二月一日,半夜三時半。365Please respect copyright.PENANAgwoP2SfY6n
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赤柱監獄水飯房二十六號倉。365Please respect copyright.PENANAo3gtpt6Pp4
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十塊肉團在拼湊而成的「鍵盤」上飛快地遊走着,那只能勉強叫作「鍵盤」,因為上面的按鍵全都是混亂的狀態,本來「A」的地方變成了「B」,然後有三個「Y」與四個「Z」。365Please respect copyright.PENANAfi72ar6Ewe
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然而在螢幕上顯示的也不是甚麼可以閱讀的東西,而是重複又重複的一堆符號。365Please respect copyright.PENANADB6OyWLLQU
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「阿水你這傢伙又替我在外面開了幾張空頭支票……甚麼『黑幫老大會躲在哪兒上大號?』、『明天股票升還是跌?』、『女朋友有沒有瞞着自己與前度私訊』……還不如去問問『白羊座今晚的運程』及『有甚麼巴士過海不塞車』啦!」肉團的主人怨聲載道。365Please respect copyright.PENANAx2xj8v5U24
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「每天可以問多過三條嗎?」在隔壁的囚倉傳來阿水──劉貽的聲音。365Please respect copyright.PENANAna6G3NHzfD
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「當然不行啦!每天限問三條!有配額的呀!」男子穿的黑色背心下是頗肥胖的身軀:「你真的以為我是那『無所不知』的水飯房幽靈嗎?」365Please respect copyright.PENANA4c9Me4VPfp
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「你不是嗎?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAAyllzG5TYM
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水飯房幽靈為之氣結,反了反白眼說:「我是!但我又不是!總之你在浪費我每天珍貴的配額!」365Please respect copyright.PENANAzHfzk7rHFh
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「我無意冒犯,但這些都是很重要的兄弟……」365Please respect copyright.PENANA7ekCMeNRK2
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「我知道我知道!我們要離開這兒、實行計劃還得依靠他們嘛!」365Please respect copyright.PENANADJa19ZY3Ce
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「沒錯……」365Please respect copyright.PENANACQF3Q5L5rq
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「為甚麼今天害羞鬼的反應那麼慢?」365Please respect copyright.PENANATdPCWCfcbL
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良久。365Please respect copyright.PENANAXiMAmOCdpw
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「是呢!」阿水見幽靈沒有再出聲,便再問:「發生了甚麼事嗎?」365Please respect copyright.PENANA04REJiwDKC
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「是……」幽靈的聲音變得很不確定:「真的出了事。」365Please respect copyright.PENANA2DVcncMTBR
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「甚麼事?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAaGoRCl6xcq
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「一九七二年慕尼黑慘案……」他的嗓子在震動着。365Please respect copyright.PENANADqqoln0c8b
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阿水有點不安,他的記憶很模糊,但仍然對慕尼黑慘案有些印象。365Please respect copyright.PENANALgTnGLjScE
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「人類總要重複同樣的錯誤……」365Please respect copyright.PENANAwmF9eyDhql
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「甚麼?甚麼嘛?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAnHfFBuuz33
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「明天即將舉行的韓國釜山世運會……祖國的代表團將會受到恐怖襲擊……」他打從心底顫抖,口齒不清,阿水幾乎聽不清楚他在說甚麼。365Please respect copyright.PENANA1r52XH6jKl
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「祖國?你的祖國?朝鮮!」阿水也嚇了一跳,因為他隱約看到事情的嚴重性:「那是真的嗎?還是只是暗網中穿鑿附會的陰謀論?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAdVjh7BigOf
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「不,這是害羞鬼透過馬里亞納深網的一個子集告訴我的。」幽靈終於冷靜下來,嘆了口氣說:「我們要提早實行那個計劃了。」365Please respect copyright.PENANA8CgfhWSmYA
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「反雞蛋仔行動?」365Please respect copyright.PENANA3l1lUKdSwu
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「我要暫時『消失』一會兒作最後準備,兩個星期後你再進來水飯房吧!」365Please respect copyright.PENANACN8jEk1k5T
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「反雞蛋仔行動?」葉向東問。365Please respect copyright.PENANAVO2ALaqZ9m
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「雞蛋仔行動就是雪姑七友想出來的鬼主意。」害羞鬼聳了聳肩說。365Please respect copyright.PENANASKjsv7DDe4
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「雪姑七友!」這四個字刺激着葉向東的神經:「那幫唯恐天下不亂的犯罪分子!沒錯,你也是他們的一分子!原來水飯房幽靈也是,阿水也是!」365Please respect copyright.PENANAJgGQFDQJDF
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害羞鬼搖了搖頭說:「『害羞鬼』的確是我幾經辛苦滲透他們組織後得到的代號,但不代表我就是他們的一分子……更莫說水飯房幽靈與阿水那群烏合之眾,更不是他們的人了。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAWwYBEeNIIm
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「為甚麼?」365Please respect copyright.PENANArd2FHYdGyH
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「我不是說『反雞蛋仔』嗎?」葉向東感覺到小丑面具下的恥笑:「『反』又如何『正』?雖然『正』有時也會是『反』,有時也不是,反正……」365Please respect copyright.PENANAFkFFKmTUmY
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「也是一堆概念。」葉向東不等害羞鬼說下去。365Please respect copyright.PENANACCI40vJS2A
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「你搶了我的台詞啊。」365Please respect copyright.PENANA9RmxlaEfBQ
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「少說廢話,接着如何了?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAFY9zO9aVNv
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「接着如何?接着我就被困在這兒啊!」害羞鬼張開雙手,環視四周:「水飯房幽靈,不,應該說他在美國的代號:『潘多拉』才對,那傢伙居然趁朝鮮襲擊南韓報復時,與中國合謀用甚麼朝鮮最高級的機密作為誘餌,設計陷害我,把我困在這兒。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAvc14xYYNxf
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「如果『水飯房幽靈』就是『潘多拉』……那麼『潘多拉之盒』……」葉向東似乎想通了箇中的因果關係了。365Please respect copyright.PENANAaqWHCC3GJo
