一輛房車駛至,某男子甫下車就跑到安琪跟前,把她一擁入懷,正是文雲深教授。674Please respect copyright.PENANA3eACGisXBb
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「乖女啊,你不是說去朋友家嗎,怎麼會在這裡......」天下間的父母都是囉嗦的。674Please respect copyright.PENANAnjITJ9zO8l
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幾個月前,文安琪經不起朋友一再央求,受邀到這家偏僻的小教會崇拜。後來文雲深明示暗示不贊同她來此聽道,她本來就信心未堅,拗不過也答應不再參與。只是這天到明慧家玩兒,明慧與允祺盛意拳拳硬拉她到教會崇拜,安琪為人心軟,唯有暪著父親去了。674Please respect copyright.PENANAsRhdtAVlx1
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見老爹為自己如此擔心,安琪軟聲說:「爸,不要擔心,女兒沒事了.......」674Please respect copyright.PENANAeGRzUQuKM1
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輔矢羽略感尷尬,雖然這一陣子與文教授來往較多,畢竟未至要深入別人家事,遂站起來走開些許,裝作舒展筋骨一番。674Please respect copyright.PENANAbJO458bqSf
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三十分鐘前,那場極有可疑的火災尚未發生。674Please respect copyright.PENANA1lXwlqXuis
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距離北郊教會約一小時車程,另一班信眾正在聚會崇拜,高唱聖詩。聲韻嘹亮,映襯出信眾們的赤誠之心。674Please respect copyright.PENANAosgxftH8Pg
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這小教堂的聖壇下有道暗門,下面是一條通往密室的秘道。674Please respect copyright.PENANAzVnUYqEEjK
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密室內,兩人正在議事。站著彙報的是一年輕女子,坐著沉思的是一名老者。674Please respect copyright.PENANAOlKTmY6kNQ
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「剛接到消息,北郊教會那邊的監視系統發現可疑之人靠近入侵,羅賓已前去處理。以他的身手,相信問題不大。」674Please respect copyright.PENANAIW02N95E9H
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「我們這些日子屢以『戰士之火』誅殺政要,恐怕已驚動官方的神經,甚至引來您提過的『那組織』派人干預。賈姆祭司,我們是否應稍停一陣子,以免惹上麻煩?」674Please respect copyright.PENANAWEsnyqsRhO
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「紅葉,本祭司的訓誨,你怎麼總不記在心上?以『戰士之火』引發人體自燃現象,乃教主的意思。當有異能秘術驚擾凡人,獵巫會必出手阻止,我教被打壓經年,此點豈會不知?在這人口高度密集的商業城市發動秘術,更是一傳十十傳百,只消半日便全城皆知,甚至成為國際新聞,這也在預料之中。教主命令,必有深意,你只需確實執行便是。其餘的,無須多想,知道嗎?」賈姆祭司的聲線低沉,頗具威嚴。674Please respect copyright.PENANANhxo8aWKc3
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「知道了。」紅葉不敢反駁。674Please respect copyright.PENANAW5EmWJCyW7
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「既然羅賓那邊已出現狀況,這裡估計也被盯上了,須小心提防。雖然說,分舵裡也沒什麼太要緊的物事,但諸如各政要的秘聞檔案,以及一切和『聖物』有關的資料,必得妥善處理,切勿外流,如有萬一,寧可銷毁,不可留存,千萬別忘了。」賈姆祭司說。674Please respect copyright.PENANA5gsrjjDQ9B
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「是。敏元已在監察周遭可有疑人接近,一有風吹草動便會示警。」674Please respect copyright.PENANAHoTFQloEoi
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「叫敏元莫再陪羅賓發瘋,花無謂錢去搞那個微型機系統,他兩人當本教是科研機構嗎?有那個時間,多查探一下政商界不可告人之事,才是正經。」說罷,賈姆祭司揮一揮手,示意紅葉退下,卻見她並未離去,欲言又止。674Please respect copyright.PENANALFj75V1YIp
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「還有什麼事嗎?」674Please respect copyright.PENANAVeVT65f7BW
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紅葉囁嚅道:「姊姊她……今早受傷後,就不知哪裡去了。屬下想見一見她。」674Please respect copyright.PENANA9RoQPJQafu
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賈姆祭司臉上怒意一閃即逝:「紅葉!你不是不知,依教規,凡任務失敗者必須受徹底盤查,以防有人假裝失手,實質與外人勾結,不利我教。念在你姊妹倆勞苦功高,她也沒受處分,僅是被看管著。再者,她聲稱靈力被封,如此重大變異,焉能不詳加查核,悉破真偽?」674Please respect copyright.PENANAXqjrqQiPg4
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他突然想起一事,冷眼斜睨道:「照紅蓮說,她快要失陷時,為一年輕男子所救,男子曾脫口而出『葉虹』二字,那可是你在外的化名。究竟是什麼一回事?」674Please respect copyright.PENANAGMpEEHiNQ3
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原來與賈姆祭司對話的紅葉,正是與輔矢羽聯手擊退街頭小混混的葉虹。紅蓮與紅葉是孿生姐妹,二人俱擅使刀術,身負異能,自小就給「聖火之境」訓練為戰鬥工具。今早輔矢羽認錯人,所跟蹤的「葉虹」,其實是姊姊紅蓮。674Please respect copyright.PENANAAgba0zVRSI
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紅葉還未回答,兩人忽然面色微變。他們對話之時,信眾高唱聖詩的歌聲,一直不間斷地從秘道走廊傳來。但話到此處,歌聲卻驟然停止。674Please respect copyright.PENANAoJiFZTJBN0
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「領唱時間應該還未完結的!」紅葉一驚。674Please respect copyright.PENANApfPXMvruGA
