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翌日下午。98Please respect copyright.PENANANXfSWCu3ff
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在我們前往Luna的路上,注意到地圖上有個魔女之繭不太對勁的理查臨時決定更改行程。98Please respect copyright.PENANAzudAzR7Jkk
根據他的說法,生成超過十五小時,卻還沒有魔法少女前往處理的低等級繭並不尋常,有前往調查狀況的必要性。98Please respect copyright.PENANAwJJjjqh0JV
因此我們決定原路折返,朝著位於鄰市的目標前進,在轉搭了電車抵達最近的車站以後,我們順著顯示在手機上的座標一路朝著西邊的方向狂奔。98Please respect copyright.PENANA52I53Il9bP
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魔女之繭所處在的位置相當偏僻。98Please respect copyright.PENANA3DYGQQqB3V
光是徒步必須走上兩個小時的距離, 我們兩人僅僅用了十幾分鐘便抵達。98Please respect copyright.PENANANviQeN5kYD
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陰鬱的灰色天空如同畫布般作為整座城市的背景。98Please respect copyright.PENANAe6fGspK7bN
一棟又一棟高樓大廈的廢墟聳立在眼前。98Please respect copyright.PENANAj0N1Fa1utL
從崩解的水泥牆面中裸露出來,如同骨骼般的鋼筋表面早已滿是鏽蝕,而年久失修的紅綠燈伴隨風聲,重複著一遍又一遍的吱嘎聲響。98Please respect copyright.PENANADdYkI6zJ2R
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……整條街道上放眼望過去都沒有任何人影。98Please respect copyright.PENANAMIOGKVgobp
在我的記憶中,這裡曾是眾多建商爭相發展的重鎮,但在八十年代末期受到泡沫經濟影響以後,人口因此流失後伴隨而至的是日漸高升的犯罪率,在經歷了由人類自身所引發的一連串災難過後,最後造就了如今看似淒涼的景色。98Please respect copyright.PENANAcDCwIiiF2p
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曾經被寄予厚望的未來之城。98Please respect copyright.PENANARSvlXCHmTe
如今只徒留下當年華麗的軀殼留在此處慢慢腐化。98Please respect copyright.PENANABuFJd4v9lU
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「先變身再進去吧,以策安全。」98Please respect copyright.PENANAcsbpe7JBfW
在理查用劍切開了魔女之繭的薄膜後,我皺著眉頭跟著走了進去。98Please respect copyright.PENANABMuEqZ44JS
不同於以往所見到的世界。98Please respect copyright.PENANAZDCyY0HHI0
這次魔女之繭的內側和外面的世界沒有什麼不同,我們剛才的舉動彷彿只是穿過透明的薄膜一樣。98Please respect copyright.PENANADMIxfAVd2T
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一樣的廢墟。98Please respect copyright.PENANAwIeBzwLykY
一樣的塗鴉。98Please respect copyright.PENANAlWQMYm3BXK
一樣搖搖晃晃的紅綠燈。98Please respect copyright.PENANAWW52bRWxEW
甚至就連散落在柏油路面上的破碎磚瓦,都與外面所見到的景象別無二致。98Please respect copyright.PENANA1VgX1phqzj
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要說唯一的不同,那就只有天空的景象產生些許的不同。98Please respect copyright.PENANABGpXpHEXSJ
原本還可以分辨得出烏雲的形狀,但如今卻是灰濛濛的顏色,像是被什麼無形的力量給攪和著一樣。98Please respect copyright.PENANAjNMdp3hM0k
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「……好奇怪。」98Please respect copyright.PENANAhBVrlrT2T2
打從進來這個繭之前,我心裡面就存在著非常強烈的違和感。98Please respect copyright.PENANAxORMQtbaPY
然而,要我實際說出是什麼原因造成這種顧慮,卻怎樣都說不出個所以然來。98Please respect copyright.PENANASXQPY2lU2S
這種感覺要怎麼形容才好。98Please respect copyright.PENANAa8PQLjd3IJ
就像是反覆檢查寫過的試卷一樣,明明填寫每個答案的時候都充滿自信,最後卻莫名的感到心慌。98Please respect copyright.PENANAm5ZxDjg1F1
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「不錯嘛,妳也察覺到異樣了是吧?」98Please respect copyright.PENANABP6FZB6dhU
理查用手肘頂了我的腰間一下,把我的思緒拉回到現實。98Please respect copyright.PENANAkBsVpsxZ6p
