在刑火神挾帶的赫赫神威、要摧折少女的身軀之際,于星儀平靜地將刀插在地上,雙手合十,許下了一個願望——再也不是歷歷在目、那過於熟悉的惡夢,是讓人感到驚嘆和新奇的幻夢——376Please respect copyright.PENANA9kJB4mwSy6
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星儀此時感受到的,先是被浸濕的雙腳,感到一股沁人的涼意。再次睜開眼,天空被烈日曝曬地湛藍、蟬鳴不絕於耳、呼吸著透明的氣息,此時,她正站在波光粼粼的河水中央。376Please respect copyright.PENANAvz6pJMY127
想起某位哲學家曾說:「人無法踏進同一條河流兩次。」——但少女很清楚,用腳感受河水流淌時凹起的小漩渦,真真切切、那是來自去年夏天、過往回憶的同一條河,依舊是那條可愛的、緩緩流動的無名小河。376Please respect copyright.PENANAVcGZFfRrKN
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<悲傷的一天>
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『你怎麼總是這樣!學不會!』376Please respect copyright.PENANAUyCLB2O7Ve
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聽見熟悉的責罵聲,星儀往前方的河岸定睛一看:在簌簌抖動的樹蔭底下,那是父母與小時候的她,只要大人看不順眼,動輒就會被修理地很慘,身體被烙下青黑色的瘀印。376Please respect copyright.PENANAb0FbWXpeYi
好幾次、好幾次不知道要怎麼繼續活下去,為此還學騎摩托車,心想就乾脆逃離這個家,可是,每每讓她待下來的理由,往往是讓她最無法接受的:376Please respect copyright.PENANAZF5ehhzxn5
『對不起……對不起!』他們熱淚盈眶、用佈滿繭子的手擁抱她。拍了拍她的背,透過掌心的溫度,犒賞女孩一整天下來也能夠忍耐的努力。376Please respect copyright.PENANAwrBrj0hlEW
“反正明天又會是一樣的懲罰、一樣的安慰。”星儀冷冷地看著這一切,這些是自己原生家庭的糖果與鞭、她無力改變。376Please respect copyright.PENANAz2SnjT0nez
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此時微風搖動褐色的髮絲,提醒她望向另一方。376Please respect copyright.PENANA53ddDg9c7y
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<快樂的一天>
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三件雨衣和斗笠像是遭到遺忘似的,被晾在一旁的枝頭,蟻群爬在上面用觸角認識這些新開的花朵。376Please respect copyright.PENANAJP7M7Uf16k
『星儀!你在幹嘛?過來!』勝叔在另一邊的河岸吆喝道:『啊,慢一點,不要滑倒!』376Please respect copyright.PENANA5yr35H2Fuc
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對了,記得當時任務提早結束,勝叔說有準備驚喜給大家——是烤肉。376Please respect copyright.PENANAYHJE9u1rA0
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『這樣不行啊,喏,要這樣搧。』忙碌的勝叔教一旁兩個男生怎麼生火:『星儀,麻煩幫我擺一下桌子,我去車上拿東西。』376Please respect copyright.PENANABv45y7bZ8b
『喂,你不熱嗎?』打著赤膊的矢威問道:『最好別給我中暑嘿。』376Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZutalrY2f
『……不熱。』夜臣的制服襯衫背上都是汗:『啊。有了有了。』376Please respect copyright.PENANAkb6bmPI4yF
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徐徐吹來的夏風吹得炭火熾紅、男生們有儀式感地放上烤網,而勝叔回來抬了一只行動冰箱,笑說準備太多了。376Please respect copyright.PENANAmzVCNFt5PX
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『可以先烤棉花糖嗎?』矢威已經要扯開包裝了。376Please respect copyright.PENANA12JTO9JRYe
『那個放到最後再烤啦!』376Please respect copyright.PENANAjqD34ngB91
『星儀,你想吃什麼?』夜臣轉身看向正數著紙盤的少女,瞇起雙眼、揮著手。這次不講工作時的代號【太常】,而是親切地直呼名字。376Please respect copyright.PENANADvd0gFr9JU
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清風再次掃過扶疏的綠葉,帶不走少女心中懷想的往昔回憶,而在剎那之間,突然什麼都沒有了——剛剛河岸上的夜臣、矢威和勝叔都消失得無影無蹤,只餘無人看管的烤架散逸出白煙。376Please respect copyright.PENANAnVUSMrSfha
