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翌日下午。288Please respect copyright.PENANAthKD8zREH3
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在我們前往Luna的路上,注意到地圖上有個魔女之繭不太對勁的理查臨時決定更改行程。288Please respect copyright.PENANA0XldMNSTv6
根據他的說法,生成超過十五小時,卻還沒有魔法少女前往處理的低等級繭並不尋常,有前往調查狀況的必要性。288Please respect copyright.PENANAu2pa4fyTXR
因此我們決定原路折返,朝著位於鄰市的目標前進,在轉搭了電車抵達最近的車站以後,我們順著顯示在手機上的座標一路朝著西邊的方向狂奔。288Please respect copyright.PENANADAqe1u74rA
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魔女之繭所處在的位置相當偏僻。288Please respect copyright.PENANAxd7AC0PCxc
光是徒步必須走上兩個小時的距離, 我們兩人僅僅用了十幾分鐘便抵達。288Please respect copyright.PENANAxGoEsxnn1i
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陰鬱的灰色天空如同畫布般作為整座城市的背景。288Please respect copyright.PENANAESdV3BD44H
一棟又一棟高樓大廈的廢墟聳立在眼前。288Please respect copyright.PENANAndM792O6BT
從崩解的水泥牆面中裸露出來,如同骨骼般的鋼筋表面早已滿是鏽蝕,而年久失修的紅綠燈伴隨風聲,重複著一遍又一遍的吱嘎聲響。288Please respect copyright.PENANAIHkLxgq6Cr
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……整條街道上放眼望過去都沒有任何人影。288Please respect copyright.PENANAIvOSXzat8B
在我的記憶中,這裡曾是眾多建商爭相發展的重鎮,但在八十年代末期受到泡沫經濟影響以後,人口因此流失後伴隨而至的是日漸高升的犯罪率,在經歷了由人類自身所引發的一連串災難過後,最後造就了如今看似淒涼的景色。288Please respect copyright.PENANAcpHm9ursPa
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曾經被寄予厚望的未來之城。288Please respect copyright.PENANAQczTbjw5x3
如今只徒留下當年華麗的軀殼留在此處慢慢腐化。288Please respect copyright.PENANAzkCYdUN8eb
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「先變身再進去吧,以策安全。」288Please respect copyright.PENANA6hjTpUxJo6
在理查用劍切開了魔女之繭的薄膜後,我皺著眉頭跟著走了進去。288Please respect copyright.PENANAoIwq48TuA6
不同於以往所見到的世界。288Please respect copyright.PENANAQXKk9FIUXl
這次魔女之繭的內側和外面的世界沒有什麼不同,我們剛才的舉動彷彿只是穿過透明的薄膜一樣。288Please respect copyright.PENANAFrSTX5Pu35
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一樣的廢墟。288Please respect copyright.PENANAfTuQuvSzcd
一樣的塗鴉。288Please respect copyright.PENANABfAvQP1mjo
一樣搖搖晃晃的紅綠燈。288Please respect copyright.PENANAnX1jqf4mxd
甚至就連散落在柏油路面上的破碎磚瓦,都與外面所見到的景象別無二致。288Please respect copyright.PENANAAZUm75jlAZ
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要說唯一的不同,那就只有天空的景象產生些許的不同。288Please respect copyright.PENANAC57FkENmOk
原本還可以分辨得出烏雲的形狀,但如今卻是灰濛濛的顏色,像是被什麼無形的力量給攪和著一樣。288Please respect copyright.PENANA4968NSSVqH
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「……好奇怪。」288Please respect copyright.PENANAyht8Zgx3dO
打從進來這個繭之前,我心裡面就存在著非常強烈的違和感。288Please respect copyright.PENANAn9tbaU06ys
然而,要我實際說出是什麼原因造成這種顧慮,卻怎樣都說不出個所以然來。288Please respect copyright.PENANAzm5Q2p6NBn
這種感覺要怎麼形容才好。288Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ke0rFP70S
就像是反覆檢查寫過的試卷一樣,明明填寫每個答案的時候都充滿自信,最後卻莫名的感到心慌。288Please respect copyright.PENANAmrooT4BNPX
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「不錯嘛,妳也察覺到異樣了是吧?」288Please respect copyright.PENANAIq9VDfHo3f
理查用手肘頂了我的腰間一下,把我的思緒拉回到現實。288Please respect copyright.PENANAJm7cRheh4I
