「再確認一次這次的任務目標,首先和以及在那邊調查的源風會合並交換情報,然後找出可能潛在的危險之後進行排除或回收,是這樣沒錯吧」60Please respect copyright.PENANAHEjTdYVlZp
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很快的到了預定的出發時間。咲炎,水月以及羽星三人站在會客室中,和緣結做著最後的確認。60Please respect copyright.PENANACRnbrBxnij
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「沒錯,不過等你們遇到源風之後,叫他先回來,我還有其他事情要叫他處理。你們應該沒問題吧」60Please respect copyright.PENANA7fOGIhfyn5
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「緣結大人請放心,我們一定能完成任務的」60Please respect copyright.PENANA1aZzOsjymr
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咲炎點了點頭,附和水月說的話後,三人踏上了前往村莊的路。60Please respect copyright.PENANA2eIHyFBS7X
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「那個村莊……是叫做槐柳村嗎?怎麼聽起來怪陰森的」60Please respect copyright.PENANALFNTDP4rQO
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「嗯,所以我們必須小心注意各種狀況。這和以往單純滅殺妖魔的任務不一樣,水月,注意一點」60Please respect copyright.PENANAhWunuZOJXt
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「知道了」60Please respect copyright.PENANA1u0S34RhSj
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位於山頂的村落,離事務所約莫三個小時的路程,咲炎一邊爬山,一邊在一旁的樹上貼著奇怪的符60Please respect copyright.PENANAfqfESwblkq
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「咲炎先生,你在做什麼」60Please respect copyright.PENANAmbuO0T13bB
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「這個是祛邪符,你沒感覺到這裡有點陰嗎……嘖……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAWq1BoJnrfO
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咲炎皺著眉頭看了周圍,水月則瞇起了眼睛。咲炎的手掌滲出了幾滴血,雖然他藏的很快,但是沒有躲過水月的眼睛。血液滴到了地上,瞬間被土壤給吸收。60Please respect copyright.PENANAJgsKhsa2uP
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「咲炎,我覺得這裡很有問題……」60Please respect copyright.PENANA1bKgxj34DZ
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「嗯,羽星,看一下周圍,有沒有甚麼感覺」60Please respect copyright.PENANAyhqctx96fL
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突然被點名的羽星嚇了一跳,她雖然有著神視的加持,但她對於兩人所說的“異狀”並沒有什麼感覺。60Please respect copyright.PENANAVhJlJlhk2J
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「嗯……沒有……感覺跟一般的山差不多啊」60Please respect copyright.PENANAJskHWV7WBY
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「是嗎……」60Please respect copyright.PENANACdBYYSZvWH
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聽完羽星的反應,咲炎與水月對看一眼,似乎心裡有了什麼想法。60Please respect copyright.PENANAs4s6jtgd3k
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「怎麼了嗎?」60Please respect copyright.PENANAWyi8rxoQrA
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「嘛……現在線索還太少,我們先到村落去看看」60Please respect copyright.PENANADRia4SL3dK
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三人持續的往上走。一路上的樹種除了柳樹就沒有其他的樹了。隨著微風擺動的枝條,颯颯的樹葉磨擦聲。一切都讓這本就缺少陽光的山林小道更加的陰森。60Please respect copyright.PENANAaco3wuEKlR
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「哎呀,是旅行者嗎?歡迎來到槐柳村」60Please respect copyright.PENANAav7rLjiDEZ
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一名矮小的婦人抱著一籃衣服出現在三人面前60Please respect copyright.PENANAnK5R1evKjx
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「嗯,抱歉。我們是第一次來到這裡,請問這裡附近有沒有旅館或是可以住宿的地方呢」60Please respect copyright.PENANA7jrGSzzqTl
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咲炎詢問著婦人的同時,水月觀察著四周圍的人們。前方有一條通道看起來可以通往一個廣場,仔細一看,似乎有幾名小孩在那邊玩耍。周遭看不到幾個居民,但看起來這裡的生活步調十分悠閒。60Please respect copyright.PENANAjtNwHxpOu3
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「住宿的地方嗎……你們可以去村長家問問看有沒有空房子可以讓你們住。如果不行的話,我家還有空房間」60Please respect copyright.PENANALRzXJ2H6sj
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婦人臉上掛著大大的微笑,而咲炎也恭敬的回應她。60Please respect copyright.PENANANSjQ0xDXn5
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「再請問一下,村長家在哪裡呢」60Please respect copyright.PENANAJC87UXshn0
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「往前直走,再廣場右邊門口種三顆樹的那一棟就是了。那麼我們待會見,願神明大人保佑你們」60Please respect copyright.PENANAS6vmYXB91b
