2157年6月25日,凌晨一點,商業中心B區531Please respect copyright.PENANAyoptQYJPGK
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手裡捧著白色的綿羊布偶,MIO穿著紅色的和服,頭髮夾著櫻花造型的髮夾。在她眼裡,這裡不是都市,也不是馬路旁的人行道,而是一條通往神社的表參道,燈火從燈籠裡滲了出來,樹葉都被燈光染成橘黃色。531Please respect copyright.PENANAe4VASjNYwO
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結束和尼可拉斯的對話,MIO就一直維持這樣的狀態,從晚上六點走到凌晨一點,過程不吃不喝不休息。一個小孩走在深夜的街道,總歸還是危險的,但MIO不在意。531Please respect copyright.PENANAjpEMC4DC6p
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她雙眼半開,雖然在走路,漆黑的眼珠卻沒有聚焦。如果李博洋在就好了──可惜,李博洋這幾天不在,MIO少了能幫她解答疑惑的夥伴。531Please respect copyright.PENANA8g03k9YY7q
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不知不覺走出市中心,MIO來到被歸類為都市更新區的地方。灰黑色的建材、施工用的大型機械,雖然有幾棟新大樓,但多數地方還在施工,荒涼到像發生大爆炸──死了所有人,物品卻完好如初。531Please respect copyright.PENANAhyg7NnZUur
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無視危險警告,MIO走到還在施工的大樓。這座大樓只架了銀灰色的鋼筋,沒有地板牆壁。她坐到一疊木板上,兩腳懸空。月光從銀灰色的鋼筋間灑下來,地上卻沒有MIO的影子。531Please respect copyright.PENANAZzKFEqk1eY
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「哪,咩咩。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAacAvVvcThO
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她摸了摸手裡的綿羊娃娃,看著天空說:531Please respect copyright.PENANAf13c3zpdZK
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「我啊,是因為博洋,才加入神與畜的喔。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAB8tH2K95zG
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停頓三秒,她好像聽見什麼,低下頭,對綿羊娃娃說:531Please respect copyright.PENANAXY2ZfeqXAp
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「為什麼?還用問嗎?因為博洋幫我取了『MIO』這個名字。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAHySlOxIrCt
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「每個生物都需要名字,因為名字,我才得以存在。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAUOvip583c9
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她緊緊抱住綿羊娃娃。531Please respect copyright.PENANAHOTPxiVzeA
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「但是,為什麼呢?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAQvmdIAu5rM
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她閉上眼睛。晚風拂過她的臉頰,夾雜一點砂石的味道。531Please respect copyright.PENANALjUt2TUWJu
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「鏡子照不出我,陽光做不出我的影子……為什麼?我到底是什麼?我什麼也不記得,然後,博洋出現了。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAzrWE9OFaxU
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她揚起幸福的笑容。531Please respect copyright.PENANAV5udewKON1
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「博洋說,我是三途川,連結著彼岸與此岸,所以『澪(みお,MIO)』誕生了。我喜歡這個名字,聽說,漢字是『水路』的意思。」531Please respect copyright.PENANALD1wzJiNtb
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她睜開眼睛,手順著綿羊娃娃柔軟的毛,好像在幫一個女孩梳頭髮。531Please respect copyright.PENANAp9t4IXb1O8
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「因為名字,我才得以存在;因為博洋,我才成為『MIO』,不是嗎?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAsImtrpXs9Z
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「……。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAf4sYiJbiql
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聽著綿羊娃娃的回答,她臉上的笑容漸漸消失。她把綿羊娃娃放到旁邊,自己從木板堆上跳下來,轉過來說:531Please respect copyright.PENANAyYRPCeLn3g
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「宇維少爺說,他和媽媽是朋友、都是第一代水果塔,所以我聽宇維少爺的話──我一直都這麼想。」531Please respect copyright.PENANACZF4KiYeWJ
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「可是,現在的我,正以『MIO』存在於世……哪個應該放在前面?是『MIO』,還是『宇維少爺』?」531Please respect copyright.PENANA6w05uaFsXO
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空氣一片沉默。如果剛才的人行道是表參道,那麼,這棟施工大樓在她眼裡,就是一座神社。紅色的風車轉呀轉、轉呀轉──本殿裡空無一物,沒有神明。531Please respect copyright.PENANAABrijIjZ7e
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「我們應該供奉誰呢?」531Please respect copyright.PENANABnhvLgA4Uw
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她盯著綿羊娃娃黑色的眼睛。531Please respect copyright.PENANAACHD5WLZ2b
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「我呢,不知道要供奉『MIO』,還是『宇維少爺』;尼可不知道要供奉『葛蕾絲』,還是『宇維少爺』;再過不久,晴煬也會開始掙扎,要供奉『謝綠』還是『宇維少爺』。」531Please respect copyright.PENANA1dqBzcvRBS