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「沒錯,潘多拉之盒就是這兒了。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAphKFFacExZ
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葉向東留意着害羞鬼背後的金屬牆壁,那種反光有點不自然的感覺,像是材質的貼圖質素不佳,雖未至於一眼便看出「起角」,但與「真實」有點距離。365Please respect copyright.PENANAGSkMkoOtY4
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「眼前的一切事物肯定是電腦產生的虛擬實境!」他想:「潘多拉之盒就是這個虛構的金庫?不!說不定我被牡丹……可能還有其他北韓特工……給催眠了,真身正被五花大綁,要迫使我吐出甚麼秘密來。」365Please respect copyright.PENANATCRtTQ5tEN
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他覺得眼前的害羞鬼愈來愈「假」。365Please respect copyright.PENANAi8G2Vhyij9
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「事實上,她們真的誤會了,我有何秘密可以吐露呢?」葉向東眼睛轉動,正想辦法脫身:「既然肉隨砧板上,只好乖乖就範,胡吹亂謅一番,滿足了她們的要求,離開金庫,催眠自然就會失效了?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAsrDBm0p8w1
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既然打定主意,他便說:「好,我明白了,我幫你。」365Please respect copyright.PENANA6yItm5ZOWD
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害羞鬼高興得彈起身來,還以為要多費一番唇舌,說:「真的?!」365Please respect copyright.PENANAczAdEEbOHx
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「真的。」葉向東暗暗得意地說:「但我現在動彈不得,如何幫得上忙?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAhkja05Fueb
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害羞鬼推着葉向東回到「電腦」的前面,說:「你要先替我解開這個謎題。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAdnyqFhYne3
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在螢光幕出現的並不是「納維斯托克斯存在性與光滑性」的方程式,而是另一堆數字:365Please respect copyright.PENANAT7hn9b7OJf
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1 = 4365Please respect copyright.PENANAI2s5hlrxLp
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3 = 24365Please respect copyright.PENANATk26ChSb3q
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「這是甚麼?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAu6aU2A28TE
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「就是要你求答案囉!」害羞鬼把葉向東的頭推近螢幕,數式是放大了,但內容並沒有變化。365Please respect copyright.PENANACDbbamirAx
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葉向東睜大眼睛看得很清楚,不是那些深奧的方程式,而是早些年前在社交網絡以「哈佛大學八成人都答錯,你會答對嗎?」作招徠,瘋傳又瘋傳的智力問題。365Please respect copyright.PENANAHBtbnxwn7z
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當年,他也中了圈套,以為答案是「96」。因為他用了階乘「n!」的概念去傳釋這個「=」。看「4、8、24」這個序列,就會認為是「4 x 1! = 4」、「4 x 2! = 8」、「4 x 3! = 24」,所以「4 x4! = 96」。365Please respect copyright.PENANA9E1TFSyKaT
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然而,「96」卻是個「錯誤」的答案,因為出題者說:「嘿!中計了!正確的答案其實很簡單,答案是『1』,因為既然『1 = 4』,『4 = 1』也是當然的了。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAOD93wYy0xf
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沒錯,原來「2 = 8」和「3 = 24」都是擾亂思路「假線索」。這樣說實在太客氣,因為這個「=」的意思根本不一樣!「1 = 4」與「4 = 1」中「=」是「對稱性」,而「2 = 8」及「3 = 24」就是「階乘」,但何時是指「對稱性」,何時是指「階乘」,則無從推斷。365Please respect copyright.PENANAsrjfZjyRks
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那即是說,答案可以是兩者,也可以不是兩者。365Please respect copyright.PENANAgnnKgIkiFf
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看到葉向東迷惘的樣子,害羞鬼似乎很享受,並沒有催促的意思,那種沉默的等待,反而給葉向東很大的心理壓力。365Please respect copyright.PENANAxDGIWvLds7
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這樣的時間過得特別慢。365Please respect copyright.PENANAt2nzF8FgxD
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葉向東終於也聽到自己的心跳聲。365Please respect copyright.PENANACiPmxop7yX
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「那根本不是數學問題。」葉向東最後忍不住說:「事實上這是在猜你是一個『錯誤的正常人』,還是一個『正常的瘋子』。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAbhvrt85iR9
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「咭咭咭!」害羞鬼大笑,走過來把葉向東一百八十度轉過身去。365Please respect copyright.PENANAUcLJEDgwRl
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只見金庫的門居然打開了。365Please respect copyright.PENANAS32w4zM6IM
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「為甚麼?」他愈來愈不解了。365Please respect copyright.PENANAoCD95jT5Qn
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「你答對了。」只聽到害羞鬼的聲音。365Please respect copyright.PENANA4LU0fkfTsF
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「答對了?」葉向東難以置信:「我還沒有答啊!」365Please respect copyright.PENANAdbqvlVBcMv
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「對!」365Please respect copyright.PENANAgyvSMiPhiP
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「我不是要幫助你,而你會幫助我離開的嗎?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAGZrlMJXO4u
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「對。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAJEGnfB4OC9
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「我真的可以離開了?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAto1kYFJTjb
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「你還要問多少次?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAdlx4diUytr
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「但……我要如何離開?」葉向東還是動彈不得。365Please respect copyright.PENANAtxNeWnzx7I
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「我有沒有綁着你啊?」還是看不見害羞鬼,只有他的聲音在耳邊響着:「走出去,就是這樣簡單。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAl84X6Xs3Vw
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