土星戰役才剛結束，新月軍仍馬不停蹄，火速前往失聯的木衛四「卡利斯托」殖民地。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSsBGP6KDb
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離開穀神星的補給船陸續趕上本隊，狼刃與奧賽羅也以企業傭兵身分加入陣中，頂替傷重臥床的桑德斯駕駛高雷霆。雖有和平重工背書，來路不明的他們還是難免被懷疑。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0yCN3uI32
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「元帥大人應該更謹慎才對……」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcc2f3FrwH
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月輪旗艦馬勒亞普的環形廊道內，複製人女士兵茵坦走入賓客居住區，跟守衛交接情報後，悄悄來到神秘客的寢室外頭。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ029fhGgrlK
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「……擔心母后安危，讓他失去戒心了嗎？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYuiyfQdIk
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現在的新月軍核心經不起間諜內部破壞。茵坦想起莎拉⸺她親手處決的摯友，不禁抓緊制服裙擺。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpSZouY8bT
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湧上的情緒很快就被消除，女複製人低頭提醒自己：經過戰場鍛鍊的她已經有所成長，更熟悉腦部感應晶片的用法。茵坦閉上雙眼，把意識集中到耳膜部位，隔著牆壁捕捉房內聲音。首先傳來的，是那個邋遢科學家的話語。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxumyW3BaTw
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「……記得札廣帳簿裡的資料、『跳躍』之前的局勢吧？我們能從『結果』反推，決定現在目標……但首先，木衛四……」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkvfgnKmaL
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「傷亡無可避免。」面具男子如此回道：「帝國想藉此激怒薩邁爾。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUe2NNwxhz
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「反推？他們在說什麼……」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV17J9nCna
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聽那語氣，兩人簡直篤定卡利斯托的淪陷。茵坦不解，也深怕預言成真。她不敢去觀測未來，因為，看了越多，就越了解，時間盡頭只有一片黑暗。第一次，在莎拉身上浮現的是背叛與孤獨；阿納費耀陷落時，昂天皇帝的聲音裡面，則是虛無與毀滅。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSFlfVsfgJ
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但這次，牆壁對面的兩人不太一樣，她竟然能感到……無法撼動的「真實」，還有背負命運的「勇氣」。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevVd1jB2v0
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「乘組員注意，本艦即將解除躍進航行，脫離後，全軍進入一級戰備……重複，一級戰備……」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7i6cJp09W
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聽到廣播，茵坦正想轉身離開，寢室艙門就突然開啟。狼刃看著女複製人尷尬的側臉，很快就理解她的意圖。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkAvK88CWp
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「高蓮茲駕駛員，監視傭兵也是妳的職責嗎？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPkpw8aclP
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茵坦甩過頭，不想理睬，向前走了一步又忍不住停下來。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hmTnYy4SU
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「我問你……」明明是危險的陌生人，卻讓她忍不住開口，「如果……知道悲劇註定發生……我們應該反抗，還是提早接受事實？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6s4FQKFNDg
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「哼……」狼刃愣了一下，動身越過女士兵，頭也不回地說：「接受吧……接受一切、繼續前進，就是最大的反抗……在下用高雷霆出擊，後面就交給妳，監視員。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Bs4FLBtyj
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茵坦用鼻頭嘆息，再次起腳，試著跟上那個沉甸甸的背影，「別衝太前面，傭兵。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CpGMrWBSG
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「呼……」靜觀兩人對話的亞克博士鬆了口氣，笑著關上房門，「那傢伙，只是戴個面具，連語氣都變啦。」
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以木星的絢爛斑紋為背景，無數光點漸漸接近淡黃色衛星。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0wbeLQuuY
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數十艘匕首形的戰列艦在馬勒亞普兩側散開，橫向擴展戰線。負責先遣偵查的「星河改」艦橋觀景窗被防爆隔板遮蔽，戰術螢幕顯示出地表格線，還有一行斗大的訊息：敵我識別更新，最高級電子戰防衛。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuDdhjhQsi
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「艦長！卡利斯托管制塔無回應！」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnmUYc2Du3
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「太遲了嗎……關閉數據傳輸，駐軍機體一律視為敵人！」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxtgg16MvT
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新月軍官痛下指令。單向紅外線在後續船艦之間流竄，一艘接著一艘，讓所有士兵都做好覺悟。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TF4BLFOk6
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探照燈掃動白光，艦載機依序出擊。狼刃操縱高雷霆打頭陣，靠著大推力噴嘴快速掠過岩石波浪，首先衝進模組方塊堆疊成的建築結構。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWE0GryfSz
