「如果我沒看錯……」358Please respect copyright.PENANAwmzDDooUho
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露娜目睹了梅里克博士倒地抽搐以及死亡的過程。或許是意識擴散使她當下只能專注在過載的資訊上,她並沒有對第一次見到死人有太多感想。358Please respect copyright.PENANAvIAXhwTmMa
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「博士的死因,是慢性鉛中毒導致的器官纖維化和多重器官衰竭,癲癇是併發症。」358Please respect copyright.PENANARm3kxcS9wp
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然而離奇的是,從他們與博士見面到博士死亡的這短短幾分鐘內,博士就表現出了整個慢性鉛中毒的過程。牙齦鉛線、中樞神經損傷導致癲癇,最後是器官衰竭——如此之快的病程徹底不符合慢性的定義。358Please respect copyright.PENANAWWHVYW6KIn
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「太不尋常了……這難道是你做的?」358Please respect copyright.PENANAfFta8e9I5q
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「否定。我是蛆蟲治療模型的備份,沒有這種功能。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAfEEQQTKBQ1
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也是,露娜心想,要是鏡可以直接讓人中毒倒地,那大概也不用她的幫忙了。358Please respect copyright.PENANAYw3zxZbnDp
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「……那到底是誰能辦到這種事情?」358Please respect copyright.PENANAN6qgBtjNf7
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「目前無從得知。」358Please respect copyright.PENANArfWKkhWzCt
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鏡令人遺憾的說道。358Please respect copyright.PENANAnKUTNo01GD
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然而,露娜明白他們不需要止步於此。358Please respect copyright.PENANAvxxOkiOEIx
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「我們還有梅里克博士的記憶……。」358Please respect copyright.PENANA1cj3wopzqI
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她說道。若是在博士的記憶中尋找,應該可以發現有用的線索。358Please respect copyright.PENANAUIJNg1KbL0
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露娜頷首,一邊回想起今天看到大量,卻如碎片般零散的博士記憶。在這些記憶中,除了博士的家人之外,有兩個人物特別突出——358Please respect copyright.PENANAC950e7REY7
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「賽倫博士。」358Please respect copyright.PENANApsZj7tNr4r
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賽倫.奧爾布萊特博士是梅里克博士在大學時就認識的朋友,卻也是傲慢的梅里克博士的受害者。梅里克博士曾將賽倫博士的研究成果占為己有,導致兩人之間的嚴重衝突。但不知道是出於什麼原因,賽倫博士卻在那場衝突之後依然仰慕著梅里克博士,並繼續以研究夥伴的身分待在梅里克博士身邊與他切磋研究。358Please respect copyright.PENANAhOxOZM0qgW
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「雖然他們曾經吵過架,但關係似乎不差。」露娜思考著,「可是,賽倫博士有沒有可能懷恨在心,並且用了一些方法,讓梅里克博士中毒死亡?」358Please respect copyright.PENANAPvrpiFb7ax
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「不排除有這個可能,但我們目前對他的瞭解太少,需要更多調查。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAeN1EfAoSUe
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露娜點點頭。今天所感知到的,有關賽倫博士的資訊似乎也僅限於此了。她的思緒轉向博士記憶中第二個鮮明的角色。358Please respect copyright.PENANAxSQCbLwK2f
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「……『汎分會長』。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAEUrHQG7Xfs
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摩根.汎,梅里克博士所屬教會分會的會長,於四年前博士加入教會時與博士相識。在博士的記憶中,汎是個和藹的中年女士,給了確診早發性失智症的他很多生涯上的建議和支持。358Please respect copyright.PENANAe8pLNjFvUS
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然而,跟賽倫博士相比,汎的印象在露娜今天見證到的記憶碎片中,卻又更顯得更加模糊。真正在梅里克博士心中佔有一席之地的,是汎所代表的,那令人不安的新興宗教——358Please respect copyright.PENANA6jmaA1TMfJ
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「真露教。」鏡說道,「大約五年前,也就是梅里克博士加入前一年,於隔壁J市,由卡恩.沃斯教主成立的新興宗教。隔年在這裡創立分會,博士隨後加入。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAT5RO2v7El8
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「那到底是什麼樣的宗教?從博士的記憶裡只能看到他所相信的教義……」358Please respect copyright.PENANAyo9v47ZAmz
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「關於真露教的資訊很少,卻恰巧跟意識宇宙有所關聯。曾經是臨床心理師的教主卡恩.沃斯所創立的教義,基本上都圍繞在意識宇宙的發現上,例如他們的第一教義:『所有現實都由意識決定』。」358Please respect copyright.PENANACx8Wa78muR
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「現實由意識決定……是指我們的心思可以改變現實?」358Please respect copyright.PENANA7pizeVFGGj
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「其實這並不是空穴來風。意識與物質是互補的,若人腦可以決定一個意識的大小,那麼同樣的,意識也可能決定物理宇宙的某些性質。自古以來有不少研究支持這樣的說法,像是吸引力法則、量子心靈,甚至宗教信仰的形成也跟這些理論有關。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAaExLYvv5F3
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露娜詫異的說不出話來。如果鏡說的是真的,那世上真的有心想事成這種事?358Please respect copyright.PENANApfBHCNTBZL
