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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAvmutqoxRsO
789Please respect copyright.PENANAREr8JEmO2U
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAHVbQ80NcN1
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砰砰砰!789Please respect copyright.PENANAl9cDXPn2fY
789Please respect copyright.PENANAX9FqLkjb2T
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAKXJoToh9zD
789Please respect copyright.PENANAN1T7fcfERD
「艾倫!卡爾!」789Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZHeKbwO32
789Please respect copyright.PENANAMv69fLVeDr
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANADDbO1eqH28
789Please respect copyright.PENANAtSwMz8JTCo
————血!789Please respect copyright.PENANAXWksKEZEkd
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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!789Please respect copyright.PENANAmqisiE65wm
789Please respect copyright.PENANAF0xiz6C4PB
「克里斯……對不起……」789Please respect copyright.PENANAcpZClQtpft
789Please respect copyright.PENANAYsuOJ8B1XP
「你們發生什麼事了?凱倫和比比呢?」789Please respect copyright.PENANAUQlzdmtuh6
789Please respect copyright.PENANApnAVRxDxCU
「我們…在尤利爾的大宅……遭到…襲擊,只有我…和卡爾逃了出來……」789Please respect copyright.PENANA9DQtxb0hbo
789Please respect copyright.PENANAPeVIqfx8QA
艾倫臉色蒼白,氣若游絲,身上多個傷口不住的湧出鮮血。789Please respect copyright.PENANABS6WvbRWJ1
789Please respect copyright.PENANAp1fqhicGKH
「艾倫!」789Please respect copyright.PENANAgGAtbsu9iY
789Please respect copyright.PENANAlSTcUQcYV1
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANA0lGLgGZ3ri
789Please respect copyright.PENANAHEvPBRPYIu
「對不起……茱莉亞……」789Please respect copyright.PENANAsBTJvqJ42L
789Please respect copyright.PENANAVpRUetD1oO
「不要死,你不能死!」789Please respect copyright.PENANApWjV1rmtk4
789Please respect copyright.PENANAI1VL7Gf4EI
「我真的……好想…和你在一起……」789Please respect copyright.PENANAvM4yma5s0o
789Please respect copyright.PENANA8n62ryoGdP
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……789Please respect copyright.PENANAbWCJib20KG
789Please respect copyright.PENANAkKkKcdFCbm
「不!求求你,不要留下我一個!」789Please respect copyright.PENANAw4hK1QZ1Kh
789Please respect copyright.PENANA4T12wiPW2X
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAn1jYUch04Y
789Please respect copyright.PENANAjnOQoI1EUl
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANA4PLgM6Ztl8
789Please respect copyright.PENANA9C3TKepZ8T
這一切是何等的不真實。789Please respect copyright.PENANAmduCOs5eag
789Please respect copyright.PENANAikyakzA7Mz
他甚至嘗試着告訴自己這一切都是假的。789Please respect copyright.PENANAyXIlgSmacD
789Please respect copyright.PENANApXnQwzNVEr
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAgdHluGl8H0
789Please respect copyright.PENANACa1Q3nkgaY
兒時好友?789Please respect copyright.PENANAwzQNwRpXsV
789Please respect copyright.PENANAn428Ai9m8m
慢著!789Please respect copyright.PENANANLmzr0yGKb
789Please respect copyright.PENANAmCtsDWV8kz
凱倫和比比還在險境!789Please respect copyright.PENANAjOxHIjTWl3
789Please respect copyright.PENANAwbqgkQlKs7
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAcLVuqQSHNg
789Please respect copyright.PENANA0HelhAqH6t
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAt3S7GhCpgw
789Please respect copyright.PENANARxtnwJgRLp
「凱倫……比比……」789Please respect copyright.PENANATI7ntPocMj
789Please respect copyright.PENANAYVPm8ugmNr
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANA1uT65oTYcM
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「不.......」789Please respect copyright.PENANAO59R1IW3Kh
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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:789Please respect copyright.PENANAM9JqRu39Ri
789Please respect copyright.PENANAGN02ODp9mZ
「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!」789Please respect copyright.PENANAMLIPGSRC8L
789Please respect copyright.PENANADLBdJjYrNw
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANA57sWuX4O5I
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究竟搖頭是代表不知道,還是沒有生還者?789Please respect copyright.PENANAUwwZIICzQP
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根本沒有人能給出一個明確的答案。789Please respect copyright.PENANAbRAX82vixE
789Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2cKfbnuIJ
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAfikZvbVxwZ
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANATaqHirBVbV
789Please respect copyright.PENANAetjFWN4Rpq
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANANzHvt4amXv
789Please respect copyright.PENANAHZOhNzpFfe
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAweh4YO7hJM
789Please respect copyright.PENANAgurFXQBNue
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAcJoLy3sbHM
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很明顯這並非一般的兇殺案。789Please respect copyright.PENANAkyuye0A69t
789Please respect copyright.PENANAgr1HphAbVA
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......789Please respect copyright.PENANAbEbUuqWLOP
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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?789Please respect copyright.PENANADDl7x4n2Xd
789Please respect copyright.PENANAtLP2B4cSCN
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAjoYW1uJouu
789Please respect copyright.PENANAnFcfaSkRFN
還沒有他們兩人的踪影,也就是還有生存的可能性!789Please respect copyright.PENANAXoIymyZmFr
789Please respect copyright.PENANAJeGhhSSRRM
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAEUG4Qfyepd
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAiuyvLVJCsA
789Please respect copyright.PENANAihiSYlOYxQ
