暴怒、驚疑、焦燥,諸般情緒在瑟西心頭泛起;唇乾、舌燥、發熱,種種生理反應在她身體浮現。694Please respect copyright.PENANAX6Aabqeshh
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眼前跳著「刀舞」之敵人,彷彿消失不見,只剩下一道耀目的火舌,隨刀肆意游走,讓人看得出神。694Please respect copyright.PENANAkyPXz9WxXD
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瑟西忽爾覺得天地寬敞起來了,再非置身陰沉沉的秘道,而是星空下廣闊的曠野。漸次,但覺手腳不聽使喚,身體如陷泥沼。694Please respect copyright.PENANANYH3Ay8GvT
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她憶起兒時老魔女傳授捆綁巫術的經歷:「瑟西,要向別人施術,首先要自己嘗嘗中術的滋味,這感覺你記住了。」她小時候親歷此術滋味。不,此際感覺並不一樣。694Please respect copyright.PENANAnXmH1yrh2n
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「不可能!我身為魔女後代,怎可能讓人對我施加了捆綁之術,而自己毫不察覺?」瑟西痛恨。694Please respect copyright.PENANA1txXHvcHAS
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「當然了,你不是為魔法束縛,而是切切實實遭人綁起來了。世人終究不接受女巫呀,你還不接受現實?」腦中另一把聲音說。694Please respect copyright.PENANArkzBrpDAz4
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曠野之地,忽爾樹立一根巨型木柱,旁邊滿佈乾柴。柱上綁著一人,四周盡是圍觀的民眾,叫嚷:「燒死這女巫!燒死這黑魔女!」694Please respect copyright.PENANAOFha1ZXdUI
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乾柴於是點燃了,闇姬但覺置身火海,慌亂掙扎:「我不是已投誠了嗎,黑魔法為你們所用,為什麼仍不放過我?柴郎,救我......」694Please respect copyright.PENANAimX4VoSaDp
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柴郎確是依言出現,卻沒有解繩鬆綁,目無表情站到瑟西跟前,竟出手向拍檔施以突襲!694Please respect copyright.PENANAw0nft63Xhs
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「柴郎……你,為什麼要背叛……?」話未說完,瑟西已然昏倒。694Please respect copyright.PENANA41K6ILH6EC
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柴郎的確沒有為為魔女鬆綁脫困,因為在他眼裡,瑟西根本沒有被綁,更未受火刑,只是陷入瘋狂掙扎的失神狀態。694Please respect copyright.PENANAOkyEk7NX3K
694Please respect copyright.PENANAZK0fQUng97
適才為免出路被封,他略微花了點時間,待搞妥後,瑟西已像小孩子看見玩具急不及待離開了。694Please respect copyright.PENANAj9y6Ghmka8
694Please respect copyright.PENANAuwUfLboiAR
秘道雖不長,追過去不需多久,再見瑟西時,她已仿如精神錯亂,身體不斷扭曲,顯得極度痛苦,看起來倒像遭人火燒似的。694Please respect copyright.PENANAqXIUC8xH1b
柴郎身負「鬼醫」之名,自然一眼便知她精神失常,至於是吃錯藥抑或中了幻術,一時三刻倒難以判斷。正因「病源」不明,不能立即施救,最佳辦法是讓她先睡一睡。694Please respect copyright.PENANA1qLIqJC8aD
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更何況,敵人當前,且能片刻之間令闇姬敗得如此難看,定非庸手,他實在沒太多時間照料病患。694Please respect copyright.PENANAmSpVuqtGN8
694Please respect copyright.PENANAyODCWxGf3M
於是鬼醫取出針藥,走到闇姬面前,迅速為她施打一枝強烈鎮定劑。在錯亂的瑟西眼裡,此舉卻是不加援手、落井下石的背叛行為。694Please respect copyright.PENANALixeYZw6wJ
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「好了,這位小姐,病人已休息,我們可以樂一樂了。」柴郎目無表情,望著紅葉說。694Please respect copyright.PENANAFzq4ofUCUJ
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紅葉剛解決了一名敵人,雖對戰時間甚短,貌似沒費多少氣力,實情跳那刀舞甚耗靈力,暗呼不妙:「為防那魔女的秘術,及須速戰速決,不得已才使用『七聖刀』,沒想到這麼快又來一個敵人,真是失策。」694Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8GQYZ2G7J
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見金敏元及其他資深執事遲遲未來援手,紅葉猜想樓上早已失陷,只是她哪料到敵方為了硬闖竟把所有人通通迷暈,包括那些根本不是「聖火之境」旗下,一群不知就裡的耶教信眾?694Please respect copyright.PENANANtENClEqZt
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「拖了這麼一會兒,大祭司想必已離開了,他大概會按程序把此處毁掉吧。上面那些平信徒並非我教成員,估計獵巫會也不會留難,待會火燒起來時他們逃生便是。現在我只需盡快擊退敵人,爭取時間銷毁檔案,再脫出此地。此人看來便是那『鬼醫』,大概也屬硬手,該怎樣應付才好?七聖刀太費心神,此刻再使,萬一失效,給敵人看破底蘊便麻煩……」694Please respect copyright.PENANAzDFqHlmSnp
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然而,對陣之時,對方豈讓你細細思量?鬼醫柴郎那句「樂一樂」言猶在耳,突欺近紅葉身前,伸手便欲抓住其左臂,並以一鋒銳的利器刺向臂彎。694Please respect copyright.PENANAEJYl6V90NV
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他那「武器」極為奇特,竟是一枝用來注射藥物的針筒!694Please respect copyright.PENANAbdEalOhtgd