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婦人揮了揮手後便和三人告別了。咲炎轉向兩人的地方,開口說道60Please respect copyright.PENANAkzoe77DRnU
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「那就如她所說,我們先去會一會這裡的村長吧。水月,有什麼發現嗎」60Please respect copyright.PENANAvLj4E9oQS2
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「嗯……唯一的問題點,這裡到人也太親近陌生人了吧。該說是熱情還是沒有危機感呢……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAepa8x8sHtG
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「現階段先歸類在熱情吧。畢竟這樣也比較方便我們調查」60Please respect copyright.PENANAcGC0hKJYbr
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三人照著婦人指點的位子,輕易的就找到了村長家。突然間,一顆石頭從樹上被扔了下來,砸中了咲炎。他抬頭一看,樹上一個人影立刻消失。60Please respect copyright.PENANAyZmTmXJSoY
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「怎麼了,沒事吧」60Please respect copyright.PENANAWtumd9Jwih
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「沒事……我們趕快進去吧」60Please respect copyright.PENANAm2tfqZ5JiS
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咲炎敲了敲門,一名老人打開了門,看著來訪的三人說道60Please respect copyright.PENANAYDmupGqyCE
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「旅行者……?哈哈,這年頭還有旅行者會來我們村莊,那肯定是神明大人的引導吧」60Please respect copyright.PENANANGaS9Rx9hS
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村長大笑道並邀請三人入內。60Please respect copyright.PENANAmBfNy6xOaj
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「神明大人……?」60Please respect copyright.PENANA38bQdBzHjF
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「是啊,這個村莊有著庇護我們的神明大人,她會保佑我們的居民,我們的糧食以及性命。雖然近年作物有些歉收,但是只要撐過去,神明大人必然會帶來福氣的」60Please respect copyright.PENANAobYtXO2ZEP
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村長接下來又說了許多讚美神明大人的話,水月注意到咲炎雖然仍舊是維持著笑容,但嘴角有些抽搐,於是她趕緊詢問了一些事情轉移了話題。羽星趁著談話的期間,偷偷的溜了出去。60Please respect copyright.PENANA48SlkqoZY0
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「呼……裡面的空氣好不舒服……啊」60Please respect copyright.PENANAAExJEKoIdt
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羽星往樹上一看,似乎又看到了那個人影。聽到羽星的尖叫聲,人影立刻從樹上跳了下來並逃離了現場。羽星沒有想太多,跟著人影逃跑的方向立刻就追了上去。羽星跑過了廣場,經過了數條街道。她並沒有注意到自己已經跑離了村莊的範圍。直到周圍暗了下來,她才發覺自己已經回到了山林裡。60Please respect copyright.PENANALWAJKhXAmb
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「啊……糟糕了……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAqREjEpPWma
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羽星環顧周圍,她想要順著剛才的路走回去,但是前方的樹叢又傳來了悉悉粟粟的聲音,在好奇心的驅使下,她最終還是決定繼續往前。60Please respect copyright.PENANAKGBZwNwYyP
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「有……有人嗎……?」60Please respect copyright.PENANAJl6IJ4ikhn
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雖然說是靠著一股衝勁衝到了這裡,但是陰氣環繞的這裡,給了羽星一股無形的壓力。此刻的她感覺自己快要喘不過氣。突然,羽星的眼角餘光瞄到似乎是一個少年,正背靠著樹幹看著自己。她立刻轉頭,卻又不見人影。60Please respect copyright.PENANAGZVEn56c6D
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實在是過於恐懼,在肩膀被碰到的一瞬間,羽星差點又要尖叫了出來。60Please respect copyright.PENANABM99Im3RAj
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「小妹妹,妳怎麼會自己跑到這裡?你的家人呢」60Please respect copyright.PENANAfNbskjhYuI
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一名頭戴道冠身著素色長袍的青年站在羽星的身後60Please respect copyright.PENANAay4fBw8XGj
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「我……我是……呃……迷路了」60Please respect copyright.PENANAqZmTqgUtmw
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「是嗎,你從哪裡到這裏的?」60Please respect copyright.PENANA9xH8dHFDTI
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道士瞇起眼睛,仔細的打量著羽星。一股寒氣從羽星的腳底竄起,她不禁顫抖了一下。60Please respect copyright.PENANAwrvPxmpHcr
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「槐……槐柳村……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAlqQl34bxY1
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一聽到村莊的名字,道士的臉色立刻恢復了和藹的樣貌。他笑了笑說道60Please respect copyright.PENANAhCELQchn2F