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「理查?你也是這樣認為嗎……?」288Please respect copyright.PENANAuHhxPdqX5h
「啊啊,多多少少吧,不過這種事不親眼靠眼睛確認是不會知道的,走吧!」288Please respect copyright.PENANADFPoOqrPXl
「……你這麼急該不會是想趕快去Luna吧?」288Please respect copyright.PENANAh1qBy9q76r
「妳這不是廢話嗎?要知道櫻桃可樂聖代一天只限量供應五份的啊!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAuGkBwYcgkq
「那種難吃的東西怎樣都好啦!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAt1nanmo7R7
真是的。288Please respect copyright.PENANAU0wn7D5i7R
但不知道為什麼,跟他對話後卻有種莫名的安心感,或許這就是所謂的夥伴吧。288Please respect copyright.PENANAOLE6rMCRJe
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用不了多久的時間。288Please respect copyright.PENANAMnXr75lNn1
我們很快就遠遠發現了蛹魔的存在。288Please respect copyright.PENANAoIWpIMXGDk
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地點是廢棄的大型購物中心。288Please respect copyright.PENANAqWXm9QzYzZ
由於整個商場呈現的是接近圓形的形狀,為了怕製造不必要的噪音驚動蛹魔,因此我們從隔壁大樓破碎的落地窗口入侵,藏匿在五樓的陽台後方觀察位於廣場上的蛹魔。288Please respect copyright.PENANADZcs2Ppl42
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在一片灰色的世界中,有個女人形體在正中央跪坐著。288Please respect copyright.PENANAamIhFaL14U
鮮明的紅色,全身上下的皮膚展現出有如陶瓷般的光滑色澤。288Please respect copyright.PENANAytZRWHTK4C
那不停變換形狀的姿態,既有機械的規律,又同時存在著液體流動的不規律性,嚴然就像是液態金屬般的存在。288Please respect copyright.PENANAASfJNGU2GX
披頭散髮的女人似乎沒有注意到我們這邊,正專注在自己的事情上面,不過因為距離非常遠的關係,也很難看清她現階段的行動。288Please respect copyright.PENANAqJ1OirE1Ue
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「──啦啦啦。」288Please respect copyright.PENANAmXWlFipOBW
聽見了歡愉的歌唱聲。288Please respect copyright.PENANArfvYU1k7Uu
脊椎就像是被硬生生插入冰涼的鐵棒一樣。288Please respect copyright.PENANAlKPBLWqwqh
最初的違和感,在聽見這令人幾近瘋狂的音色以後,被無限擴大成確信犯錯的存在。288Please respect copyright.PENANAwS6pTnN8bG
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……有什麼地方肯定不對勁。288Please respect copyright.PENANA4dMiWHGeEr
一定有什麼我沒發現的誤判。288Please respect copyright.PENANAx9n93Gtz2i
可惡,腦袋快點動啊,到底是什麼、到底是什麼、到底是什麼啊!!!288Please respect copyright.PENANAr6REmWkJ1b
288Please respect copyright.PENANAfk7sbpqsvZ
「……由加?妳狀況還好嗎?」288Please respect copyright.PENANATToZikRFBp
就算隔著頭盔,理查似乎也還是察覺到我藏在底下的表情。288Please respect copyright.PENANARnZTWQhZJa
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──對了,說起來。288Please respect copyright.PENANALRbEzzTEVc
我們剛剛是真的進到繭裡面嗎?288Please respect copyright.PENANApQNrfz8J8T
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魔女之繭是位於人類內心深處的世界。288Please respect copyright.PENANA9XiGaXA56n
但假設理查剛剛所劃破的薄膜根本就不是什麼心象世界的入口,還身處在真實世界的我們所目睹到的那具有女人形體的怪物究竟是──288Please respect copyright.PENANAJuvSJit3VP
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「啊啦,是有客人來了嗎?」288Please respect copyright.PENANAFjURREWxEP
嘻。288Please respect copyright.PENANAQoQjD6DHyT
廣場上的女人發出了輕輕的笑聲。288Please respect copyright.PENANA3PNF5cCjvJ
與那全黑的眼球對上視線的同時,從脊椎竄入全身血管內的寒意讓我不由得全身顫抖。288Please respect copyright.PENANABWxZ7evpiS
