2157年6月24日,下午四點,仙境大樓,二層441Please respect copyright.PENANA98deVms3Z8
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跟赫密士要到聯絡方式後,尼可拉斯成功和那個女人聯繫上,但她不在家,說好兩個禮拜後碰面。到時,她會將貓親手交給尼可拉斯。441Please respect copyright.PENANABRmUJn0UaB
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任務還算順利。閒來無事,尼可拉斯在醫務室看書,沒多久,雪檸突然衝進來,抓住尼可拉斯的手臂。441Please respect copyright.PENANAYgXB799Dyu
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「尼可!!!」441Please respect copyright.PENANAgzTnkOvGFY
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雪檸跟他說:「尼可!情況緊急,我需要你幫忙!」441Please respect copyright.PENANAmHjqPRZGm8
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「啊?」441Please respect copyright.PENANA60vbJhRt9s
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尼可拉斯覺得莫名其妙,下一秒,一名意想不到的人從門口走進來。因為天氣變熱,里奧今天穿著短袖的黑色上衣,這是尼可拉斯第一次看到他露手臂。441Please respect copyright.PENANA2AFTovtlIY
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「我今天不知道為什麼,超級想吃蝦子!可是……可是……!」441Please respect copyright.PENANAnL0ONz7Jo0
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雪檸指著站在門口的里奧,生氣地說:「他說孕婦不能吃海鮮,會害寶寶過敏!可是我上網查,過敏只跟基因有關,但他不相信我!尼可,快用你的專業知識說他是錯的!!」441Please respect copyright.PENANAJhFEC9KnEW
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雪檸抓著尼可拉斯的肩膀搖啊搖、搖啊搖,尼可拉斯的頭越來越暈。不愧是Knight隊長,力氣不是普通地大。441Please respect copyright.PENANAaebTapXeea
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「冷靜點!我不是婦產科醫師!」441Please respect copyright.PENANAR71sv9Zfo2
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「不管啦!這裡只有你是醫生,他只聽你的話!」441Please respect copyright.PENANA2CJkjXuoTJ
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如果尼可拉斯是孕婦,他已經被雪檸搖到流產了。里奧從後面把雪檸抱走,再這樣下去,他覺得尼可拉斯會死。441Please respect copyright.PENANAbdETZrlWRB
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還在希波克拉底時,尼可拉斯被歸類在外科,也是他最擅長的領域。至於內科、兒科、婦產科、精神科其它領域,雖然不是專業,懂的也比一般人多,解答雪檸的疑問不是問題。441Please respect copyright.PENANAIcKBXTNLJW
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「就像妳說的:過敏主要取決於基因,孕婦可以吃海鮮。」尼可拉斯說。441Please respect copyright.PENANAHqWtiUD46Q
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「你看吧!」雪檸朝里奧露出勝利的表情。441Please respect copyright.PENANAVrjqgwRz9y
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「但是!」尼可拉斯加但書:「食材要新鮮、料理過程要衛生、完全煮熟才能食用,最重要的──不能一次攝取太多。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAPEneMo3cDm
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雪檸鼓嘴,她打算去水產火鍋超市大吃特吃,被尼可拉斯看穿計謀,肯定是不行了。441Please respect copyright.PENANAFoNHL9Myvy
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「妳現在最重要的是營養均衡,孕婦手冊說不能碰的東西就不要碰。這都是為了嬰兒著想,忍忍吧。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAz1TUSnwCrb
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尼可拉斯瞥了里奧一眼。雖然不想跟他講話,尼可拉斯還是叮嚀:「她再過幾周會開始害喜,到時會出現各種症狀。嗜睡、孕吐、頭痛頭暈……可能完全吃不下,也可能只想吃某種東西,或心理狀況不穩定,這時爸爸的角色很重要。可以的話,你盡量別出任務,多待在她旁邊,畢竟讓她懷孕的是你,這是你的責任。」441Please respect copyright.PENANA6210KxzaSq
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里奧點頭。昨天他才和高宇維通話,里奧和雪檸的任務都轉給了別人,他們這陣子會待在仙境大樓,產假的概念。441Please respect copyright.PENANARQYqXbqnm7
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「……謝謝。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAmO17lhdoxK
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有尼可拉斯在,里奧很放心,也發自內心、感激尼可拉斯沒有因為私人恩怨,無視雪檸肚子裡的孩子。441Please respect copyright.PENANA6Kso0taMKp
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「對了,我有事要問你。」441Please respect copyright.PENANApXRGlHfJJI
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既然里奧在這,兩人也說上話,尼可拉斯不會放過這個機會。441Please respect copyright.PENANAsPe8Unie2U
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「既然天賦是透過遺傳得來,」尼可拉斯問:「我媽她,是不是也有天賦?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAkRhQWmWZa6
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里奧點頭。尼可拉斯接著問:「是什麼?」441Please respect copyright.PENANA3EP5ZBD9te
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「『香菇』。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAxXHlT5mZgR
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「啊?」尼可拉斯挑眉,「你在耍我嗎?」441Please respect copyright.PENANA3nNNsEVZkX
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「尼可,里奧說的是實話。」雪檸說:「葛蕾絲真的是香菇。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAxKmISljFSE
