「市長,這邊請。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAagL7njtPiC
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經過層層氣密艙門,身穿防護服的男子沐浴消毒氣體。「奧卡涅特‧奧圖」小心謹慎,遵守規則進入實驗室。450Please respect copyright.PENANATQlS62TdzW
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「研究主任,結果如何了?」450Please respect copyright.PENANAGfmXEHkZGP
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「接觸病毒三日發症,呼吸器官衰竭,目前施予支持療法,已經採取血液培養抗體……照這個惡化速度,大概沒時間深入觀察了。」450Please respect copyright.PENANALLJ0TW1jFv
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被衣服包成圓胖輪廓的兩人走到玻璃帷幕前方,端詳著裡面的實驗對象。一名中年人虛弱地躺在床上,手中緊握著一張相片。450Please respect copyright.PENANAE5NXNP85Qo
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「最近被判戰爭罪的前帝國軍人……無期徒刑,沒錯吧?」450Please respect copyright.PENANAuSwLvQbOQ8
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「正確,市長,他的妻子是本地出身,育有一位女兒。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAnvo5EdKkaf
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「讓他知道,家人都會得到補償。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAS7Wbn0Ffu5
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「沒問題……接著是對照組:努那純血、死刑囚犯。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAVovB4ArvO8
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研究主任帶市長走到隔壁的觀察室,一名男子正在做伏地挺身打發時間。450Please respect copyright.PENANAFe1eGQ5RcA
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「強盜、強姦……」450Please respect copyright.PENANAkjeTaxy49d
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「夠了夠了,我只想知道,努那人都不會發症?」450Please respect copyright.PENANAH3PfeY7l5D
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「沒錯,我們的特定基因會抑制病毒生長。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAiP32drH4jE
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「祖先們造出不得了的東西……我會備妥列印機,進入量產階段。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAco2bVJxNbY
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「市長……它對混血的影響還沒測試,而且,疫苗還在研發……這樣會不會太快了?」450Please respect copyright.PENANAC8ueNPkzzQ
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奧圖笑著搭上研究主任的肩膀,一同往消毒室走去。450Please respect copyright.PENANABW8Jx52XlN
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「我認為啊,人活著的時候,他的善惡都……交融在一起?黑白難分,就像血統混雜,參差不齊……」450Please respect copyright.PENANAoghWsM1f9m
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經過繁雜程序,兩人終於能脫下防護服好好談話,奧圖繼續訴說他的理念。450Please respect copyright.PENANAfYh6e9IMdC
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「人死之後呢,就比較單純……留給後代的東西,能決定他的價值⸺努那受試者跟帝國受試者都是罪人,但是,他們為病毒研究奉獻己身,就能留下價值:給家人金錢、給自己減刑。」450Please respect copyright.PENANANFXi538rrX
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壓倒性的堅決,讓研究主任無法回話。450Please respect copyright.PENANAtR59rtFMqf
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「我們又何嘗不是如此?這個專案,能帶給努那對抗侵略者的力量,強大又準確的抑止力,這個專案,就是你我的價值、偉大的遺產!」450Please respect copyright.PENANA23IrT2LW1h
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「我……知道了,謝謝您的支持,市長……」450Please respect copyright.PENANAGmdQeYdiI0
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「呵呵,別擔心太多,我不會傻到在努那施放病毒。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAIWKjERCm9l
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關上艙門,奧圖拄著拐杖,往階梯末端的光芒走去。450Please respect copyright.PENANAQJhG8wj6Ba
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「美麗的故鄉,就由我來守護。」450Please respect copyright.PENANANjy3J1cMwd
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研究設施位在工廠市中央,移民船改建的高樓上。市長看著窗外的蓬勃生命,秘書上前遞出一封信件。450Please respect copyright.PENANAfpmwR7N8J3
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「打擾了,有關於烈南德‧琪拉露拉女士……」450Please respect copyright.PENANAS8Pl0PAk2L
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「嗯?居然……轉達家屬我會出席,請她們節哀。」450Please respect copyright.PENANASfHkOTQbgt
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奧圖凝重地放下訃聞,轉身拿起電話。450Please respect copyright.PENANAUcstoJg9Io
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「將軍,是我……您也聽說了?對,我要借用守望隊的力量,媒體不準出現在葬禮中⸺另外,通知領航組員做好準備,那位大人可能會現身。」
舊首都「努那貝里」曾有一座象徵引導之光的高塔,如今,卻只剩下一片瓦礫殘骸。為了銘記那場慘烈戰爭,人們保留所有遺址,包括近郊的樹葬墓園。450Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZY5gcRFs8
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針葉林中,兩架「納蘭守望」撐開巨大帆布,幫底下的人遮風擋雪。齊波尼亞把骨灰罈與種子放進土中,與母親一同看著業者封上石碑。450Please respect copyright.PENANALgWadd9qaZ
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「烈南德‧琪拉露拉⸺引領的白鯨」「索達特‧洛迪那⸺無限之愛」450Please respect copyright.PENANAgcasQojMXb
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兩位偉大女性永遠比肩而立、受人景仰。450Please respect copyright.PENANA7uJ1PO6q1p
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儀式結束,身穿喪服的賓客走進樸素靈堂,依序點香哀悼。齊波和母親站在堂前答禮,各地跋涉而來的參加者,反映出琪拉的扎實人脈。450Please respect copyright.PENANAYDD4bXeSNz
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「僅代表梅花孤兒院獻上祝福,淨土之路必受祖靈引導,本院創始者妮黛兒女士也將同行。」450Please respect copyright.PENANA1tUYd6mHnm
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嘉娜莉跟姐妹會代表人一同上香,熟悉面孔讓齊波心情好了些。接著出現的人,則是讓他肅然起敬。450Please respect copyright.PENANAHjoUKXoPoZ
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「本人代表市政府全體同仁,一同哀悼、獻上祝福。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAdZCZWNxSRI
