2163年9月24日,下午四點,政治中心A區,桃花林440Please respect copyright.PENANA4wIaTCepjl
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「什麼意思?」440Please respect copyright.PENANARSCe35AlLA
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透過MIO,不在場的李博洋向高宇維發問,也是所有人的疑惑。440Please respect copyright.PENANAmGwD79u8p8
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「很複雜,你們聽好了。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAHXhfWzSm9M
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高宇維嘆氣,一個小時前才跟謝綠提過,沒想到這麼快就要解釋。該來的總是會來,躲也躲不掉。440Please respect copyright.PENANAz4x3unbXwt
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「紅心皇后研發水果塔,目的是復活女兒,水果塔是為了『創造艾莉絲』而生。艾莉絲和水果塔,互相是彼此的意義。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAO1UaHXZNmb
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高宇維撐頭,「問題來了:你們覺得是水果塔先出現,還是艾莉絲?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAEIXMBFHfwK
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「水果塔。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAwmxkct6mLt
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不需要思考,李晴煬瞄了眼賴梓綾,回答:「小約翰的筆記本寫道:『羅琳娜創造艾莉絲』,現在的艾莉絲也是白絃姊做出來的,答案一定是前者。」440Please respect copyright.PENANATF7qCA9crp
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「沒錯。」440Please respect copyright.PENANA2S4P50Aibi
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高宇維咬著餅乾,換個問題:「以我為例,你們覺得是『瘋帽』先誕生,還是羅琳娜?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAXJL5GXwbQg
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「瘋帽。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAxXJpwSIVoP
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回答的是里奧,他人在高宇維旁邊,兩個沒表情的人坐在一起,畫面意外有趣。440Please respect copyright.PENANAt3sFeg2u05
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「你十二歲就有水果塔;羅琳娜和艾莉絲,是我們十八歲出現的。」440Please respect copyright.PENANA9WiXhC01Uq
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里奧補充:「不只瘋帽,紅心傑克、假海龜、睡鼠、書蟲、笑臉、公爵夫人、貓、三月兔,這些人吃了『感冒藥』,意外變成紅心皇后的實驗體,都比羅琳娜早出現。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAvn7t12i2cY
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尼可拉斯皺眉,他體內的三月兔──尤里烏斯一聽到感冒藥,立刻發出憤怒的低吼,很不高興。440Please respect copyright.PENANAsBcG56E1dV
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「所以,」440Please respect copyright.PENANAxIXaHczUBJ
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尼可拉斯擔心MIO聽不懂,簡單總結:「不是羅琳娜創造水果塔,是實驗體先演化出各自的『水果塔』,後來誕生的『羅琳娜』才有這些水果塔的能力。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAwXWmz7r5bJ
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江云格的腦袋轉很快。他看向賴梓綾,發問:「既然如此,小約翰的筆記本為什麼要寫『水果塔出自羅琳娜』?」440Please respect copyright.PENANA0lB7s3PB1d
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「原本,那樣。現在,不同。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAHhBhJBVw2t
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賴梓綾微笑,笑容流露著落寞、哀傷。她閉上眼睛,一隻手放在胸口,聲音意外平靜。440Please respect copyright.PENANAv5pTE1FEsE
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「因為,我們,死掉了。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8yK2mgQte
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除了「書蟲」凱薩、「瘋帽」高宇維、「笑臉」郭凝羽,及身兼「獅鷲」與「羅琳娜」的白絃,其他人都已經死亡。曾經強極一時的第一代水果塔,如今活到二十二世紀的,只剩個位數。440Please respect copyright.PENANAnW4ABmrnb3
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「為了不讓大家消失,白絃創造了仙境。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAGgjlQ0gB4M
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高宇維看著紅茶,彷彿看見死去的夥伴,沉在深紅色的杯底。440Please respect copyright.PENANAsE1GeHKdMs
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「紅心皇后的水果塔,是能將想法、慾望、意識化為真實的藥劑;作為水果塔的載體,白絃害怕自己與夏悠、李仲翔、我、小約翰……所有人相處的回憶被遺忘,所以她用羅琳娜的力量創造仙境,保存她的記憶。」440Please respect copyright.PENANASGKrmzRrgd
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高宇維放下茶杯,看著里奧、MIO、李晴煬、賴梓綾、江云格、尼可拉斯、派翠克,告訴他們真相:440Please respect copyright.PENANAPlZKQYMbt0
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「存在於你們體內,會和你們說話、吵架,甚至奪走你們身體的第一代水果塔,不是靈魂、幽靈這類奇幻的東西。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAeICRyqNIxu
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「他們都是記憶──白絃的記憶。透過水果塔的遺傳性和共鳴,白絃讓存放於仙境的記憶,以半強迫的方式入侵你們的意識,與你們合而為一。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAhIH03fZA3I
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「仙境是茶壺,你們是杯子;只要茶壺不破、杯子還有,名為記憶的紅茶就不會消失,大家都不會被遺忘,『系兒和小悠』的回憶也將永存於世。」440Please respect copyright.PENANASM7r6wN3pp
