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我不發一語,看著倒在旁邊的這個已經變成屍體的男人。258Please respect copyright.PENANAhjUSxZkYyp
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根據過往經驗,有人在面前死去固然不是很舒服,但意外的是我對於他的死沒什麼特別的感覺。258Please respect copyright.PENANAMhtS2QDFZJ
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「妳變了呢,來夏,過去的妳要是看到難以容忍的事情,肯定會挺身而出反抗到底呢。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAOIYiGydmW1
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「或許吧,但我警告過他了。那麼,再過不久我也要像他一樣嗎?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAuI34vDGrFg
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「雖說守住神命村的秘密是我的責任,但畢竟妳的身份不同,要是殺了妳的話可就違背教義了。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAzuGJxegA1L
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「看樣子妳也變了,穗香。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAyy9KJKIYy8
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我看著眼前這個像是不曾見過面的陌生人。258Please respect copyright.PENANAKqBG2ToyKe
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能面不改色地將殺這個字掛在嘴邊,代表我記憶裡那個天真的穗香早已死去。258Please respect copyright.PENANAP1ifHGsqMb
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「……是從什麼時候開始就掌握住我的行蹤的?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAauIieSc4cg
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「事實上,妳投靠神谷夕子以後的紀錄就未曾間斷過,譬如妳考進的三流大學,就職後獲取的微薄薪資,其餘如社交狀況、就診紀錄等等森醫師皆有登錄在冊。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAx4UIE6vAhp
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「夠了。」258Please respect copyright.PENANA0jxZXRMp0T
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那說多諷刺就有多諷刺,原來我一直未曾逃離過村子的掌控嗎。258Please respect copyright.PENANAJCXrNneQNR
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「夠了?妳不是充分運用了妳的『特權』,作為神命村唯一的特例在外界生活嗎?縱然資料顯示妳嚴重無法適應而有過自我了斷的念頭,但皆為妳自己的選擇,村子未曾對妳做出任何干涉。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAXVQxggKISe
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「妳說的特權……究竟是指什麼?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAsfXQ5yFMq7
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「是呢,妳還不知道吧?因為妳的親生妹妹──結城冬笑,是我們神命教所信奉的神。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAuG7ppcti1y
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「冬笑是──神?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAyr2wbDrZWN
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我簡直不敢相信自己的耳朵。258Please respect copyright.PENANAiFCLHiV2pF
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因為一連串錯誤而在植物上進行錯誤的胎兒之夢的冬笑,在我離開村子的這段空白期間,居然被村子信奉為神嗎。258Please respect copyright.PENANA3ADMIi4PmY
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「在那之後……究竟發生了什麼事?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAs1UnZjRZBF
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「如妳所見,我們信奉著神,並藉由神命村這個機構進行篩選,唯有在此獲得認可的人,才得以前往理想鄉獲得永生。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAyfPhRDzxZv
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「我根本聽不懂……再說妳到底為什麼會變成這個樣子?回答我,穗香!」258Please respect copyright.PENANAkbi8LCk6Xw
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我終於忍不住上前抓住她的肩膀,和服的領口被我扯開,露出她那毫無血色的蒼白鎖骨。258Please respect copyright.PENANAf87CnASjWX
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「我的理解有錯?妳是要問為何是我成為教主?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAnuSasSvBKG
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「怎樣都好……拜託妳了……」258Please respect copyright.PENANAxIIuiP7Z8z
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意識到早已來不拯救眼前的摯友,我收回感到脫力的雙手。258Please respect copyright.PENANATyKiePacze
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「如果來夏想知道的話可以唷。」258Please respect copyright.PENANA5gAtzPuEpF
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穗香輕輕地笑了起來。258Please respect copyright.PENANAGlLJ0rhTtK
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這是重逢後她第一次表達身為人類的感情,但我卻不知道那笑容之中究竟包含多少無盡的絕望。258Please respect copyright.PENANAhvVR09wXRc
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「其實被選為教主的人是來夏妳喔,再怎麼說妳也是神的親生姊姊。258Please respect copyright.PENANAmMTPLTCPt9
