離開那排手舞足蹈的素描木偶,小羽慢慢欣賞這秘寶精品店的其他東西。符咒和毛筆佔據了一整個角落,各種呎吋和型號的式神,多得覇滿了一整行陳列架。怪獸寵物的飼料像超級巿場的白米被一包包棟起來、長髮女妖的家庭裝洗髮精像花生油一樣大罐、還有一位太太店員落力地做展銷,推廣一隻專為白髮魔女而設的強力染髮劑。539Please respect copyright.PENANARkrefVrHzU
小羽走著走著,走到店舖的深處。在這不起眼的細小店面背後,佔地得比超級巿場還要大。寶兒冒冒失失的從倉庫走出來,三箱貨品擋住她的視線,甚至沒發覺小羽就在旁邊走過。539Please respect copyright.PENANA298Z7oT3fD
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倉庫的門頁仍是張開,上面寫著醒目的「閒人免進」四個大字。539Please respect copyright.PENANAeMXX34kMZU
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小羽心忖:我不是閒人,那我即是可以入去看看啦。 539Please respect copyright.PENANAI5vs1eYeQK
倉庫的擺放著大大小小的紙皮箱,間中就有些貨品抖動,叫小羽懷疑到低裡面有多少隻像掃描公仔一類的法寶被困在其中。大約二十桶貼著福里馬琳貼紙的塑膠容器,整整齊齊的排在牆壁前。各式各樣的紙品疊到比小羽還高,或許都是製造式神的原材料。539Please respect copyright.PENANAvV41kVdllI
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小羽繼續深入倉庫深處,這邊沒有亮起照明設備,暗得像地洞的深淵。化學品的氣味愈來愈濃烈,甚至到了刺鼻的程度。她的運動鞋踏在滿是塵埃的木地板,傳來了嘰嘰的怪聲。539Please respect copyright.PENANAIHlH12f6Pw
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一個特大的鐵籠子被放置在靈界寵物飼料旁邊,我大得足夠打一隻成年大象放進去。它先前定必養了頭脾氣極壞的動物,才把籠子兩三外外的麻包袋都抓破了,掉出些乾稻草和雀糧在地上。539Please respect copyright.PENANAw5N6Hmv80C
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小羽心裡疑惑:這到底用來放甚麼怪物的?籠子裡仍有幾根大號魚骨,地板也滲透著一股魚腥臭氣,看來這裡裝運過一頭海洋生物。539Please respect copyright.PENANAOzXF6VDuaJ
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在經過一棟疊得特別高的木箱,小羽突然有種古怪的感覺:有些人正在望著她...539Please respect copyright.PENANA37mKKBM6kj
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她還在猶豫是否應該掉頭離去,她同時間就望到那群「人」了:五個高大的黑色剪影浮現在小羽眼前,他們都載著頂土氣的圓帽子,一身黑色官服繡著靈獸的圖案。他們分毫不動的並排著,整整齊齊望著小羽的方向。各自的臉上都貼著道綠色符咒,隨著他們的呼吸晃動...539Please respect copyright.PENANAVeiebC8aTj
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媽的...這是殭屍!539Please respect copyright.PENANA6Lx8iHJ4Eh
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小羽巴不得大聲尖叫,可是嘴巴張開卻嗌不出半點聲音。她按住嘴,正想一口氣跑回去倉庫外邊,臉蛋卻迎頭撞上個高個子的胸口。539Please respect copyright.PENANACFEArNB5eD
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「哎...小妹妹,妳在這裡幹甚麼!?」539Please respect copyright.PENANApL8APbD0lN
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一把雄厚的男聲響起,嚇得小羽情不自禁叫了出來。這是寶兒爸爸,他放下手中的紙皮箱:「請問誰准許妳擅自闖入來的呢?」539Please respect copyright.PENANAomtO2mKgO4
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「呃...世伯!」小羽雙手合十:「對不起!我一時發瘟亂走。您大人有怪莫怪,我立即出返去!」539Please respect copyright.PENANAw2cXrOHP4d
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小羽不等及二撇雞叔叔的反應,自己就衝回去店面上,差點就收制不住撞上了樹妖專用的肥田料。539Please respect copyright.PENANApeOaG1BOdw
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那兩個還在挑鈣片的瘦弱女士望下購物籃,望著急步跑的小羽。她唯有裝作若無其事地收步,還擠出個專心挑選貨物的模樣。539Please respect copyright.PENANAR0TCCXglPX
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「小羽原來妳來了這邊。」寶兒向小羽揮揮手,滿臉笑容的走回來:「妳很熱嗎?怎麼滿頭大汗。」539Please respect copyright.PENANAciOGYM3vx3
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「不...沒事沒事。」小羽故作鎮定,卻在走近的寶兒身上再次嗅到那消毒藥水氣味。「我想起我好像有些事,須要返回去家裡了。」539Please respect copyright.PENANAR2Nqch0xp7
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「這麼快就走?」寶兒一臉可惜:「我還想說不如今晚一起組隊去參觀九龍地獄。」539Please respect copyright.PENANA4eixhCq6Fn
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「地獄?」這句話引起了小羽的注意:「是那些十八重地獄嗎?」539Please respect copyright.PENANAshYbsYkfFY
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「是啊。差不多每個成功投考見習死神的新人,都會去那裡朝聖一下。」539Please respect copyright.PENANAYvzsBiPOEM