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「妳乾脆說我媽會孢子繁殖算了。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAlSBqg9V5J1
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尼可拉斯這話是亂講,結果雪檸回答:「嗯,不愧是尼可,反應真快!」441Please respect copyright.PENANANHR82ATBO7
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「……。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAb5A1YZG5y6
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尼可拉斯滿頭問號,「我跟不上你們的節奏。」他整理剛才的對話,「我媽的天賦是香菇,她會孢子繁殖?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAVNkfDGjJmO
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里奧和雪檸一起點頭。活這麼大,從別人口中聽到媽媽是蕈類,尼可拉斯的頭好痛。441Please respect copyright.PENANATrilQPrtKk
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「……她的孢子不是用來繁殖。」里奧突然說。441Please respect copyright.PENANALgqD9bZiir
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「不然尼可也會是香菇喔。」雪檸開玩笑地說:「聽起來很可愛。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAC0vAMyr8lw
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「一點也不。」尼可拉斯翻白眼,問里奧:「用來做什麼?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAeb3GoQv9L7
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「復活。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAFZoBYhyQjR
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尼可拉斯的眼睛睜大了一圈。441Please respect copyright.PENANAIhl6iHGriY
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「她死亡的當下,身體會射出肉眼無法看見的孢子。」里奧說:「當孢子獲得足夠的能量,她就會復活。」441Please respect copyright.PENANADZ7MJTyfEX
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「……!」441Please respect copyright.PENANA2TUTirHYls
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尼可拉斯激動到站起來,「你為什麼不早說!宇維少爺為什麼不復活她?」441Please respect copyright.PENANARRaQux7a4m
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里奧搖頭,「葛蕾絲警告過,不能那樣做。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAwf74eTrFY0
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「為什麼?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAJPIAzEnlfz
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「……會死很多人。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAC6mRHIFfjL
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看里奧的表情就知道,他的想法和尼可拉斯一致、也希望葛蕾絲回來,但葛蕾絲本人不允許,他才沒採取行動。441Please respect copyright.PENANA1P1SvKoSuQ
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「尼可,你先坐下來,詳細情形由我來說。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAy6t2qwRwOf
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雪檸安撫尼可拉斯的情緒、讓他坐回椅子上,也跟尼可拉斯借紙筆,用圖畫來說明。441Please respect copyright.PENANAM6rmaE7U6m
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「葛蕾絲的孢子飛散出去後,會寄身在活體生物上。除非被寄生者死亡,否則孢子不會消失。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAlM3dcR6Kx2
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雪檸在紙上畫了五個圈圈,也在五個圈圈底下,各畫上一個人。441Please respect copyright.PENANAqWlAOXWnGO
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「其中,所有孢子裡,有個最重要的『母體』。其它孢子的被寄生者死亡後,會把獲得的能量傳送給母體。只要母體獲得足夠能量,葛蕾絲就能利用母體的被寄身者復活,就像這樣子。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAT56QWsm6ER
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雪檸在第一個圈圈旁,寫上「母體」。441Please respect copyright.PENANArDIdKRKrpn
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「假設,總共有ABCDE五個孢子,分別寄身在12345號被寄身者上,其中A孢子是母體。今天,假設2號寄生者死亡,B孢子會把獲得的能量,傳給母體A。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAy4s0M35st0
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雪檸在2、3、4、5號寄生者身上,都打上叉叉,再個別畫了箭頭、連到母體A的位置。441Please respect copyright.PENANA2C6h70p4Ol
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「以此類推,母體A吸收來自各孢子的能量。等吸收到一定程度,葛蕾絲會用1號寄身者的身體復活。但這過程非常長,而且,必須確保母體安危,1號寄身者要活得比其它寄身者久。成功率很低,何況,葛蕾絲本人不想這麼做。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAf3Hqz3VX2T
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「為什麼?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAR3poX5VBtS
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「看圖就知道了。」441Please respect copyright.PENANA4fgCMU0VKX
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雪檸用筆,指著被畫叉叉的被寄身者。441Please respect copyright.PENANAKpiXfjcjmK
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「首先,母體要獲得足夠的能量,這些被孢子寄身的人都得死;再來,葛蕾絲用1號寄身者的身體復活,1號寄身者的意識將不復存在,1號寄身者也會死。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAsXfKUIUVbj
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雪檸嘆了口氣。441Please respect copyright.PENANAXVRINK8dfl
