萌理佳暗自盤算該如何開口向對方搭話……那種重重壓進皮膚,令人戰慄的冰冷氣息使她陷入行動或躊躇的輪迴。主動搭訕這種行為原本就不是動漫宅女拿手的事。尤其當對方是個全身是血、手上還拿著尖刀的男生。387Please respect copyright.PENANAidFVK3J0m6
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在這種情境下到底要怎麼樣讓事情有所進展呢……387Please respect copyright.PENANAPu9EFoVStt
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染血少年根本已經把蹲在走廊內側的萌理佳當成空氣,逕自來回遊走,刀尖的血滴滴答答。387Please respect copyright.PENANA9xVaqAhJGe
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該喊玄鶚來嗎?不過,少年也沒做出危害他人的舉動,大呼小叫反而激怒對方不就適得其反了嘛?387Please respect copyright.PENANAEUArKyHYwL
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「呣呣呣呣~好糾結啊……」萌理佳猛捏著兔子頭套,雙耳彈呀彈。387Please respect copyright.PENANAQzaEfqvkUg
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「怎麼,妳還在啊?」387Please respect copyright.PENANA6CRWQAW1MR
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喔?萌理佳抬起臉,訝異地與少年四目相對。387Please respect copyright.PENANANpOAfRC3mR
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「妳的兔耳很顯眼。」他歪著頭說。387Please respect copyright.PENANAWL6yxO7tLH
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……嗯,原來她整個人的大小,顯眼度不及一雙假兔耳嗎?算了,他能主動靠近就謝天謝地了。萌理佳打量著少年的神情,仔細感覺包覆著兩人,對方壓倒性的氣場變化。387Please respect copyright.PENANAesQWmOeG3m
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「有一種……很懷念的感覺。」387Please respect copyright.PENANAOCfZGhntEW
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少年混濁的眼瞳之中浮現了些許亮光。看來這個人對兔子懷有特殊的情感。萌理佳小心地摸摸頭頂雪白的絨布。而少年也沒想繼續逗留,忽然轉頭想往反方向離開。387Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6Uby8Y34u
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他要走掉了!387Please respect copyright.PENANA8yXAo0SHGL
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「那個,你喜歡兔子嗎?」說時遲那時快,萌理佳說什麼也不能讓到手的話題飛了,想也不想就扔出無關緊要的問句。387Please respect copyright.PENANATqcd3rTlkB
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染血少年腳步瞬間停頓。387Please respect copyright.PENANATSboDAqvlh
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「不。」他說,「只是很懷念。」387Please respect copyright.PENANA8f1rSeRHMs
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「什麼……意思?」387Please respect copyright.PENANAFtTOnbkMU5
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「我,不記得自己為什麼在這裡。也不記得,很多事。」387Please respect copyright.PENANAoHulPz8aI9
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陽光靜靜地打在大理石地面上,跟刀尖的血一起。然而,能夠前進的只有日復一日的太陽,而他與這把刀卻走不出這條長廊。387Please respect copyright.PENANA4kIW0F0Gpz
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「我……我撿到這些。是你折的嗎?」萌理佳一邊拿出口袋中的東西,一邊小心地起身。387Please respect copyright.PENANAiGflUTkvtI
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少年轉過頭來,黯淡的視線好不容易聚焦在那疊萌理佳用雙手托著的破爛紙張。387Please respect copyright.PENANAuDLZSuapYk
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「對不起,我打開了。它們原本是紙飛機,我們是因為它們才找來這裡的。」387Please respect copyright.PENANAT8I5EInorA
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你想……看一看嗎?萌理佳忍住逃開的衝動,鼓起勇氣朝前站了一步。少年沒有反應。既沒有伸手接下沾染血漬的紙,也沒有移動。387Please respect copyright.PENANA6dRZaI5eKt
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「這個……是從這個地方飛出去的嗎?」387Please respect copyright.PENANAI4Yy1qPert
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「我想是的。我剛剛也看見了從這層樓飛出了紙飛機,就在你靠近西側盡頭的時候。」萌理佳開始感到怪異,「難道……你自己都沒有察覺嗎?」387Please respect copyright.PENANASqBU9HHZ6E
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少年定格在這個姿勢,似乎正在思考,也可能只是在發呆。那種呆滯的表情萌理佳無法判斷。387Please respect copyright.PENANAREcETgSALa
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老天鵝……究竟該怎麼做啊?這種時候,動畫裡的女主角會怎麼做?以往看的愛情故事裡沒有這種男主角,根本難以帶入角色啊!但這種情況好像不能以愛情這種類型做為發想,太離經叛道了……好可怕。好疑惑。好不知所措……現實生活就是這麼麻煩。387Please respect copyright.PENANABPKVGIBowq
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「……我不知道。」過了半晌,少年終於重新上線。387Please respect copyright.PENANAwOHT59BThZ
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「是嗎……?那,你叫什麼名字?」感覺再也撐不下去的萌理佳只好準備叫人。不管了,總之,這個人似乎並不像散發出來的磁場那樣充滿侵略感。387Please respect copyright.PENANAvkfkhzsc2e
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「名字……新河。」387Please respect copyright.PENANAd5VJgmvgYb