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「理查?你也是這樣認為嗎……?」98Please respect copyright.PENANAYiZn4ZR0zA
「啊啊,多多少少吧,不過這種事不親眼靠眼睛確認是不會知道的,走吧!」98Please respect copyright.PENANArLVazZH0PI
「……你這麼急該不會是想趕快去Luna吧?」98Please respect copyright.PENANASz42odN6Mi
「妳這不是廢話嗎?要知道櫻桃可樂聖代一天只限量供應五份的啊!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANAn7n0jir6Jj
「那種難吃的東西怎樣都好啦!」98Please respect copyright.PENANAk8ctfQjn4R
真是的。98Please respect copyright.PENANAciH1A2HuEE
但不知道為什麼,跟他對話後卻有種莫名的安心感,或許這就是所謂的夥伴吧。98Please respect copyright.PENANAFekjbPxTNA
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用不了多久的時間。98Please respect copyright.PENANAECp8uS2sW0
我們很快就遠遠發現了蛹魔的存在。98Please respect copyright.PENANAnQlNQw7cHT
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地點是廢棄的大型購物中心。98Please respect copyright.PENANAnH9DkBvLZn
由於整個商場呈現的是接近圓形的形狀,為了怕製造不必要的噪音驚動蛹魔,因此我們從隔壁大樓破碎的落地窗口入侵,藏匿在五樓的陽台後方觀察位於廣場上的蛹魔。98Please respect copyright.PENANARPcfwLY9xt
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在一片灰色的世界中,有個女人形體在正中央跪坐著。98Please respect copyright.PENANASKAGtR2O2E
鮮明的紅色,全身上下的皮膚展現出有如陶瓷般的光滑色澤。98Please respect copyright.PENANA9YmuBOJtm2
那不停變換形狀的姿態,既有機械的規律,又同時存在著液體流動的不規律性,嚴然就像是液態金屬般的存在。98Please respect copyright.PENANARe6bAVKvdZ
披頭散髮的女人似乎沒有注意到我們這邊,正專注在自己的事情上面,不過因為距離非常遠的關係,也很難看清她現階段的行動。98Please respect copyright.PENANAanHVgMOxhI
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「──啦啦啦。」98Please respect copyright.PENANAKkMSZJUdlV
聽見了歡愉的歌唱聲。98Please respect copyright.PENANAS7Hr3gz8cL
脊椎就像是被硬生生插入冰涼的鐵棒一樣。98Please respect copyright.PENANA8EDHzOro2i
最初的違和感,在聽見這令人幾近瘋狂的音色以後,被無限擴大成確信犯錯的存在。98Please respect copyright.PENANAvT50w884By
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……有什麼地方肯定不對勁。98Please respect copyright.PENANAlwzdfTSi7g
一定有什麼我沒發現的誤判。98Please respect copyright.PENANAwTguqxkSYg
可惡,腦袋快點動啊,到底是什麼、到底是什麼、到底是什麼啊!!!98Please respect copyright.PENANAorqpBFXaQs
98Please respect copyright.PENANAhilUKYpl2H
「……由加?妳狀況還好嗎?」98Please respect copyright.PENANA8kMweFpx8x
就算隔著頭盔,理查似乎也還是察覺到我藏在底下的表情。98Please respect copyright.PENANA73vCzLPGhh
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──對了,說起來。98Please respect copyright.PENANACRIjMNhsDF
我們剛剛是真的進到繭裡面嗎?98Please respect copyright.PENANAkAwQUDXbRT
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魔女之繭是位於人類內心深處的世界。98Please respect copyright.PENANAiWmgBBWJ5y
但假設理查剛剛所劃破的薄膜根本就不是什麼心象世界的入口,還身處在真實世界的我們所目睹到的那具有女人形體的怪物究竟是──98Please respect copyright.PENANA15UQYLniAZ
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「啊啦,是有客人來了嗎?」98Please respect copyright.PENANAYYAUG0jVkq
嘻。98Please respect copyright.PENANADU9t5B9yAc
廣場上的女人發出了輕輕的笑聲。98Please respect copyright.PENANAJdfR22VG7w
與那全黑的眼球對上視線的同時,從脊椎竄入全身血管內的寒意讓我不由得全身顫抖。98Please respect copyright.PENANACPAJtTsvcZ
