「市長，這邊請。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7gfrGa4YC
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ393NB4R8QT
經過層層氣密艙門，身穿防護服的男子沐浴消毒氣體。「奧卡涅特‧奧圖」小心謹慎，遵守規則進入實驗室。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVncrG35U8
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlkByTMr4R
「研究主任，結果如何了？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhBHXpJW96
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM8scNWYlh
「接觸病毒三日發症，呼吸器官衰竭，目前施予支持療法，已經採取血液培養抗體……照這個惡化速度，大概沒時間深入觀察了。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eRGHGvs1S
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BmZOAvoGa
被衣服包成圓胖輪廓的兩人走到玻璃帷幕前方，端詳著裡面的實驗對象。一名中年人虛弱地躺在床上，手中緊握著一張相片。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFZKk0srhv
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDOsD43F15
「最近被判戰爭罪的前帝國軍人……無期徒刑，沒錯吧？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ015ge1WFO6
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIezKUxTvEO
「正確，市長，他的妻子是本地出身，育有一位女兒。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZERMuGih0I
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHMh9nqx7G
「讓他知道，家人都會得到補償。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbv48Ze0fz
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZLYNTlqHF
「沒問題……接著是對照組：努那純血、死刑囚犯。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dokR9B6FM
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ278nCaDn5V
研究主任帶市長走到隔壁的觀察室，一名男子正在做伏地挺身打發時間。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDwBDh1jN6
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmX68fUiEls
「強盜、強姦……」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne5mtu08Nb
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp830moLF8r
「夠了夠了，我只想知道，努那人都不會發症？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMC4g0lhAfH
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoboLynbhR
「沒錯，我們的特定基因會抑制病毒生長。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJeo9SjBeq
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2oxNkJTP6
「祖先們造出不得了的東西……我會備妥列印機，進入量產階段。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4A6X729SN
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmcbI2qO6K
「市長……它對混血的影響還沒測試，而且，疫苗還在研發……這樣會不會太快了？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nLF7FhmAm
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qTw4HX35M
奧圖笑著搭上研究主任的肩膀，一同往消毒室走去。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIGITlQ8LI
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPkQWATgqV
「我認為啊，人活著的時候，他的善惡都……交融在一起？黑白難分，就像血統混雜，參差不齊……」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxoOudfE0D
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKECJjsQHC
經過繁雜程序，兩人終於能脫下防護服好好談話，奧圖繼續訴說他的理念。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3KOwyD8wz
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkyn3VE9w0
「人死之後呢，就比較單純……留給後代的東西，能決定他的價值⸺努那受試者跟帝國受試者都是罪人，但是，他們為病毒研究奉獻己身，就能留下價值：給家人金錢、給自己減刑。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLusFvc8d2d
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NJmhWtei9
壓倒性的堅決，讓研究主任無法回話。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZoeVxohon
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6ekB00RJJ
「我們又何嘗不是如此？這個專案，能帶給努那對抗侵略者的力量，強大又準確的抑止力，這個專案，就是你我的價值、偉大的遺產！」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu6FXKMCb0
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4Pw5Tuy6m
「我……知道了，謝謝您的支持，市長……」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNbO3TRa9i
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG20ejrKWrW
「呵呵，別擔心太多，我不會傻到在努那施放病毒。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52MzKTul41
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdk6sebV6Ng
關上艙門，奧圖拄著拐杖，往階梯末端的光芒走去。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4R6sIaV9c
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCAa4VLE5v
「美麗的故鄉，就由我來守護。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPklfGBjaC
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxI2uDcFVc
研究設施位在工廠市中央，移民船改建的高樓上。市長看著窗外的蓬勃生命，秘書上前遞出一封信件。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVjnkC6Ull
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvQITQCrkd
「打擾了，有關於烈南德‧琪拉露拉女士……」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPYsiIzmOV
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTo6ITDM29
「嗯？居然……轉達家屬我會出席，請她們節哀。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbYDOjni1O
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dY1LW3Biz
奧圖凝重地放下訃聞，轉身拿起電話。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r0PVfTgCc
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdGBMCDHZv
「將軍，是我……您也聽說了？對，我要借用守望隊的力量，媒體不準出現在葬禮中⸺另外，通知領航組員做好準備，那位大人可能會現身。」
舊首都「努那貝里」曾有一座象徵引導之光的高塔，如今，卻只剩下一片瓦礫殘骸。為了銘記那場慘烈戰爭，人們保留所有遺址，包括近郊的樹葬墓園。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDvEWkYV3b
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubUc1MlFjw
針葉林中，兩架「納蘭守望」撐開巨大帆布，幫底下的人遮風擋雪。齊波尼亞把骨灰罈與種子放進土中，與母親一同看著業者封上石碑。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYIfMS4ACK
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpt3zeBhrJC
「烈南德‧琪拉露拉⸺引領的白鯨」「索達特‧洛迪那⸺無限之愛」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyqpSHC6hD
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQOcbIuPvE
兩位偉大女性永遠比肩而立、受人景仰。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmYpAu1FP6
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYB4yDbb73j
儀式結束，身穿喪服的賓客走進樸素靈堂，依序點香哀悼。齊波和母親站在堂前答禮，各地跋涉而來的參加者，反映出琪拉的扎實人脈。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVACqviJ5S
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSczeJONeA
「僅代表梅花孤兒院獻上祝福，淨土之路必受祖靈引導，本院創始者妮黛兒女士也將同行。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSRAHiIsUf
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70SE5t6lAw
嘉娜莉跟姐妹會代表人一同上香，熟悉面孔讓齊波心情好了些。接著出現的人，則是讓他肅然起敬。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BRz1DCShA
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeMh1psomc
「本人代表市政府全體同仁，一同哀悼、獻上祝福。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqCSS0eg57
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCldCdVc6Fz
