
新月軍失去火星領土,狼狽地回到小行星帶外環。阿那吠耀停在木星太空站維修,卡利斯托殖民地近在咫尺,但所有官兵都禁止下船。625Please respect copyright.PENANASTubL4w2eV
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「元帥大人,您來了。」625Please respect copyright.PENANA79J4F5TGC9
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黑暗房間塞滿監視螢幕,照亮情報長官的老成臉孔,「正好,我們剛得到進展,關於誰是內鬼……」625Please respect copyright.PENANA2i49W6q4Up
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薩邁爾‧吳‧瓦迪馬低調入室,沉重地觀看影像。訊號來源標示著他熟悉的名字:茵坦。625Please respect copyright.PENANAKs24Wxl4KK
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「如大人所見,這位複製體的腦神經晶片非常有用。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAQrSxxCkqk0
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曾經,火星還在新月軍統治下,複製人研究所的「產品」得以適用新法,獲得自主權利。身為試驗複製體的茵坦,最大特點就是能夠分享感官情報⸺甚至是記憶⸺給主子使用。625Please respect copyright.PENANAhkzs6i4o2t
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「這是窺探隱私……什麼基本權利……」625Please respect copyright.PENANA1hP96c8nL6
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「為了鞏固統治,這些都是必要之惡,」情報官見領袖咬牙切齒,立即上前勸說,「大義,必須凌駕在道德之上。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAQFiacn75nx
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帝國消滅那麼多文化,馬基維利思想卻能歷久不衰。元帥無言嘆息、點頭答應。625Please respect copyright.PENANAOhnlgK3Yuk
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「幸好,我軍反偵蒐工作完善,航行座標全由指揮中心發出,只有艦橋組員能提早知道內容⸺加上,火星回歸派都來自奧林帕斯官校高層,子弟兵被指導成間諜的可能性很高。」625Please respect copyright.PENANARH03DR2ear
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「莎拉‧赫克托,還有茵坦……」薩邁爾眉頭深鎖,對自己的眼光感到挫折,「兩個最高嫌疑人……正在討論要如何離開新月軍……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAoGnGPgWjCj
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位在居住區的她們,談話內容一字不漏地被大腦晶片捕捉。625Please respect copyright.PENANASmk9Xphzkf
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「沒錯……私下審問時,我刻意說另一個人是間諜……聽到好友被冠上罪名,茵坦少尉看起來已有預感;赫克托中士就比較有趣了,那表情像是……安心?罪惡?」625Please respect copyright.PENANAP0xeyNGlBr
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情報官看似樂在其中,元帥投以反感眼光。625Please respect copyright.PENANA9zvx2rsqlG
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「報告!發現輻射痕跡,與艦橋殘留物模式吻合。」625Please respect copyright.PENANA8DJpaztN9z
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精密儀器提出證據,突擊小組起身整裝。憲兵隊長經過長官同意,帶隊攻向兩名女子所在位置。625Please respect copyright.PENANA5yykoQVToL
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「跟我一起走,好嗎?」625Please respect copyright.PENANAHWSzHzYiPR
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「妳說……一起走?」茵坦心跳加速,深怕那場幻覺成真。625Please respect copyright.PENANA5KbaWeRRCA
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「再不走妳就危險了!」平時內向的女孩憤而起身,不小心撞到手指傷口,「嗚……討厭,為什麼我會對妳這麼……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAL8NQbVJ1tV
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突然,門鎖強制開啟,數名重裝士兵闖入房內,把槍口對準嫌疑犯。625Please respect copyright.PENANA2MNKTSibNq
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「戰術輔佐官莎拉‧赫克托,妳涉嫌洩漏情資,必須送審,請配合拘留!」625Please respect copyright.PENANA3AV30MT53y
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莎拉表情冷靜,像是有備而來,「沒有違紀通告,怎麼能侵入私人領域?」625Please respect copyright.PENANACOaEToH3PP
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「持有第一級放射線裝置,違反軍事要地安全條例,行動符合程序。」625Please respect copyright.PENANA8qHOjw93tf
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「你們有證據嗎?」625Please respect copyright.PENANAuXSst2SJ0u
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「證據,有!」情報官撥開士兵進入房間,伸手指向錯愕的複製人,「就在茵坦少尉的連結觀測晶片上。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAMalTbOSvtf
