約略是三年前，正值櫻花爛漫季節，一位蒙紗的少婦帶著一籃藥箱來到這座不起眼的山谷小村裡行醫。以一飯一宿作為求治的代價，倒也令人覺得親切同情。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPLxX0oxOE
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雖然在這村落沒什麼特殊罕見的疾症，但無論是怎樣難易的病痛卻在她的治療下一一痊癒，即使是不大不小但總無法根除的常疾，也乖順地逐漸消跡。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsr78UBKeTm
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對村民來說，她定是位偉大的巫女，也只有侍奉神祇的巫女與神官才能趨除病痛。所以儘管沒有人見過她真正的面貌，也沒有人知道她是從何而來為何而來，都視作侍奉神之人而理所當然地接受。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuUk1CKVH9
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行醫後不久，少婦拿出了精美珍貴的布料贈與村民，請他們在山上為她搭建居所。連貴族也罕見的布疋與樣式奇特的屋落，儘管惹人驚異卻也視應當然。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmekra4M0x
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村民們敬重地諱稱她一聲『夫人』。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7txjLmgRd3
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAiK6cJi0p
少婦總是罩上一層薄紗遮掩面容，其中原由則是村民們好奇而不敢探究的問題。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28Y3PoFhLu
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但就與供奉侍神之人一樣，樸實的村民對這位夫人一直滿懷著敬意與感恩。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJq2HCHqCn
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如日常事例，少婦背著藥箱步步走下山谷為村民診病。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1empTCEBT
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剛開始時，像這樣走在崎嶇的山路小徑，每隔片刻便因體力不足而停佇休息，而隨著路程加長，行進的速度愈加遲緩，在走到山谷時往往需費上半個白天的時間。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTuaHZx1JB
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然而日復一日地走下來，很快地便適應了山路的跛斜，雙腳踩地的踏穩與敏捷也讓自己意識到原本是如何嬌生慣養。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTjbVYLhmU
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經過一時辰的山路，脫出林葉蔭蔽，眼前一片低平。山勢成兩方夾圍出一塊橢形的峽地，一道細小的水流在谷地尾端切出，往山谷外的世界延伸。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrS7FRnzef
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谷內盡被闢成田地，十數戶茅頂土屋鬆散地聚落在谷內微高之處，少婦走入由田壟蜿蜒至屋落的土徑，幾名在田中收成的農伕見人立即嚷聲問安，接著轉向其他田埂裡的村人遠喝通知少婦的來到。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvCNOFnjbv
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走至舍落中央的寬地時，少婦身週已經圍滿了村人，村婦們有的牽著自家的孩子或是手抱嬰兒前來，每個人開口一聲聲『夫人』地嘈嘈雜雜嚷話著。少婦一面聽他們的閒談日常，一面為需要療治的人一一看診。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuN3c7cJkYC
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在這座村裡不太有什麼難以應付的絕症，最多是風寒腹洩皮膚病，一些被宿疾所纏身的老人家，也只要經過一般藥石與飲膳的調養，便就無所礙窒。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBrUhYnTle
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對這些村民來說，已經足夠靈驗。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwJiZEFO9p
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除了病痛看診外，村民們也會額外與少婦聊一些村內的近況與自家的種種。少婦只是靜靜地聽著，大多時並沒有搭腔，但村民們卻反而說得更是躍躍有勁。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfaD1nntu2
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「讓我過去！讓我過去！」一個小女孩費力地推擠開大人們圍成的人牆，然後又再被擠了出去，她不停地高聲尖叫，「讓我過去啦！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdggvmXAgwK
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxBb1jF1ay
少婦認得那個女孩，名字叫小末。她記得很清楚，那個小女孩的母親是在她來到這個村落前難產而死的。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjFMByHVFi
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少婦往小末的方向跨了一步，人群便散了開來，小末一股腦地從人群中撞出，興奮地抓住少婦的衣袖嚷叫：「夫人！妳快來看！妳快來看！我撿到了很棒的東西哦！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVXHAzH9Xe
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC66tgCjyaf
「小末，妳又要騙人了！」四週的大人們不以為意地取笑，連一旁的小孩子也跟著起哄叫著：「騙人鬼」。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3zLWfvmbq
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1dliqMhXV
「我才沒有騙人！才沒有！」小末回頭大聲罵道，手指仍緊抓著少婦的袖襬。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprXGTniYGB
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQDZ3nFVD6
少婦微低下半身，柔聲問道：「小末，妳撿到了什麼？」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ygBcbUJC5
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS289VML0tL
「妳跟我來看就知道了啦！」小末立即拉著少婦的手，作勢就要衝出前去。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygghRknEiv
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ435SvYuxwv
「等一下！小末！」大人們抓起小末手臂，嚴聲訓斥，「不可以對夫人沒禮貌，妳自己把東西帶過來！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKc6FIaM7IV
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8JShukvK9
「不行！不行！」小末大叫，「不能給別人看到！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd0Allv9lY
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrSLGgjlqQ
「妳又在說謊了！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0MvtYwMxh
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1xmpLFN6s
少婦感到一陣頭痛，只得出聲制止，「別說了。」她蹲下與小末齊高，安撫道：「我晚點再看，好嗎？」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2KZi3sJ3o
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小末委屈地皺眉抿嘴，片刻後才點頭勉強同意。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiKdF4X0h2