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「───」288Please respect copyright.PENANADlBUd2cr1K
似乎理解到那女人是什麼樣的存在。288Please respect copyright.PENANA2XcGUA9bsD
呼吸變得異常急促。288Please respect copyright.PENANAuDDYXR2zYJ
心臟像是發了瘋似地狂亂鼓動。288Please respect copyright.PENANAmXPCfdg7he
因為恐懼而放大的瞳孔,在認知到那女人正在進食的同時,將她身後的光景就這樣硬生生烙印到我的視網膜上。288Please respect copyright.PENANAtjxnZkCdbc
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那個、288Please respect copyright.PENANAO1ePZe5tMM
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穿著魔法少女服裝的什麼、288Please respect copyright.PENANAJotTSTVj7P
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一共兩具、288Please respect copyright.PENANAlBpVwcvWW7
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都像是俄羅斯娃娃被分成兩半、288Please respect copyright.PENANAk1sgWP4RqP
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粉紅色的臟器散落到滿地都是、 288Please respect copyright.PENANAafCBM7ZSQS
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「糟了!那傢伙是──」288Please respect copyright.PENANA0di0Gujrj0
理查才說到一半。288Please respect copyright.PENANAcNNr5ke2zR
突然明白什麼的他使勁一拉,將我的上半身拉到他所在的高度。288Please respect copyright.PENANAbTtuy4A5xp
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一切都發生得實在太快了。288Please respect copyright.PENANAX87HBbWq5x
就在下一秒。288Please respect copyright.PENANAz7TCAaPkVF
在我什麼都還沒反應過來之前,他毫不猶豫地就將我的頭盔給一把掀開──288Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7zQ9rOKTg
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「等等,你這是──唔?唔唔唔唔唔!?在這種時候你是瘋了嗎!?」288Please respect copyright.PENANA3SbvK2pkIK
突然強吻上我嘴唇的蜥蜴嘴巴。288Please respect copyright.PENANAxf8AcEykZE
那是有如蟬殼一般,既乾燥又冰涼的鱗片觸感。288Please respect copyright.PENANA4yUlKdVeST
完全不顧我的搥打反抗,我的初吻就在這莫名其妙的狀況下硬生生地被奪走,至於那因為太過吃驚而湧現上來的魔力,也一併被毫不客氣地吸取過去。288Please respect copyright.PENANAyjRtra8R90
不帶任何感情的雙唇分離──288Please respect copyright.PENANAGXQIc64ANs
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「REX DRIVE──DRESS UP!!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAj2Zs7RTchF
在一瞬間恢復成人類型態的理查用我從未聽過的音量大吼著。288Please respect copyright.PENANAGuiupAkcea
用單手將我猛地甩到後方的同時,呼喚起陌生的英文單詞。288Please respect copyright.PENANAdVladT0KWw
緊接著,感受原本包覆在我身上的緊身衣和頭盔突然消失,毫無任何裝備保護的我就這樣直接撞到梁柱上。288Please respect copyright.PENANAYxBzrz7XDs
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「──咕!」288Please respect copyright.PENANA1nisHDQg7n
整個背部承受了幾乎震碎內臟的衝擊。288Please respect copyright.PENANAXQbNRfgMo5
我以正面朝下的姿勢重重地跌落在地面上,眼角被尖銳的碎玻璃劃開。288Please respect copyright.PENANAtBhtZuXNUZ
然而。288Please respect copyright.PENANABotxxtivhY
在那幾近昏厥的朦朧視線當中,我依稀看見了頭盔所化成的那束光芒,著裝到理查那把長劍上的畫面。288Please respect copyright.PENANAuVCX799PoQ
288Please respect copyright.PENANADqc2IESHzF
「理、咳!咳咳咳咳咳咳!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAOmccr0ZUXm
猛烈的咳嗽。288Please respect copyright.PENANArmJqpBOoD1
在對著灰色的地面咳出了大量鮮血以後,搖晃的視線也隨之恢復了。288Please respect copyright.PENANAvy387wbTr5