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「───」98Please respect copyright.PENANAStddqgXuY6
似乎理解到那女人是什麼樣的存在。98Please respect copyright.PENANApkTdtw9Z9X
呼吸變得異常急促。98Please respect copyright.PENANA7K6DXVuDRm
心臟像是發了瘋似地狂亂鼓動。98Please respect copyright.PENANAbMWXhoI3oe
因為恐懼而放大的瞳孔,在認知到那女人正在進食的同時,將她身後的光景就這樣硬生生烙印到我的視網膜上。98Please respect copyright.PENANAbfOtVkqtlw
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那個、98Please respect copyright.PENANApJpoG287jS
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穿著魔法少女服裝的什麼、98Please respect copyright.PENANABLbc8ENR0e
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一共兩具、98Please respect copyright.PENANAmUeiaJVeoy
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都像是俄羅斯娃娃被分成兩半、98Please respect copyright.PENANAAumlDUO1mL
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粉紅色的臟器散落到滿地都是、 98Please respect copyright.PENANAZVyQkmu7xz
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「糟了!那傢伙是──」98Please respect copyright.PENANAAQxRyxkIMJ
理查才說到一半。98Please respect copyright.PENANAJd8CGyHNSf
突然明白什麼的他使勁一拉,將我的上半身拉到他所在的高度。98Please respect copyright.PENANARfrAjoJCOs
98Please respect copyright.PENANAoKvGHYIbl6
一切都發生得實在太快了。98Please respect copyright.PENANAOBLhsRHvk0
就在下一秒。98Please respect copyright.PENANA1EHRnbXHYH
在我什麼都還沒反應過來之前,他毫不猶豫地就將我的頭盔給一把掀開──98Please respect copyright.PENANA7M1nUWonQy
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「等等,你這是──唔?唔唔唔唔唔!?在這種時候你是瘋了嗎!?」98Please respect copyright.PENANA2aY1kM0xci
突然強吻上我嘴唇的蜥蜴嘴巴。98Please respect copyright.PENANAXGMHK73MSG
那是有如蟬殼一般,既乾燥又冰涼的鱗片觸感。98Please respect copyright.PENANAUrQ3qIHuOi
完全不顧我的搥打反抗,我的初吻就在這莫名其妙的狀況下硬生生地被奪走,至於那因為太過吃驚而湧現上來的魔力,也一併被毫不客氣地吸取過去。98Please respect copyright.PENANAofrsiBC5ab
不帶任何感情的雙唇分離──98Please respect copyright.PENANAa0UbdJYyAb
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「REX DRIVE──DRESS UP!!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANAx8pWAHKQow
在一瞬間恢復成人類型態的理查用我從未聽過的音量大吼著。98Please respect copyright.PENANAuMt9QS3BBd
用單手將我猛地甩到後方的同時,呼喚起陌生的英文單詞。98Please respect copyright.PENANAmbIKE9VIS6
緊接著,感受原本包覆在我身上的緊身衣和頭盔突然消失,毫無任何裝備保護的我就這樣直接撞到梁柱上。98Please respect copyright.PENANAAbTQfm04WA
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「──咕!」98Please respect copyright.PENANA18gwhjFUbf
整個背部承受了幾乎震碎內臟的衝擊。98Please respect copyright.PENANArkgQxEuS8P
我以正面朝下的姿勢重重地跌落在地面上,眼角被尖銳的碎玻璃劃開。98Please respect copyright.PENANATaG9nf9x4t
然而。98Please respect copyright.PENANA3pM2TYz82o
在那幾近昏厥的朦朧視線當中,我依稀看見了頭盔所化成的那束光芒,著裝到理查那把長劍上的畫面。98Please respect copyright.PENANALVnCV5OINe
98Please respect copyright.PENANAhItHf6fCQU
「理、咳!咳咳咳咳咳咳!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANAg5KftCLnm8
猛烈的咳嗽。98Please respect copyright.PENANAEy3BkHQ9J6
在對著灰色的地面咳出了大量鮮血以後,搖晃的視線也隨之恢復了。98Please respect copyright.PENANA7K2wm8hpqH
首先映入眼簾的是曜石般的黑色。98Please respect copyright.PENANACqxex5zBhI