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“對了,肉要翻面。”星儀走近烤架那湊近一看,映入眼底的,是一副超現實的畫面。376Please respect copyright.PENANAZVPGiUoNCS
烤網上是星儀的父母,他們變得只有手掌大小,身上的皮膚皸裂、迸出血水的同時又被熱源加熱至沸騰發泡,身上油脂被火烤至蒸發時發出“嘶嘶”的聲音,猶如他們的哀嚎。376Please respect copyright.PENANA8aoyfrXUaE
見到如此光景,少女臉上沒有表情,平靜無波——悲傷也好、快樂也罷,那都是自己選擇的,一點怨言也沒有——我啊,其實很生氣!376Please respect copyright.PENANABbI847nUL7
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『哪怕自欺欺人,騙過自己就好了。』376Please respect copyright.PENANAVjeDXXvo0h
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對啊,是我說過的話,我好討厭那句話,那真的好不誠實。活在世上是需要一些矯飾沒錯,但也總要有個限度吧!我現在的生活,是用父母換來的,而那又怎樣?376Please respect copyright.PENANAGS914dttl5
星儀用筷子戳進他們的肉裡翻開,肉褶內一張熟悉的臉,詭異地向她笑。376Please respect copyright.PENANA2JypeA8y6u
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這件都市傳說中,人面魚冒出如老婦般的聲音發問:『魚肉好吃否?』讓許多人都唯恐不及、避而不答。376Please respect copyright.PENANAjz5wPucUXE
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「好吃。」少女簡短地回答,一直以來領受了牠的力量,感激之情溢於言表。376Please respect copyright.PENANAxwVTdT33cX
『汝想要什麼?』人面魚問了第二個問題。376Please respect copyright.PENANAVvG2x6z3Ys
此時少女的大片皮膚連帶鱗甲遭到嚴重灼傷,性命垂危,她卻慈悲地笑道——376Please respect copyright.PENANAi5Lnm6bLOn
「把神明們拖下“深淵”。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAYEac8kcJtm
『“魞”。』376Please respect copyright.PENANAr3hK6LMBw7
正施用火難之咒的式神,身旁的火光忽地熄滅,須臾之間,被“某物”拽進黑暗之中;而少女從指尖開始潰散、到四肢、身軀,趕在焚燒之風燬盡自己的生命之前,全身消散至輕巧、卻又虛幻的泡沫——376Please respect copyright.PENANAToBcyq5fLi
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“夜臣……抱歉啊。”376Please respect copyright.PENANAj0Us0qHeTd
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——【九淵潭姥玄鱬元君咒律】【“鯁”之詛咒】376Please respect copyright.PENANAufbzHKvCRI
以施術者【于星儀】的生命與她的故事為代價,抹殺目標的終極殺招。376Please respect copyright.PENANATK4uRpoyL7
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虛浮的冥色由上而下灑落在神社內,有股可怖的殺意自深處翻湧上來。376Please respect copyright.PENANA6nizNZ5RkH
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這使已然成為五刑神的左府景城打了個寒顫,其他分靈們也停下動作,同步察覺到樓上作為餌料的刑火神被消滅掉了——若五行不成立,那祂們只能是一般的怨靈集團罷了。376Please respect copyright.PENANAWoJTiKhgW2
“再唸咒召喚即可。”左府正要開口,但沒想到一切發生如此之快——不知從何而來的魚骨大刀先斬斷了勒緊頸脖的草繩,夜臣應聲倒地,得以獲救、再次正常呼吸。376Please respect copyright.PENANAFG8l8IyFQ1
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在景城仍疑惑不解的同時,祂的面前顯現出一頭站立的詭異巨魚,該魚擁有一張人臉,雙眼、口、鼻俱在,面容如一名慈祥和藹的老婦,胸前雙鰭如人類祈禱般合掌,牠望向景城,吐出一道使空氣震盪的嘻笑聲。376Please respect copyright.PENANAvCgroiHccE
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『呵。』渾濁又黏糊糊的魚目,映照出陰陽師自己的臉。376Please respect copyright.PENANA0BCAptL01L
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這是什麼東西,有夠噁心的。376Please respect copyright.PENANAIfBikzERpz