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於是，小末就站在人群外圍靜靜盯著少婦，不時煩燥地走來走去，然後跑開片刻、再又跑了回來。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97RC4Bkg1t
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以前小末常常對著她大嚷：『為什麼不早點來救我母親？』536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0IFTozhb6
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZfh5K9tXl
後來大概是被大人責罵的關係吧，小末再也沒有說出那種話，卻開始說起自己看到了母親的亡魂、夢到了母親的亡魂。內容則不外乎是母親預言將降災給哪個會欺負小末的人，要不就是母親得到了神的賜福，會再回到小末身邊云云。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QmQfMOPrc
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像這樣顯而易見的謊言只招來更多的嘲笑，小末卻更為堅信自己看得見母親的亡魂、甚或是其它死者的鬼魂。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0OcMNLm1r
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jcejnwF9S
後來少婦私底下編了一個故事告訴小末，一個失去父母的小孩向神祈求再見到自己的父母一面，代價是一整年的時間不可開口說話，小孩做到了，因此見到了自己的父母。然而卻因為她太久沒說話的關係，她在現世的親友都遺忘她不認識她了。從那之後，小末就不再說謊，也逐漸不再提起自己母親的事。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ck6FjqgqX
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFLWPjJee6
只是，到現在其他人還是會常常拿過去說謊的事來取笑她，小末雖然生氣，卻也未認真掛在心上計較，或許是年紀尚小的關係。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB80tGqwElx
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1cq0ET3qB
少婦收拾了藥箱，把村民們贈送的一些莊稼打成小包袱，小末已等不及地纏到她身旁，拉著她就跑，還不時回頭把好管閒事的村民或其他小孩給喝跑。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡny4k4eoMTZ
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSKrrXS2vN
「小末，到底是什麼東西……」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3chX9L5u68
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXDtB61Ox5
小末以指尖壓唇示意，然後壓低聲音：「不能說不能說，妳看了就知道了！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzSbCjhjqN
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結果，小末把她帶到了小溪的磯岸上，一群大小不一的石塊疊出傾陡的矮壁裡，有許多可以藏物的狹縫。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqjsN0oMiv
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小末迅速地爬過幾疊邊緣尖銳的大石塊，回頭拼命向少婦招呼：「這裡這裡！趕快來看！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0BsolUmx2
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少婦謹慎緩慢地越過石塊來到小末身旁，小末深吸一口氣，手按在遮住洞口的一塊扁長石片上，眼中閃爍著興奮的光芒，「我要打開囉…」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnnZ8kYM5T
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oRcFQjvvv
石片移開後，少婦低下身看去時，不禁倒抽了一口氣──536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMsCuNo4Ln
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那不是人類嗎？536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCR1jZkAYKO
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…不，那…是人類嗎？……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12uo55GptG
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型體像是巨大的卵，帶著與常人無異的粉肉色，在頂端則像是生出肉芽一般，長著一張女人的臉孔緊閉雙眼，一頭烏黑的長髮從『頭』頂披曳落在卵的四周。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGTIt8nQbW
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskzW5nCIyK
「很漂亮吧！很漂亮吧！」小末高興地對少婦露出欣喜的笑容，「昨天的昨天剛撿到時是蛋，然後長芽，今天長出臉跟頭髮耶！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBY0q9ailBo
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少婦只有瞪大著眼，看著小末雀悅地與她分享著自己的秘密。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45dmmKUsCk
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFWvngabHd
「以後一定會長得愈來愈好看！一定會！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4r0aU51sLe
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQJGSz7JAl
「小末…」少婦乾澀地喚著她的名字，幾不成聲。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILS6DzNlcm
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tSIchaktI
「不過不能告訴我家裡的人喔！也不可以告訴別人！這是…」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGAt8RB6RE
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNzPv3sLXv
「小末！」少婦竭力喚道，「小末…等一下…這種東西……」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgordajOUb1
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「唔？」小末無辜地眨眨眼，等著少婦說話。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfXuuXqAN7
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「這種東西……」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SJ7UwhFLI
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIvpJolWXF
該怎麼說出口……她確定這顆卵是超脫她所能理解之物，不，也不是十分地陌生，因為……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhBnnDUWIb
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因為，這應該是已經脫離凡俗的物體……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0nBoiq5cz
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……過去的記憶像是突發的山洪沖盡意識……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwdEFzY86c
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOV8VaQfXq
為什麼？自己明明不再是過去的那個人了，為什麼還會看到這種東西？536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKG1Rz9ck8z
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmU4Y0x36q9