首先映入眼簾的是曜石般的黑色。288Please respect copyright.PENANA001ekyTh2v
理查身上那一身漆黑的亮面鎧甲,就算是我也分辨得出是多麼珍貴的契約限定武器。288Please respect copyright.PENANAfcrBlNiShc
他將那把與我的頭盔結合,流動著火焰的黑色長劍舉至接近肩膀的位置,像是準備迎擊什麼一樣──288Please respect copyright.PENANAGHvUor26Yc
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「由加,快逃──」288Please respect copyright.PENANAaD9uXeKase
「這到底……怎麼回事?」288Please respect copyright.PENANA2tMho8l1CB
「快回去向黑川求救!就說魔女臟食花出現了!!至少增派一個中隊以上的精英部隊過來!!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAtcx2R6i8mf
「什──」288Please respect copyright.PENANACZpq6slpaO
就在理查分心轉過頭來看著我的那短短兩秒──288Please respect copyright.PENANAaonAkgoAyL
288Please respect copyright.PENANAjs6PzAmlnl
「───!!!!!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAEtiCpiiXKx
在耳旁炸裂爆散的水泥牆面。288Please respect copyright.PENANA5zjMe69FGS
意識到自己靠著反射動作躲開致死的攻擊是一秒後的事。288Please respect copyright.PENANAW4YvZQFz6d
被壓縮到零點幾秒的動態視力,在千鈞一髮之際透過神經傳導電流,拉扯我頸部的肌肉向旁閃避。288Please respect copyright.PENANAx95WvRoZrk
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「咦……?」288Please respect copyright.PENANA9NHgoH6FEP
血肉橫飛。288Please respect copyright.PENANADNKaN6oLn2
一大片滾燙的鮮血就這樣打到我的臉上。288Please respect copyright.PENANAD9dSMFNC1m
那條視距離為無物的鮮紅手臂,筆直地貫穿了理查被盔甲所保護的側腹,在他身上開了個將近保齡球大小的洞後,就這樣撞在我幾秒前所在的位置。288Please respect copyright.PENANAT3GBvJ6jj1
簡直就像是擁有狙擊能力的大砲。288Please respect copyright.PENANASlUyLv7vfC
順著赤紅色的彈道移動眼球,向著近在咫尺的側面看去。288Please respect copyright.PENANAAkxrb1Bdrr
仍卡在牆面上的是──288Please respect copyright.PENANAM8qwFAYUhH
288Please respect copyright.PENANA6tojaXkMxO
「妳的內臟看起來很好吃呢。」288Please respect copyright.PENANA8EuUSYtau9
對我咧嘴而笑的女人面孔。288Please respect copyright.PENANAbbVnkyqt6Z
兩側的開口一直延伸到耳際,露出上下兩排鯊魚般尖銳的牙齒。288Please respect copyright.PENANA6hujE5t6AW
那是不帶有任何想法,純粹為了貪婪的食慾而感到喜悅,精神異常者般的空洞笑容。288Please respect copyright.PENANACWG5CQpG4L
288Please respect copyright.PENANACNFk7E6PRF
「哈……哈……」288Please respect copyright.PENANA7HJThdHfVM
身體動不了。288Please respect copyright.PENANAwzLez1R9Rz
人生中第一次被恐懼支配了全身。288Please respect copyright.PENANAkIZyO219kE
喉嚨像是被束帶緊緊勒住。288Please respect copyright.PENANAei9Lxiwrlw
死亡的預感。288Please respect copyright.PENANA3hDnCYhh9X
生物與生俱來畏懼被捕食的天性,讓此刻的我連呼吸都感到困難不已。288Please respect copyright.PENANAioHj3K6lXB
288Please respect copyright.PENANA426YIsidog
「妳這魔女想都別想──」288Please respect copyright.PENANAJBMp2bFO1n
魔女的臉被突然施加的外力拉成橢圓形。288Please respect copyright.PENANAymnyRywcPV
理查不顧自己的傷勢,咬著牙用單手奮力將她從牆面拔出,靠著慣性動作將她那伸長的手臂投擲至空中。288Please respect copyright.PENANA1mAvYg0SQS
頓時失去支撐的觸手,在經過一陣如同橡膠水管般瘋狂扭動後,在半空中重新鎖定目標,在一次朝著瞄準我所在的位置發動突襲──288Please respect copyright.PENANAlerjpzMJSM
288Please respect copyright.PENANALHeXXhqvhF
「對我家的魔法少女動手啊──!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAPFiZzW2zbh
這次,理查先一步將黑劍橫掃。288Please respect copyright.PENANAvHlPyXIPJX
新月般的軌跡閃過。288Please respect copyright.PENANAOIUUMD0cDf