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景城見狀深覺不妙,口聚言靈、踏出禹步,指向魚怪驅使土難之咒,欲將妖魔封入土底埋葬;然則人面魚毫無反應,“啵”地一聲張開大口——內裡深不見底——其餘式神也徑直使咒攻擊。376Please respect copyright.PENANA5hn3KoxS2v
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『“鮫”。』376Please respect copyright.PENANAeC30mQIQkH
刑金神首當其衝,正要以下咒的手指劃向魚妖,結果身上直接被啃了一口,肚破腸流,斑斕的油漆漏了出來,倒地。376Please respect copyright.PENANAcK46B9HZLc
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『“鰈”。』376Please respect copyright.PENANAKFlijwHZio
還搞不清楚狀況的刑水神,直接被無形的力量壓潰,屍水四濺。376Please respect copyright.PENANAeRo20u1lhL
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『“鰻”。』376Please respect copyright.PENANA22F4C9QLyi
刑木神伸出繩索拘捕魚妖,結果反遭強力電流吞噬,被燒灼至碳化。376Please respect copyright.PENANA1koyOBMRMd
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「我還沒輸……」三名式神在景城的號令下再次復活,包圍魚妖,一齊施咒!376Please respect copyright.PENANA0r3Ggl8IFA
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『“魝”。』376Please respect copyright.PENANAD5qeuwDsHy
式神的身體竟由內而外地長出一把貫穿腹部的魚骨大刀,就像料理魚肉時將魚脊抽出來一樣,而刀的材料是祂們自己身上的骨頭。376Please respect copyright.PENANAQxP1w0V7nF
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「咳、咳!謹請五刑大明神降臨此座,五刑之儀,速速綁縛邪惡靈氣!五難之咒,速速收服阻滯荒暴鬼神。人面魚之怪!臨、兵、鬥、者、皆——」376Please respect copyright.PENANAWEWTvWHMDU
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可人面魚竟也鸚鵡學舌般地對祂們唸經:376Please respect copyright.PENANAJVuKtx1UBv
『鮉。鯦魜鮌鱬魭鮶!鯃鮜鮪魿。鯄鯽鯓䰶,䰸鮸䱉鱹!䰺䱍鮀鮁䰳,鯖䱱鯘鱫䱟。䱻䱵鰯鰭魩鯒鮢鮥,鱷鰰鰶鱣鯤䲘鱥鱦。鰋鰤䲛鱗鱘鱺鱭。』376Please respect copyright.PENANAOXp1R96ymk
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「在……在、前……?欸?什麼意思?」景城臉色發青,魚妖之咒蓋過自己的念誦,無法理解的每字每句都加深精神的壓力,腦內受這些造來就僅是困惑人的文句刺入——如鯁在喉般——被強制餵食恐懼。376Please respect copyright.PENANAC3bwl00DJb
愚癡至極、沒有章法,毫無邏輯、無法開化——如同一道道精美的算式遭受小孩子的胡亂塗鴉踐踏一通——道高一尺,魔高一丈。陰陽師這才發現自身的術式有多麼無力。376Please respect copyright.PENANAgIjjNoR8UB
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「不對,為什麼我的術沒有用?那女孩對術理的定義是什麼?」陰陽師越是想找到答案,只會越不安,向著“深淵”的路就越近——「說法在哪裡厘裏鯉?鰠魢䲖嘻嘻鱚哈哈鮯!」376Please respect copyright.PENANAzFO6hP9Lfi
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「咕啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊!」376Please respect copyright.PENANAQXKgtGDdWK
身上神氣到處流瀉,祂們瘋狂地嘔出泡沫、發出痛苦的吼聲。當然,陰陽師也不例外。376Please respect copyright.PENANAqYYkIpMlp2
人面魚持續唸誦妖魔之經文,亡骸神社的地板滲出玄黑色的潮水,名為“深淵”的靈界隨誦聲而來,其他長有人面的水族也浮出水面,一同加入念誦的行列。376Please respect copyright.PENANATU0AHeSoCA
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『鰝鮎,鰕鰑魤䰴……䰺䲖!』376Please respect copyright.PENANABbj1MFwgeK
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五刑神們陸續被拖進黑水之後,魚蝦們亦紛紛潛入回歸,漣漪不興、淵面歸於靜止,靈界亦旋即退去。376Please respect copyright.PENANAPvl797jQVk
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被燒剩的雨衣碎布,如落葉般飄渺地隨風吹拂而飛動,靜靜地落在了屋內一隅。376Please respect copyright.PENANAFJW3fS0dsb