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「那麼,新河。」萌理佳咬緊牙關,承受已經變成一千根針扎入皮膚一般的冰涼氣息。「我是……『幽靈萬事屋』的萌理佳,請問我可以請另一位萬事屋的人來幫你嗎?」387Please respect copyright.PENANAU1D6pI1eE8
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幽靈新河從一開始就沒有任何死亡時的記憶。本來尚有存活時的回憶,然而卻有某種心緒漸漸在胸腔蔓延,吃掉了那些看似不存在任何值得留戀的事物的記憶。而那都不值一提,他只覺得自己忘了什麼事。很重要、很重要的事。387Please respect copyright.PENANAWcPrANFGxC
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一開始,他在西側盡頭的廁所中醒來。說是「醒來」太過「活人」,以幽靈的角度來說就是重拾意識。新河疑惑著自己為何在這個地方,他沒有帶錢包,手機也不見了,手中握著一把刀。387Please respect copyright.PENANAY2ME7dnn90
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一把全是鮮血的刀。387Please respect copyright.PENANATYquo4UHT3
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沿著緊握刀柄的手掌往上看,他很快發覺自己全身都是血。血液滲透了制服襯衫的人工纖維,觸感卻很虛幻。乍看之下黏答答的貼著一部份的肌膚,卻絲毫不覺潮濕或噁心。他也很快發覺這並不是自己的血。387Please respect copyright.PENANAXsRQ0ZNKUu
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他嚇了一大跳,將刀刃扔到廁所牆角。尖刀與瓷磚相互敲擊,發出詭譎的尖銳回音。氣窗外的天空以靛色為基底,上面浮著一片片灰黑的雲。月色幾乎消失無蹤。在這種光線之下,新河無法理解自己為何如此確信身上的液體就是鮮血?但他就是知道。或許是空氣中的鐵銹味,也或許他好像快要想起發生了什麼事……然而,想要抓住的碎片卻稍縱即逝。387Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2HntKAR3m
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新河腦子一團亂,轉頭望著緊閉的廁所出口。出去看看吧……他如是打算,伸手想握住門把,卻發現沾滿血液的尖刀不知何時再度回到手裡。387Please respect copyright.PENANAymU8PALMpr
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咦……?387Please respect copyright.PENANAMmRU623S3L
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之後無論扔掉多少次,小刀都會回到手中,彷彿手掌與刀刃間存在著看不見的絲線,緊緊相連。這把刀子究竟有何含意?他為什麼在這裡?這些又是誰的血……他傷了誰嗎?新河意識到這點。387Please respect copyright.PENANA1eUhglB0lQ
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他走出廁所,來到走廊上。喔,對了,這裡是某所學校。他想起自己似乎是到了學校,一個綁著馬尾的女孩從腦海深處竄出。記憶的背景相當模糊,只知道他們一同在陽光下……也可能是有光的地方。387Please respect copyright.PENANAjNcqu33tuw
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女孩背對著新河,紮在後腦的髮飾是一種叫羊毛氈的手工藝。那是一只白兔。387Please respect copyright.PENANAHaT5fKzNAR
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她是誰?新河怎麼也想不起來。387Please respect copyright.PENANAeGRHbxtlf2
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他試著找尋更多線索。於是步上夜色下的長廊,沿著這個時間空無一人的走廊往東側走。教室門邊公告著課表,新河每一張都端詳一陣。從西側到東側一共有四間教室,新河對課表上面的教師姓名全都沒有印象。他繼續往東側走,嘗試從樓梯下樓,才踏出一階,卻發現自己又回到走廊上。他回到西側廁所旁的樓梯,也是一樣的情況。387Please respect copyright.PENANAEbU6PbMBS7
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他不斷嘗試走出這層樓,直到天色漸明。白天,他發現自己身上的制服與前來就學的學生不一樣,就連繡在外套上的校名都不一樣。生長在大樓前方的榕樹蒼翠而充滿生命力。他對這所學校的校名有點印象,新河越發納悶,在學生之間來回踱步。沒有人看得到他,因此也沒有引發任何騷動。他發現自己無法進入教室,能夠活動的區域只有四樓走廊與西側的女廁。387Please respect copyright.PENANAbgLoYsbZ6j
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他有時會忽然喪失意識。醒來後就跟第一天一樣,從西側女廁的地板上醒來,身上鮮血淋漓,沿著刀身滴落。387Please respect copyright.PENANAWlTCQoBtN5
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漸漸地,他放棄擺脫刀刃的念頭,但仍會偶爾嘗試走出樓層。雖然每次都大失所望。387Please respect copyright.PENANAs9d445teW3
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不知過了多久,學生間開始有怪談傳開,就連校方都介入處理……新河依舊在此處徘徊不去。387Please respect copyright.PENANAJyhvHzs8rQ
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又過了一陣子,榕樹另一端的新建校舍完工。新河仍然沒有任何線索。387Please respect copyright.PENANAfrcdyBQTpq
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再過了一段歲月,這棟校舍終於只剩下新河孤身一人。387Please respect copyright.PENANAz9FsVUqlGq
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他已然想不起那女孩的容貌,她紮著什麼髮型……最後,就連「她到底是誰?」這個問題都忘了要追尋。387Please respect copyright.PENANAEmnOkVPvLb
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或許,他身上的血是她的?新河如是作想。要是如此,他便無法原諒自己。387Please respect copyright.PENANA52YwNkRlSj
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從這層樓往下俯瞰著翠綠的樹梢,新河胸口湧出一陣哀痛。387Please respect copyright.PENANAmYTjyRaetv
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……妳是誰?我傷害了妳嗎?為何明明不認識妳,我卻感到如此悲傷?387Please respect copyright.PENANAFuzvGOzdpR
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「怎麼著?結果居然是男生哪?」387Please respect copyright.PENANAjQTtFKUVg0
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新河回過神來,眼前出現一名接近黑色的深藍色少年。一股柔和的氣息彷彿吹入寒冬中的暖氣。387Please respect copyright.PENANAZNCy5XB5FT
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