二月一日,半夜三時半。351Please respect copyright.PENANArgjeDC6upi
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赤柱監獄水飯房二十六號倉。351Please respect copyright.PENANA7MLNGNP3CG
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十塊肉團在拼湊而成的「鍵盤」上飛快地遊走着,那只能勉強叫作「鍵盤」,因為上面的按鍵全都是混亂的狀態,本來「A」的地方變成了「B」,然後有三個「Y」與四個「Z」。351Please respect copyright.PENANA2RXYN2gWzP
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然而在螢幕上顯示的也不是甚麼可以閱讀的東西,而是重複又重複的一堆符號。351Please respect copyright.PENANA1lD0jOpc8n
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「阿水你這傢伙又替我在外面開了幾張空頭支票……甚麼『黑幫老大會躲在哪兒上大號?』、『明天股票升還是跌?』、『女朋友有沒有瞞着自己與前度私訊』……還不如去問問『白羊座今晚的運程』及『有甚麼巴士過海不塞車』啦!」肉團的主人怨聲載道。351Please respect copyright.PENANADlNyNoJlkG
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「每天可以問多過三條嗎?」在隔壁的囚倉傳來阿水──劉貽的聲音。351Please respect copyright.PENANADBmAxUwr8u
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「當然不行啦!每天限問三條!有配額的呀!」男子穿的黑色背心下是頗肥胖的身軀:「你真的以為我是那『無所不知』的水飯房幽靈嗎?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAgKmnf1D9PQ
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「你不是嗎?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAyrfnhxTIZ9
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水飯房幽靈為之氣結,反了反白眼說:「我是!但我又不是!總之你在浪費我每天珍貴的配額!」351Please respect copyright.PENANAZfNJqYPIwy
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「我無意冒犯,但這些都是很重要的兄弟……」351Please respect copyright.PENANAU0qvmfACEh
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「我知道我知道!我們要離開這兒、實行計劃還得依靠他們嘛!」351Please respect copyright.PENANAo7vntdeojW
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「沒錯……」351Please respect copyright.PENANAgyq9mOajwR
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「為甚麼今天害羞鬼的反應那麼慢?」351Please respect copyright.PENANA2epwOMamZm
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良久。351Please respect copyright.PENANAtSaqDZH8qB
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「是呢!」阿水見幽靈沒有再出聲,便再問:「發生了甚麼事嗎?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAeHD89D935Y
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「是……」幽靈的聲音變得很不確定:「真的出了事。」351Please respect copyright.PENANA2VW20n5w89
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「甚麼事?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAtCt6Rx9waa
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「一九七二年慕尼黑慘案……」他的嗓子在震動着。351Please respect copyright.PENANAOkfTSaQ7Z1
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阿水有點不安,他的記憶很模糊,但仍然對慕尼黑慘案有些印象。351Please respect copyright.PENANAc94aXUpMHp
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「人類總要重複同樣的錯誤……」351Please respect copyright.PENANAjf2XgbSToH
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「甚麼?甚麼嘛?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAbaKXrttAv7
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「明天即將舉行的韓國釜山世運會……祖國的代表團將會受到恐怖襲擊……」他打從心底顫抖,口齒不清,阿水幾乎聽不清楚他在說甚麼。351Please respect copyright.PENANAL7MOfSKgYT
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「祖國?你的祖國?朝鮮!」阿水也嚇了一跳,因為他隱約看到事情的嚴重性:「那是真的嗎?還是只是暗網中穿鑿附會的陰謀論?」351Please respect copyright.PENANA7nhgm47aj9
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「不,這是害羞鬼透過馬里亞納深網的一個子集告訴我的。」幽靈終於冷靜下來,嘆了口氣說:「我們要提早實行那個計劃了。」351Please respect copyright.PENANArbdv735BFp
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「反雞蛋仔行動?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAKCqYcLJrqO
