時間往前推進,那個晚上之後,克里斯再也沒有聽到有關艾倫以及調查團各人的消息,每天只能被做不完的工作淹沒。768Please respect copyright.PENANACOmBZwX023
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直到某天的午後,天上突然降下傾盆大雨。克里斯接到不少因為大雨而遭遇意外的求助,好不容易堅持到黃昏過後,克里斯終於有機會回家換一套乾爽的衣服,稍作歇息。768Please respect copyright.PENANAK6TrHHuMGi
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砰砰砰!768Please respect copyright.PENANA8To0NqDTRz
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就在他換好衣服,準備出門到衛兵局繼續夜班的時候,屋內傳來大門被人用力拍打的巨響。768Please respect copyright.PENANApO3vzRruoG
768Please respect copyright.PENANA6aFVm90MYe
「艾倫!卡爾!」768Please respect copyright.PENANA4sRlTDl3F2
768Please respect copyright.PENANA5qHtETjlmZ
茱莉亞在家門前發出驚恐的叫聲,讓克里斯連忙從房間中跑出來。768Please respect copyright.PENANALrDeFu9iAA
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————血!768Please respect copyright.PENANAJEuLioksIU
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在他眼前是滿身鮮血,倒在茱莉亞懷裡的艾倫。地上還有同樣是滿身鮮血,失去意識雙目緊閉的卡爾!768Please respect copyright.PENANAnLbXJWWTgp
768Please respect copyright.PENANAUvBTYtCPFu
「克里斯……對不起……」768Please respect copyright.PENANAQUYT2nIdUL
768Please respect copyright.PENANAqUulgHFpMG
「你們發生什麼事了?凱倫和比比呢?」768Please respect copyright.PENANAvKrHrrtxM5
768Please respect copyright.PENANAttEw81NqCv
「我們…在尤利爾的大宅……遭到…襲擊,只有我…和卡爾逃了出來……」768Please respect copyright.PENANA4eLMOD2rtM
768Please respect copyright.PENANA70fS5MtXYu
艾倫臉色蒼白,氣若游絲,身上多個傷口不住的湧出鮮血。768Please respect copyright.PENANALkzdXhkvju
768Please respect copyright.PENANA7uvPpYX5O6
「艾倫!」768Please respect copyright.PENANAMTRs2nKILK
768Please respect copyright.PENANA2E7RW6Tyvz
茱莉亞無助的抱住艾倫,不停呼喚着他的名字,兩人摟着坐倒在地上的血泊當中。768Please respect copyright.PENANA9eYj6QsxxX
768Please respect copyright.PENANAHVK8hY8Vgh
「對不起……茱莉亞……」768Please respect copyright.PENANAbakJvtstaV
768Please respect copyright.PENANALi0Ed0Qaoh
「不要死,你不能死!」768Please respect copyright.PENANAs2LeiBfcUq
768Please respect copyright.PENANAbvlY5R0n4g
「我真的……好想…和你在一起……」768Please respect copyright.PENANAw80GVwqIA4
768Please respect copyright.PENANAsrta9hvxfm
艾倫吃力地提起鮮血淋漓的手,在茱莉亞滿是淚水的臉上無限留戀的撫摸……768Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZfhM5qizg
768Please respect copyright.PENANAxETnB8W4r5
「不!求求你,不要留下我一個!」768Please respect copyright.PENANAjZGQsipv9K
768Please respect copyright.PENANAVIf2PfV1WZ
可惜艾倫雙眼已經失去了光芒,茱莉亞的聲音再也無法傳到她最愛的人耳中了。768Please respect copyright.PENANAuiPN5sXCea
768Please respect copyright.PENANAasexsgjjVv
看著好友慘死在眼前,克里斯只能呆望着崩潰嚎哭的茱莉亞。768Please respect copyright.PENANA55I9mnVgtc
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這一切是何等的不真實。768Please respect copyright.PENANAhs0IUovid6
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他甚至嘗試着告訴自己這一切都是假的。768Please respect copyright.PENANAqJkj2SIpz5
768Please respect copyright.PENANAvS6TLY8uNo
當克里斯被民眾找來的聖域治療師推到一旁,看著治療師正為卡爾急救的時候,他才不得不承認,那個笑容好看,頭腦精明的兒時好友,已經一去不返了。768Please respect copyright.PENANARyFqKYJqdE
768Please respect copyright.PENANALpU7IGT9ha
兒時好友?768Please respect copyright.PENANAUN94802cKH
768Please respect copyright.PENANAe3ZwzzvM6Z
慢著!768Please respect copyright.PENANA4osc2gEY3i
768Please respect copyright.PENANAD9z0aYOC5W
凱倫和比比還在險境!768Please respect copyright.PENANA7ILSJWA31k
