冷藏倉庫,親自逐一檢驗製作魚柳包的急凍魚來貨。603Please respect copyright.PENANA3FFukBEJIo
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整個過程大概為時一小時左右,急凍魚來貨將會分成兩批,品質較好的那一批將會被特定指派到沙田新城市廣場的分店,而其餘的來貨則會隨機地派發至十八區各分店。603Please respect copyright.PENANAxHCcrexPEl
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「呼,今天也是運氣不足嗎?」603Please respect copyright.PENANAQUWgjnh4Ov
克深臨除下手套,頹然地獨自返回辦公室裡頭。603Please respect copyright.PENANA2j6Razz3uO