黃昏的陽光斜照入麥O勞,把店内的男女老幼都照得雙頰發盪汗流浹背,人人忙著把無營養的垃圾食物往嘴裡塞,只求趕快填飽肚子,儘快逃離這個大熱鍋。327Please respect copyright.PENANA8JntuFJHvz
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在不起眼的角落裡,陰影猶如將空間切開。穿著黑色西裝的一男一女,面對面坐著腳不著地的高櫈。
首先說女的,最搶眼球的一定是那個黑色外科口罩,然後是一雙火紅色的瞳仁,柔順的及頸黑髮。西裝外套下,脖子掛著了無生氣的鮮紅色領帶。327Please respect copyright.PENANA28xa3sDFzH
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然後是對面的男子,一副稚氣的娃娃臉,烏黑的大眼睛,白淨的玉面,右邊瀏海束成噴泉小辮,稍加打扮絕對會被當成女孩。他右手拿著手機,對FB上的梗圖吃吃傻笑。327Please respect copyright.PENANAXadcfoYtcb
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「前輩,你看這個。」
男子把手機反轉面向女子,被尊稱作前輩的女子只簡短的嗯了一聲,目光完全沒有在螢幕上集中。327Please respect copyright.PENANA28eq2Vq3Vr
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「菱前輩,你在想事情嗎?」男子說。327Please respect copyright.PENANAMyfVLakWzS
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「沒有,只是放空罷了,鳶。」女子答道。她拿起汽水,微微拉開口罩,飲管伸進底下。327Please respect copyright.PENANAHvtBdoPwVV
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鳶歪頭托腮,嘗試改變視角,視線依然被口罩擋住,「真希望能在死前看到前輩的臉啊。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAfxElyO1xoS
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「別說不吉利的話,況且我的臉也沒甚麼好看的。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAtXXuTDFRk0
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「真冷淡。」鳶自討沒趣,唯有低頭滑手機。靜了一會,他又說:「今晚的行動只有我倆,難道前輩沒有一點不安嗎?」327Please respect copyright.PENANAcdPYZxkV2S
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「沒有。」菱說,「我們的行動是被排定好的,必然是『正確』的路線。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAXMjXm9sJem
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「可是正確的路線是基於『錯誤』的紀錄修正而成的。」鳶豎起食指於半空打轉,「說不定我們正是『錯誤』那邊的。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAkFOOIcwDnW
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「那就代表我們為舖定正確路線盡了一分力,不也挻好嗎?」327Please respect copyright.PENANAnsm5Uy71P3
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「不愧是前輩,心態真豁達啊。不,該說前輩始終如一,貫徹虛無主義。」327Please respect copyright.PENANA9IhHO9URjt
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『咕嚕咕嚕!』空洞的吸吮聲是休息時間結束的鐘聲。菱放下空杯,重新整好口罩,「差不多了,走吧。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAHLmzB1x8JA
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「無論如何我都會追隨前輩的。」327Please respect copyright.PENANA3NuH2Gqq9i
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離開麥O勞走過兩個街口便是二人的目的地。行人道上擾攘一場小擠塞,路人需要行出馬路才能繞過警方封鎖線。黃黑色膠帶圍封著商業大廈的正門,而促使路人駐足停留的原因,是大廈外牆被全幅綠色帆布遮蓋。327Please respect copyright.PENANAZfB66puDXE
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「真有效率,手腳真快啊。」鳶走在前頭,擠開行人為菱開路。327Please respect copyright.PENANAtbuH8FgbTA
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他們拉開膠帶進入封鎖區,馬上就有警員前來阻截二人。不由分說,兩人從口袋拿出一張黑色的卡片展示。卡片大小與信用卡相約,其顏色比日常所見的黑色還要深邃,就像空間被挖去了一塊,只能以『負』來形容的黑暗。然而,警員只是一愣,接著便繼續要求兩人離開。327Please respect copyright.PENANASy8DT5KlVb
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就像演員背錯台詞被導演喊『卡』一樣,一名高級警員從旁邊跳出來,「抱歉,他是新人,不懂規矩。」說話的高級警員年若四十,粗框眼鏡上頂著油膩的黑髮,「兩位,這邊。」327Please respect copyright.PENANANcCDPhbnwp
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高級警員帶二人步向大廈,他展露和善又帶著倦容的微笑,「我是警長北大南,還記得我嗎?」327Please respect copyright.PENANAjl8527gLck
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「怎麼可能忘得了我們之間的孽緣。」鳶說。
大南點頭,「情況緊急我就單刀直入,大廈共151人人間蒸發。狀況是由外賣員發現通報的,因此能確定事情發生在朝早十時。事態嚴重,大人物們非常緊張,立即要求警方把大廈封鎖起來。」327Please respect copyright.PENANA0NoGskp7YX
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「那些帆布是你們架設的嗎?」鳶伸手指向上問道。327Please respect copyright.PENANARXreEZF4K7
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「不是。我們到場前便有一批人馬在工作,架好帆布後便急急離開了。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAMlFZBAe45a
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「恐怕是上頭派來的人員吧。」菱低聲說。327Please respect copyright.PENANATXpPcwXT0x
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「辦事效率又快又可靠,和政府機關完全不同。」鳶意有所指的看向大南。327Please respect copyright.PENANAfb1tt62HFO
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大南像被點燃了一樣,憤怒地回擊,「我尊重你們的立場和工作,我以為我們最基本的共識是平靜的處理事件。但這他媽的保險套太顯眼了,要我們如何與公眾交待!?」327Please respect copyright.PENANAS2ffxM2fda
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「那是你們的工作。」鳶說。「難道要我教你們如何幹活嗎?稅金小偷。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAeY6Cf9fDCj
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「別吵了,這些帆布是必要的。」菱插話道,「151人全部消失,代表全座大廈的空間都遭到扭曲了,常識被另一個世界的法則複寫,被分割出去的邊緣化空間『邊緣區(Marginal) 』。而帆布製做了一層額外的封閉空間,能有效減慢邊緣化向外擴散。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAXSLHhVlXQM
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大南臉帶尷尬的搔搔頭,「大叔我老了,很難再學習新事物。那個你們愛怎辦就怎麼辦。」327Please respect copyright.PENANALrXRNg4Nw4
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「前輩,你的說法只會讓他一頭霧水。用外人也聽得懂的說法是:『由現在開始,是我們的工作』。」鳶說罷便揮揮手,與菱一起走向大廈入口。327Please respect copyright.PENANA0LWdZ7o7oO
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「前輩,我剛才那句很帥吧!」327Please respect copyright.PENANAWCEARN0zyW
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「不覺得。」327Please respect copyright.PENANAvu98qWMzUv
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兩人於帆布的拉鏈入口前停下,帆布後面是另一個世界,必須捨棄常識才能生存,充滿敵意的異常空間。327Please respect copyright.PENANAANHQkF8nPd
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「走吧。」菱伸手拉開帆布上的拉鏈,開出一個剛好讓人穿過的開口,彎身低頭鑽進去。327Please respect copyright.PENANAA6FT4f3AOj
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接著是鳶,他穿過去後把拉鏈拉上。最後,向目送他們的大南豎起了大姆指。327Please respect copyright.PENANAstj3wA1ext