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「原來是村子那裡過來的啊,明明說了不要讓孩子們靠近這裡的……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAr2xAeKfqeE
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「啊,我……我是跟著哥哥姐姐旅行來的……抱歉誤闖了禁地……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAuKnfdAOV6k
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「不,也不是什麼禁地啦,只是我在這附近作了法,最近這裡不太平靜啊」60Please respect copyright.PENANAEorNbIgXgC
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道士指著前方的類似祭壇的地方。羽星低下了頭道歉60Please respect copyright.PENANAw1EbC6njeb
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「真是非常抱歉……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAUaDUEtqsSm
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「沒關係的,不用在意。我叫做林江曜,需要帶你回去村子嗎」60Please respect copyright.PENANAsk7jJt39xq
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「啊……好的,我叫做羽星,請多指教……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAsgdIPLSTrO
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羽星跟著林江曜的腳步,總算是從陰森的深林之中回到了村莊。一到村莊門口,就看到來回踱步的水月以及蹲坐在地的咲炎。60Please respect copyright.PENANAxHjvMbCBtM
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「羽星!你跑到哪裏去了!我們很擔心欸!」60Please respect copyright.PENANAAQ2MX19uJH
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水月一看到羽星回來,立刻衝刺過來抱住了羽星。60Please respect copyright.PENANA3vSYotikzW
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「啊啊……呼吸新鮮空氣……?」60Please respect copyright.PENANAcvReYy6gGZ
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「不要亂跑啊……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAeprHFO9Hr5
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水月緊緊的抱住羽星,而咲炎則快步的走了過來。他看向羽星身旁的林江曜,挑了挑眉60Please respect copyright.PENANABwHzRq1lOC
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「這位道長,是你帶我們妹妹回來嗎,感謝您的幫助」60Please respect copyright.PENANAXveVCmoLBt
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「嗯,方才在林中看到她好像迷路了,就順路帶她回來了」60Please respect copyright.PENANAhcAqfeJwPC
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在幾人對話之時,村長也從家裡趕了過來60Please respect copyright.PENANAnkqrHt6njc
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「找到人了嗎……啊!林道長,您回來啦!」60Please respect copyright.PENANAeYvxUSTpyO
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林江曜原本還想說什麼,但是看到村長,就對咲炎使了個眼色,咲炎點了點頭後帶著水月和羽星離開了村莊門口。60Please respect copyright.PENANAuz3bXs9Xei
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「我們先去村長替我們安排的住所。妳剛剛沒聽到的,等一下我們在告訴你」60Please respect copyright.PENANAD3phNFAFBE
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羽星拉了拉咲炎的衣角,想要告訴他關於人影的事情。但是咲炎拍了拍她的頭,示意晚一點再說。60Please respect copyright.PENANAMmJldFIy3g
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村長替三人安排在了一間位於廣場旁的空屋。在門口也種了幾顆柳樹。這裡的採光意外的很好。三人進了屋子後,在桌子旁邊坐了下來。60Please respect copyright.PENANAvaga1Ghm0a
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「我們和村長打聽了幾件事,現在先稍微釐清一下思緒」60Please respect copyright.PENANAC8b8CkPTkU
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咲炎從行李中拿出了一張紙,是緣結在行前給他們的地圖60Please respect copyright.PENANAkM2iHvmjsV
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「這裡,是我們現在所在的地方。村莊外面可以看到,是一大片的森林,對吧。在森林的深處還有一個小廟,好像是供奉這座村莊的守護神。那麼,第一個問題點就出現了。」60Please respect copyright.PENANAWdctauHprv
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咲炎圈出了地圖上廟宇的位子,並且打上了一個大大的問號60Please respect copyright.PENANAK5carezHxF
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「為什麼守護村莊的守護神,廟宇會位在離村莊這麼遠的地方。」60Please respect copyright.PENANAkqqyouLcdP
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「會不會是因為……以前村莊的位子不一樣?」60Please respect copyright.PENANAjd1VuxeeLX
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羽星提出了自己的猜測,但是水月搖了搖頭60Please respect copyright.PENANAsXVdTnS8LE
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「不,如果說村民們十分敬重神明大人的話,沒道理會把村子遷移到這麼遠的地方。」60Please respect copyright.PENANAbwfwQlTeeq
