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「天啊,這是我第一次吃鹿肉欸。」97Please respect copyright.PENANA5psTPZWaVQ
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我才剛將一片燻肉放入口中,那濃郁的柴香味就立刻像是實體的煙霧一樣充滿了我的整個口腔。97Please respect copyright.PENANA32kvdBy0kW
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「你老兄也太會燻了吧?這是種族天賦嗎?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAmQMazlrShQ
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我睜大了雙眼。97Please respect copyright.PENANAu119VJkLt3
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「我叫做班‧邁爾頓。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAJBmi7IWO6t
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我們現在坐在班在末日前經營的槍店二樓儲藏室的一張橡木圓桌旁,一隻已經去除器官,燻製得乾乎乎的野鹿分成六塊,就這麼吊掛在旁邊的天花板上。97Please respect copyright.PENANA0gtJrDrSm7
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班‧邁爾頓拿下了其中一塊右前腿肉,現在正用小刀分切著肉片,一片片疊到一塊乾淨的盤子上。97Please respect copyright.PENANAjknDmUPi0D
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順帶一提,我剛吃的那片是我看他切的時候沒忍住,偷的。97Please respect copyright.PENANAcB667MTYCM
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「小時候我爸教我燻的,我們在獵鹿季經常去打獵。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAtWMlqQYYst
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「頭還在那掛著呢。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAnhYGbi0HBh
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班用小刀指向一旁角落的另外兩根鐵鉤,一根倒掛著一顆乾燥的鹿頭,另一根還有顆人的頭,我不確定他是在說鹿還是他爸。97Please respect copyright.PENANA87Hmf4FtOF
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先不管那顆人頭是不是他爸,那顆鹿頭可能是他留著等下要吃的。97Please respect copyright.PENANAl5MOX10TM8
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「不愧是美國。連野鹿都有。」97Please respect copyright.PENANA5tCIJmyUUt
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我點頭讚賞,班則露出了一個難看的微笑。97Please respect copyright.PENANAU52oEaz9sH
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我想可能是因為他看見艾蘇納沒忍住,把那顆鹿頭帶鉤子給一起拽下來了吧。97Please respect copyright.PENANA97BI5jVjIQ
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鐵鉤刺穿了艾蘇納的臉頰,不過艾蘇納並沒有任何痛覺反應,而是直勾勾的望著我,像是在請求許可一樣。97Please respect copyright.PENANAcdcUnBef2p
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「艾蘇納,壞,那是班叔叔等下要吃的。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAqvg1tDl4R2
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我起身走向艾蘇納,輕輕拍了他的頭頂一掌,下面那個頭頂。97Please respect copyright.PENANATMs21cQIMO
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「呃不了,這些肉就很夠吃了,我是沒有吃頭的打算。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAjRgk5vXccJ
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見我的反應,班連忙意會過來,搖著小刀和頭說道。97Please respect copyright.PENANA7w2cAJUzmj
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「好吧,既然你都這麼說了,艾蘇納,吃吧。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAOaR5KTGPtC
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聽見我說可以,艾蘇納神色一悲,用舌頭捲起那顆鹿頭連著鐵鉤一起拋向空中,然後就這麼連著鐵鉤和骨頭一起粗嚼幾口,吞了下去。97Please respect copyright.PENANAbv32EhGT24
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過程中,鐵鉤還穿出了她的喉嚨一次才吞進去。97Please respect copyright.PENANAKJHMiWnraT
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看著眼巴巴望著自己,像是在問「還有沒有」的艾蘇納,以及站在旁邊一動不動,像是雕像一樣的克勞尼,班終於忍不住,轉頭問我。97Please respect copyright.PENANAd9rJmZLn6u
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「你能不能跟我說一下,這兩……」班斟酌了一下措辭,最後還是鼓起勇氣,問道:「這兩個……東西,到底是甚麼?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAIXjh5NCQAm
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「艾蘇納和克勞尼。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAsQBRGgvOVb
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反正不是甚麼機密,我很乾脆的解答了他的問題。97Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5CnMnc95F
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「不,我不是說名字,我是說,他們到底是甚麼?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAxbPlicHl7g