理查身上那一身漆黑的亮面鎧甲,就算是我也分辨得出是多麼珍貴的契約限定武器。98Please respect copyright.PENANA4mFyFiM0nc
他將那把與我的頭盔結合,流動著火焰的黑色長劍舉至接近肩膀的位置,像是準備迎擊什麼一樣──98Please respect copyright.PENANA0hmnQYMtjP
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「由加,快逃──」98Please respect copyright.PENANA3X8UE7XSAA
「這到底……怎麼回事?」98Please respect copyright.PENANAUUKyAp6yZ9
「快回去向黑川求救!就說魔女臟食花出現了!!至少增派一個中隊以上的精英部隊過來!!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANAoYC2xBJdXq
「什──」98Please respect copyright.PENANA9sJiOeqZnX
就在理查分心轉過頭來看著我的那短短兩秒──98Please respect copyright.PENANA216odLB8cg
98Please respect copyright.PENANAJjvtO0eM4e
「───!!!!!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3Bo6HRPj9
在耳旁炸裂爆散的水泥牆面。98Please respect copyright.PENANAHGRO9AWq0T
意識到自己靠著反射動作躲開致死的攻擊是一秒後的事。98Please respect copyright.PENANA4wUBP5n3gc
被壓縮到零點幾秒的動態視力,在千鈞一髮之際透過神經傳導電流,拉扯我頸部的肌肉向旁閃避。98Please respect copyright.PENANAL15yMBlC99
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「咦……?」98Please respect copyright.PENANAUeLjzwn5ec
血肉橫飛。98Please respect copyright.PENANA8YBlFPirX9
一大片滾燙的鮮血就這樣打到我的臉上。98Please respect copyright.PENANAovPnzLZEYs
那條視距離為無物的鮮紅手臂,筆直地貫穿了理查被盔甲所保護的側腹,在他身上開了個將近保齡球大小的洞後,就這樣撞在我幾秒前所在的位置。98Please respect copyright.PENANAPKnm6I6fEt
簡直就像是擁有狙擊能力的大砲。98Please respect copyright.PENANAmvkO8ho7n6
順著赤紅色的彈道移動眼球,向著近在咫尺的側面看去。98Please respect copyright.PENANAGDn6qt1B3L
仍卡在牆面上的是──98Please respect copyright.PENANASKFaTvfjwv
98Please respect copyright.PENANA07sUmJPnyL
「妳的內臟看起來很好吃呢。」98Please respect copyright.PENANA0EUGKDpyCI
對我咧嘴而笑的女人面孔。98Please respect copyright.PENANAPL5elSakL1
兩側的開口一直延伸到耳際,露出上下兩排鯊魚般尖銳的牙齒。98Please respect copyright.PENANAZMCParM5qi
那是不帶有任何想法,純粹為了貪婪的食慾而感到喜悅,精神異常者般的空洞笑容。98Please respect copyright.PENANAHmNdhiC3Vq
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「哈……哈……」98Please respect copyright.PENANAc6XAfkHUjp
身體動不了。98Please respect copyright.PENANApTHw8g3fNr
人生中第一次被恐懼支配了全身。98Please respect copyright.PENANAP91a2DzPJD
喉嚨像是被束帶緊緊勒住。98Please respect copyright.PENANAe0KD6FL7BA
死亡的預感。98Please respect copyright.PENANAMkXbohUszO
生物與生俱來畏懼被捕食的天性,讓此刻的我連呼吸都感到困難不已。98Please respect copyright.PENANAtfpUZCVJaf
98Please respect copyright.PENANATUpE2iAf5x
「妳這魔女想都別想──」98Please respect copyright.PENANAnAmisUmXkn
魔女的臉被突然施加的外力拉成橢圓形。98Please respect copyright.PENANAvFqdTo3Brl
理查不顧自己的傷勢,咬著牙用單手奮力將她從牆面拔出,靠著慣性動作將她那伸長的手臂投擲至空中。98Please respect copyright.PENANAyKg3MNgCdS
頓時失去支撐的觸手,在經過一陣如同橡膠水管般瘋狂扭動後,在半空中重新鎖定目標,在一次朝著瞄準我所在的位置發動突襲──98Please respect copyright.PENANAkfhOGXaszB
98Please respect copyright.PENANAOrF9sSNB5F
「對我家的魔法少女動手啊──!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANA1FRcDshVnE
這次,理查先一步將黑劍橫掃。98Please respect copyright.PENANAXhKdfw5viY
新月般的軌跡閃過。98Please respect copyright.PENANAGMLXqpPNgQ