奧卡涅特‧奧圖單膝下跪，再用拐杖撐起身體。齊波上前攙扶，母親忙著鞠躬。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZTbOXIMcX
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMGrj0KyUz
「市長先生，百忙之中還勞煩您撥空……」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrsNxEvnHK
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5K9bQaxfw
「伊露雅女士，應該的、應該的……這是令郎齊波尼亞，對吧？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R7Tw2LWcN
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kg1M7co4R
頑強有力的瞳孔看著少年，讓人感受到靈魂深處的戰士之血，「琪拉女士的英雄精神，你要繼承下去啊。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ8Vypg2WY
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14HS1CRqWu
「是……是！」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P1gvT2lyz
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEOVPzJCJb
目送市長搭上專車離開，齊波滿心景仰，但是，最後一個進來的人卻讓心情跌落谷底。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6seWHtOnR
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRarQSUZu5
「孩子的爸，你也來了……」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1MmQbSXXJ
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33JMLCNYsW
戴眼鏡的斯文男子走向兩人。跟母親的微笑相反，少年深鎖眉頭。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFTf2hsjxq
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8AlvCSfy1
「伊露雅，我還是覺得一定要來……齊波，你變好高哦？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfWZs3DHq2
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVM0jl9G7Vr
「因為你十五年都沒來看過我。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupXMPAOlte
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgPNFtfswy
「等一下……」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wxa6jiiKV
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniKCK8jh2y
那個曾經是父親的人，給家裡的痛苦多過幸福。少年快步離開，不想讓阿嬤在天之靈悲傷。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAIMRpfriZ
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUc6m4X4gX
想讓風雪吹散雜亂的心緒，齊波坐到門口長椅上。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8iYuwbOYb
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazKN0tnwKA
「他們在幫奶奶祈禱，如果你想知道。」嘉娜莉跟著坐下，讓男孩身邊多了點暖意，「齊波相信嗎？神明、祖靈。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlaaHprUUl
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kqBgQlYcI
「我不清楚，嘉娜呢？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhaMayjRwM
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIa5fAZGdb
「我也一樣，不清楚……孤兒院每天都會祈禱，跟往生的姊妹們說話，創始人留下的習慣。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPyIK7tAPe
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxoALCotOt
「祈禱……有效嗎？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmqEI7llE3
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2n3UGtocM
「嗯……當我一個人的時候，我覺得，她們可以讓我放心依靠。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1xqyc0hgP
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw6KAlhDhQ
「那，我想阿嬤的時候，也來祈禱看看。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPniAxnEEbu
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Jp6GEx2uJ
少年少女看向天空。風雪減弱了一些，他們也更靠近了一些。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlHzEfqjVe
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOO8eZ8kIW
「接著，是嘉娜莉播報時間！移民船資料庫文獻指出，太陽系過去的信仰中，神明也曾經是人，曾經活在這個世界上，死亡之後才獲得神格哦。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2LpIXchKe
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68hluoE84p
「是嗎？那跟我們的祖靈有點像呢。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VXnLZRZwt
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzuzK1pncL
「沒錯，但是太陽系現在只信昂天皇帝，他還活著哩。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRX1ThkyuC
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWW45o5GixH
「活著的神、發動戰爭的神，算那門子信仰？哈哈！」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6BFqdiWv0
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZvUdnlNOB
用閒話家常忘卻悲傷，少年少女不經意看到樹林另一端，墓碑旁邊有個孤獨的人影。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT5IZFYkPE
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna7pg2Sgzl
「那個大叔……剛才有來嗎？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTI2cdp4wu
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fFf2s3OyD
兩人瞇起眼睛觀察。那個大叔身穿破舊大衣，雜亂毛髮與骯髒皮膚，像是遠離文明的隱士。當他正想轉身離開時，突然公務人員攔下。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrw6nE6aMkM
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6OXXhI6oE
「政府專車？」嘉娜莉用相機望遠鏡頭找到線索，「要去找市長嗎？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Kavi7unFw
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFsEyltAmj
「我總覺得……他們知道阿嬤的事、威爾斯的事……」齊波口袋中的變形石似乎又在發光。好奇心轉變成動力，少年起身跑進靈堂。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9JV5PetYO
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pf1uLOLxf
「媽，我去買個東西，晚點回來！」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYCB2a24RI
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSmiyAibRS
伊露雅與前夫回頭，看到孩子拿起機車鑰匙。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡof5l7RtZxS
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6Pc1Rha6k
「齊波尼亞！等等，我不奢求你原諒我，但是……爸爸會永遠支持你。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcwJhRIJzl
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPAFp7cmtJ
「知道啦……」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXROF88wD7H
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGNeK7wuIe
家務事充滿難言之隱，至少父母的愛是真的存在。少年頭也不回地跑到停車場，暫時放下那些心結。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKGqpf1ILw
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBIN07tZm4
「齊波！我跟姊姊說了，可以跟你去。」嘉娜莉戴上護目鏡，一腳跨上機車後座，「那個奇怪設施，我有照片可以指路。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEevoT3hLJU
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31sgRBvzNE
「咦？記憶卡不是被老師折斷了？」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5w5sKHJ1S
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7DGgla8aA
「嘿嘿，早就有備份，別小看情報王。」513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHDSUtqv7J
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFug6XR0Ny6
少女抱著少年；少年滿懷期待，往謎題的答案催滿油門。513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXE53xUUkK
513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwqsDPN765
「目標，神秘帆船基地⸺出發！」