768Please respect copyright.PENANACU4I62VG6M
克里斯如遭電擊般抬起頭來,跑到房間拿起一把戰斧便衝了出去。768Please respect copyright.PENANA2y9rQc2KzU
768Please respect copyright.PENANAMCKVkikav5
根據赫澤爾頓的法律,除了執行衛兵隊任務之外,在競技場外使用未經祈願系統而獲得的「外道武器」,一律以「外道者」罪名處理。儘管克里斯作為執法者,但在這個關頭,法律什麼的對他來說根本已經毫無意義。768Please respect copyright.PENANAwkzUrKF0LL
768Please respect copyright.PENANAEj387QewaB
「凱倫……比比……」768Please respect copyright.PENANAqakWo8egzV
768Please respect copyright.PENANAttrnMJg6eQ
克里斯無視着胸口和喉嚨發出猶如刀割的痛楚,以有生以來最快的速度向着富豪尤利爾先生的大宅狂奔。然而當他抵達大宅門前,一隊衛兵正臉色蒼白的正抬著兩副血淋淋的屍首從屋裡面走出來。768Please respect copyright.PENANAUTAzGftYmI
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「不.......」768Please respect copyright.PENANAx1GC3MvURE
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克里斯撲向兩副死狀可怖的屍首,但發現根本分辨不了屍首的主人是誰。他抱着萬分之一的希望,向衛兵表示身份,問道:768Please respect copyright.PENANAFdtYUWjdvh
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「裡面有生還者嗎?我在找一個十六歲左右的男生,還有一個十七歲的女孩!」768Please respect copyright.PENANAAxCK2xNB4r
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衛兵臉色非常難看的不住搖頭,甚至有幾位衛兵才踏出大宅就彎着腰嘔吐大作。不管克里斯怎樣再問,門口的衛兵只表示正在等候支援,並且拒絕再踏足大宅之內。768Please respect copyright.PENANAwdXMahOOoG
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究竟搖頭是代表不知道,還是沒有生還者?768Please respect copyright.PENANAvxO3X7ASgt
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根本沒有人能給出一個明確的答案。768Please respect copyright.PENANAp3C9syAvvm
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最後克里斯以衛兵隊隊長的身份獨自越過糾察線,一邊不停祈求剛才兩副屍首並非屬於凱倫和比比兩人,一邊慢慢推開踏入大宅之中。768Please respect copyright.PENANA3mpeoT821V
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然而才踏進屋裡一步,他就聞到一股濃烈的腥臭味被困於大宅之內。768Please respect copyright.PENANAsYILoPa63r
768Please respect copyright.PENANABWH8wZzLfl
儘管克里斯成為衛兵隊一員之後亦見過不少兇案現場,但他還是被走廊深處流淌到玄關這裡的大量鮮血嚇得呆立當場。768Please respect copyright.PENANAa9yKHeSNhf
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他本想避開那鮮血造成的小溪穿過走廊,但馬上就發現那是不可能的事。因為整條通往大宅深處的走廊已經被遇害者們的鮮血染成鮮紅。天花、牆壁、地上,所有地方經歷了血的洗禮,牆上更佈滿遇害者掙扎時所留下的血掌印和拉扯時候留下的血爪痕。768Please respect copyright.PENANANF9mt2lCwf
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克里斯沿著走廊走,看到屍體東歪西倒的堆在走廊兩旁。不論男的、女的、年輕的、年老的,所有死者都肢體不全,死狀都極其恐怖。768Please respect copyright.PENANABMyNJaRlLm
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很明顯這並非一般的兇殺案。768Please respect copyright.PENANAXYzZFdPDpk
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殺人,只需一擊就足以斃命,但這場屠殺的執行人卻大費周章地向被害者施虐,甚至不惜摧殘和玩弄人體至如廝田地......768Please respect copyright.PENANA8YgnWkOjdg
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是什麼原因驅使一個人幹下這種人神共憤的事情?768Please respect copyright.PENANAunjlJNUeTe
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克里斯的職業習慣讓他有一瞬間轉移了注意力,但腳底下傳來血液的黏滑感,還有鞋子踩在血液所發出的吱吱聲響馬上又讓他回到追尋凱倫和比比的思維當中。768Please respect copyright.PENANACL0AgpxHTW
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還沒有他們兩人的踪影,也就是還有生存的可能性!768Please respect copyright.PENANAfG6Xy2aCiY
768Please respect copyright.PENANAHs5FOr8vUw
克里斯以希望作為推動力,繼續深入大宅內部,直到抵達富豪尤利爾引以為豪、用作款待親朋好友的宴會廳。768Please respect copyright.PENANAsG7BwrUtpY
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這裡曾是城中名流聚首一堂,爭相炫耀自己財富的場所,但當克里斯推開宴會廳大門的時候,映入眼中卻是猶如地獄一般的景象。他甚至彷彿感受到無數受害者在這裡發出的慘叫聲、哭聲、求饒聲,並在兇手的肆意蹂躪下變成一堆堆難以辨認的屍塊。768Please respect copyright.PENANAAvWlsWkZBr
