2157年11月25日,晚上十一點,大眾媒體E區(東北亞)322Please respect copyright.PENANAe7mXMhgPLr
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和里奧出任務的最大好處──所有開銷都能報帳。里奧訂了間舒服的四人房,MIO正在浴室泡澡,李博洋吃著客房服務的宵夜,里奧則坐在落地窗旁的沙發看書。322Please respect copyright.PENANArmM5Xdye1X
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相較於以前出任務、只能睡自己白色空間的李博洋,里奧就像歐洲人玩家,高宇維真的非常偏心,相對地,里奧也得承擔高宇維陰晴不定的個性。322Please respect copyright.PENANAMuTA3J0aNT
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「那個,里奧大哥。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAjLNYedyvML
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「……?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAHQrJ1fx5Qi
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不過,現在的李博洋沒心思想那些。看時鐘的指針越來越晚,他的內心也越來越忐忑,「你身上有安眠藥嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAcHHBM5MUW1
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里奧搖頭。322Please respect copyright.PENANAzZjtoRR2kN
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「那,」李博洋請求:「麻煩你把我打暈。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAOXPq4ZsGaT
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里奧疑惑,「你怎麼了?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAjmlrDUTcgo
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李博洋瞄了眼浴室,確認MIO不會那麼快出來,才開口:「打從清醒,我每個晚上都睡不好,不停做同樣的惡夢。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAfh96wLveyD
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聽見關鍵字,里奧把書放下,「夢到李仲翔?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAqPStA21O54
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「是,你怎麼知道?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAHB0KNootvf
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里奧露出像在思考的表情。李博洋叫他:「里奧大哥?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAbq2mPwlUxK
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「在。」322Please respect copyright.PENANASJqyZ88rPJ
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「想事情嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAnLXu9kxFjE
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「嗯。」里奧說:「我在思考怎麼和你解釋。」想了想,「獅鷲是特別的存在。挨了她一頓,潛藏在你們體內的水果塔記憶被喚醒,就像在你們的意識開一個洞,讓被保存在仙境的第一代進入你們的意識、與你們共鳴。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAD8M4EGyOf0
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「但是,」李博洋問:「每個人的共鳴過程似乎不一樣,產生的結果也不一樣。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAfVNv3mNqJm
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「看水果塔的執念多深。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAYtqTHyBMjz
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「什麼意思?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAA0V8PYtooP
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「以派翠克為例,他的祖母──『公爵夫人』薇奧拉.雷蒙,死時無牽無掛,派翠克的共鳴過程很順利。」里奧說:「相反,尼可的叔叔──『三月兔』尤里烏斯.史密斯,是典型的麻煩人物。他對艾莉絲體系的恨意,死後變成執念,原本打算取代尼可的意識、搶走他的身體。」322Please respect copyright.PENANA66IJPLPafu
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里奧聳肩,「不過,兩人似乎達成共識,三月兔最後沒有這麼做,演變成這樣的共生關係,結局也不壞。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAx0B8XsiiQ6
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「其他人呢?」李博洋再問。322Please respect copyright.PENANA3k4BQEbyD7
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「葛蕾絲的水果塔,是從『書蟲』凱薩.克里斯托多羅普洛斯轉移過去的,和你們的狀況不一樣,暫不列入討論。」里奧列舉:「謝綠和江云格還在觀察,目前都沒有共鳴的跡象;MIO記憶混亂,和『假海龜』NAGI的共鳴才會受阻;赫密士是最高機密,沒有宇維允許,我無可奉告。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAn9qx6qe0Po
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最高機密?李博洋記得很多年前、問赫密士的性別時,里奧也這樣回覆。322Please respect copyright.PENANAA0gf9SgH4z
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但他沒有閒暇探討赫密士。李博洋結論:「如果是執念很強的水果塔,又沒有尼可幸運,我們的意識就會被殺死,被第一代水果塔反客為主?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAL5hPqWFR5P
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里奧點頭。李博洋的臉色瞬間慘白。322Please respect copyright.PENANAgKM2ZuVeC3
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「『紅心傑克』李仲翔是這樣嗎?」里奧看出他的驚恐和不安,直接問。322Please respect copyright.PENANAdEd3JXzhj2
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「……嗯。」李博洋低頭,「夢裡的爺爺他,全身都是黑色的泥和紅色的血,嘴裡念著可怕的話、朝我逼近……每次作夢,都覺得他離我越來越近。」322Please respect copyright.PENANA1UPdsLJOZJ
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里奧沒有回話,又露出像在思考的表情,這次李博洋沒有發現。322Please respect copyright.PENANAn9hjR6oA4P