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莎拉絕望地看向好友。繃帶掉落,露出潰爛的手指,比那更怵目驚心的,是她充滿贈恨的雙眼。625Please respect copyright.PENANAucr7tcXDJO
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「我還相信妳……沒人性的複製品……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAjrBxMSwsbk
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帝國間諜跟行李中的粒子容器一起被帶走,剩下茵坦呆立在原地。沒有感情的她不該難過,但是,照片上的莎拉一家卻讓她發寒、作嘔。625Please respect copyright.PENANAZAaR7FE4tF
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「我的能力……是為了什麼存在……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAP0CccmGfBa
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「茵坦……」在螢幕上目睹攻堅的薩邁爾告誡自己,要用大義抹去惻隱之心。625Please respect copyright.PENANACFjOPMQ3ve
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「元帥大人,我們會把不明裝置送去卡利斯托檢驗⸺至於人嘛……如果要讓她快點招供……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAbZuQBL1Hg6
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對講機中的情報官欲言又止,誘使領袖狠下決心。625Please respect copyright.PENANAfvea75T92f
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「手段不過問,全權交給你處理。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAdR3nYtVWMN
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「遵命,新月耀世!」625Please respect copyright.PENANAGNIU4RMqqW
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薩邁爾掛斷電話、快步離開。順利逼出內賊,心情卻沉到谷底。625Please respect copyright.PENANAITTrRiKGvA
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「新月耀世……唉……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAEcN0SiTB9O
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年輕元帥拖著疲累身心躺回寢室。剛闔上眼,就被電腦吵醒。625Please respect copyright.PENANAzDT8SP71js
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「通話邀請,訊號來源:海王星商會貨船,加密專線……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAX9jzERs272
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「嘖……接通!」625Please respect copyright.PENANAI8qfbnfkmk
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螢幕顯現出一名中年男子,左邊額頭鑲著大量銀飾。625Please respect copyright.PENANAI49gDXAEWi
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「札廣,有何貴幹?」元帥啟動擴音,不想看到對方的油亮光頭,還有貪婪的表情。625Please respect copyright.PENANA5sZIvTaW59
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「薩邁爾元帥⸺俺剛離開穀神基地,回家路上經過木星,想說來問候一下唄!」625Please respect copyright.PENANAOsEspB8OAZ
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粗啞聲音操著外環腔調。土生土長的邊境特徵,是獲得當地人支持的利器。625Please respect copyright.PENANAaRHn3ct4zB
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「一點問候,比你想像中影響更大嘿?懂點世故,很有用。」625Please respect copyright.PENANASYCACwmVfV
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「你出賣OBU情資讓我攻下木星;我讓你在木星圈以外自由活動,利益交換,沒有人情。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAfxG5VqEFMt
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札廣用多毛的手指敲打額頭,發出令人不悅的喀噠聲。625Please respect copyright.PENANABMyur7La96
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「是喔?那要不要解釋一下……你的那些動作,是在幹啥?」625Please respect copyright.PENANAERKM97RR6j
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「你是指……清除那些毒品轉運站?我說得夠清楚了⸺新月統治區不能出現那些東西。」625Please respect copyright.PENANApUHJwiwaXY
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「吼!不是啦!還想裝傻……嗯?等一下……你是真的不知道,嘿嘿嘿……」625Please respect copyright.PENANA9Y5QktDPtj
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「不知道什麼?」薩邁爾不得不看向螢幕,猜測扭曲笑容下的真意。625Please respect copyright.PENANA0QJ9P70XVu
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「你不知道,新月軍要去打土星了啊!元帥,內政堪憂哦……若是需要人情,歡迎找我啊!哈⸺」625Please respect copyright.PENANAcsdmV3bIrX
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訊號切斷,闇雲壟罩新月。625Please respect copyright.PENANAfiydCre8G5
