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嘴巴咬著厚厚的三明治,葛蕾絲踩著輕盈的步伐、走在熱鬧的大街,途中撞到好幾名路人,也有人對她罵髒話,但葛蕾絲頭都沒回,一邊哼歌,一邊往仙境大樓的方向走去。685Please respect copyright.PENANAyDOcrGU4Fx
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尼可拉斯到底在隱瞞什麼?685Please respect copyright.PENANAwqnBhkid4i
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盯著空中的一個點,葛蕾絲回想兒子剛剛的反應。685Please respect copyright.PENANAyDu810Bogr
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尼可拉斯不是冷靜的人,葛蕾絲太了解兒子,尼可拉斯只有忍耐時才會故作鎮定,而剛剛的尼可拉斯從頭到尾都非常冷靜,這百分之百有問題,只是葛蕾絲不想和兒子起衝突,才沒打破砂鍋問到底。685Please respect copyright.PENANA7kt0pPYM5e
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而且,葛蕾絲不是沒有方法,她的天賦是「香菇」,身體會噴出肉眼無法看見的孢子,孢子不只能用來復活,還有其它意想不到的功能。685Please respect copyright.PENANADasUPLdkjJ
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「啊,回來了。」685Please respect copyright.PENANApnNUtCuQDX
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一般人看不見,但她知道一粒粒的黑色孢子正向自己飄來。剛才在咆哮飯店,葛蕾絲留下了大量孢子、用來蒐集情報,當這些孢子回到自己身體的瞬間,葛蕾絲會看見孢子帶回的片段訊息,就像一張張快閃相片。她看見尼可拉斯坐在沙發上,旁邊坐著的人──685Please respect copyright.PENANANm0h3KacYp
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「……!?」685Please respect copyright.PENANAz5GInA3hm3
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孢子無法傳遞聲音,葛蕾絲只能看到畫面,但光派翠克的外表就夠她震驚了。685Please respect copyright.PENANAvtCyMuqdG5
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紅鶴?685Please respect copyright.PENANAPbCdvkLVer
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不,那個髮色是……雷蒙?685Please respect copyright.PENANAS6GruqEhm6
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雷蒙為什麼有和紅鶴如此神似的人?685Please respect copyright.PENANAlGFpeMayGI
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尼可拉斯為什麼和他在一起?685Please respect copyright.PENANApM7pUJKkLh
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停下腳步的葛蕾絲站在一間電影院前,像在思考要看哪部電影,其實她的思緒非常雜亂。葛蕾絲原本要聯絡里奧,卻在最後一刻陷入猶豫。685Please respect copyright.PENANAVNAOQxLPNe
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「……。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAeFwHoTR1oJ
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她的手指定格在螢幕前,腦中浮現尼可拉斯小時候的臉,最後,她返回通訊錄、找到名為「凱薩」的號碼,按下撥號鍵。685Please respect copyright.PENANARtHDCyRnsh
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2157年9月9日,早上八點半,商業中心B區,咆哮飯店685Please respect copyright.PENANAMpWeHKGHcs
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「以水來比喻吧。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAZfQjmPolvH
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派翠克拿了個裝滿水的茶壺,及幾個空茶杯擺在桌上,告訴尼可拉斯:685Please respect copyright.PENANAOdXp4Pxjpo
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「水果塔就像水,擁有越多水的人越強。第一代水果塔的人都是茶壺,是一群遙不可及的存在。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAmpw2U9Mbej
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派翠克將茶壺的水倒入其中一個杯子。685Please respect copyright.PENANAoUzxdurWlW
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「他們大部分都死了,水果塔也隨著基因傳給第二代、第三代,就像這些茶杯,他們只繼承一部分水果塔,能發揮的空間有限。」685Please respect copyright.PENANANrF5IM2Rza
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派翠克把另外兩個杯子,用杯墊蓋起來。685Please respect copyright.PENANAAmFsUrrrqn