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「完全沒有生命反應……」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEmnVxMk2o
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染血的工程機具、被電動閘門夾斷的屍體，所到之處無不瀰漫著死亡氣息。當戰團前鋒進入街區深處時，倖存者的訊號終於隨著一架機影出現，但它二話不說就開火射擊。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFdUFLw6O7
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留守的巨脈機兵被AI侵蝕，但裡面的駕駛可能還活著。高雷霆滑行閃避同時瞄準它的四肢，拔出震盪太刀將之破壞。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSVU8bcnPA
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「在這等著，援軍來了。」剩下軀幹的巨脈噴著火花飄落地面。狼刃關閉廣播、確認它的座艙完整，準備離開時，又不斷收到對方的求救訊號。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dEuuwcFXC
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「唉……知道啦，我看能不能撬開艙門。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8RcIMCZ4Y
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高雷霆轉身接近機兵，求救訊號馬上變成能量過載警示。下個瞬間，一道激光直接貫穿巨脈胸口，破壞了駕駛艙與中控系統。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB885bXAFr
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「傭兵，那是AI的自爆陷阱。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZwJagucZP
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「嘖……」狼刃向射線源頭看去。負責空中支援的高蓮茲舉著狙擊步槍，頭部攝影機在硝煙中閃爍，接著，又毫不留情地擊滅另外一架「殭屍」機體。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PmgDpzUNU
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「受感染那一刻就沒希望了，繼續掃蕩。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3ATG2pSS8
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「太天真了……嗎？」解讀完冰冷的暗號通訊，狼刃駕機躍起，望著燃燒中的殖民地慘狀。憎恨已久的新月軍正在自相殘殺，卻沒有給他帶來任何喜悅。如果連自己都會感到不忍，更別說身為領袖的薩邁爾了。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwpEFYUweU
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不遠處，大量感染機具竄出基地。元帥坐機高盧米涅張著雙臂，緩緩飛越它們，一邊把情緒藏在鋼鐵外殼裡面，一邊控制導引鞭刃貫穿所有「敵人」。油血濺上發著藍光的六眼鏡頭，留下好幾道淚痕。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23KjqBYbqp
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巨人在黑煙之中行進，巨船在失去光輝的城市上方盤旋，地獄般的光景，連深空星辰都避而遠之。當掃蕩行動接近尾聲，最後一台受感染的電腦被銷毀後，官兵們只能聚在木衛寢宮外默哀，等待喪母的領導者恢復精神。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9bDSf2WcH
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「帝國……該死的……」亞克博士穿著太空衣，飄過跪著接受整備的三架戰團機體、避開數不輕的裹屍袋，終於進入宛如廢墟的本殿入口。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I0Zl8jcq0
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關上氣密閘門、開啟磁靴，科學家脫掉頭盔走到狼刃旁邊，壓低音量說道：「烏霸……新月高層要決策了，你得順應現場情緒，又不能讓薩邁爾衝動行事……別問我怎麼講，我最怕人多。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxhYI6wOxY
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「別擔心……父親說過：事情越複雜，就越要順從真心。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN0V02Pp5r
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狼刃調整面具，進入廳堂準備上奏。這時，他才真正在近距離看到新月元帥本人。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JaiSL0S4o
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王座上的薩邁爾‧吳‧瓦迪馬面容憔悴，完全不像外環居民口中那個無情暴君，就只是一個抱著母親屍體的無助男孩。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvp9AZZo64
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「和平重工戰術通達！」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcmg5uegQh
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無視茵坦在王座旁的怒瞪，企業傭兵鏗鏘有力地打破頹靡，在元帥面前單膝下跪。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPkJy9CrGw
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「新月必須直搗黃龍，吸引金度出關防衛，同時，穀神星雇傭部隊會兵分多路，從公轉軌道上下夾擊原初智……間諜難防，情報洩漏可能性高，此舉能分散風險。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5j2yRt1MIC
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「你……」聽到間諜兩字，薩邁爾金色瀏海下的眼角忍不住抽搐。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyLhDKfVp0
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「你又是誰的朋友？誰的敵人？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCVUGfXmg0
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「在下只為自己而戰……消滅獨裁帝國之前，所有力量都要借用。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NxgMlUMmy
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「救出桑德斯，也是為了博得好感，利用我嗎？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCpUESRWrh