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「葛蕾絲的能力,來自第一代水果塔『書蟲(Caterpillar)』。說穿了,這是場獻祭儀式,用上百人的性命換她一人。尼可,你覺得依葛蕾絲的個性,她會同意這種作法嗎?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAN97Wy6rcqC
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「……。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAl8DQqkHrqK
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當然不會。441Please respect copyright.PENANAWfQBP1mznZ
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尼可拉斯想都不用想。441Please respect copyright.PENANAnkqLGE9krh
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他那個媽媽,三不五時把受傷的小貓小狗撿回家,會把家裡的食物分給附近的流浪漢。連螞蟻都捨不得殺死的人,怎麼可能允許那種事?441Please respect copyright.PENANAmnv4R6lSEt
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「……你們回去吧。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAsLJcAvBYaB
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他後悔問了問題、燃起無聊的希望。尼可拉斯下了逐客令,暫時不想見任何人,尤其是里奧。441Please respect copyright.PENANAiRnr5GrYK1
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「我不想影響到孕婦的心情。」尼可拉斯別過頭,「快走,別逼我發脾氣。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAvJtQK8CUbF
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雪檸原本想說什麼,手卻先被里奧拉住。441Please respect copyright.PENANAQkHvpJZHwt
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「……走吧。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAL81uVrklV2
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里奧很清楚,尼可拉斯需要時間習慣心裡的傷口,不是一句不負責任的道歉。那不是「對不起」三個字可以彌補,何況,是沒有感情基礎的對不起。441Please respect copyright.PENANARdYTY0R4Ue
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他需要人陪伴、需要人安慰──那個人絕對不是里奧。他牽起雪檸的手,離開醫務室。441Please respect copyright.PENANAvNnCuIwm35
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另一方面,從三樓走樓梯到二樓,MIO遇見從醫務室離開的里奧夫婦,但沒有跟他們說到話,只聽到一句:「果然,不該告訴尼可的。」441Please respect copyright.PENANARLP4jJRROW
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「……?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAiciKZMz1hB
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電梯門闔上後,MIO才從樓梯間探出頭來。因為尼可拉斯最近很累,MIO抱著便當盒,裡面有她親手捏的飯糰,希望能讓尼可拉斯打起精神。441Please respect copyright.PENANAzFIpkXoFg3
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殊不知被她聽見這句。441Please respect copyright.PENANAgxGiMjTMPv
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MIO眨眨眼睛,雖然不知道發生什麼,但見到里奧,尼可拉斯的心情一定不好,需要飯糰打起精神。MIO沒想太多,繼續朝醫務室前進。441Please respect copyright.PENANAtZpz9kAywM
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「尼可?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAgW7UmWjgSu
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推開醫務室的門。尼可拉斯坐在辦公椅上,表情冷漠,看起來和平常一樣──但MIO覺得不正常。441Please respect copyright.PENANACaIaoXKQIT
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第一,什麼事也沒發生;第二,他遭受巨大的打擊,變得只能思考一件事,淪為詭譎的冷靜。441Please respect copyright.PENANAELTv274Xog
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「……怎麼了?MIO。」441Please respect copyright.PENANApZUlFsvoo6
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空氣瀰漫異常的氣氛。MIO看著尼可拉斯友善又詭異的笑容,有些躊躇、有些遲疑,但她假裝什麼都不知道,把便當盒放到尼可拉斯桌上。441Please respect copyright.PENANA0T6D5fVMbj
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「MIO做了飯糰給尼可喔!」441Please respect copyright.PENANAvjRT6BiGkk
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MIO站到尼可拉斯面前,一副要尼可拉斯稱讚的表情。441Please respect copyright.PENANASUIEDVxT7q
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「……謝謝。」441Please respect copyright.PENANA67SAoDYsdP
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MIO接收到尼可拉斯異樣的眼神,下一秒,尼可拉斯的手放到MIO頭上,臉湊了過來。441Please respect copyright.PENANAMblwqP2C2v
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「哪,MIO。」441Please respect copyright.PENANAEneu5J69kp
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尼可拉斯睜大眼睛,嘴角上揚,整張臉沒有半點笑意。441Please respect copyright.PENANABJl58qDsYA
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「還記得──我上次說的『願望』嗎?」441Please respect copyright.PENANAu2HdCrO6xB
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「……!」441Please respect copyright.PENANA9TEVNqqR17
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MIO沒有回話。那一瞬間,她感覺尼可拉斯心裡,有什麼東西正在裂開。支撐神與畜的東西正在衰敗,MIO自己也裂得七零八落,彷彿──回到遇見李博洋前的自己。
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