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「問題來了,並不是每個後代都能裝水。以李門為例,代號『紅心傑克』的第一代水果塔──李仲翔,只有二兒子李康繼承了紅心傑克。不是每個後代都能繼承,這是機率的問題。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAgKWgGEsFKC
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尼可拉斯記得李博洋說的故事,「可是李康後來瘋了。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAjioOQgv5sZ
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派翠克嘆氣,「不過,李康也完成了他的使命。」685Please respect copyright.PENANARNRBV61Tfm
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尼可拉斯明白派翠克的意思。李康早逝,成功傳承紅心傑克,留下兩個繼承水果塔的兒子──李博洋與李晴煬。685Please respect copyright.PENANAeCxg3mOUI5
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「前情提要完畢,接下來是我奶奶。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAZS559cgHuq
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派翠克將裝有水的杯子放到一邊,留下兩個蓋著杯墊的杯子。685Please respect copyright.PENANAbNAuGEU7a4
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「我奶奶──薇奧拉.雷蒙,第一代水果塔『公爵夫人』,生的兩個孩子都沒有繼承到水果塔。她把希望放到孫子輩,希望出現隔代遺傳的奇蹟。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAHWjKu6b4CU
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派翠克再拿了五個杯子,全部蓋上杯墊。685Please respect copyright.PENANAX2TAEr91DX
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「結果五個孫子──包括我──全都沒有繼承到。我奶奶這下急了,她擔心『公爵夫人』失傳;要是她有什麼萬一,雷蒙一家會步入史密斯馬戲團的後塵,成為可有可無、被滅亡也無所謂的存在。」685Please respect copyright.PENANALSdYQoQJFS
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尼可拉斯沒有回話,畢竟,他參與了殲滅史密斯的行動。685Please respect copyright.PENANAE167JNuIan
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「所以,我奶奶向她的老朋友求救,就是白絃姊。」派翠克說:「她把我奶奶的水果塔拿出來、放到我的身體裡。」685Please respect copyright.PENANASqoI2WqK6e
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尼可拉斯喊停,「『拿出來』是什麼意思?」685Please respect copyright.PENANAzByXVf0nBK
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「字面上的意思。她先將水果塔拿到自己體內,再放進我的身體。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAFzRpJ0P3Ig
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派翠克的答案簡單到無法相信。尼可拉斯停頓,「所以,獅鷲可以把別人的水果塔拿走,再決定交給誰?」685Please respect copyright.PENANAFNPfj9Pw7d
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「或者,都留在自己身上。以這次來說,白絃姊拿走我奶奶的水果塔後,用另一個名叫『克隆』的水果塔、變換我的性別與外表,再把公爵夫人放到我體內。」派翠克結論:「『克隆』似乎是能形塑人類外表的水果塔,目前貯存在白絃姊體內。除了她本身的『距離』,白絃姊體內還有其它水果塔,至少兩種以上。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAkJN11tA5Qz
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尼可拉斯明白了。怪不得白絃被稱為最強,被里奧他們忌憚。685Please respect copyright.PENANAZIpzBy6a1W
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「聽起來,獅鷲比艾莉絲更強。」尼可拉斯說:「隨意拿走別人的水果塔……簡直像神明一樣。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAi5LonTmXck
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「不過,所有水果塔都對艾莉絲都無效。白絃姊真正面對艾莉絲時,恐怕也無計可施。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAhqcAKOpCAc
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派翠克告訴尼可拉斯:「不過,以前的夏悠不是這樣。因為夏悠犯了無法挽回的錯,白絃姊才把她變成『所有水果塔均無效』的體質,限制她也保護她。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAb6wd7FTgjN
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「犯了無法挽回的錯」?尼可拉斯追問,派翠克只說:「這我絕對不能說。如果說了,你也會變成高宇維的追殺對象。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAzLaPVJG9Ja