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如果情報屬實,代表薩邁爾被家族孤立,更慘的是,還被札廣握到把柄。625Please respect copyright.PENANATxAOJMTJAk
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「今天真是糟透了……」625Please respect copyright.PENANA2iYkkz8QcD
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年輕領袖起身著裝。儘管好幾天都沒休息,前往木衛四的船上,他還是無法入眠。
元帥離去,旗艦氣氛明顯低落。茵坦走到禁閉室區塊,想探望同梯卻被攔阻。625Please respect copyright.PENANAnZvWOthQ1E
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「少尉,緩緩吧……」情報官走出拷問室,拍了拍茵坦肩膀,「妳不會想看到她現在的樣子,相信我。」625Please respect copyright.PENANA8laW9bl4LG
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「我只想知道她的動機,這裡是她的夢想才對……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAvgyp04uBhQ
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軍官揮手示意憲兵退下,帶領複製人進入房間。裡面的牆壁、桌椅都跟新的一樣閃亮,凸顯出地上的一片膿血。625Please respect copyright.PENANAOD4jNvNQsl
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「莎拉膽子不大,我們還沒使用侵入治療就招了⸺這裡,有錄音檔案。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAX02DNhF0oj
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茵坦走到錄音機旁,深吸了一口氣,按下播放鈕。625Please respect copyright.PENANAtqHPgK03V1
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「你問我……為什麼要投靠地球?因為你們……破壞禮樂制度……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAVSKOV9YzvV
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女孩的語氣不再扭捏,而是滿腹冤屈。625Please respect copyright.PENANAJwr7XJRSeY
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「父母親為了生下我,賣命賺錢……安裝便宜內臟,連皮膚都賣了……好不容易拿到姓氏,可以成家,結果呢?新月軍為了支持率,讓所有人免費升階!」625Please respect copyright.PENANARNXOW34Dsw
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茵坦不敢聽完所有片段,因為自己就是新政策的受益者。複製人離開房間,剩下無奈的悲願繼續撥放。625Please respect copyright.PENANAMdNc496OWg
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「他們把所有生命留給我,然後就病死了……『赫克托』是我的姓氏、我的驕傲⸺這個寶物,不是用來換取民心的道具。」
羈絆,以各種形式繫著人們,有時候也會化成詛咒。625Please respect copyright.PENANAlASqSilKQB
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「母親大人!」625Please respect copyright.PENANAIcDHRqxD5X
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薩邁爾推開卡利斯托宮殿大門,對王座上的艾莉雅女士質問,「為什麼沒經過我的同意就調動軍隊?」625Please respect copyright.PENANA7ihatHE8Iu
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「木衛領主團一致同意,讓你弟成為代理人……你好好養傷,順便做最擅長的國政事務,豈不是兩全其美?」625Please respect copyright.PENANALDLuxCyL9D
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桑德斯站在母親身旁,一如往常地帶著純真自信,「哥,放心,我的專用機體『高雷霆』拿下土星輕而易舉!」625Please respect copyright.PENANA3yCGR0gZ5I
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「我早就說過,不能急著……」現任元帥的去路被衛兵擋住,家族離他更是遙遠。625Please respect copyright.PENANAoFWSqZZC3J
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「軟弱!你已經不是乖小孩山姆了,薩邁爾!」艾莉雅的斥責痛徹心扉,銳利眼神在面紗下閃爍。625Please respect copyright.PENANAWNekzs9Lb0
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「沒有威嚴,才會讓間諜有機可趁!桑德斯的熱情,正好跟你互補……退下,讓腦袋冷靜。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAKitACLzcGD
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「是的……母親……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAaYovi963Mo
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薩邁爾失足。他被母親的「貼身護衛」帶回殘破的月神,雖然能夠自由行動,但所有決策都會被耳目知曉。625Please respect copyright.PENANAXydN4p3QmZ
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相對的,桑德斯搭上旗艦「馬勒亞普」,與禁衛軍浩蕩啟程,前往土星大舉侵略。
滿身枷鎖的青年領袖靠在機庫欄桿,看著和平重工的貨櫃入港。特規兵器「高盧米涅」本應與兄弟機組成無敵陣型,現在卻分道揚鑣。625Please respect copyright.PENANAolDDLFYbQf
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「大人……」625Please respect copyright.PENANA2wPn0tZYJh