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小羽稍稍鎮定下來,望見陸叔叔繼續搬運貨品,彷彿沒把小羽發現私藏殭屍是甚麼大不了的事。一頭狐狸精臉的妖媚女人走過,興致勃勃的試用香水,一條毛茸茸的大尾巴在她短裙下竄出來亂搖。539Please respect copyright.PENANAU3OSfo2pvx
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對啊,這邊是半個靈界。殭屍或許只是輕鬆平常的事罷了,沒必要太過大驚小怪。539Please respect copyright.PENANAeyCg8iGifW
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寶兒仍在說服九龍地獄的種種,完全沒發覺剛才小羽分心在想別的事情。「怎麼樣?想一起去嗎?」539Please respect copyright.PENANACGvtUkwbs7
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「也好吧。」小羽點點頭:「不如等埋黃炏,今晚我們一起去。」哥哥在的話,寶兒就算有甚麼陰謀也不會隨便亂來吧。539Please respect copyright.PENANAAFw4cYF1E6
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「嗯。今晚七點鐘廟街天后廟等。」寶兒抱住小羽的手臂,興奮得笑成了彎彎眼。539Please respect copyright.PENANAZHEzmCDe2f
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小羽一晃眼,偷瞄著貼在自己手臂上那寶兒的胸脯,即使隔著了精品店的女僕制服,仍是很有壓迫感。她開始後悔拖了黃炏落水,懷疑哥哥會否見色起心,傻呼呼的自願跑進皮諾邱裡邊。539Please respect copyright.PENANA5TibfO9kIL
黃炏知道會跟寶兒一起參觀九龍地獄,早就換好一套新購的淺灰色漢服,站在廟街街口等待太陰日出。小羽極力表示他圓框眼鏡的文青造型,跟古裝的漢服配搭簡直不倫不類。在再三要求黃炏換件普通衣服被拒後,小羽索性閉口不談,也懶得告訴哥哥他的新衣後領仍掛著價錢牌。539Please respect copyright.PENANASads9YbQ2K
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「嗨!小羽、哥哥!」539Please respect copyright.PENANA0xTgX1H657
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寶兒老遠就跟二人揮手。看來她早了下班,有時間換掉那女僕裝的制服,穿上件陽間的便服。539Please respect copyright.PENANAxuomEU8fGk
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「嗨...哈哈...叫我黃炏...又或是阿炏就可以了。」黃炏傻呼呼的抓著後腦,彷彿智力突然下降至幼稚園水平。539Please respect copyright.PENANA2gKyOit8Ww
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「我們走咯。」小羽挽著寶兒的手,刻意把黃炏隔在中間。黃炏臉上仍然掛著副烚熟狗頭的低能相,繞個半圓又走回寶兒那一邊。539Please respect copyright.PENANA6WD0EMv5iK
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寶兒在馬路邊伸手,截了部彩陶馬車:「我們要去九龍城。」539Please respect copyright.PENANAQdceNf5jpp
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「鼎鼎有名的地獄測試,竟然就在九龍城?」小羽皺皺眉,她還以為會是上刀山落油鑊之類的古怪地方。539Please respect copyright.PENANAK9M1Nj79jc
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「當然了,九龍地獄不在九龍圍城下便,還可以在哪兒?」寶兒正奇怪他們竟然未聽過這件事。或許在靈界這邊,九龍城有地獄就如大嶼山有迪士尼一樣正常不過。539Please respect copyright.PENANAhP7Wd432un
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馬車水沿著海濱的寬廣道路走下去,穿過住滿了馬面怪聚居的村落。兩邊的農田被水道和土壩𠝹成一片片正方形的方格,像鏡子一樣木反射出蔚藍色的晴天。539Please respect copyright.PENANAfRCRgsRdGH
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「客倌到了。」車伕在一條石橋前停下。539Please respect copyright.PENANASEs2uG8xok
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「媽的!這是啥!?」小羽張大咀巴,站在馬車車斗上眺望這個跟她印像大相逕庭的九龍城。539Please respect copyright.PENANAgZrsF7icBp
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河邊一塊超級巨型的龍頭骨化石張開嘴巴,成了橋頭的標誌。靈間的鬼魂居民都從它口中通過,再踏到石橋上面。539Please respect copyright.PENANAD4P3TgY6xb
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龍骨的尖牙下面掛著塊石牌寫著「龍津橋」三字。龍頸遺骸沒入石橋結構,半圓形的大理石磚舖砌成橋面的行人步道,彷若一條銀白色的怪物,從城裡伸出海口港灣中。539Please respect copyright.PENANA6J3ASiA19L
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石橋連接著一座花崗石磚建成的宏偉圍城,城內除了幾座高低有致的炮塔,甚至有座金字塔形狀的小石山。另一座巨龍石像雕塑正伏在山丘尖頂上,腑覽著龍城每個角落。539Please respect copyright.PENANAfVsPGFSqut
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「嘩...」黃炏也不禁張看得張大嘴巴。三人穿過石橋龍骨入口,小羽目光轉瞬就從宏偉的建築物移開,轉移到兩旁路上擺賣的小販上面。寶兒也站在她旁邊,把黃炏留在路中心繼續欣賞這古城風貌。539Please respect copyright.PENANAln0AHhb0ZB
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