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既然妳不願意回來,我也只是作為妳的替代,暫時將就用著的次級品而已。所以現在只要妳有意願,隨時都可以頂替我成為教主,但那也要妳願意通過成為教主所需要的儀式才行。258Please respect copyright.PENANABBoY8dNhYc
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儀式的部份必須由身處滿是食物跟神滓的坑洞裡面開始。啊,就是在廣場上殺了許多人的那些,來夏的父親當時也在坑洞裡面呢。平常啊,神滓若是沒有接獲神的指示,就只不過是擁有人類劣等的本性,將慾望表露無遺的醜陋生物。」258Please respect copyright.PENANArRAIVnc6RJ
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「穗香,難不成妳──」258Please respect copyright.PENANAxlq23h9YW5
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我說不下去。258Please respect copyright.PENANAlXIpRtXnzB
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正因為曾經目睹過一次那生物的暴行,所以怎樣都說不出口。258Please respect copyright.PENANA1u3RQ8ufHa
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「對啊,在那裡面被強暴整整一個月哦,全身能被上的地方全都被上過一遍了呢。258Please respect copyright.PENANAvkf1po2S3q
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剛開始的時候,我可是無時無刻都在詛咒妳,但過了兩三天後就完全放棄了,因為到後來究竟是痛苦還是愉悅早就分不太清楚,這副軀殼的本能反應還真是下賤對吧?258Please respect copyright.PENANAEb90b9wJwt
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從那時候起我就感受不太到喜怒哀樂了,少了大部分感情的影響,才能做出對村子最正確的選擇吧?不過,雖然心中沒什麼恨,但至少還記得報仇的具體作法。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAst5AzlhgEi
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「果然村長……是被妳殺害的嗎?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAaJh4JwIrSI
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「嗯,我成為教主以後,照著跟我一樣的方式丟進去了。不到兩個小時就發瘋死掉了呢,還真是可笑的老鬼。」258Please respect copyright.PENANANWAaTPxgbh
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像是想起愉悅的事情似而嬌豔地笑了,那模樣有如帶有劇毒的花蕾。258Please respect copyright.PENANAg0KD7qpTpR
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我無法想像過去她所遭受的待遇有多絕望,現在的我對沒有拯救到當時的她一事而感到萬分自責,但卻連分擔當時的她的千萬分之一痛苦都做不到。258Please respect copyright.PENANAKc3EhY4sPF
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「為什麼……不打算報復我?妳想要的話絕對可以做到吧?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAwABwnqultE
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到頭來,只能說出這種不像樣的話來。258Please respect copyright.PENANA0ei6ClShmP
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「來夏,我可不記得妳是這麼沒記性的人,不是說過妳可是神的姊姊喔?別說傷害,我的身份無權過問妳任何的事情。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAatfNinsN04
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「那我到底該怎麼辦啊!!?」258Please respect copyright.PENANAghbFe5ivx1
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我幾近崩潰地嘶吼。258Please respect copyright.PENANAvRN1LIyZMx
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在外界活得非常痛苦的我,就連回到神命村也找不到任何一點容身之處,連唯一的朋友都變成我完全不認識的模樣。258Please respect copyright.PENANAmvAC06irpF
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「……前往理想鄉吧,小夏。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAzACwR2huVb
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突然間,穗香張開了全盲的雙眼正對著我。258Please respect copyright.PENANAf1OeWr5xXc
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那是一雙毫無對焦能力,呈現潰散的淡色瞳孔,而我只在人偶上看過這種不帶任何感情色彩的玻璃眼珠。258Please respect copyright.PENANAGYXbZeAj1I
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然而,那卻是跳脫了教主的身份,由十七歲起便已支離破碎到不復存在,那名為桃井穗香的朋友碎片所提給我的建言。258Please respect copyright.PENANAmTD9UdWjKf
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「耕一也在那裡。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAXI9cq5kW7b
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面無表情的女性,接著在有如機械似地解說完理想鄉運行的原理後,再度閉上了眼睛。258Please respect copyright.PENANALI1mnfDReN
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……那代表著對話結束的意思。258Please respect copyright.PENANAkwzwCk4eNg
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對於所信奉之神的眷屬,教主不被賦予權限過問,也不被允許發表意見。258Please respect copyright.PENANA12pWlBmSNi
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我向著那無法違背殘忍命運的摯友道了謝,起身準備離開會客室。258Please respect copyright.PENANA96irMZBGA9
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「青海的錄音檔我聽了,我與神谷耕一各自都欺騙了妳一件事情──」258Please respect copyright.PENANAgEhK69wHqX