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAcsT46e9aKf
789Please respect copyright.PENANAcJztVUDXwF
可惜上天並沒有眷顧克里斯。789Please respect copyright.PENANAIjDjDeBF57
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANA0uZpl53rQv
789Please respect copyright.PENANAI92r0RB5G6
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAhv24ja9waS
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「凱倫……」789Please respect copyright.PENANARYIVUqhOi2
789Please respect copyright.PENANAypo5mnrbTB
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……789Please respect copyright.PENANArnrwaHMx1w
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「不————!!!」789Please respect copyright.PENANAJTzrJWordU
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANARZ8scqp9iQ
789Please respect copyright.PENANAO22QYqfZp0
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAzEqkJpBAdc
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「克里斯!」789Please respect copyright.PENANAKWfpYuMXfq
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANA6U13ip6BS6
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「看到你恢復精神實在太好了。」789Please respect copyright.PENANAr70etPx6yG
789Please respect copyright.PENANABcmATCMAlk
克里斯和茱莉亞來到卡爾床前,還把一些水果帶了過來。789Please respect copyright.PENANAPXHscFtZjk
789Please respect copyright.PENANAqiDxw0KLR1
「茱莉亞姐姐……艾倫大哥他……」789Please respect copyright.PENANACugq1JvPO3
789Please respect copyright.PENANAr41QanbzOx
「卡爾,最重要是你活了下來。」茱莉亞握住卡爾的手道。789Please respect copyright.PENANA9p1sgy6dVg
789Please respect copyright.PENANAkYRoFXWMom
「對了卡爾,你們為什麼會在那個富豪尤利爾的大宅?」789Please respect copyright.PENANAS9mTWszpOd
789Please respect copyright.PENANAQjz9xxMVq6
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAMToR6KmZUf
789Please respect copyright.PENANA2a1ovrfKbN
「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。」789Please respect copyright.PENANA7xJ4hxiUWE
789Please respect copyright.PENANA7ImZCOyn2l
「這種事我們衛兵隊怎麼都沒聽說過?」789Please respect copyright.PENANAr3eRgPfzBd
789Please respect copyright.PENANAdjQEWPXz4I
「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。」789Please respect copyright.PENANA9bma0ydlDv
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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?789Please respect copyright.PENANAjga865yA01
789Please respect copyright.PENANAPFYtUnRf8J
可是這種事情,不就正是艾倫優格調查團的工作範圍嗎?789Please respect copyright.PENANAo9k5IzdiZT
789Please respect copyright.PENANAi7q5Ed5iWb
克里斯咬着牙關強忍淚水。789Please respect copyright.PENANAWySAPM9hqp
789Please respect copyright.PENANARHN30cUBUa
多年來的誤解,終於在這刻徹底解開了。789Please respect copyright.PENANAPpz3fhtBe8
789Please respect copyright.PENANAaRwg7B780m
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?789Please respect copyright.PENANAtr8GACBMdr
789Please respect copyright.PENANAXYJkFMDw6m
為什麼不早點跟我說呢……789Please respect copyright.PENANAOEyqzGWTWm
789Please respect copyright.PENANAIpWkvn3TZh
可是就算說的話,我就會相信他嗎?789Please respect copyright.PENANAumdaBDyyeO
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「艾倫……」 789Please respect copyright.PENANAnJdqfBBLuk
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAbFG0KvwJrV
789Please respect copyright.PENANAWJskZSAImO
「這是什麼意思?」789Please respect copyright.PENANAU2KPl3mEeU
789Please respect copyright.PENANAR4QlJ7yBOo
卡爾從褲袋拿出一枚鑲著翠綠色寶石的戒子。789Please respect copyright.PENANAelavWfVVS7
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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……」 789Please respect copyright.PENANAHbKtfSAbZ8
789Please respect copyright.PENANAFBxu3WiJ3K
卡爾把戒子放在茱莉亞手裡,放聲痛哭。789Please respect copyright.PENANAJzMzTVFW6i
789Please respect copyright.PENANABKh6sRNAMD
「對不起啊,茱莉亞姐姐,是我害死了艾倫大哥……」789Please respect copyright.PENANAMpoGwdv4ft
789Please respect copyright.PENANApfPBXnd7XT
茱莉亞摟住卡爾,同樣也是哭不成聲。789Please respect copyright.PENANAzQnCaxYTzE
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「你要好好活下去,要連他們的份也活下去啊……」789Please respect copyright.PENANAM4peCirkL0
789Please respect copyright.PENANA5miopzwaCO
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。789Please respect copyright.PENANArT5ifb41Dv
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANACQaS8mKdCZ
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAlukDxLzetO
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這樣的話,現在該由誰來替所有死去的人活下去?789Please respect copyright.PENANA4IyLqn3UFo
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「卡爾……」789Please respect copyright.PENANAaH6KxIaU9w
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANAY9lEb32r3i
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他歪着頭,頸部關節發出咔咔聲響。789Please respect copyright.PENANAiNuY7VP4sQ
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畢竟年紀大了,身體再也不復當年勇。789Please respect copyright.PENANAMTONTPkFyD
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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。789Please respect copyright.PENANA6ttXNEDCRR
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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……789Please respect copyright.PENANAGcntY32dfa
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如果那時多支持艾倫和茱莉亞一下……789Please respect copyright.PENANADpu4QDnLFx
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如果能夠回到那個晚上……789Please respect copyright.PENANAiOGfnEVaNM
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只可惜,如果終歸也只不過是如果而已。789Please respect copyright.PENANA4moYGd63ZR
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這晚《醉牛》的大門再也沒有因為突如其來的訪客而打開,而克里斯亦只能默默站起來,把銀幣丟在桌上,低著頭離開這個充滿回憶的地方。 789Please respect copyright.PENANAzrzivq86z0