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「正是。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXqmoYc7Sf
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語畢，狼刃轉身離去，帶著冷汗直流的博士走出宮殿。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwWiIWdOIY
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薩邁爾坐在原處，沉思了一會兒，輕輕抱起艾莉亞夫人的遺體，讓醫務兵幫她蓋上布巾。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw313UOK3n2
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混著白絲的秀髮在無重力下飄動，母親的手指離開了孩兒掌心。她與地平行，以永眠之姿退出舞台，不需再費任何力氣去挑起世間疾苦。接下來，就交給活著的來承擔。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobTFCIAmRN
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茵坦站到元帥大人身邊，猶豫是否要碰觸他的臂膀，還是要出言安慰。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZX5OAK4XR
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「這個混亂時代，我只能仰賴妳的預感。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhVE8u8E6h
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薩邁爾率先開口，轉頭看向女士兵，問道：「狼刃……是否值得信任？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSZlu7Sz3a
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「我……相信他。」茵坦挺起胸膛，第一次如此堅決地直視元帥大人。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJHSvsdc29
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「沒有理由，就只是這麼覺得。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYE5vfRWdF
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聽到答案，薩邁爾點了點頭，在女士兵耳邊下達指示，接著就披起軍裝、重執佩刀，走進將士群中。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWxiuy7Bwt
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「遵命。」女士兵手貼胸口敬禮，回過身、面對牆上的先父爾哈特肖像，殷切地低語。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ScQ5YtT93
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「請您保佑您的繼承者……一定要。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDR1vIfskbU
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不久後，標註機密會議地點的訊息傳入傭兵寢室。亞克博士看了字條一眼，將之遞到狼刃手中，不忘提醒道：「你成功了，記住，已知劇本的最後，是『地球鎖國』。」
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「沒錯，地球是孤立的……據我所知，火星的關德琳有變節之兆，攏絡她，才是新月應該達成的目標。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlrWkb7184
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昏暗的會議廳內，螢幕綠燈照著面具客的半臉。薩邁爾、茵坦，還有數名指揮官看著那名企業使者，還是不太瞭解他怎麼能如此斬釘截鐵。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZMfBhVv1C
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「要先取得相當籌碼，她才會做出行動。」狼刃繼續講解，揮動四周的投影星圖，把手指停在金星標誌上頭，「因此，我們也要加入原初智攻略戰，確實拿下金星宙域，形成地球包圍網。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzdw5L2Cfc
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「策略反覆不定！」聽完，不少將士出言抗議。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQk6ybcAlxJ
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「重工到底想耍什麼花樣？」「直搗黃龍那番話，是在愚弄元帥大人嗎？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIb9E2UpQon
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「且慢，各位……」位居議題中心的薩邁爾平舉右手。他的眼眶微腫，但語氣已恢復平穩。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F9hodFUUc
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「上任以來，我可不記得有要求你們察言觀色……『正面對決、親手復仇』合情，卻不合理，從身分可疑的傭兵口中說出，反而讓我能客觀看待……也許，帝國艦隊就希望我們這樣做。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0NZFLtOyI
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「那就正中金度將軍下懷。」茵坦補充道：「感情用事的領袖，很好預測。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cCj0Vt0A2
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「不過，前線士兵還是需要感情驅動。」狼刃拿回主導，公布大膽策略，「帝國眼線深又廣，只要察覺我軍意圖，就會使用纏結通訊組織對策，欲欺敵、先欺友……不到最後一刻不能透露真相。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM2Ar3JKrP
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「無比縝密的情報戰嗎……」將領們陷入沉思。無時差通訊與AI病毒，讓戰爭跟以往截然不同。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazgzWJeF0I
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「可是，內部資訊不透明，又可能造成信賴問題，讓層級之間產生嫌隙？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufAgvXTX4G
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「增強信賴，是接著的課題。」薩邁爾走到圈中，環視在場眾人，「新月必須從根部全部翻新，屏除上下、增強左右的連結……我有一個想法，在整備期間會將之完成……有勞各位，對金星攻略保持緘默，解散！」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4mxKpq9TI
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會議結束。將領們排隊走出艙門，讓複製人茵坦感應身上有無可疑「氣息」。薩邁爾跟在傭兵後面，耳語之後才目送他離開。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9RYCy5BnK