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艾莉絲曾說,大家都是白絃保存回憶的一部分。只要白絃希望艾莉絲體系繼續存在,第一代水果塔的故事就不會結束。440Please respect copyright.PENANA84IuY8cgn6
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「很自私吧!」440Please respect copyright.PENANAcXzyr15NRY
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說話的是白欣濛。作為獅鷲的後代,她非常討厭白絃,原因正是出在這。440Please respect copyright.PENANARzqY76rYsx
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「十大家族、羅琳娜條約、艾莉絲、蜘蛛……真的莫名其妙!我們為什麼要承擔上一輩的東西?憑什麼大家要幫她保存記憶?多少人因為水果塔喪命,你們比我更清楚!」440Please respect copyright.PENANAGNSuc3uuYt
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雖然直接,但白欣濛說的沒錯。李康、李央、謝照顏、謝喬、幽蘭、賴霜原、賴雪檸、史密斯馬戲團,都是艾莉絲體系的犧牲者;加上李晴煬、李博洋、尼可拉斯、謝綠……這些因水果塔改變的生命,白絃究竟牽連多少人,根本數不出來。440Please respect copyright.PENANAAXOuW0epCZ
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「如果白絃姊的記憶被消除,仙境就會消失,那麼──」派翠克環顧眾人,「死去的水果塔不復存在,我們的實力將被徹底削弱,蜘蛛會把我們全滅。」440Please respect copyright.PENANA1A21gg553y
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「……。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAvznVUWK4w4
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所有人陷入沉默。要是白絃忘記一切,除了本尊還活著的書蟲、笑臉、瘋帽,其他水果塔都會消失。羅笙變得越來越強,到時用不著郭凝羽,羅笙就能殺光他們。440Please respect copyright.PENANA7FnvBmYRjt
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「宇維少爺,我有疑問。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAqtEhDNJ2qj
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年紀最小的檸檬舉手。她問高宇維:「白兔的水果塔,到底是什麼?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAc4e7u5OUkx
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很突然的問題。檸檬接收到MIO困惑的眼神,她說明:440Please respect copyright.PENANAQFkokN0SOg
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「依白絃的風格,沒有繼承者的水果塔,她會用人造人去彌補,但白兔的水果塔一直沒有繼承者。這個水果塔是不是很特殊,特殊到白絃只想抓在自己手裡?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAbnpYufQ4mK
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高宇維微笑,稱讚檸檬:「聰明的孩子,妳的觀察很敏銳。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAuPlOApRVRK
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里奧、葛蕾絲、尼可拉斯的水果塔都不是白兔,檸檬甚至沒有水果塔。羅笙給檸檬注射蜘蛛糖時,白絃人在現場,也沒有阻止。440Please respect copyright.PENANAMvzgZ1wAJH
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「白兔的水果塔叫『克隆』,可以改變人的外貌和性別──表面上是如此。白兔真正的能力,是創造艾莉絲。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAiqNS68C4Sk
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高宇維拍了拍大腿,接收到指示的江云格變回三花貓,跳到高宇維身上磨蹭,趴在大腿上。440Please respect copyright.PENANAqxwoGuTKeW
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「早期的白絃基於某些原因,排斥自己羅琳娜的身分,才把白兔給了阿道夫教授。」高宇維一邊摸貓,「原本以為檸檬是繼承人,但截至目前,檸檬沒有共鳴的跡象。白絃不希望白兔外流,這個可能性很高。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAKCCzS3vuYb
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檸檬點頭,表示理解。既然無法繼承白兔,她就必須更小心,以免蜘蛛糖的事情曝光。440Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5aFdOh7G3
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「那,白萌萌是怎麼回事?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAEBGuiJKB9L
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MIO轉頭,看著白欣濛問:「妳為什麼有蟲蟲的能力?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAzTGjDeYaqg
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「是白欣濛!不要亂唸我的名字!」440Please respect copyright.PENANAAt0oYOBcJa
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白欣濛很不高興,但看到MIO的臉,她的怒火被瞬間澆熄,MIO就是這麼可愛,公主也拿她沒輒。440Please respect copyright.PENANAsrlr3F4ztk
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「噁噁紫紫的生物和允希,她們都是人造人,體內有白絃、金允道、白石墨的DNA。她們沒有母親,金允道和白石墨都是爸爸。」440Please respect copyright.PENANApoCBh5Wue7
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羅俊代替白欣濛回答。神奇的是,姊妹倆的個性和姓氏,剛好與對應的父親相符。金允希好靜,白欣濛好動;金允希怕生,白欣濛怕無聊,猶如性轉後的Platinum兄弟。440Please respect copyright.PENANA6GZZ71mBLy
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「Platinum對水果塔的研究從沒停過,雙胞胎是『普樂仙斯實驗』的成品。」440Please respect copyright.PENANArjvKD117NS
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羅俊提出新的名詞,李晴煬對此很感興趣,「普樂仙斯(Pleasance)?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAEQArsl15vy
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「你們這裡是叫『天賦』,又不太一樣。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAma9ae6cGpl
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一隻蝴蝶從窗戶飛進來,停在白欣濛肩上。440Please respect copyright.PENANAyxC7SsEBub