768Please respect copyright.PENANARjoKfqQrSH
克里斯摀住嘴,拼命強忍住嘔吐感,心中不斷祈禱別要出現任何一張他熟悉的臉孔。768Please respect copyright.PENANAQA2hEh69sl
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可惜上天並沒有眷顧克里斯。768Please respect copyright.PENANABgl3wVS5Ud
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他最終還是在其中一堆破爛的屍體當中,認出了一張把恐懼深印在眼裡,死不瞑目的臉。768Please respect copyright.PENANA80rc8hNNTD
768Please respect copyright.PENANATtKgB8pUlF
克里斯渾身顫抖的彎下身,指尖碰到那被藏在屍體堆中的黑色短髮。他彷彿還能聽到十七歲的她在《醉牛》喊着「茱莉亞姐姐」的調皮聲線。768Please respect copyright.PENANApXEzk6a54h
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「凱倫……」768Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ3Qs01vcI
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克里斯悲痛地搬開壓住凱倫的其他屍首,小心翼翼的想要把凱倫抱出來。但就在他成功搬動其他屍體之際,凱倫的頭顱卻從他手邊滾了下來……768Please respect copyright.PENANAp12S1sCjkO
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「不————!!!」768Please respect copyright.PENANAgjhPIhDB6O
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看着凱倫的頭顱在地上一臉恐懼的扭曲模樣,原本充滿朝氣的少女,這刻臉上各個孔穴正慢慢沁出暗紅的血水..... 最後一根希望的稻草折斷了,這一幕讓克里斯整個人徹底崩潰,猶如斷了線的他跪在地上嚎哭起來。768Please respect copyright.PENANA8hwQiJb9tJ
768Please respect copyright.PENANApYEOz8IjOi
赫澤爾頓的人們將這次的慘劇稱為《虐殺街童事件》。事件中,包括富豪尤利爾本人,一共有四十七名犧牲者。這事件一直到後來克里斯親自手刃了那名被稱為「外道虐殺者」(The Tormentor)的兇手,這可怕的惡夢才真正的告一段落。不過,那又是相隔數年之後的事了。768Please respect copyright.PENANAc3Ths8QSzb
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「克里斯!」768Please respect copyright.PENANAi5SqVmG62m
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卡爾在獲救後數週終於渡過了危險期,並在聖域治療師的協助下一步步恢復健康。768Please respect copyright.PENANAV4POcMRxrL
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「看到你恢復精神實在太好了。」768Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3i1yPhHnb
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克里斯和茱莉亞來到卡爾床前,還把一些水果帶了過來。768Please respect copyright.PENANANDPYJaUEco
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「茱莉亞姐姐……艾倫大哥他……」768Please respect copyright.PENANAx9IObLHpaW
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「卡爾,最重要是你活了下來。」茱莉亞握住卡爾的手道。768Please respect copyright.PENANAPESXWPmOHl
768Please respect copyright.PENANA3aGatkh628
「對了卡爾,你們為什麼會在那個富豪尤利爾的大宅?」768Please respect copyright.PENANA5z2hZ4nq74
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恢復冷靜的克里斯當時剛開始追查外道殺人魔,卡爾的一言一語對他來說都極可能就是最有用的線索。768Please respect copyright.PENANA2yYRRlQJEK
768Please respect copyright.PENANAL2ARPwwsYJ
「其實過去幾年一直都有很多街上的孩子失踪。然後艾倫大哥最近接到委託,說要找出失踪的其中一名孩子。」768Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7BE9ESSyH
768Please respect copyright.PENANA1oVIPqLgWi
「這種事我們衛兵隊怎麼都沒聽說過?」768Please respect copyright.PENANAtfjWuXhczt
768Please respect copyright.PENANAFwfefovIbr
「我們這些街童,怎麼會有人在意呢。只有艾倫大哥才會接這種沒人感興趣的工作吧。」768Please respect copyright.PENANAgptEsD2wNM
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這就是傳聞中艾倫所幹,那些所謂不見得光的勾當嗎?768Please respect copyright.PENANAZBmfVRKrjn
768Please respect copyright.PENANAl2l6Myx1Z4
可是這種事情,不就正是艾倫優格調查團的工作範圍嗎?768Please respect copyright.PENANAc16BepnzK9
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克里斯咬着牙關強忍淚水。768Please respect copyright.PENANAyanFTWRRwE