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不過班顯然是對我給出的答案並不滿意,搖著頭繼續追問。97Please respect copyright.PENANAIAog3LNuqs
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「源生的純粹反秩序和代言者掌握的半可控反秩序碰撞之後產生的同時帶有一定程度理解能力和反秩序變異個體特徵但不完全仇視智慧生命的半天然半人工矛盾造物。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAT5PigaeFyV
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看著一頭霧水,眨著眼睛,不停搖頭的班,我補充道。97Please respect copyright.PENANAmECGhzAXo6
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「簡稱,艾蘇納和克勞尼。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAC3AVSpbdju
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早說這就是最適合他的答案了。97Please respect copyright.PENANA6WP7lsdQIn
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「好吧,我一個字都聽不懂。」班搖了搖頭,決定不再細究,而是直接提出真正的問題,「那兩個東西應該跟外面的那些殭屍有點關係吧?為什麼他們好像會聽你的話的樣子?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAbjWhOfW5rg
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「好了,你問題太多了,放心就好,他們不咬人的。」97Please respect copyright.PENANA0og2xF4d1p
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我望向艾蘇納,想了想,又補充道:「不隨便咬人的。」97Please respect copyright.PENANALMfhPfL9f6
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「我們還是說回正題吧。」我將班的注意力從那對活寶拽回自己身上,然後指著桌上已經快要堆成山的火腿切片,說道:「我們能吃了嗎?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAcRbd3wh8XR
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我指向那疊高高疊起的煙燻鹿肉片,不自覺的嚥了口口水。97Please respect copyright.PENANABGqvbcQ7d5
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「喔,對阿,差點忘了,你們等一下。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAdkLmrKp5JF
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班急急忙忙又拿出了一大條他自己用搜刮來的麵粉烤製的大塊硬麵包。97Please respect copyright.PENANAs06DpKX0Aj
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班用一把帶鋸齒的餐刀,將麵包粗略切成幾塊,往中間夾上幾片鹿肉,和一些聽說是從他的後院裡挖出來的新鮮切片野洋蔥之後遞給了我們。97Please respect copyright.PENANA4AiRBCkllb
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「拿去吃吧。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAn6KoI5kncJ
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這樣四捨五入也算得上是漢堡了。97Please respect copyright.PENANAwCQIE2eSiD
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我接過這土製,有七成左右是野生的漢堡,才剛入手就覺得份量十足,甚至可以說得上是有點沉重。97Please respect copyright.PENANAA1M8KFP4Nz
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才剛吃上第一口,我就感覺到來美國這趟已經值了。97Please respect copyright.PENANAsStXPEMx2Z
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這餐要放在餐廳裡賣少說四百塊起跳,加兩片肉還得多80。97Please respect copyright.PENANAcPnxKMVY1f
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我仰頭灌起一瓶兩公升裝的卡可卡樂,又咬下一大口漢堡,一邊嚼,一邊問道:「你平常就吃這些東西啊?那過得算不錯囉?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ8GiptWR7
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「不錯?」班抽了抽右眉,「扣掉打不完的殭屍跟流寇野賊以外,可以這樣說吧。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAKEND7Nvmkl
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「拜託,你還有這一堆槍,怕什麼殭屍啊。」我一邊吃著漢堡,一邊繼續說道:「對了,我剛說還有幾個問題要問,你不介意吧?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAMaVvXIFQVW
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「你問吧。」班點頭,「我要是知道一定告訴你。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAR4tsMihoxP
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艾蘇納都搬出來放在這裡鎮場了,我並不擔心他會騙我,我只是點頭,接著便問道:「首先,我們現在到底在哪裡?」97Please respect copyright.PENANA8BNqF5LBTz
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「這裡是康德鎮,在緬因州東部,不過你們怎麼會不知道自己在哪?」班皺起了眉頭,「你們迷路了?不帶地圖就開著車在外面亂闖?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAqv5ZdHA4yL
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「長話短說,我們的班機原本預計是要飛到加拿大的,結果途中遇到一隻偷藏在貨艙裡的殭屍跑出來咬人,最後班機失控,就在幾英里外迫降了。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAfC7cImhsOU
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說這話時,我的神色還帶著點驚恐,有時候我真佩服自己的演技。97Please respect copyright.PENANAnrCVhWZtCh
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「飛機?」97Please respect copyright.PENANA2r89pq26hT