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臨走之前,維持正坐在房間裡面的教主叫住了我。258Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y9GTzJt9l
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「第一是我早已讓神滓回歸神的懷抱,所以儀式早已不復存在。第二是那晚我並不在廣場上,把我留在這裡的人正是妳們。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAoRlgkUvb3e
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謊言的告解到此結束。258Please respect copyright.PENANAXzbCaVDB0G
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即便想再多說些什麼,也無法補救過去的錯誤。258Please respect copyright.PENANAe4pbNpa4Un
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我一步一步地踏過木製的走廊,在鶯啼的伴隨下前往故事的終局。258Please respect copyright.PENANALQXnMwkxdX
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在崎嶇難行的原始森林間走著。258Please respect copyright.PENANAsn0qxVB3vO
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糾結於未經開發的地面上的樹根洋溢著生命的喜悅。258Please respect copyright.PENANAKtowLtQTDz
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沒有地圖或指南針,單憑五感就想要前往理想鄉,在旁人聽起來簡直就是癡人說夢。258Please respect copyright.PENANAW9yDkCNN05
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但是我對於穗香的話語堅信不疑。258Please respect copyright.PENANAodclbwMCS0
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她說,只要順著歌聲前進就會抵達,她所棲息的那個世界。258Please respect copyright.PENANAHmNCLI4Aij
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不知道在森林裡面走了多久。258Please respect copyright.PENANA6HPhAArvNp
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踏上旅途時我記得還是白天,只不過一眨眼的時間就來到了傍晚。258Please respect copyright.PENANAjeuudTD2Em
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就在此時,我聽到了熟悉的歌聲。258Please respect copyright.PENANAsxFLEZ9SPw
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旋律是我小時候經常唱給妹妹聽的,來自外婆家鄉的歌謠。258Please respect copyright.PENANA98Xk4GN2z4
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我順著歌聲的方向,中途因為受夠了難走到不行的皮靴,我乾脆直接脫下來丟掉。258Please respect copyright.PENANAVvJ5ygKq5e
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最後在撥開了幾道比人還要來得高的樹叢後,我終於來到了她的面前。258Please respect copyright.PENANARLowQxeYcU
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那是一顆以人類的視角來說相當巨大,有著少女形體的靈樹。258Please respect copyright.PENANA7sbwoiLh6e
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視野三百六十度全都是漫天飛舞的雪花。258Please respect copyright.PENANAv7VgvQyj17
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像是蒲公英般的孢子輕輕漂浮在四周,微弱的橙白光芒順著她呼吸的節奏而忽明忽暗。258Please respect copyright.PENANAnG49hVb4q0
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在少女的腿部的位置附近,有著一個個如同卵般的人形物體,以深埋其中的頭部與她相連。那就是理想鄉的構成基礎,將所有人的腦部串連起來,進而匯集成為一個永恆的夢世界,這類似網路的原理讓我聯想到過去曾在書上看過的某種魚類。258Please respect copyright.PENANAEgveJLSonC
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……突然回憶起當初我對耕一所說過的那些話。258Please respect copyright.PENANAvx3Hjbuoqy
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如今已邁入社會多年的我,早就喪失了那份對未來充滿著憧憬的自信。258Please respect copyright.PENANADwUdupHVO9
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結果我既不是安於現狀的家禽,也並非自由翱翔就能得到快樂的獵鷹。258Please respect copyright.PENANAseNFciMBdQ
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過去的我只是試圖反抗別人加諸在身上枷鎖,從未想過自己所嚮往的究竟是什麼樣的風景。258Please respect copyright.PENANAXMcOPphlLV
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直到去了外面的世界才後悔,在那個人與人互相利用的環境中,我從未發自內心感到快樂,只是勉強自己笑著而已。258Please respect copyright.PENANA7AEkqRVFBF
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我的快樂只存在於過去的神命村。258Please respect copyright.PENANAy8WfssMo4n
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那個冬笑和父母都還在,和大家一起笑著度過每天的童年。258Please respect copyright.PENANA1xF8TMRpRw
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我踏著有點溼潤的地表走向她,腳底反饋回來的是有如苔蘚般的觸感。258Please respect copyright.PENANAZP2GkjXC99
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「──終於找到妳了,冬笑。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAMxNNGQYnpS
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──完258Please respect copyright.PENANAEqID994ein
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