纏繞在劍身上的火焰同時咆哮,在大氣中狂暴地捲起高熱的旋流,半空的手臂瞬間就如枯草般化作灰燼,足以焚盡一切的純粹熱能向著魔女猛撲。288Please respect copyright.PENANAGvPpLGAlSI
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「唔──!」288Please respect copyright.PENANA2wgiTzizqJ
熟悉的高熱暴風隨即撲面而來。288Please respect copyright.PENANAnxXJu43kl0
與以往不同的是,由於缺乏裝備的防護,用來護住頭部的雙臂因高溫而灼傷,不堪負荷的肌膚也撕裂開來。288Please respect copyright.PENANAokUtDQRilS
如同刀割般的痛楚陣陣襲來。288Please respect copyright.PENANAS6gE46dnmH
儘管如此,這仍無法阻止我心裡那份完全不明所以的困惑。288Please respect copyright.PENANAUbRcuj5tVZ
這倒底是怎麼回事。288Please respect copyright.PENANA94o8DssmIC
為什麼……理查他能夠使用R-Pad呢?288Please respect copyright.PENANAwVJsu8AAFQ
288Please respect copyright.PENANAzXlX0pSCRO
「嘻、嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻……你也是來傷害我的嗎?」288Please respect copyright.PENANA23NxoCvM1r
思考的時間相當短暫。288Please respect copyright.PENANAESUuF8JWDI
瀰漫的煙霧消散,儘管損失了一條手臂,但臟食花的本體並沒有受到明顯的傷害。288Please respect copyright.PENANACSR3yx3h6e
在廣場中心同時扭動全身多處關節的她,用像是提線木偶般的姿勢一頓一頓地挺起身子。288Please respect copyright.PENANAyKcO4cKloK
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「那就──從你先開始吧?」288Please respect copyright.PENANAVSLSJ9lmJZ
接下來的畫面卻讓我呆住了。288Please respect copyright.PENANAkBAZAtcp1D
在她的身後描繪出了鮮紅色的幾何圖形。288Please respect copyright.PENANASpLgN8tYpI
那是密密麻麻、數量以百為單位的眾多手臂,如惡夢般所交織而出的圖樣。288Please respect copyright.PENANAySjA9WNQCa
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「我叫妳快逃聽不懂是不是!? 給我跑起來!!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAkXC1jg1cKd
那幾乎是不容許任何辯駁的喝斥。288Please respect copyright.PENANAoMXaiCFyOX
不停變換形狀和角度的尖刺,每一道都是以極高速朝著理查身上的各處要害發動攻勢。288Please respect copyright.PENANAU1Kd4EE8Zn
斬落左前方襲擊腦門的觸腕。288Please respect copyright.PENANAJNTSlMCz3u
利用火焰焚燒的空檔治療腰間的傷勢。288Please respect copyright.PENANAmqVlx5qSjF
向後揮拳打碎位於死角正噴出酸液的肉囊。288Please respect copyright.PENANAHWuJdl7eGa
什麼忙都幫不上,只能眼睜睜地看著這與過去處於不同次元的戰鬥。288Please respect copyright.PENANAmN7y0i2fx4
只不過,就算貧弱如我也能明白,理查他光是要分心保護我不受到波及就已經竭盡全力了。288Please respect copyright.PENANAhk9NWSNRRI
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「啊……啊、啊……嗚啊啊啊啊!!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANA2pBd9eHye4
僵掉的腦袋重新運轉起來。288Please respect copyright.PENANAwkVAHM8Tj3
奪回力氣的身體,儘管有再多不願意,也還是先一步遵照著理查的意願啟動。288Please respect copyright.PENANAiFtFZ9MDMF
因為無論如何都要避免掉全滅的結局。288Please respect copyright.PENANAGzmvjE0w4l
衝刺。跳躍。著地。288Please respect copyright.PENANAMkRyr7RpWV
用最基礎的魔力強化雙腿一氣呵成,只為了早一刻逃離出去尋求救援。288Please respect copyright.PENANAtdDjUrWBXQ
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「等我!!你一定要撐到我回來……!!」288Please respect copyright.PENANAUIvomoRIt3
帶著被眼淚模糊的視線不顧一切地再次回頭大喊著。288Please respect copyright.PENANAuca9wXson7
然而,最後殘留在眼角一閃而過的畫面,讓我的心臟像是被人用手握住般揪緊。288Please respect copyright.PENANAt8zey3Z8MH
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那懸浮在廢墟半空中的魔女。288Please respect copyright.PENANA7xPDkUv6it
看起來就像是被鮮血所染紅的彼岸花一樣綻放著。288Please respect copyright.PENANA6NJMwFMcH0