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奧卡涅特‧奧圖單膝下跪,再用拐杖撐起身體。齊波上前攙扶,母親忙著鞠躬。450Please respect copyright.PENANALtwNINE4Gz
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「市長先生,百忙之中還勞煩您撥空……」450Please respect copyright.PENANAqhrgJ7Vu1A
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「伊露雅女士,應該的、應該的……這是令郎齊波尼亞,對吧?」450Please respect copyright.PENANAsIMI1R1iTt
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頑強有力的瞳孔看著少年,讓人感受到靈魂深處的戰士之血,「琪拉女士的英雄精神,你要繼承下去啊。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAPyslL0G7KD
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「是……是!」450Please respect copyright.PENANA7kyMN8sY3t
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目送市長搭上專車離開,齊波滿心景仰,但是,最後一個進來的人卻讓心情跌落谷底。450Please respect copyright.PENANAVOuDrX3EUB
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「孩子的爸,你也來了……」450Please respect copyright.PENANAjSraLyGLOD
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戴眼鏡的斯文男子走向兩人。跟母親的微笑相反,少年深鎖眉頭。450Please respect copyright.PENANAGQRgXznK7K
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「伊露雅,我還是覺得一定要來……齊波,你變好高哦?」450Please respect copyright.PENANArkuAsdyuHY
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「因為你十五年都沒來看過我。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAzhwmc8IoY9
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「等一下……」450Please respect copyright.PENANAI69I8PRSeO
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那個曾經是父親的人,給家裡的痛苦多過幸福。少年快步離開,不想讓阿嬤在天之靈悲傷。450Please respect copyright.PENANAIXTMv5G3U8
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想讓風雪吹散雜亂的心緒,齊波坐到門口長椅上。450Please respect copyright.PENANAvF2S7UaFyj
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「他們在幫奶奶祈禱,如果你想知道。」嘉娜莉跟著坐下,讓男孩身邊多了點暖意,「齊波相信嗎?神明、祖靈。」450Please respect copyright.PENANARghPAIngbJ
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「我不清楚,嘉娜呢?」450Please respect copyright.PENANApw9VYLFuB1
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「我也一樣,不清楚……孤兒院每天都會祈禱,跟往生的姊妹們說話,創始人留下的習慣。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAVZcMoKZLTQ
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「祈禱……有效嗎?」450Please respect copyright.PENANAFeHR7ss41s
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「嗯……當我一個人的時候,我覺得,她們可以讓我放心依靠。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAMoIwDwP3bN
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「那,我想阿嬤的時候,也來祈禱看看。」450Please respect copyright.PENANASLg6bww7yY
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少年少女看向天空。風雪減弱了一些,他們也更靠近了一些。450Please respect copyright.PENANAlnVQ4cfClu
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「接著,是嘉娜莉播報時間!移民船資料庫文獻指出,太陽系過去的信仰中,神明也曾經是人,曾經活在這個世界上,死亡之後才獲得神格哦。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAXHho1RsDB0
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「是嗎?那跟我們的祖靈有點像呢。」450Please respect copyright.PENANAbFdDa1N5qn
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「沒錯,但是太陽系現在只信昂天皇帝,他還活著哩。」450Please respect copyright.PENANA3NsbPLyzeY
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「活著的神、發動戰爭的神,算那門子信仰?哈哈!」450Please respect copyright.PENANACDo5P9ZR9a
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用閒話家常忘卻悲傷,少年少女不經意看到樹林另一端,墓碑旁邊有個孤獨的人影。450Please respect copyright.PENANAeSRB08J554
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「那個大叔……剛才有來嗎?」450Please respect copyright.PENANA2ogqTYP814
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兩人瞇起眼睛觀察。那個大叔身穿破舊大衣,雜亂毛髮與骯髒皮膚,像是遠離文明的隱士。當他正想轉身離開時,突然公務人員攔下。450Please respect copyright.PENANA0K6PwNKZqd
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「政府專車?」嘉娜莉用相機望遠鏡頭找到線索,「要去找市長嗎?」450Please respect copyright.PENANAe6xJjyHZGr
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「我總覺得……他們知道阿嬤的事、威爾斯的事……」齊波口袋中的變形石似乎又在發光。好奇心轉變成動力,少年起身跑進靈堂。450Please respect copyright.PENANAI5sKYq4aVs
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「媽,我去買個東西,晚點回來!」450Please respect copyright.PENANA14juIwCDfH
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伊露雅與前夫回頭,看到孩子拿起機車鑰匙。450Please respect copyright.PENANAAfpkqPo3tw
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「齊波尼亞!等等,我不奢求你原諒我,但是……爸爸會永遠支持你。」450Please respect copyright.PENANA5185b3A4oI
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「知道啦……」450Please respect copyright.PENANA3D1LDDe3Y1
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家務事充滿難言之隱,至少父母的愛是真的存在。少年頭也不回地跑到停車場,暫時放下那些心結。450Please respect copyright.PENANAhZzss72wdA
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「齊波!我跟姊姊說了,可以跟你去。」嘉娜莉戴上護目鏡,一腳跨上機車後座,「那個奇怪設施,我有照片可以指路。」450Please respect copyright.PENANACQGe6tLP4i
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「咦?記憶卡不是被老師折斷了?」450Please respect copyright.PENANA0KG4Wrg2gi
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「嘿嘿,早就有備份,別小看情報王。」450Please respect copyright.PENANA8fe0YXzbce
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少女抱著少年;少年滿懷期待,往謎題的答案催滿油門。450Please respect copyright.PENANACj5J6GBAQw
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「目標,神秘帆船基地⸺出發!」