纏繞在劍身上的火焰同時咆哮,在大氣中狂暴地捲起高熱的旋流,半空的手臂瞬間就如枯草般化作灰燼,足以焚盡一切的純粹熱能向著魔女猛撲。98Please respect copyright.PENANAqcYiKzHA7H
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「唔──!」98Please respect copyright.PENANA47lk5ZAZ7L
熟悉的高熱暴風隨即撲面而來。98Please respect copyright.PENANAlstTWJKxKS
與以往不同的是,由於缺乏裝備的防護,用來護住頭部的雙臂因高溫而灼傷,不堪負荷的肌膚也撕裂開來。98Please respect copyright.PENANAfAwaWBmoyu
如同刀割般的痛楚陣陣襲來。98Please respect copyright.PENANAHGOhIjSwF4
儘管如此,這仍無法阻止我心裡那份完全不明所以的困惑。98Please respect copyright.PENANAuc7Hej6YvG
這倒底是怎麼回事。98Please respect copyright.PENANAwK1xsb6cbP
為什麼……理查他能夠使用R-Pad呢?98Please respect copyright.PENANAm7rwN0ILd4
98Please respect copyright.PENANAV05sLVslTa
「嘻、嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻……你也是來傷害我的嗎?」98Please respect copyright.PENANAdp5G3Hlr37
思考的時間相當短暫。98Please respect copyright.PENANAZCgr6Oo452
瀰漫的煙霧消散,儘管損失了一條手臂,但臟食花的本體並沒有受到明顯的傷害。98Please respect copyright.PENANAwSWcVDMjzA
在廣場中心同時扭動全身多處關節的她,用像是提線木偶般的姿勢一頓一頓地挺起身子。98Please respect copyright.PENANAxWFdLNcxe9
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「那就──從你先開始吧?」98Please respect copyright.PENANAPWk0XBXfg7
接下來的畫面卻讓我呆住了。98Please respect copyright.PENANAGe0DbrVSyT
在她的身後描繪出了鮮紅色的幾何圖形。98Please respect copyright.PENANAyNspYi29CY
那是密密麻麻、數量以百為單位的眾多手臂,如惡夢般所交織而出的圖樣。98Please respect copyright.PENANAwi4kD7zkH8
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「我叫妳快逃聽不懂是不是!? 給我跑起來!!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANAVDkAf7QwZL
那幾乎是不容許任何辯駁的喝斥。98Please respect copyright.PENANAMwX09uRCo5
不停變換形狀和角度的尖刺,每一道都是以極高速朝著理查身上的各處要害發動攻勢。98Please respect copyright.PENANAqgg4vCXyLd
斬落左前方襲擊腦門的觸腕。98Please respect copyright.PENANADb69u3JrTu
利用火焰焚燒的空檔治療腰間的傷勢。98Please respect copyright.PENANAdoaGabYOu8
向後揮拳打碎位於死角正噴出酸液的肉囊。98Please respect copyright.PENANAPYawEuKMib
什麼忙都幫不上,只能眼睜睜地看著這與過去處於不同次元的戰鬥。98Please respect copyright.PENANA6Xj0SaVdEE
只不過,就算貧弱如我也能明白,理查他光是要分心保護我不受到波及就已經竭盡全力了。98Please respect copyright.PENANAKAMYeKjYfg
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「啊……啊、啊……嗚啊啊啊啊!!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANA6QTdqm1pc8
僵掉的腦袋重新運轉起來。98Please respect copyright.PENANA7bBTWkXQSl
奪回力氣的身體,儘管有再多不願意,也還是先一步遵照著理查的意願啟動。98Please respect copyright.PENANAoZibLt1RLI
因為無論如何都要避免掉全滅的結局。98Please respect copyright.PENANAUyenqeegFs
衝刺。跳躍。著地。98Please respect copyright.PENANA35MvkpdByX
用最基礎的魔力強化雙腿一氣呵成,只為了早一刻逃離出去尋求救援。98Please respect copyright.PENANAH2jzgnJbIi
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「等我!!你一定要撐到我回來……!!」98Please respect copyright.PENANAbLAYuaAzzO
帶著被眼淚模糊的視線不顧一切地再次回頭大喊著。98Please respect copyright.PENANAugpwf3sIbL
然而,最後殘留在眼角一閃而過的畫面,讓我的心臟像是被人用手握住般揪緊。98Please respect copyright.PENANAWIe0VOALRq
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那懸浮在廢墟半空中的魔女。98Please respect copyright.PENANA7a08IB3ea5
看起來就像是被鮮血所染紅的彼岸花一樣綻放著。98Please respect copyright.PENANAEfjSVDZ2Yt