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抬起腳,她一邊說,一邊轉起圈來。順時針、逆時針、順時針、逆時針……紅色的袖子隨著她的動作,畫出一個又一個圓,就像風車。531Please respect copyright.PENANA07DaLZuC32
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「人與人的關係是對等的,你沒辦法要求一個人永遠效忠你,除非──你付出夠多,讓他覺得自己一輩子欠你。」531Please respect copyright.PENANArXjfiA2eKN
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「因為救過一命,這樣就夠了嗎?因為第一代水果塔,這樣就夠了嗎?總有一天,晴煬和尼可的忠誠會消褪,宇維少爺將變成一種理所當然,被別的東西取代。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAJbuykqYkYO
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她用長長的袖子遮住嘴巴,笑嘻嘻地說:531Please respect copyright.PENANAcDGRYWY49B
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「沒辦法,他們剛加入,宇維少爺來不及對他們好──博洋呢?他又是怎麼看待宇維少爺?咩咩,你猜猜看。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAKxQ0t0Wmt5
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她從左邊走到右邊,再從右邊走到左邊,然後、毫無預警地,朝綿羊娃娃比了個叉叉。531Please respect copyright.PENANA1FgcXKa6hn
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「答錯了喔,咩咩。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAg8f2YU5h98
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「博洋對宇維少爺的忠心是完全的──至少他自己這麼認為。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAEO1aC3X9RE
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因為比任何人都了解李博洋,她露出得意的微笑。531Please respect copyright.PENANAHeWAUOCatI
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「為什麼我知道?因為博洋和我交換,他對父親的思念與情感,存放在MIO這,我們正共享彼此的心智,很有趣吧?我能感覺到博洋的喜怒哀樂,知道他對宇維少爺的忠心不容置疑。明明只是交換,卻演變成這種關係,我自己也很意外。」531Please respect copyright.PENANA9BkAwgxEMe
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她兩手放到身後,頭往後仰,兩眼凝視著深藍色的夜空。531Please respect copyright.PENANA41etNb6hZ1
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「我們知道『博洋怎麼看待宇維少爺』了,現在,我們回到重點──我應該供奉誰呢?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAccdQjJtVyf
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語畢,她的神社出現兩座神主牌,一個寫著「MIO」,另一個寫著「高宇維」。531Please respect copyright.PENANA9lT4suuBw9
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「我啊,不是覺得宇維少爺不重要。我喜歡宇維少爺,也喜歡神與畜,但博洋賦予的『MIO』裡,需要效忠宇維少爺嗎?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAf4fqxYIZEM
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──哪一個要放到本殿?531Please respect copyright.PENANAZHQyYL2wD6
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「博洋所定義的『MIO』,怎麼看待宇維少爺的?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAxotakeRhVF
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──哪一個?531Please respect copyright.PENANAly2uyEMBmN
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「『MIO』的本質,到底是什麼?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAzC1vcqMjtC
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──決定權不在她。531Please respect copyright.PENANA9UN6m2gqMQ
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「我沒辦法回答……所以,博洋,來找我吧。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAqFaztjqrpJ
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「只有你,才能定義『MIO』是什麼。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAtHYvNjwK0M
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突然,外面傳來警笛聲。兩名年約四十的成年男性跑進來、躲在陰暗的角落。兩名警察一邊吆喝、一邊從外邊跑過去,沒發現躲起來的兩名男子。531Please respect copyright.PENANA9RhQucAPys
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「X的,終於甩掉他們了!」531Please respect copyright.PENANAw8RX9Buees
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確認警察走遠,其中一名男子開口,並在另一個人的臉上揍了一拳。531Please respect copyright.PENANAtD21ND516U
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「都你這窩囊廢!車子壞了,貨也只剩兩包,要我怎麼和上面交待!?」531Please respect copyright.PENANApzVAIsjd14
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「X!我哪知有條子埋伏!你才他X亂下指令,少怪到我頭上!」531Please respect copyright.PENANACVGe7V6fnW
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男子拿著兩包白色粉末。其中一名毒販瞄了一眼,大叫:「我操!怎麼會有小孩?」531Please respect copyright.PENANA8ShVKEM90z
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「小孩?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAqfhKXxIhOG
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另一名毒販也回頭。廢墟裡,一個穿著紅色和服的小女孩,動也不動地站著,漆黑的眼睛凝望夜空,旁邊放著一隻綿羊娃娃,畫面十分詭異。531Please respect copyright.PENANA4DzEBeLfv3