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「我要暫時『消失』一會兒作最後準備,兩個星期後你再進來水飯房吧!」351Please respect copyright.PENANAXtVQxyyWES
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「反雞蛋仔行動?」葉向東問。351Please respect copyright.PENANA8euvzGMOEx
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「雞蛋仔行動就是雪姑七友想出來的鬼主意。」害羞鬼聳了聳肩說。351Please respect copyright.PENANAbRzR2wmVft
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「雪姑七友!」這四個字刺激着葉向東的神經:「那幫唯恐天下不亂的犯罪分子!沒錯,你也是他們的一分子!原來水飯房幽靈也是,阿水也是!」351Please respect copyright.PENANArcYhM5IqFt
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害羞鬼搖了搖頭說:「『害羞鬼』的確是我幾經辛苦滲透他們組織後得到的代號,但不代表我就是他們的一分子……更莫說水飯房幽靈與阿水那群烏合之眾,更不是他們的人了。」351Please respect copyright.PENANArckf8k38cO
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「為甚麼?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAGkuRLkebMg
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「我不是說『反雞蛋仔』嗎?」葉向東感覺到小丑面具下的恥笑:「『反』又如何『正』?雖然『正』有時也會是『反』,有時也不是,反正……」351Please respect copyright.PENANAW5EfjRkElT
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「也是一堆概念。」葉向東不等害羞鬼說下去。351Please respect copyright.PENANAsT7RSG0xPI
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「你搶了我的台詞啊。」351Please respect copyright.PENANAHfuWT34upJ
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「少說廢話,接着如何了?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAb7O0tdrcgI
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「接着如何?接着我就被困在這兒啊!」害羞鬼張開雙手,環視四周:「水飯房幽靈,不,應該說他在美國的代號:『潘多拉』才對,那傢伙居然趁朝鮮襲擊南韓報復時,與中國合謀用甚麼朝鮮最高級的機密作為誘餌,設計陷害我,把我困在這兒。」351Please respect copyright.PENANARwK4eCkfI6
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「如果『水飯房幽靈』就是『潘多拉』……那麼『潘多拉之盒』……」葉向東似乎想通了箇中的因果關係了。351Please respect copyright.PENANAWfEsPKCH1x
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「沒錯,潘多拉之盒就是這兒了。」351Please respect copyright.PENANAIkCAqPZXok
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葉向東留意着害羞鬼背後的金屬牆壁,那種反光有點不自然的感覺,像是材質的貼圖質素不佳,雖未至於一眼便看出「起角」,但與「真實」有點距離。351Please respect copyright.PENANAoCOeQ8Jmgw
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「眼前的一切事物肯定是電腦產生的虛擬實境!」他想:「潘多拉之盒就是這個虛構的金庫?不!說不定我被牡丹……可能還有其他北韓特工……給催眠了,真身正被五花大綁,要迫使我吐出甚麼秘密來。」351Please respect copyright.PENANArIcRcc5wzR
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他覺得眼前的害羞鬼愈來愈「假」。351Please respect copyright.PENANAiXjTeGTpdQ
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「事實上,她們真的誤會了,我有何秘密可以吐露呢?」葉向東眼睛轉動,正想辦法脫身:「既然肉隨砧板上,只好乖乖就範,胡吹亂謅一番,滿足了她們的要求,離開金庫,催眠自然就會失效了?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAirXHiIllLu
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既然打定主意,他便說:「好,我明白了,我幫你。」351Please respect copyright.PENANAOkKspelKs6
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害羞鬼高興得彈起身來,還以為要多費一番唇舌,說:「真的?!」351Please respect copyright.PENANAAdLflF2uBk
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「真的。」葉向東暗暗得意地說:「但我現在動彈不得,如何幫得上忙?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAUApBWDj6hJ
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害羞鬼推着葉向東回到「電腦」的前面,說:「你要先替我解開這個謎題。」351Please respect copyright.PENANAmNhF1Z56iO
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在螢光幕出現的並不是「納維斯托克斯存在性與光滑性」的方程式,而是另一堆數字:351Please respect copyright.PENANAuN9UyQEDhL
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1 = 4351Please respect copyright.PENANAJQG4PoehkS
2 = 8351Please respect copyright.PENANAsoIONKSKB5