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「沒錯,台航的。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAPrHf4PMeg0
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「都殭屍末日一年多了,這時候還有跨國班機?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAFnWc968b7f
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班臉上的狐疑神情不斷湧出,看來我的演技沒甚麼用,我得分幾點技能點到口才上了。97Please respect copyright.PENANAMASBWyAk5S
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「信不信由你,」我一揮手,帶過了這個話題。「第二個問題,你知道最近的機場在哪裡嗎?我們有急事,趕著搭明天的飛機回台灣。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAzKzPkMesi3
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班看我的眼神變得更加怪異了。97Please respect copyright.PENANA9Y7NjOmGDg
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我真的該把口才點得高一點。97Please respect copyright.PENANAsvqaenpdtu
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班嘆了口氣,說道:「你們的運氣還不錯,往東開30英哩左右就有一座簡易機場,不過我不覺得這時候還會有飛機,天啊,我在說甚麼廢話,這時候怎麼會有……算了,那是你們要擔心的事情。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAmJbGFQvA7M
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班起身走向一旁的抽屜,拿出一張仔細摺好的地圖,然後用紅色奇異筆替我們圈出了最近的機場所在。97Please respect copyright.PENANArcJeWCcnNj
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他說得沒錯,不怎麼遠。97Please respect copyright.PENANAKnGFNv7sZI
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「但是有個問題,你們要怎麼過去?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAItZEKrJ6jK
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嗯?97Please respect copyright.PENANAZF9gl3wLgp
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看著我的反應,班繼續說道:「你們不會是要用走的吧?你們的車不是剛在樓下撞壞了嗎?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAn3hsXBsDEq
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他認真的神情,讓我硬生生把騎著艾蘇納去這句話給吞回了喉嚨裡去。97Please respect copyright.PENANAmnXzMlGuem
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「我開車帶你們去吧,我的那台還停在車庫,但我有個交換條件,我要你們用艾蘇納幫我把這鎮子的殭屍全部清理掉。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAtVsdXxTqIj
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「甚麼?」97Please respect copyright.PENANAIDBmLuwWcy
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班點頭道:「我已經大致摸清那些東西的行動習慣了,他們早上會找陰影處潛伏起來,我平常都是趁著太陽最大的時候出去行動的,只是偶爾還是有機率遇到零星的幾隻殭屍,在短距離的遭遇戰,就算有槍也有風險。我……我實在不想再過這種提心吊膽的生活了,雖然聽不太懂你說的那些原理,但艾蘇納原本也是他們的一員吧?」
說到激動處,班站了起來。97Please respect copyright.PENANAbcnN06kmSa
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「艾蘇納會聽你的話吧?只要你用艾蘇納把那些東西引出來,我就會在樓上用狙擊槍把他們全部幹掉,全部,不,只要清理掉這鎮子裡七成左右的殭屍,我就有把握今後能在這裡自給自足了。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAMaFqKkONim
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我放下漢堡,站起身,嚇得班向後仰了幾公分。不過我只是走到他身旁,輕輕拍了拍他的肩膀。97Please respect copyright.PENANAe9b6OWRQTt
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「只是殺殭屍而已,這種小事情不需要動用到艾蘇納,我來就行了。」97Please respect copyright.PENANA97lx6CbWgR
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「寶貝,你在這裡等,順便看著班先生,我下去。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAwVfgprlEki
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「想都別想,老娘要跟著你。」97Please respect copyright.PENANAItMyDX8vNb
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我聳肩,反正只是殺點殭屍,帶著白金之星也無所謂,便牽起凡爾莎向我伸來的手,向樓下走去。97Please respect copyright.PENANA3YtlafB8zc
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「班先生,你就先在這等我們一下吧,幫我們看著漢堡,順便幫我們找找有沒有番茄醬甚麼能配的,單吃實在有點乾,給我們一個小時,我保證這鎮上不會再有除了我們四個之外的任何人形生物。」97Please respect copyright.PENANA58DJSOqxmp
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「等等等等一下,太陽就快出來了。」班瘋狂搖著頭,說道:「你們確定現在就要出去?」97Please respect copyright.PENANASNF3Sz7lCg
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面對這奇怪的問題,我停下腳步,笑著答道:「不用擔心,我們剛來美國,還沒調時差,現在還沒有很睏。」97Please respect copyright.PENANA6ORpsbUonV
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「應該說,這個時間正好,他們也還沒睡,反正不是第一次幹這事了,你只要等著看就好。」97Please respect copyright.PENANABZQxhHwsgY
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"I will take care of it."