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「嗯,其次。我們剛剛見到的道士,羽星你有辦法確認自己當時是跑到哪裏了嗎」60Please respect copyright.PENANAL4xcdVFZRX
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羽星思考了一下,她當時穿過了廣場,從正門跑了出去,跑了約莫十分鐘,她大概在地圖上圈起了一個位子60Please respect copyright.PENANA1i3v9RkIS4
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「大概是這裡吧……?」60Please respect copyright.PENANAtVwkyBlWif
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「那麼,你是在這裡遇到道士對不對」60Please respect copyright.PENANAAn43OrPA0k
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羽星點了點頭,咲炎接著說60Please respect copyright.PENANACOEKsfObei
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「村長也有告訴我們,這位林道長在約莫三年前來到了這個村莊。而這也是緣結他們來這裏探查的時間,也剛好就是村長所說的作物歉收開始的時間。」60Please respect copyright.PENANAa5GcM1HBdN
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寫下了這幾個事件後,咲炎抬頭看向了羽星60Please respect copyright.PENANAbzhEHyBQAk
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「羽星,你現在使用妖器異名」60Please respect copyright.PENANA67dq29FFuf
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「現在……!?」60Please respect copyright.PENANAHBCwhVBBcF
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「是,我們必須確認這件事情」60Please respect copyright.PENANAh46e9h094M
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在不太清楚到底要幹嘛的情況下,羽星還是遵照咲炎的話,取出了短刀後抹了脖子。在開啟妖器異名之後,羽星眼睛的淡金色慢慢退去,取而代之的是淺淺的紫色。60Please respect copyright.PENANAfnC6rdkEVU
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「你現在看看外面,有沒有甚麼差別」60Please respect copyright.PENANAQTeEZLgNzu
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羽星看向窗外,此刻的村莊空氣十分混濁,漂浮在空中的淡紫色煙霧看起來十分顯眼。60Please respect copyright.PENANAFcMcyOyxga
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「怎……怎麼會……?」60Please respect copyright.PENANA1WFs0BFuA8
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「你在開啟神視的時候看不見,現在是以妖的身份就能明顯的看到了,對吧」60Please respect copyright.PENANAUiuzfdCrxF
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羽星點了點頭,咲炎繼續說道60Please respect copyright.PENANAjM5mhKjaWz
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「這恐怕是針對神明所設下的弒神陣,而且是相當高級的弒神陣,這也難過緣結他們會“什麼都看不到”」60Please respect copyright.PENANAwM3GCBZgCj
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「所以咲炎先生的意思是林道長……啊……!」60Please respect copyright.PENANASDVUm7ezhz
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「我們不能那麼早下定論……但是不能排除他的嫌疑。現在我們的當務之急是找到失蹤的源風。我們在你不見的時候稍微探訪了附近,然而完全沒有發現源風的蹤影」60Please respect copyright.PENANAXIB7PjqtZG
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「而且還有一個疑點。緣結大人明明就告訴我們,這個村莊相當的繁榮。然而至今,這個村莊的人數很明顯跟繁榮完全沾不上邊吧」60Please respect copyright.PENANASop8LqVo82
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水月和咲炎在短時間內就將目前的線索給整理了起來,並且推論出了一個假定的結果。羽星倒抽了一口氣,她突然感覺到現在的處境其實非常危險。60Please respect copyright.PENANAAz7vGO3py8
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「那麼……現在怎麼辦……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAkThvDawwTS
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「現在你的處境會比較危險一點。雖然不能確定林道長到底是不是敵人,但是我們可以肯定的是,你身上外漏的神氣一定會被設下弒神陣的那個東西給偵測到,所以羽星你現在要隨時和我或是水月待在一起,千萬不可以獨自行動,知道了嗎」60Please respect copyright.PENANAPRcNasDqTw
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「好……好的……」60Please respect copyright.PENANAcb7dKkASgE
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在一連串訊息的轟炸下,羽星完全忘記了要告訴咲炎關於人影的事情。60Please respect copyright.PENANAGZXPdiGMQP
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「我想要明天去廟宇那邊看看,我總覺得去那邊可以獲得一些線索」60Please respect copyright.PENANACrwmg7HQxp
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咲炎決定了明天的行動方向後,便去廚房準備晚餐。為了因應特殊狀況,水月堅持讓三個人睡在同一間房間裡。雖然咲炎有小小的反抗,但還是敵不過水月的堅持。羽星看著手上的短刀,嘆了一口氣。60Please respect copyright.PENANABVEQFXAzIQ
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「看來……這次是個大事件呢……」