「在派對開始前,本人要向各位報告一個好消息,也許很多人已經知道了──昨天發生的竊盜案,在任俠常先生及保全同仁的努力下,歹徒已遭驅逐,失竊物品也已歸還原主,往後大家可以放心享受旅程啦!」464Please respect copyright.PENANAoZJFjFEgUA
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第二天晚上的聚寶派對上,謝松齡站在二樓船尾的懸空平台正中央,用擴音器大聲宣布。464Please respect copyright.PENANADT6ze959pU
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經過昨晚發生的意外,船上賓客大多知曉此事,謝松齡選在這等公開場合鄭重宣布,除了穩定賓客以外,也褒獎自己請來的打手保鑣,進而傳達一個訊息───跟我謝松齡做生意絕無風險。464Please respect copyright.PENANAAFkrTJxLlr
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站在一旁的常郁沖暗嘆一口氣,說好聽點是「驅逐歹徒」,說白了就是「小偷跑了」。464Please respect copyright.PENANAkUz2LQJ6i4
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回想昨日初見的那頂皇冠,據說是用上古原石打造而成的「幻晶冠」,表面晶瑩剔透,皓白透明,但在不同的季節或時間,會顯現不同的顏色。謝松齡在一場拍賣會上將其標下,準備當作這次聚寶派對的優勝獎。而此時它正放在平台正中央的防彈安全展示櫃裡。464Please respect copyright.PENANAen1TPQX16I
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昨晚常郁沖的眼睛一直沒離開過談靈笑,當然注意到他看見皇冠時的表情,難道他的目標就是「幻晶冠」?既然寶冠到手,為何還要演昨晚那齣戲呢?他臨走前的話語仍迴繞耳際:「事情還沒完...」不由得心起憂慮。464Please respect copyright.PENANA9GlnySYhr7
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思潮起伏不定間,「咻」的一聲,一道火光沖天而起,在天空散開一朵漂亮煙花。常郁沖一愕,心想:「剛剛確認程序的時候沒說有這一段啊...」而後數道煙火上空,帶起懸空平台上一片歡呼叫好,又看到謝松齡微笑望著自己,料想應是謝松齡擅自外加的特別節目吧。464Please respect copyright.PENANAGasCvyH6hV
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色彩燦爛的煙火陸續綻放,常郁沖也暫時脫卻縈繞耳際的憂慮,望著從出航就一直沒機會好好欣賞的美麗夜海,天上煙花撒上靜謐的粼粼波光,映照海神號的影子。464Please respect copyright.PENANASrpnOTOTre
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常郁沖正看得入神,嘩啦聲響,一條海船在離海神號有五百米步的地方破浪而過。464Please respect copyright.PENANAVwhdUA99GL
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大船陡現,常郁沖小吃一驚:「這艘船在跟著我們嗎?」看它開往前頭,轉念想到稍早前才剛過西北山形島的海域,有些許海船經過也不足為怪。464Please respect copyright.PENANANmtkw0vyPM
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暗嘆近日實在太過緊繃,搖了搖頭,微微苦笑,任俠所做的事情就是這樣,反求諸己想到:「我的抗壓還是不夠...」464Please respect copyright.PENANArdaZgM1uuv
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這時一名員警走到身邊,悄聲道:「常老兄!剛剛山形島上的海巡署通訊來報。」464Please respect copyright.PENANAsAncI5FtPB
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常郁沖一愕:「海巡署?你們有把昨晚的事通知他們嗎?」464Please respect copyright.PENANAOCZw7J3ocz
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員警答道:「有!他說希望跟安全指揮談談船上的情況。」464Please respect copyright.PENANAL6Mv1ZxwoN
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常郁沖嗯了一聲,交代數語,將現場維安工作交給那名員警,逕自往二樓船頭主控室去了。464Please respect copyright.PENANACe3a7e6NWe
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沿臨海迴廊走向船頭,抬頭望向夜空,天上的雲層不知何時已變得如此厚,常郁沖心道還好,若是天氣再早一點變壞的話,聚寶派對可能要移至船內的巨型宴會廳舉辦。464Please respect copyright.PENANAq25wyWRScN
