「所有醫院都沒有用!」我一踏進老人病房,還未開口,空氣中已傳來一記怒吼。67Please respect copyright.PENANAGeBBvA7bnX
「死神!」一位護士急急腳走來,像是等我多時,招呼我到角落:「祢可否幫個忙?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAMasDVC0J4x
「能力之內,竭盡所能。」實際上,神規定我除了接送靈魂,也要處理醫院職員委託的其他工作。67Please respect copyright.PENANAw3kBtffAQ5
「麻煩祢應酬那位婆婆。」她壓低聲音。「她有很多……問題。」67Please respect copyright.PENANA2pVGojEOWl
「明確一點,那是甚麼問題?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAAQr90fHQRE
「我完成手上的工作後,再來找祢談談吧。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAqgsOhFsEmq
十五分鐘後,護士找我,簡潔交代婆婆背景:八十多歲,三高,糖尿,長有骨刺,因跌倒入院後,再因血糖失控轉到老人科,目前每天打針控制血糖。但婆婆堅信醫護人員想謀害她,拒絕吃藥打針,甚至曾經偷走。67Please respect copyright.PENANAmJpcPw1p8r
「她不肯合作,天天鬧投訴。我們沒轍了。家人說願意送她去老人院,但還未輪到位,只能一直等。」67Please respect copyright.PENANASs5ZQ3IFFM
「所以……你希望我?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAsOl7nWgOPY
「祢不是有控制生死的能力嗎?」護士眼中閃過最後一絲希望。「你就幫忙活化她體內的細胞,處理其他病痛,送她出院算了。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAjM9THF79Sw
「抱歉,我是死神,只會接待亡靈,不曉甚麼『活化』,更不是醫生,不會醫病。」我真想轉身離開。67Please respect copyright.PENANAcwckzleB2l
「那祢至少……恐嚇她一下?」她忽然靈光一閃。「她都不聽醫生的話了,總不會連死神也不怕吧?」67Please respect copyright.PENANA90RRLhrMej
這建議氣得我骨頭顫抖:憑甚麼要我這正職神明當嚇唬人的妖怪?!更過分的是,此話居然出自醫護人員的口?!67Please respect copyright.PENANAzQOZ8FnAiu
算。我只是神的僱員,不必理會任何道德價值。所以我還是隨護士走到病牀。67Please respect copyright.PENANAJK3xOIUv5S
「鬼啊啊啊啊!!!」婆婆見我即發動全身機能,對我拳打腳踢。我的眼鏡瞬間被打碎陣亡。67Please respect copyright.PENANAsG3O5VIIZz
夠了。我容不了任何凡人這樣不敬神明。67Please respect copyright.PENANAQMNMn2KEMg
「你聽着,」我低沉說道,全病房靜如墳場。「今日念在初次見面,放你一馬,下不為例。明白沒有?」67Please respect copyright.PENANA8uowE3dxeZ
婆婆顫抖着點頭。67Please respect copyright.PENANAXshM48Ok9A
「說.清.楚!」67Please respect copyright.PENANApOnDMDiI1A
「知……知道。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAMJ4GePKFMQ
我轉身準備離去,卻聽到她含恨低語:「不潔的鬼東西……有多遠滾多遠。」67Please respect copyright.PENANA4To5etzGZy
我止步轉身,走回牀邊,摘下頭顱,平放在她面前。67Please respect copyright.PENANA5AZXk5VcNN
「你.夠.膽.再.說.多.遍?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAmxWhVKauqr
她暈了。67Please respect copyright.PENANANLow3Jxrnp
幾天後,我再度來到老人病房,好奇地問護士:「婆婆最近還有搗亂嗎?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAu73APzvT6d
「她投訴我們恐嚇她,要求精神賠償,還報警說我們禁錮她。」67Please respect copyright.PENANArZ2xIlsRIx
我嘆氣:「既然是我惹出來的禍,就讓我收拾吧。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAvYJ44PsLBW
「祢有計劃?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAGKzYK013Dn
「當然有,我可是送走生命的死神啊。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAeMJEqtQA9V
我再次來到婆婆牀前。67Please respect copyright.PENANAvSFDFsbSB7
「又來了!你這污穢的死鬼!滾!」67Please respect copyright.PENANAm2zvImmDmo
「聽說你腰痛?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAzlBJsRG2qf