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「這…這小孩是怎樣?吸太多,腦袋壞了?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAMNSKHXSU0j
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「嘿!這不是很好嗎?我們掉了一堆貨,帶個漂亮小鬼回去,老大說不定能原諒我們。」531Please respect copyright.PENANA2VxBmeasA1
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兩名毒販動了邪念,正準備下手,一個能面面具突然出現在後方。下一秒,兩名毒販的脖子被砍斷,鮮血噴灑在白色的能面。能面空洞的眼睛對著MIO,然後,它緩緩消失。MIO還在她的神社,什麼也沒發現。531Please respect copyright.PENANAgv6pEeYa3c
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2157年6月30日,凌晨兩點,商業中心B區531Please respect copyright.PENANAOCuzClxmlm
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「離家出走五天,果不其然又闖禍了啊,MIO。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAhXAu7FJgIi
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一百多具屍體堆疊在地,李博洋試著避開它們,但數量太多,困難重重,既然不管怎樣都會踩到,他索性放棄,踩著屍體走向MIO。531Please respect copyright.PENANATFxoHzvcDR
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「說過很多次,不要一次殺這麼多人,會引來注目。」531Please respect copyright.PENANA84ynob9IrN
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「……。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAqgxL4ubgou
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MIO坐在木板堆上,兩手抱著膝蓋,整個人蜷在那裡,不說話。531Please respect copyright.PENANADupL5eYvoA
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不是她殺的。531Please respect copyright.PENANAN99HBI9wLh
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MIO一直在她的神社。531Please respect copyright.PENANANsuT5AW1Kv
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她全部,沒有印象。531Please respect copyright.PENANAZQCgY2OdRN
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「……沒有博洋賦予的『MIO』,什麼也不是。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAUP58A2NPrB
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聽到李博洋的聲音,MIO抬頭,可愛的臉蛋上有血跡。李博洋幫她把血擦掉,問:「發生什麼事了?」531Please respect copyright.PENANAkERbdLOnnH
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「……。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAdrBqYmV77p
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MIO放開雙腿、恢復成一般坐姿。木板堆大概到李博洋的腰,因此,坐在上面的MIO必須低頭,才能跟李博洋直視。531Please respect copyright.PENANAgEDGFW4PBJ
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「……博洋。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAOr5kGhXaLE
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「嗯?」531Please respect copyright.PENANALUaQ2vTeKl
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「那天,因為你,我變成了『MIO』……可是,『MIO』是什麼?怎樣才是你認為的『MIO』呢?」531Please respect copyright.PENANA0zFrGV2EOi
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李博洋覺得這問題很可愛。他將女孩抱到自己懷裡,溫柔地說:531Please respect copyright.PENANAa4U3nOhieL
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「澪(MIO)是水路。」531Please respect copyright.PENANASbCxHz2gcH
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「沒有人能限制,水要怎麼流。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAcrXuXhFg0d
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──神明,確定。531Please respect copyright.PENANAkIkWdF3tB5
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「妳想怎麼做,就怎麼做。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAjpnQ0MuJ1V
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「隨妳喜歡,隨妳開心──MIO只要是MIO,就好。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAqWEOAHG3EH
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──本殿「MIO」,不是「高宇維」。531Please respect copyright.PENANAV42dm2lmY4
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「……。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAFuearPoA9R
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兩行眼淚從MIO的臉流下。她伸手、緊緊抱住李博洋,臉埋在他的胸前,邊哭邊笑。531Please respect copyright.PENANAq1eTEewEvQ
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「謝謝你。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAyu7EpHhyVm
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「博洋,謝謝你。」531Please respect copyright.PENANAF41mnrRbgO
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她閉上眼睛,告訴自己:531Please respect copyright.PENANAmlmK9fjudV
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「MIO知道,該怎麼做了。」