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邊走邊想,跨過一道艙門,進入船屋內部走廊,轉了個彎,船頭主控室已然在望。但見主控室的門微微打開虛掩,常郁沖微一愣滯:「是誰那麼粗心大意?」464Please respect copyright.PENANAVHVsPpcewX
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隨著腳步緩慢接近,越感情勢不對,本來該有的書頁翻動、儀器提醒聲,全都消失無蹤。空氣中瀰漫著一股冷冰冰的氣息──血腥味!464Please respect copyright.PENANA7owS5AoLzs
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常郁沖矍然而驚,邁開大步,搶進主控室,登時被眼前的景象嚇得目瞪口呆。但見行船工作人員各個倒在血泊當中,或有槍傷、或遭刀砍,傷處兀自鮮血淌流,顯然發生不久。464Please respect copyright.PENANA6PneX2KKN1
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突聽儀表盤旁一聲呻吟,但見一人胸口中刀,仰天倒在地上,常郁沖趕緊點了他數處穴道止血施救,急問道:「是誰幹的?」464Please respect copyright.PENANAc1gYxwnNqh
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那人斷斷續續道:「我們...剛發現...方向舵盤...向東北偏北多移了五度,有人...闖進...殺...」語未盡處,氣絕身死。464Please respect copyright.PENANACcVWX3sa9N
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尚未明白情勢原委,腰間對講機傳來驚惶的聲音:「常大哥!船尾遭到攻擊,我們之....痾啊.....」一聲砲響打斷求救訊息。常郁沖驚駭莫名,無暇細思,疾步返回船尾。464Please respect copyright.PENANAcbNBaumwcL
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正值常郁沖手掣鐵棍,來到通往迴廊的艙門口,位於左方的庫房忽然「轟」的一聲爆炸,一來思緒紊亂;二來變起突然,常郁沖登時被震波震得拋飛而出,撞破右邊房門。464Please respect copyright.PENANAPGGvQinSR5
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耳邊除了震波襲體所帶來的嗡嗡聲外,常郁沖什麼都聽不見,當他再次站起身來時,爆炸庫房的門邊依舊冒著熊熊烈火,顯然自己沒有昏迷太久。趕緊沉心凝氣,真氣遊走全身,屏除一切紊亂,縱身出了艙門。464Please respect copyright.PENANACccvTTbmTw
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剛到臨海迴廊,便見數道鐵索勾住船沿欄杆,多名武裝份子沿索攀上,常郁沖見狀,立即掄起鐵棍,橫式一掃,將即將爬上的武裝份子打落。464Please respect copyright.PENANAclRKoCNeh5
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前面方才經過的武裝份子察覺後方有異,趕緊回頭,加入戰團。常郁沖心知遇上海盜之輩,當下使出雲罡三十六式中一招「神形萬點星」鐵棍幻化成萬點星芒,直打得眾武裝份子倒地的倒地,落海的落海。464Please respect copyright.PENANAAEtpzlcKZT
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常郁沖持棍出招,腳下不停,一路闖至懸空平台。本來一片歡騰氣氛,霎歸肅殺哀靜,眾賓客或摀頭或蹲臥,還有數名或死或傷的員警四散各地。464Please respect copyright.PENANAeiC8nXVCqC
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其中一名武裝匪類突見一人,發了一聲喊,引得群起開槍攻之。常郁沖單棍一頂地面,整個人騰空而起,上了船沿,引開眾匪槍擊,邊抵擋邊心擬如何救人,眼下賓客盡成人質,員警護衛傷亡殆盡,只存自己孤軍奮鬥,海神號等同於落入盜匪手中。464Please respect copyright.PENANAqrN392K3n9
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俊目四顧,但見兩名匪徒持槍站在平台中央謝松齡之旁,便即縱身,單手抓上船尾的旗杆,借前衝之勢一盪,飛身向兩名匪徒投去。464Please respect copyright.PENANA74pI0QKICP
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突然左方一聲炮響,常郁沖警兆忽起,運起全身真勁,一棍向左方打出,轟的一聲,一顆火彈凌空爆炸,常郁沖被震波衝得飛墮入海,模糊中依稀看見一名身穿員警制服的人,放下手中的火龍炮...464Please respect copyright.PENANAVpGePVU1fL
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