「醫不了的,你管得着嗎?」67Please respect copyright.PENANA6ov3NANDLD
「我工作久了,對治理骨刺也有點心得。要不要我幫你處理?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAro4GZDIMvk
「你會?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAV369wGxT0b
「當然。用魔法。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9ZcIOXEob
「幫吧!但出事醫院要負責!」67Please respect copyright.PENANA7wVeYvBdwZ
「必然。」67Please respect copyright.PENANANTndWlfc0d
我彈一下手指骨,施法引來蝕骨細胞(osteoclast)到骨刺的位置。大概五分鐘後,骨刺消失了。67Please respect copyright.PENANAdXB7kWH3ma
「感覺如何?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAClVXoLcZ7A
「我不知道你搞了甚麼,裝神弄鬼!」67Please respect copyright.PENANAg0E7lFR3FD
我忍着她的無禮,轉頭吩咐護士:「你扶她站起來走走吧。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAm0wPDZWFgP
護士差點暈倒:「祢瘋了嗎?她隨時再跌!」67Please respect copyright.PENANAEj3vtcIwV6
「放心,一切在我掌控中。」我拍了拍她的肩膀。67Please respect copyright.PENANAFjlMVYCFd2
當婆婆站起來,發現背脊顯然鬆了一點。她再伸腰,腰背竟然無痛了。67Please respect copyright.PENANAlA8Oyjwvwx
「滿意吧?可以坐下。」我輕描淡寫。67Please respect copyright.PENANAnEomEFAakb
「那讓我出院吧!我好了,還留這裏幹甚麼?」婆婆十分滿意,盡是笑容,似乎忘記了早前她對我的無禮。67Please respect copyright.PENANAsA4CqFF9BV
「你當然可以很快出院,不過護士還有一點程序。你稍等一會吧。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAvef08GgylT
她點頭,把被子拉到胸口,準備等出院。然而數分鐘後,她發現自己越來越累,連手指都抬不起來。她本想按護士鐘求助,但毫無力氣。67Please respect copyright.PENANAu0ixjxlvHq
「你……你對我……」她的話卡在喉頭。不消一會,她就暈倒了,不醒人事。67Please respect copyright.PENANAO4pj9aLLeO
護士發現後大驚,經一輪量度後,面色鐵青:「心跳停了!」67Please respect copyright.PENANAtpa2QZRAys
她轉頭怒瞪我:「祢對她做了甚麼?」67Please respect copyright.PENANAtC0JWfwd1f
「我只是用細胞幫她移除骨刺。要知道,當中的鈣質不會突然消失的,只會進入血液,有待她的身體排走。」我得意的繼續說:「要知道,婆婆有幾根骨刺啊。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAXmdEHkYNP5
護士望着我空洞的眼窩一會,恍然大悟:「高血鈣症!祢……祢這樣做會害死她!」67Please respect copyright.PENANAd7Ni977j6G
「做得不錯吧?想不到,你居然明白我做甚麼。」護士的專業讓我敬佩。「作為獎勵……」我遞出今天的死亡清單給護士看看:上面有婆婆的名字。67Please respect copyright.PENANA6X0E1AovSJ
「原來……祢今天來的目的是……根本不是關心她的近況……」護士喃喃自語,然後怒問:「祢有沒有考慮過她家人的感受?雖然婆婆不算最好,但……這樣離開的方式……」67Please respect copyright.PENANAJaZnBDZ0E5
「我只是完成她的願望:移除骨刺和出院。她的家人?與我的工作無關。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAYfEDxWmucE
「這是謀殺!」67Please respect copyright.PENANAo8lEo5QXQl
「這是塵世的法律,不能套用在我身上,只有神才能對評價我的工作方式。再者,命運有承諾所有人會無痛離世嗎?」我凝視她。67Please respect copyright.PENANADiGLH9Wl5t
她低下頭沉默了。67Please respect copyright.PENANAFLNpdDwcVx
我把婆婆的靈魂送到冥界後,回頭問:「現在,病房最難纏的人沒了,你應該感到高興吧?」67Please respect copyright.PENANA52Q2EDdZdT
護士只冷冷地丟下一句:「如果死亡是祢蓄意造成的,那是對生命的蔑視。」67Please respect copyright.PENANAkAtogyrq1Y
蔑視生命?67Please respect copyright.PENANAkAUluAUsKX
這話怎樣理解?67Please respect copyright.PENANAPvovNTmdzl
我只知道,我尊重我的工作,用盡方法準時帶走清單上的人。67Please respect copyright.PENANAvd84Ey6Ypi
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