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「然而真露教卻走向了『意識決定現實』的這個極端;具體來說,他們相信的是『現實是由一個宇宙最高的絕對意識所形塑出來的幻境』。」358Please respect copyright.PENANADbojs0crTh
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「這根本是邪教吧……」358Please respect copyright.PENANApIM4xyNGvx
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「是否是邪教還不能太早下定論,畢竟信仰自由有寫在你們國家的憲法裡。」358Please respect copyright.PENANA1Tfo0VLxNy
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「但是他們所相信的這那個『絕對意識』……」358Please respect copyright.PENANA3HfZ8WfNUD
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「叫做札托薩哈,可以想像是一個不會受到大眾歡迎的名字。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAGZ3NfwksaE
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再次聽見這個詭異的名字時,露娜感到全身的寒毛都豎了起來。358Please respect copyright.PENANAacx5AkdpGt
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她清晰記得在辦公室掀開遮著畫作的白布時,在耳中響起的詭異旋律,以及當下她所看見的,那張畫布上的詭異臉孔。358Please respect copyright.PENANA0zvj5CsoGa
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——逃走,逃走,從札托薩哈平安的夢鄉——隨著真露教聖歌浮現在腦中的,還有垂直排列在眉心的那雙眼睛。人臉緊盯著觀看者,咧嘴的笑容讓人不寒而慄。358Please respect copyright.PENANA8G8DPurr3u
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「札托薩哈的肖像畫。」鏡接著露娜的思緒說道,「梅里克博士在加入教會後,看見靈性意象時的創作。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAv6aX79PnUF
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露娜心有餘悸的思索著。許多事情都連了起來。358Please respect copyright.PENANAU0VtMGHnQT
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那張臉,以及博士所加入的教會——真露教所相信的神祇,就叫做札托薩哈,是宇宙的絕對意識、現實的支配者。358Please respect copyright.PENANAGqkMq2MzRw
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然而光是這樣顯然還不夠,她想不到札托薩哈與博士的死有什麼關聯,也想像不到賽倫博士、汎分會長是否真的有嫌疑,更不知道這一切與艾瑪之死有什麼連結——358Please respect copyright.PENANAYlNTuCq03c
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突然間,她想起了在博士辦公室裡發現的毒品殘留物。358Please respect copyright.PENANAqSAUkq2khc
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以及艾瑪被鑑定出來的死因——DMT中毒。358Please respect copyright.PENANAiOHIWEPxAp
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「鏡……有人說艾瑪生前有參加一個奇怪的教會……死的時候又有毒品中毒的跡象……」358Please respect copyright.PENANAqFx4l6baGy
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露娜的聲音微微顫抖。鏡也沉下它白色的身體。358Please respect copyright.PENANASypKhBTnVA
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「應該不是巧合。艾瑪很可能參加過真露教的活動。不過,我並沒有備份原始模型的系統記錄,無從判斷艾瑪生前的活動。」358Please respect copyright.PENANABbKtjorPVX
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「那麼接下來……難道要去調查真露教嗎?」358Please respect copyright.PENANAnwLuq27Mya
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鏡點點頭。358Please respect copyright.PENANAb0qslOwxTk
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「我認為這是一個可靠的方案。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAne2J2JUZJa
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暗銀色海灘上的黯淡陽光漸漸變色,腳下的沙子也開始下沉。358Please respect copyright.PENANAmvoF7Ha0yC
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露娜明白他們的時間到了。她想起現實的時間應該也已接近清晨。358Please respect copyright.PENANAilermukjl0
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「今天先到這裡。我會蒐集一些跟賽倫博士、汎分會長以及真露教相關的資料,待你起床時傳送給你。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAB3SHMK3EfZ
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鏡緩緩縮回逐開始躁動的黑色多邊形內。358Please respect copyright.PENANAPTVRSDRyc2
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「晚安,露娜,願今後的調查可以順利。」358Please respect copyright.PENANAG0DSWkY50L
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「喂……等等……我要怎麼正常的從這裡出去?」358Please respect copyright.PENANAekmuZZWu9X
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露娜有些慌張的試圖在變得鬆軟的沙中站穩腳步。358Please respect copyright.PENANARKaJnPtUyL
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「很簡單。」358Please respect copyright.PENANASPByjKl6es
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鏡的聲音漸漸淡去。358Please respect copyright.PENANA5lmIu4eCpS
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「只要再次睡著就可以了。」358Please respect copyright.PENANA5TghUjhV7z
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這麼說著,它消失在空無一物的空中。358Please respect copyright.PENANAE0XifqUL2T
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