3 = 24351Please respect copyright.PENANAF8o3UpgStA
4 =?351Please respect copyright.PENANArUWLf1LDGM
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「這是甚麼?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAKwHfGquhzv
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「就是要你求答案囉!」害羞鬼把葉向東的頭推近螢幕,數式是放大了,但內容並沒有變化。351Please respect copyright.PENANAcXNyWlRR2M
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葉向東睜大眼睛看得很清楚,不是那些深奧的方程式,而是早些年前在社交網絡以「哈佛大學八成人都答錯,你會答對嗎?」作招徠,瘋傳又瘋傳的智力問題。351Please respect copyright.PENANAYPf3gqmq0T
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當年,他也中了圈套,以為答案是「96」。因為他用了階乘「n!」的概念去傳釋這個「=」。看「4、8、24」這個序列,就會認為是「4 x 1! = 4」、「4 x 2! = 8」、「4 x 3! = 24」,所以「4 x4! = 96」。351Please respect copyright.PENANA0ThNuHp2gw
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然而,「96」卻是個「錯誤」的答案,因為出題者說:「嘿!中計了!正確的答案其實很簡單,答案是『1』,因為既然『1 = 4』,『4 = 1』也是當然的了。」351Please respect copyright.PENANA7afnTWTzQx
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沒錯,原來「2 = 8」和「3 = 24」都是擾亂思路「假線索」。這樣說實在太客氣,因為這個「=」的意思根本不一樣!「1 = 4」與「4 = 1」中「=」是「對稱性」,而「2 = 8」及「3 = 24」就是「階乘」,但何時是指「對稱性」,何時是指「階乘」,則無從推斷。351Please respect copyright.PENANApj19OXfOjH
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那即是說,答案可以是兩者,也可以不是兩者。351Please respect copyright.PENANA15KkjK0mTE
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看到葉向東迷惘的樣子,害羞鬼似乎很享受,並沒有催促的意思,那種沉默的等待,反而給葉向東很大的心理壓力。351Please respect copyright.PENANAqadPxpnNPJ
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這樣的時間過得特別慢。351Please respect copyright.PENANAm4jwJDKk3U
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葉向東終於也聽到自己的心跳聲。351Please respect copyright.PENANAGSrqJlI1Rp
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「那根本不是數學問題。」葉向東最後忍不住說:「事實上這是在猜你是一個『錯誤的正常人』,還是一個『正常的瘋子』。」351Please respect copyright.PENANAbMGUGgG0Zk
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「咭咭咭!」害羞鬼大笑,走過來把葉向東一百八十度轉過身去。351Please respect copyright.PENANAK7EjqaoQle
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只見金庫的門居然打開了。351Please respect copyright.PENANAkKTM6KWai8
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「為甚麼?」他愈來愈不解了。351Please respect copyright.PENANAvGO3jzrLGO
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「你答對了。」只聽到害羞鬼的聲音。351Please respect copyright.PENANAKxSILlanm9
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「答對了?」葉向東難以置信:「我還沒有答啊!」351Please respect copyright.PENANAojIWnwss3f
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「對!」351Please respect copyright.PENANAhrlVkGJKb5
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「我不是要幫助你,而你會幫助我離開的嗎?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAeOn0On5LWx
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「對。」351Please respect copyright.PENANA6g0K3cThpK
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「我真的可以離開了?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAMqjCoUGLqY
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「你還要問多少次?」351Please respect copyright.PENANAOfALOR4ujc
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「但……我要如何離開?」葉向東還是動彈不得。351Please respect copyright.PENANAt2ltKtshSA
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「我有沒有綁着你啊?」還是看不見害羞鬼,只有他的聲音在耳邊響着:「走出去,就是這樣簡單。」351Please respect copyright.PENANAWaxaX3rPyU
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