「夫人！夫人！」小末急切地拉晃著她的袖口，「夫人妳知道這是什麼動物對不對？告訴我告訴我！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqLqQcCcDn
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPPxFmJcFx
「這…這個…是……」少婦恍惚地低聲囁嚅，意識無法控制地恍惚飄遊，眼前的小女孩也似是恍惚的景象。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFUZapGJtj
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBdECeM1NV
心口，只剩底下的心臟是確實而嚇人地搏動著。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqG7g85idE
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtitHBGArlD
她伸吸口氣，強迫自己假造出可以冷靜面對現狀的思緒來，「總之，先讓我確認一下，這種東西…說不定有危險……」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbWTF0e8U9
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUgB7KNTRe
小末不以為意也不放在心上地點頭同意。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD8gCw0bDz
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhkzl0oo3F
少婦忍住嫌惡感與恐懼，伸手用掌心覆觸卵的表面，上下輕移……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UjwS4xPmU
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuCrRuFgAc
觸感與人肉相彷，體溫不冷不熱，甚至隱約可見流動的細小血筋，至於呼息的起迭與脈動……分不清是不是把自己的吁吸錯認為是那個物體的吁吸，手掌中的起伏與顫動像是自己所引發又不像是，明明早已判斷出，錯覺卻層層不絕地湧起……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyXtluPISd
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指尖移至『她』的鼻尖下想確認氣息時，『她』霍然張明雙眼！536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptlnZj5vbW
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrdJgEH9YH
少婦赫然抽回手，醒過來的『她』正盈盈微笑。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVawOYrwyZ
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ4NuuAyk1
小末訝異又驚喜地低歡道：「哇──張開眼睛了！醒過來了！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKutPZBgqco
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yZzNO4X8f
『她』笑得像是石雕一像生硬，少婦卻直覺得『她』的眼神與表情不停地無聲變動著。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cEUomuWZE
536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ649odHp02Z
『她』的眼神冰冷得幾乎可凍結體內的血液流動，似乎自己才是寄宿在某個肉塊裡的莫名異物……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVMFYz3371
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「我是小末！小末小末小末！」小末很高興地向『她』介紹自己。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNSWTOqCCz
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少婦不禁脫口說出：「……神……」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWsCNE94Bo
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腥紅的血瞳映照出不斷飛逝的無形非人。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxdkcNRb6Y
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尖銳的笑聲從四面八方向少婦滾壓，她被當做是漩渦中心地纏繞著宣洩而下，連靈魂也快被沖刷怠盡似地。然後……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmB8HyKZI0o
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就在要屈服這些無止境膨脹的笑意之時，透過薄紗，隱約地看到小女孩快樂地捧著巨卵上的頭顱抱出洞外。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvBw1ph3Oi
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臉孔後頭的身體仍留在洞穴內，所以被拉成了柔軟的長條，小末愉快地持續拉著，然後長條的身體兩側對稱地長出無數雙手臂來……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sPaFc1vOi
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『她』擺動的靈活的長臂，與小末在地上舞躍著、在天空攀爬著。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaHZQT82ce
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『她』臉上的微笑依舊是生硬冰冷，聽不見的笑聲卻極盡尖銳盡宏大地刺擊著少婦……536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt2JbHNreX
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當小末幻影似地從眼前離去時，少婦忽然醒了過來，四週景物絲豪未變，除了癱軟在地的自己與傾倒一旁的藥箱。她渾渾顫顫地拾起自己的東西，好不容易才踉蹌地走回村內。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjaplgLDW3
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回到村子，村民們善意地招呼著，「夫人！您還沒走啊！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCl4xJEFX0
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「小末呢？」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZWTq44uit
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「她啊…」村人露出了怪異的表情，「發瘋一樣叫嘯著跑過去了！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgGk9D6Dbg
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「那…她…有帶著什麼東西嗎？」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2egJEPfld
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「啊？」村人搔搔頭，「就那樣一路跑過去啦……」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTi0j8uda5m
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少婦不安地快步行至舍落，只見到小末在寬地上舞蹈般地狂跳著，一旁的村人還不斷吼道「別跳了！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTLMwQKH4S
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沒有神。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡii7fVHA5kG
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小末看到少婦，漸漸地停下瘋狂舞跳，喘息笑著。536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGGPrTJa3m
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「不可以告訴別人、不可以說喔！」536Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCuxv1VLUM
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【坑疤】《天津國神紀草紙史末》．白鬼之章三
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