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「里奧大哥,我……」李博洋問:「我會,就這樣死掉嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAcLWbCOyL3l
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里奧不講好聽話,實話實說:「有可能。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAY5Zw7p8YeL
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「有辦法阻止爺爺嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAu4hWv8jcaB
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里奧不知道。他自己也在和「紅國王」拉扯,處於劣勢。322Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4NVazRLX0
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「……我明白了。」李博洋再問里奧:「弟弟也會嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAtNI1ybHtHY
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「不確定。」里奧說:「我不知道李仲翔會怎麼做。他的執念太強,可能到你就打住,也可能覺得一個不夠、也對晴煬出手。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAzRxk5JeTp5
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「如果是那樣,」李博洋拜託:「里奧大哥,一定要請宇維少爺阻止爺爺。我沒有關係,一定要救弟弟。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3PeCw0rX7
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里奧點頭,沒有給口頭承諾。322Please respect copyright.PENANARmLJiiWU6E
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說煩惱,其實他更煩;說憂鬱,他非常難受;說壓力,他快瘋了。李博洋有MIO,里奧有誰?雪檸、紅鶴、高宇維……昔日的人都離他而去,他只能把情緒往心裡吞。322Please respect copyright.PENANAm0JqIyCXpO
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「奇怪,MIO怎麼還沒出來?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAuJqcBtQ2Bf
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結束話題、看看時間,李博洋發現MIO已經洗了兩個小時,泡澡也不會這麼長時間。李博洋敲了敲浴室門,「MIO?妳洗好了嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANA7tLT0LJQsX
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「……。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAVL19B5bl5M
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「MIO?MIO?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAdvxoqEbH30
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「……。」322Please respect copyright.PENANA5wNJwog0OS
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MIO是出了名的不怕燙,洗澡水能把人煮熟。里奧第一時間反應:「熱暈了?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAQ92K64eOys
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「有可能。」李博洋再敲門,「MIO,我進去囉。」322Please respect copyright.PENANATBvnugdT5h
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這間飯店的浴室門沒有鎖,而是不透光玻璃、推一下就能打開。正當李博洋準備推門時,裡頭的MIO突然大叫:322Please respect copyright.PENANAmUZCsUKJM1
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「不要啊啊啊啊啊啊啊!!!!!!」322Please respect copyright.PENANAqsBbeFedIs
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兩人嚇一大跳。李博洋趕緊推門,發現裹著浴巾的MIO瑟縮在角落、全身發抖。322Please respect copyright.PENANAfBcrBCkvD5
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「MIO!」322Please respect copyright.PENANAI7ShwIWaba
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李博洋衝上前、將人抱在懷中,發現MIO不只戰慄得厲害,體溫也非常低,不像剛洗完澡的人。322Please respect copyright.PENANAsbyDku08Zx
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「不要……不要……媽媽……!」322Please respect copyright.PENANAOYz6huhGvx
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「MIO!是我,我是博洋!」李博洋知道她又陷入回憶,「妳不是MIA,是MIO!是李博洋的MIO!」322Please respect copyright.PENANALdYZA0zgw8
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「不要……不要啊啊啊啊啊……!」322Please respect copyright.PENANAhZENyhPd6h
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黑色的眼睛沒有聚焦,MIO仍然哭個不停。李博洋心急如焚,以往只要抱著MIO、呼喚她的名字,MIO就沒事了,怎麼這次就沒效呢?322Please respect copyright.PENANAZHTHjuab5D
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看著MIO剛才瑟縮的角落,再看看浴室的門,里奧似乎明白發生什麼,開口問:「NAGI死了?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAsLXB9lgPPK
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李博洋回頭,「什麼?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAFdiYnTaHEl
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「NAGI死了嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAvrq8XjMAXt
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里奧不是在跟李博洋說話,而是他懷裡的人。322Please respect copyright.PENANAmu5BzECu01
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「……死掉了。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAjjj1uCvbL0
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MIO用哽咽的聲音回答。里奧再問:「怎麼死的?」322Please respect copyright.PENANARLydQ9oMPA