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「不管白絃的仙境怎麼作怪,水果塔本身就有遺傳性。你們在與第一代共鳴前,不是就有能力了嗎?」白欣濛說:「如果沒有共鳴,仙境的記憶沒有入侵你們的意識,時間一久,你們會有屬於自己的能力,這種人被稱為『普樂仙斯』,我和允希都是。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAylsmBeUPmV
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言下之意,白欣濛和金允希都是繼承人,但白絃沒有給她們「獅鷲」,姊妹倆發展出各自的能力。白欣濛能和昆蟲連結,就是因為她的普樂仙斯。440Please respect copyright.PENANAQSJNUGoAkM
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「原來如此。」葛蕾絲回憶:「尼可覺醒三月兔後,讓人自殺的能力消失,變成和尤里烏斯一樣的物理攻擊,還一直用火車撞檸檬。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAopKPB1lTAi
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「……最後一句不用強調。」檸檬小聲抗議。440Please respect copyright.PENANA7HV17VpvJt
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「所以,」尼可拉斯想了想,「我原本是普樂仙斯,但因為叔叔的水果塔,理應屬於『尼可拉斯』的能力消失了,現在是三月兔。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAYQXtQtqKLg
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尼可拉斯聳肩,「也沒有不好,三月兔好用多了。後代的普樂仙斯要超越第一代水果塔,很困難吧?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAqVvN8awiJM
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「沒錯。」白欣濛同意,「因為普樂仙斯沒有威脅性,白絃沒放在心上。」440Please respect copyright.PENANADeBdqlNgjw
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MIO舉手,幫李博洋發問:「白萌萌的普樂仙斯是蟲蟲,金希希呢?」440Please respect copyright.PENANA2BF0IgtMX7
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「隱身。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAkeXgOUO3on
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回答的是赫密士。他告訴MIO:「允希可以讓自己或身邊的東西消失不見。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAkj6QYW4thq
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「一個很會找,一個很會躲,她們姊妹倆就是這樣。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAe1VisKZV4f
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羅俊兩手插腰,跟白欣濛說:「允希這次是認真的。她不想被任何人找到,包括妳。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAwkU9VF2sJc
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「……可惡!」白欣濛跺腳,「都是允道爸爸!養了一堆植物,我的蟲子都不敢靠近,允希一定被關在某個溫室!」440Please respect copyright.PENANApjv5SzdxkQ
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「……。」440Please respect copyright.PENANASuoTH6pbu2
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找不到人,女朋友凶多吉少,深感無力的赫密士看向高宇維,問:「我該怎麼辦……」440Please respect copyright.PENANA8KAGRxye2B
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第一次看到低聲下氣的赫密士,不只大家,高宇維自己都很不習慣。440Please respect copyright.PENANA6S1mEA3vAa
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「消除白絃的記憶不容易。蜘蛛和Platinum再厲害,最快也要三個月。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAG2bt5L2qOP
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高宇維玩著江云格的尾巴,告訴他們:「三個月內,找到前往陪審團的方法、攻入Platinum司令部,再從紅鶴手裡救出白絃,否則我們都會完蛋。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAoZeSyQaBxx
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聽起來困難,高宇維的聲音卻很有自信。相較於一開始,神與畜多了新成員,大部分人的水果塔都被喚醒,他不認為自己的神與畜會輸。440Please respect copyright.PENANA4mwr3Ca1K2
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「里奧,給你分配工作,我想睡了。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAhGDPXH0Heu
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白絃被抓、Platinum與蜘蛛合作,事情發生突然,但一切還在掌控內,意識到這點的高宇維伸懶腰、起身,身上的江云格乖乖跳下沙發,爬到謝綠肩上。440Please respect copyright.PENANANi3Rep5pO6
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「你不是剛醒?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAiUbqnLeI5s
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雖然想罵人,但看高宇維這麼懶散,里奧知道這是好預兆。沒有十足把握,高宇維的態度不會這樣,里奧太了解他了。440Please respect copyright.PENANAzpDNPTUAO5
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「一次講這麼多話,我累了。」440Please respect copyright.PENANAcBl7kXzGv8
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高宇維打哈欠、走去二樓。才剛踏上樓梯,高宇維想起什麼,從樓梯間探出頭來,告訴里奧:「晴煬不用。」440Please respect copyright.PENANA486hCetHlB
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「……什麼?」440Please respect copyright.PENANAGpjYbxVRtY
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不只里奧,當事人李晴煬也很錯愕,看著高宇維。440Please respect copyright.PENANAhU24f9oWOZ
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「今天起,他跟我一起行動。」440Please respect copyright.PENANARlAzooKEYu
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語畢,高宇維走回房間,一頭栽進床裡。想到最後的贏家不是白絃、不是郭凝羽,一定是自己,他心安理得地閉上眼睛,進入沒有畫面的夢。440Please respect copyright.PENANAk2MB9WToBN
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可以擺脫這個身分了,恭喜。440Please respect copyright.PENANAuYgF2kRTpE