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以前有張迷因圖叫「你知道的太多了」,派翠克現在就是這樣。白絃就像開啟真相的鑰匙,一旦了解她的強大,那些被掩蓋的歷史就會點點浮現。派翠克親眼見證過白絃的能力,所以高宇維不會放過他。685Please respect copyright.PENANAX5Ho5Ir6RH
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可是有但書。尼可拉斯問派翠克:「你之前說,只要薇奧拉.雷蒙死,宇維少爺就不會殺你,又是什麼意思?」685Please respect copyright.PENANALFvwZ8IlnY
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派翠克苦笑,「尼可,你知道為什麼高宇維拚了命,也要把你們收為神與畜嗎?」685Please respect copyright.PENANALWXGLEqvdT
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「我們是第一代水果塔的後裔。」尼可拉斯說。685Please respect copyright.PENANAGNkK8Jjdf4
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「答對一半,正確來說,高宇維不能讓任何一個水果塔失傳,他必須確保水果塔被一代代傳承,這是艾莉絲體系的共識。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAaBOlGWaLg1
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尼可拉斯聽懂了,他看向桌上的茶壺和茶杯,得出結論:「只要薇奧拉.雷蒙死,這世上的公爵夫人,就剩你一個。」685Please respect copyright.PENANADMIpFrfg3j
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「沒錯,比起『他知道獅鷲的真面目』,高宇維更在乎『世上只剩一個公爵夫人』。」派翠克低頭,「我奶奶太了解高宇維。為了讓我活命,她甘願放棄自己的永生、步入死亡……雖然她叫我躲在咆哮飯店,但她的時間已經不多,我想把握最後這幾天,見她最後一面。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAlcTACMWGFG
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派翠克沒有說出全部,但對目前的尼可拉斯已經足夠,而且,現在不是說長故事的時機,派翠克得趕回薇奧拉‧雷蒙身邊,尼可拉斯也不放心葛蕾絲,盡快離開咆哮飯店才是上策。685Please respect copyright.PENANA1lupsqxQ48
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「我還有很多事想問,邊走邊講吧。」685Please respect copyright.PENANANgz4bnFkTi
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尼可拉斯起身,將一袋東西扔到派翠克身上。685Please respect copyright.PENANAyI8jiRlqW1
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「你那張臉太危險,我們時間已經夠少,我不希望有突發狀況。」尼可拉斯說。685Please respect copyright.PENANAUABVrtacQZ
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袋子裡是一疊黑色口罩,派翠克皺眉,「我不要,戴口罩很悶……唔!」685Please respect copyright.PENANANFPFPD2qOF
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頭被狠狠敲一下,派翠克哭著抱頭、模樣楚楚可憐,但尼可拉斯不吃這套。685Please respect copyright.PENANAynTrzeoywI
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「戴、上!」尼可拉斯恐嚇:「要是那張臉引來麻煩,我就打爛你的嘴!」685Please respect copyright.PENANAzdWl4DzgrC
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派翠克嚇得趕緊戴上,漂亮的眼睛和藍色頭髮還是很吸睛,不過,搭配尼可拉斯那張生人勿近的臉,就萬無一失了。685Please respect copyright.PENANAtemO1LoGkz
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「尼可。」685Please respect copyright.PENANA7RFv9J78V2
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在玄關穿鞋時,派翠克突然問尼可拉斯:「李門的小少爺,也是神與畜嗎?」685Please respect copyright.PENANAPQet6yyuDM
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從派翠克口中聽到李晴煬,尼可拉斯有點訝異,但他不能隨意公布成員身分,「我不能告訴你,你自己知道答案。」685Please respect copyright.PENANABLu2XkjfLj
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「……。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAvRPIDJWM5G
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「你認識他?」685Please respect copyright.PENANAea7hPvb2ZF
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「嗯……」派翠克微笑,「沒事,我想他也不記得我了,當我沒問吧。」685Please respect copyright.PENANAtCNbQHPQvj
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走出房間、搭上電梯,派翠克陷入長長的沉默。尼可拉斯想問他和李晴煬的事,但氣氛不對,尼可拉斯只好把問題吞回喉嚨,繼續趕路。
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