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這時，女士兵終於忍不住伸手，握住元帥的袖口。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGU9IUDAZfp
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「大人……不要太勉強自己。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxulymuYFs0
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「茵坦，失去家族……並非如妳想像中那樣沉重……有時候，反而是種解脫。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdgnWL7TqR
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「但是……不，抱歉。桑德斯大人醒了，要求晉見。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkVJ3XOoMV
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「嗯……謝謝妳。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLU3DVXsP9
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薩邁爾輕輕壓下茵坦的手，沒有敬禮就轉身離去。他明顯在壓抑著什麼，但女士兵不敢更進一步確認。畢竟，戰爭不需要多餘感情。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc0GgWC9k3
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真的是這樣嗎？來自K62的少年少女，似乎給了她另一種解答。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusYvTyktmw
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木衛寢宮正上方，一個環形的構造體慢慢旋轉著。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPZCIrzJGO
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臨時搭建的戰地醫院能產生離心重力，讓患者的傷口順利凝血癒合。桑德斯‧吳‧瓦迪馬腳打石膏、手拄拐杖，呆立在會客室觀景窗前，看著被戰火摧殘的家園不發一語，直到聽見身後的艙門開啟。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXUfdcrPSB
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「哥哥……」眉頭緊皺，桑德斯一跛一跛地，想要走向元帥，卻被他伸手制止。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCPOHCucyW
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「答應我！你會幫母親、幫大家報仇！」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqsCjVEjo6
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「當然……但不是現在……」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyesUyUiij
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「還在等什麼？我們……我們一直都被地上那些混蛋剝奪，故鄉月球毀了，現在又輪到木衛……再這樣輸下去，遲早會全軍覆……」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIjK2Kipfp
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沒等弟弟說完，薩邁爾就怒而舉起佩刀，害他嚇得跌坐在地。見到那副驚恐表情，新月元帥倒抽了一口氣，隨即丟掉武器、跪到地上，把唯一親人抱進懷中。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutB3HJXK41
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「對不起……桑德斯。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVX62mmzjQ
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「哥……哥？」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjL1WzBk69
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「我一直……在拚命追趕，想辦法讓自己符合父親遺留的位置、想辦法追上國民心中的他、追上母親心中的他、追上你心中的他……結果，我現在才知道，真正應該追趕的，是自己嚮往的他。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIWLldeD2d
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「好痛……好痛……」桑德斯哭了。那個擁抱，讓他認清自己的才幹永遠不及兄長，而且，不論如何磨練身心，他都永遠缺少某種領袖必須具備的特質。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnD7Jowq2bc
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連那特質明確來說是什麼，他都不知道。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGjjA4aYqa
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「哥……元帥大人……我變成這樣……還能繼續留在新月軍嗎？還能繼續戰鬥嗎……」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FYrQlg0t7
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「勝利，不一定只能靠戰鬥獲得。」薩邁爾鬆開雙手，抓著弟弟的肩膀，用狼刃對他說過的話語做結。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnveaIUdd6Q
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「用別的方法，幫助我達成目的……我要走出屬於自己的路，讚揚父帥的光明、唾棄父帥的黑暗……留在木衛保護大家的歸屬吧，桑德斯，為了勝利，我需要你的信任。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlkpArirVN
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兄弟倆扶持對方，一同起身。最後的敬禮、言和，代表所有權力回歸長子，也代表了舊體制的離散。559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR69OBv5Dxp
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「當所有老人死光，地球、太陽系的新時代，都會在我掌中……讓父親走火入魔的天地衛、祖父克洛維斯，乖乖在重力底下等著。」559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqkiFpK2Hh
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離開醫院，薩邁爾‧吳‧瓦迪馬終於揮別莽撞的弟弟。重拾威嚴的他，卻不禁萌生一個疑問：利用別人的感情與信賴，鋪設通往霸業的道路，不也是父親的黑暗手段？559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2nClMHe7M
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兩面性⸺統治者的必備條件，是與生俱來的虛偽。單靠溫柔，無法馴服戰場的惡魔。