紅葉豈是易與之輩,也不怕手臂被擒,右手短刀從下而上撩向柴郎胯間要害。剛動手便是搏命的招數。694Please respect copyright.PENANAb2N2c79xQH
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柴郎忽然衝前,又驟然急退,稍一交手即回到原來位置。那撩陰刀固然落空,針筒注射亦無功而返。原來他非胡亂出手,只想借此一擊來試探對方虛實。694Please respect copyright.PENANAfem6JhRp3f
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「身手還可以,出手也毒,但單憑這點能耐,不可能短短時間內已解決瑟西,她定然另有秘招。既為『聖火之境』的戰鬥員,莫非與火有關?」柴郎雖然性情自負乖戾,對於不明來歷的秘術,也忌憚三分。694Please respect copyright.PENANA8vcpKZuxyv
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柴郎懷裡藏著多枝針藥,功效各有不同,或鎮靜情緒,或提升體能,或劇毒無比,甚至用來迫供吐真言的,只要任務可能用得上,他也會攜帶一二。694Please respect copyright.PENANAxUUpjBYCwP
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當然,需要動用「針筒」者,自非等閒之輩,斷不會傻子般一動不動任由宰割及注射。故此,柴郎必須具備使別人乖乖不抵抗的技能。他真正的本領,除了不容於主流醫學之醫術,還有一套依人體生理結構而自創的反關節術。694Please respect copyright.PENANAzTi97K9ffH
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他把手中針筒搖了一搖,笑道:「這針藥毒性兇猛無比,入血更是難以救治,小姐可要小心了」接著一步一步慢慢往前走,與之前速攻突襲截然不同。694Please respect copyright.PENANAKpT8DCIwnf
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紅葉感受到對方壓迫力,再不跳刀舞,改使一路綿密陰險的刀法,又刻意藏起火勁。刺、劈、撩、割,每一記均出刀快,收刀亦快,力度不強,卻專攻要害,著實狠辣。694Please respect copyright.PENANApWOypEWKnO
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柴郎連閃幾刀,忽笑說:「小姐,我倆真有緣,你也欣賞一下在下的刀法?」把針筒收回暗袋,取出一柄手術刀。694Please respect copyright.PENANApiDQAYFYue
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斯時也,紅葉短刀劃向手上動脈,柴郎稍微縮手,剛閃開刀鋒,突然伸長手臂,以同樣的手法回襲女子動脈。694Please respect copyright.PENANAIO28lEfnbO
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「是不是很相像呢?」柴郎微笑。鬼醫此技同屬自創,嚴格來說不算刀法,因為既不擋格,又不防禦,只是仗著眼明手快,先迴避危險,然後瞬間施以反擊,並依著人體結構,割向致命或容易大量失血的位置。看起來,便恰好與紅葉的刀法有點類似。694Please respect copyright.PENANAOybpxBz11L
但紅葉這路刀法由「聖火之境」所傳,繼承自拜火教秘傳技巧,再融入一些少數民族武藝,論構思之巧妙完備,自是較柴郎的小技巧豐富得多。694Please respect copyright.PENANAanoDoVPX0Y
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兩人拼不了幾招,柴郎已左支右絀,唯他動作變速甚快,每能於兇險處閃避開去。打了一回,忽然後撒數步,復又高速上前,原來他已把手術刀收起來,再取出針筒。694Please respect copyright.PENANApGKfqhy16K
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他前衝時,紅葉恰好提刀直刺,眼看正要刺中胸口,柴郎的身法竟如汽車換檔般,突然加速,於快將碰上刀刃時,身體極速扭轉,閃過那一擊,並趁此瞬間空隙,抓住紅葉持刀的手。694Please respect copyright.PENANAR10BasYbCc
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原來他與紅葉比拼刀術,只是晃子,目的乃讓對方忽略其真正殺著:擒拿施針。694Please respect copyright.PENANAHVpUNxNDaa
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柴郎的反關節技如行雲流水,本可在不到一兩秒的時刻把對方制伏,甚至把筋骹關節弄斷。694Please respect copyright.PENANAYXkoMIntyY
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可是,紅葉隱藏已久的火勁適時發動,這次不僅手掌著火,而是整條手臂燃起火焰,登時如一支火柱!694Please respect copyright.PENANANBaGSWZrPa
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柴郎擒拿手被燒,本能地縮手,紅葉之「火臂」得勢不饒人,隨即橫掃向敵人面門。694Please respect copyright.PENANAcHEBWqpm43
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柴郎本可從容閃避開去,但他剛使出一趟變速身法,神經及肌肉組織尚未回復過來,加上身處窄巷,適才迴轉避刀之時,背部已靠近牆壁,根本缺乏躲閃的空間。694Please respect copyright.PENANAiTa8a1uONH
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失速加受阻,避無可避,赫然中招。694Please respect copyright.PENANARqO87RxGcg
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鬼醫中招後身軀跌向巷壁,快將撞牆之際,他竟能向後撐出一腳抵住後壁,以此借力回彈、著地翻滾,躲過紅葉追擊而來的致命一刀。694Please respect copyright.PENANAlPukiajQf9
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「早設想她會用火,竟也中招,真是大意。這一戰沒有事先注射『超速劑』,實在太輕敵,媽的。」柴郎雖中了一記,受傷並不算重,只是臉部已然燒傷。694Please respect copyright.PENANA25shrJlcmF
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「據知閣下叫『鬼醫』,現在燒成這副鬼臉,不是名正言順了嗎?」紅葉譏嘲。694Please respect copyright.PENANAd1eWeXilGD