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多年來的誤解,終於在這刻徹底解開了。768Please respect copyright.PENANAK5cTXYIc5u
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那個笨蛋...... 原來一直在獨自把大家所建立的夢想堅持下去嗎?768Please respect copyright.PENANA3Yn8Jgr9Y3
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為什麼不早點跟我說呢……768Please respect copyright.PENANAF7NsWWLAVH
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可是就算說的話,我就會相信他嗎?768Please respect copyright.PENANAl2UTbVGvi2
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「艾倫……」 768Please respect copyright.PENANAyQomSbJZIc
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「克里斯哥哥……是我害死了大家的。」卡爾神情痛苦的道。768Please respect copyright.PENANAH2V4ooPNGg
768Please respect copyright.PENANAqcJlB2bv37
「這是什麼意思?」768Please respect copyright.PENANAMvFYC9OO5s
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卡爾從褲袋拿出一枚鑲著翠綠色寶石的戒子。768Please respect copyright.PENANAJcX3NDmDnw
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「那晚……我聽到有人說艾倫大哥連戒子都沒有就跑來求婚……所以……我進去大宅之後,一直在看有什麼值錢的東西可以偷…… 如果不是因為我耽誤了時間,艾倫大哥應該早就跟凱倫和比比匯合,那麼他們就不用被那個殺人魔……」 768Please respect copyright.PENANAt9prEhH9Gc
768Please respect copyright.PENANAK9TBwW1oOX
卡爾把戒子放在茱莉亞手裡,放聲痛哭。768Please respect copyright.PENANADAtAn7bKfy
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「對不起啊,茱莉亞姐姐,是我害死了艾倫大哥……」768Please respect copyright.PENANAhfwcxrpVsb
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茱莉亞摟住卡爾,同樣也是哭不成聲。768Please respect copyright.PENANA5OPbw3lXCH
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「你要好好活下去,要連他們的份也活下去啊……」768Please respect copyright.PENANARDJE3mEsqi
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年紀最小的卡爾·梅里最終成為了《虐殺街童事件》的生還者,亦成為了《艾倫優格調查團》最後的團員。他是立志要升上白金級別的競技場新星,也是赫澤爾頓下一屆衛兵隊入隊考試的考生。這些身份都是卡爾在事件後連同艾倫他們的份活下去的印記。768Please respect copyright.PENANAkFmvE6Nlaf
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原本他還有更多的可能性,在他的一生中還會獲得更多極具意義的身份。768Please respect copyright.PENANAeBsh0cEnwJ
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可是,這難得重新開始的人生,卻在數年之後為了保護一個曾被他毆打過的男人而突然結束。768Please respect copyright.PENANATizjb5zEiA
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這樣的話,現在該由誰來替所有死去的人活下去?768Please respect copyright.PENANAHHCoEjcOHq
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「卡爾……」768Please respect copyright.PENANAIpE4SkVcV3
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克里斯從黏糊糊的木桌上抬起頭來,眼前是一個又一個曾經載滿了酒的木杯子。768Please respect copyright.PENANA0stqSTrRpF
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他歪着頭,頸部關節發出咔咔聲響。768Please respect copyright.PENANARGjGAEiKDU
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畢竟年紀大了,身體再也不復當年勇。768Please respect copyright.PENANAQ62tA2uFWR
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克里斯聽着酒吧中的喧嘩聲,彷彿就像是回到慶祝茱莉亞成為白銀級別的那個晚上。768Please respect copyright.PENANATQljh4TDOF
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如果那時多了解艾倫一些,而不是認定艾倫在幹不法勾當而疏遠了他……768Please respect copyright.PENANAFFDtxiy4oy
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如果那時多支持艾倫和茱莉亞一下……768Please respect copyright.PENANAUvX795zGgV
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