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茵坦站在數米外的走道上。她們之前還在這談天說地,現在,各種猜忌卻在心中築起層層障壁。625Please respect copyright.PENANAa3WPl2DRt7
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「原諒我,利用妳引出間諜,讓妳背叛朋友……」薩邁爾瞳孔深處是無助的少年。他看到茵坦的濕潤眼眶,立即收回軟弱姿態。625Please respect copyright.PENANAIJj4vcy0BL
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「但,規矩就是規矩,莎拉會被處刑……流放宇宙。」625Please respect copyright.PENANA9B7B3BtQet
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「我知道……讓我負責她,可以嗎?」複製人緩緩飄近,把內心糾結全部掏出。625Please respect copyright.PENANAuXY7ArGS98
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「觀測晶片影響我的大腦,那些本應不存在的情感……蒙蔽了視野,讓我產生誤判……克服這點,我才能繼續戰鬥!」625Please respect copyright.PENANAyhZoUkQl1Q
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「茵坦……妳也是嗎……」薩邁爾牽起徬徨士兵的冰冷雙手。隔閡消失,取而代之的,是無情堅毅、鐵石心腸。625Please respect copyright.PENANAlzWZ2vebJK
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「就讓我們一起揮別軟弱。」
帝國間諜莎拉‧赫克托蜷縮在禁閉室角落。625Please respect copyright.PENANAQhVdYfbYJe
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纏結通訊器的輻射傷口不斷流膿。女孩已經準備好赴死,陣陣抽痛還是催出了淚水。625Please respect copyright.PENANA3sm4ug4Kpc
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「好想回家……爸……媽……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAFtwZ2xi0qr
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房門開啟,燈光刺痛雙眼。複製人茵坦蹲到同儕身旁,把一支注射器放到地上。625Please respect copyright.PENANAjh0qBjOh5B
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「是妳啊……送我最後一程的……」間諜少女語帶解脫,故作堅強地嘲諷命運,「那是鎮靜劑嗎?我又不會反抗,流放宇宙什麼的……」625Please respect copyright.PENANA1DmrNbLssQ
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茵坦沒有回應,捧起莎拉的潰爛手指,小心翼翼地更換紗布,「忍耐一下。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAYJmn8JLVpp
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「嗚……有差嗎?我都要死了,妳不怕放射線感染?」625Please respect copyright.PENANASzS59yGcUw
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「莎拉,我想起來了,我從來沒有感應到妳的惡意……所以到最後,我還是不相信妳是間諜……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAPFfO2RLxXl
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包紮結束。簡單梳妝後,莎拉回到家族合照中的清爽樣貌。625Please respect copyright.PENANAiVL5fFmOLu
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「可能……我根本不適合當間諜吧……在學校看到妳被刁難、欺壓,卻一直沒有放棄,讓我想到爸媽……我總是心軟,總是被人利用。」625Please respect copyright.PENANA3UCOBsT2qL
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「我相信,那是妳的本性……就算妳對我好另有目的,我還是很感激……那些快樂時光,對我來說都是真的⸺我想過,怎麼幫妳逃跑、幫妳辯護,避免預言成真……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAplajZfbGVC
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「但是,妳不能那樣做……因為我害死太多人……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAHefZVKMC8C
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莎拉幫自己,也幫茵坦拭去淚水,「失去父母之後,我最怕的就是孤單……獨自死在宇宙,就是我的報應。」625Please respect copyright.PENANAPv0uyh40sL
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「不對……」625Please respect copyright.PENANArWQ8f0Cmiq
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複製士兵環抱間諜女孩,悄悄拿起注射裝置,把安樂死藥劑打入她的頸動脈。625Please respect copyright.PENANAPp7Xd3x6Ia
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「妳不會在宇宙中孤獨死去……這是我僅能做的。」625Please respect copyright.PENANA2Yky8yfE49
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未來被改變了。莎拉嚥下最後一口氣,不是在黑暗虛空,而是在摯友懷中。625Please respect copyright.PENANAQSrQRv41a0
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「茵坦……謝謝妳……爸爸、媽媽,我回來了……」625Please respect copyright.PENANAOKVh5GT2sT
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放下溫暖的軀體,複製人離開房間,用緊握到出血的拳頭宣誓。從此之後,她絕對不會流淚。625Please respect copyright.PENANAtO5qAGcIyr
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「安息吧,我的第一個、最後一個朋友。」