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「李仲翔……」322Please respect copyright.PENANATmO8G0L0a4
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MIO抬頭,黑色的眼睛除了淚水,還有傾瀉而出的恨意。322Please respect copyright.PENANAToYN1eSZe0
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「獅鷲也在,但下手的是……李仲翔……!」322Please respect copyright.PENANAd7PNcONokd
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「MIA呢?」里奧問:「MIA在哪?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAwux7w2j0dp
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「媽媽知道自己打不贏,把MIA關在浴室……卑鄙的李仲翔鎖定浴室,想先殺掉MIA。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAIBBlh292sY
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MIO不發抖了,還是在哭。322Please respect copyright.PENANAAvhwXPoyre
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「媽媽擋在門前……血從門縫滲進來。每響起一聲鈴鐺,媽媽的血就滲得更多,整個浴室都是媽媽的血,然後……!」322Please respect copyright.PENANAjOHYgfaBZT
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然後沒了,記憶結束。不是忘記,不是失憶。NAGI死後,她的下一段記憶,就是「MIO」和李博洋相遇。322Please respect copyright.PENANAIrrWHgaoh8
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「鈴鐺是李仲翔皮帶上的吊飾。」里奧嘆氣,「怪不得,晴煬說MIO的聲音是『鈴鐺』。對妳而言,鈴鐺象徵NAGI的死。」322Please respect copyright.PENANABfQAWMyklj
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儘管記憶混亂,李晴煬依舊聽見MIO心中的恐懼,也是他厲害的地方。要不是李晴煬昏迷,靠他的解心術,這次任務會輕鬆很多。322Please respect copyright.PENANA0zWm2kSbps
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浴室不是說話的地方。里奧先離開,李博洋幫MIO穿好衣服、帶人到沙發上坐下,三人繼續討論。322Please respect copyright.PENANAC3G9MLYTNg
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「但是,」李博洋想到:「假海龜一死,MIA不是被抓回艾莉絲體系,就是被當場殺死……」322Please respect copyright.PENANApZBT39eFSq
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里奧搖頭,「都沒有,當年假海龜死後,她的女兒就失蹤了。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAR0QY2ttXiL
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「這很奇怪。」李博洋點出關鍵:「她被關在浴室,能跑去哪?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAF7Rn5Tl276
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「也是大家不明白的地方。」里奧說:「當年李仲翔向夏悠保證:浴室空無一人,也沒有窗戶,MIA就這麼憑空消失。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAzeY0UiGk5r
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李仲翔皺眉,「退一萬步:假設MIA用某種方法逃走,這一百年來,宇維少爺沒試著找她嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANA9DaUiZxUGL
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「試了,找不到。」里奧回答:「連我們都找不到的人,當年卻被剛成為神與畜的你帶回來,我和宇維至今都不能理解這件事。」322Please respect copyright.PENANA5KeY4eJFAG
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說實在,和MIO相遇的那天並不特別──李博洋去某間寺廟參拜時,發現有個穿和服的小孩在哭,說自己沒有名字、找不到回家的路。因為旁邊有條水渠,李博洋給她取名「澪(MIO)」。高宇維差點嚇死,說MIO和某個小孩一模一樣,必須讓她成為神與畜……322Please respect copyright.PENANAkMChe6Nu7z
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無論如何,他和MIO認識的那天非常普通,唯獨沒有名字這件事不尋常,後來大家知道──MIO記憶混亂,想不起以前的事。問題又回到原點:她到底為什麼失憶?322Please respect copyright.PENANAQGcXPphfAG
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「我要……見獅鷲。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAxjFrgXAAZz
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一直沉默的MIO突然說:「媽媽死時,獅鷲是除了李仲翔外、第二個在現場的人,她一定知道些什麼。就算沒有,我要她連同李仲翔的份付出代價。」322Please respect copyright.PENANA8RVVn2smbk
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這趟E區之行不是沒收穫,至少MIO想起最重要的細節──NAGI的死。既然白絃人在現場,找她詢問當年MIA的去向,是最可行的辦法。322Please respect copyright.PENANAkK1NTX3gPd
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「獅鷲人在哪?她的行蹤很難掌握。」李博洋說。322Please respect copyright.PENANAjRd71EJSDk
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「她在A區。」里奧秒答:「她昨天去了墓園,在十一塔。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAp6CiYnYD9R
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十一塔。聽到那個地方,李博洋的內心「吭鐺」一聲。322Please respect copyright.PENANAP9e5uJmEkP
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「勢必得拜訪李門了。」里奧看他,「博洋,你行嗎?」322Please respect copyright.PENANAqnDA8IZXG5
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「當然……這是任務,沒有不行這種事。」322Please respect copyright.PENANAZkzqb264ha
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李博洋逞強笑著。MIO看著他,黑色的瞳孔滿是擔心。322Please respect copyright.PENANAzTdQLYkPV3
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雖然恢復記憶很重要,但李博洋的狀況讓MIO無法放心。她早就察覺,有什麼黑色的、暴力的、絕望的東西正在吞噬他,而且,那個東西會讓她失去李博洋,明明不能讓這種事情發生──322Please respect copyright.PENANA47CcfaNz8m
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里奧卻沒當一回事。