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只聽得遠處隱隱然有腳步聲傳來,很輕很輕,若非密道過份寧靜,只怕連一點先兆也沒有,敵人已攻至身前。674Please respect copyright.PENANAu6ol6dhpVO
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「大祭司,你的身份不能曝光,就讓屬下去擊退入侵者吧。」674Please respect copyright.PENANAgbJOsva8oZ
這家教會唱頌聖詩時,習慣全體起立。這一天,他們沒站多久,便一個一個的軟倒下來,不醒人事。674Please respect copyright.PENANAAvQYPu6u7s
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「柴郎呀,你真是心急。人家畢生都未試過跑進教堂唱聖詩,這是多麼有趣的體驗呀,你幹嗎就把他們迷暈了?」是瑟西嬌美的聲音。674Please respect copyright.PENANAqjkNMO8Mbk
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「我的瑟西呀,我以為你身為魔女,定會對這些難聽得要死的所謂歌曲毛管直豎,搞不好更像吸血鬼見到十字架般法力受損跪地求饒呢。怎麼知道你玩得如此高興?」柴郎笑說,一邊調笑,一邊在教堂內摸東弄西,似在尋找什麼。674Please respect copyright.PENANAw14OqExPT6
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「咯咯咯,你自己不耐煩還怪我呢?要不是我提議裝作信徒混進來,你大概會抓著牧師,然後給他打針,迫他把秘密說出來?可是呢,要是這傢伙只是小角色,豈不是......你們有句諺語,叫『撥草嚇走毒蛇』嘛!」674Please respect copyright.PENANA6OQ8KVxGUv
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「是『打草驚蛇』呢,親愛的。啊,是這裡了。」柴郎正搜查聖壇,突然有所發現。674Please respect copyright.PENANAe5BpucRSI0
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瑟西雖口中抱怨,卻對柴郎的做法並無異議。如此強攻硬闖,看似魯莽,說不定倒能把對方殺個措手不及,來不及佈防禦敵。674Please respect copyright.PENANA59rGdktFFY
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事實上,負責監視周遭狀況的金敏元,也著實沒料到敵人有此一著。他以為,即使有人裝作信徒,又能怎麼樣?只不過是平常的禮拜,根本沒半點機密擔心外人竊取。674Please respect copyright.PENANA1KZBYmyItm
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「鬼醫」柴郎硬幹蠻闖的手段,倒讓敵人措手不及。金敏元從熒幕處見到這一幕,看得傻了眼,立即攜同自製的「軍火」,從控制室跑向禮堂。674Please respect copyright.PENANA4Y0AC0JvE6
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可惜,他雖稱得上為電腦、科技天才,卻是不折不扣的「宅男」,殊乏應變能力,急忙中渾沒想到建築物內仍迷煙密佈,結果一走近禮堂,便暈倒地上了。674Please respect copyright.PENANAp95zyOmoIU
聖壇講台下,有一道暗門,設計頗見精巧,不易為人發現,卻也難不倒兩名獵客。674Please respect copyright.PENANAX9DDYW4MVf
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「是一條秘道,待我入內探查,你留守此處吧。」柴郎說。674Please respect copyright.PENANAHePPXz8w3e
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「哎呀,你的紳士風度哪裡去了?」瑟西笑說。674Please respect copyright.PENANAtCPVazOAe7
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柴郎微笑,做了一手勢,示意瑟西說下去。674Please respect copyright.PENANAkRXbWC2yEV
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瑟西嬌笑:「不是該Lady first嗎?」674Please respect copyright.PENANAy7N2p5YYpm
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柴郎笑說:「這讓我想起一個笑話。二戰後,大男人主義的韓國男人,總是讓妻子走在前頭,因擔心誤觸戰時遺下的地雷。為免遭人嘲笑膽小,於是辯解稱:這是外國人流行的Lady first,鄉巴佬懂什麼?」674Please respect copyright.PENANAw207Zlcn38
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瑟西笑得更歡暢:「要是前面有地雷這麼好玩,更不能讓你獨享了。」674Please respect copyright.PENANAaNNAXNJ0Li
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兩人爭相走在前面,非關他倆情深似海願為情人赴湯渡火,亦非義氣掛帥願為同僚兩脇插刃。實情是,二人皆視「獵巫」為無比樂趣,既有靈能者當前,誰也不欲「獵物」落在別人手上。674Please respect copyright.PENANALQsQPZGtGi
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也因為,兩人均對自身實力自信滿溢,並未把前方的危險當作一回事。674Please respect copyright.PENANATkVvDJ2DGm
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雖然蠢蠢欲動,柴郎倒也真注重紳士風度,說:「好吧,我來殿後。」674Please respect copyright.PENANAzpavg9LJEO
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他本打算親自守在密道外面,以防敵人回馬一槍,把暗門封死便糟糕;但想了想,通道內才是機要所在,如有什麼強悍敵人,也該在裡面才是,反正都是蠻闖了,太小心謹慎並非自己一貫風格。於是他以仿如做手術般的利落手法,把暗門拆卸下來,然後提膝猛撞,把木製的門扉破成數塊爛木。674Please respect copyright.PENANA4pM7cviucc
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接著他吞了一粒藥,取出一個如試管大小的容器,把封蓋扭開,裡面緩緩泄出一股無色無味的輕煙。「混和兩種迷煙,除非這鬼教派預備了軍用級防毒面罩,短時間內誰也別想靠近這裡。」柴郎心想。674Please respect copyright.PENANA7lK0slLHNT
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準備定當,瑟西已先一步走進密道。674Please respect copyright.PENANAGly2lTpsfB