2157年6月24日，下午四點，仙境大樓，二層630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrbwEwAmwp
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跟赫密士要到聯絡方式後，尼可拉斯成功和那個女人聯繫上，但她不在家，說好兩個禮拜後碰面。到時，她會將貓親手交給尼可拉斯。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UZdM2lwwX
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任務還算順利。閒來無事，尼可拉斯在醫務室看書，沒多久，雪檸突然衝進來，抓住尼可拉斯的手臂。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA6ENRzjLV
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「尼可！！！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nKYvscZE0
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雪檸跟他說：「尼可！情況緊急，我需要你幫忙！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaC3ynbQ8mF
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「啊？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFvF91efJd
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尼可拉斯覺得莫名其妙，下一秒，一名意想不到的人從門口走進來。因為天氣變熱，里奧今天穿著短袖的黑色上衣，這是尼可拉斯第一次看到他露手臂。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFGW1uw5OC
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「我今天不知道為什麼，超級想吃蝦子！可是……可是……！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wMYhkyorT
630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt0W20Iqju
雪檸指著站在門口的里奧，生氣地說：「他說孕婦不能吃海鮮，會害寶寶過敏！可是我上網查，過敏只跟基因有關，但他不相信我！尼可，快用你的專業知識說他是錯的！！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4b1DU3OqU
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雪檸抓著尼可拉斯的肩膀搖啊搖、搖啊搖，尼可拉斯的頭越來越暈。不愧是Knight隊長，力氣不是普通地大。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Frfg8eimx
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「冷靜點！我不是婦產科醫師！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANJBx2O7pc
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「不管啦！這裡只有你是醫生，他只聽你的話！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAbOF4IrFV
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如果尼可拉斯是孕婦，他已經被雪檸搖到流產了。里奧從後面把雪檸抱走，再這樣下去，他覺得尼可拉斯會死。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P7myrqQcu
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還在希波克拉底時，尼可拉斯被歸類在外科，也是他最擅長的領域。至於內科、兒科、婦產科、精神科其它領域，雖然不是專業，懂的也比一般人多，解答雪檸的疑問不是問題。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ4p20OBgG
630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVH1f0xg4X
「就像妳說的：過敏主要取決於基因，孕婦可以吃海鮮。」尼可拉斯說。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW7bJdDs9S
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「你看吧！」雪檸朝里奧露出勝利的表情。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZxsM0QMYU
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「但是！」尼可拉斯加但書：「食材要新鮮、料理過程要衛生、完全煮熟才能食用，最重要的──不能一次攝取太多。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVRKHdh57q
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雪檸鼓嘴，她打算去水產火鍋超市大吃特吃，被尼可拉斯看穿計謀，肯定是不行了。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiabP9zhor9
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「妳現在最重要的是營養均衡，孕婦手冊說不能碰的東西就不要碰。這都是為了嬰兒著想，忍忍吧。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLAGlFNc42
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尼可拉斯瞥了里奧一眼。雖然不想跟他講話，尼可拉斯還是叮嚀：「她再過幾周會開始害喜，到時會出現各種症狀。嗜睡、孕吐、頭痛頭暈……可能完全吃不下，也可能只想吃某種東西，或心理狀況不穩定，這時爸爸的角色很重要。可以的話，你盡量別出任務，多待在她旁邊，畢竟讓她懷孕的是你，這是你的責任。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiPatFSjM4
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里奧點頭。昨天他才和高宇維通話，里奧和雪檸的任務都轉給了別人，他們這陣子會待在仙境大樓，產假的概念。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkm1kC3KQSJ
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「……謝謝。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcSAfdhP9a
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有尼可拉斯在，里奧很放心，也發自內心、感激尼可拉斯沒有因為私人恩怨，無視雪檸肚子裡的孩子。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1jUfQ8wze
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「對了，我有事要問你。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYQ1MU4FJ9
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既然里奧在這，兩人也說上話，尼可拉斯不會放過這個機會。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPwEwR6GdZ
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「既然天賦是透過遺傳得來，」尼可拉斯問：「我媽她，是不是也有天賦？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBYzybNNI8
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里奧點頭。尼可拉斯接著問：「是什麼？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJEDvXbYkR
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「『香菇』。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiD562CnK1
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「啊？」尼可拉斯挑眉，「你在耍我嗎？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5eETyMoS7
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「尼可，里奧說的是實話。」雪檸說：「葛蕾絲真的是香菇。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYsrZ1ReSV
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「妳乾脆說我媽會孢子繁殖算了。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1LBjrWTYZ
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尼可拉斯這話是亂講，結果雪檸回答：「嗯，不愧是尼可，反應真快！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqu6XsKy7BX
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「……。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpO6LNF90ID
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尼可拉斯滿頭問號，「我跟不上你們的節奏。」他整理剛才的對話，「我媽的天賦是香菇，她會孢子繁殖？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAe4YoVO8W
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里奧和雪檸一起點頭。活這麼大，從別人口中聽到媽媽是蕈類，尼可拉斯的頭好痛。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BfrfQWACX
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「……她的孢子不是用來繁殖。」里奧突然說。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOghDCLSHtQ
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「不然尼可也會是香菇喔。」雪檸開玩笑地說：「聽起來很可愛。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCWYIe3fZ2
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「一點也不。」尼可拉斯翻白眼，問里奧：「用來做什麼？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM96RKmr3NY
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「復活。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqe7PcA6lg
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尼可拉斯的眼睛睜大了一圈。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyumJC3lt9
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「她死亡的當下，身體會射出肉眼無法看見的孢子。」里奧說：「當孢子獲得足夠的能量，她就會復活。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS68ao1Xcx
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「……！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRugcDlB9H
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尼可拉斯激動到站起來，「你為什麼不早說！宇維少爺為什麼不復活她？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpamoVvX5T
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里奧搖頭，「葛蕾絲警告過，不能那樣做。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTqp25P0Y9
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「為什麼？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU6ieU6ooe
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「……會死很多人。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2Xfftdkgg
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看里奧的表情就知道，他的想法和尼可拉斯一致、也希望葛蕾絲回來，但葛蕾絲本人不允許，他才沒採取行動。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSs2ysvBeAl
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「尼可，你先坐下來，詳細情形由我來說。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ399eEXjLd7
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雪檸安撫尼可拉斯的情緒、讓他坐回椅子上，也跟尼可拉斯借紙筆，用圖畫來說明。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyoQicJYnM
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「葛蕾絲的孢子飛散出去後，會寄身在活體生物上。除非被寄生者死亡，否則孢子不會消失。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUoixiCcJf
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雪檸在紙上畫了五個圈圈，也在五個圈圈底下，各畫上一個人。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSxfLiyCLQ
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「其中，所有孢子裡，有個最重要的『母體』。其它孢子的被寄生者死亡後，會把獲得的能量傳送給母體。只要母體獲得足夠能量，葛蕾絲就能利用母體的被寄身者復活，就像這樣子。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRGvUOCYLB
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雪檸在第一個圈圈旁，寫上「母體」。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNHcONdT9x
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「假設，總共有ABCDE五個孢子，分別寄身在12345號被寄身者上，其中A孢子是母體。今天，假設2號寄生者死亡，B孢子會把獲得的能量，傳給母體A。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJndhrVgJr9
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雪檸在2、3、4、5號寄生者身上，都打上叉叉，再個別畫了箭頭、連到母體A的位置。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dO84NZKMk
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「以此類推，母體A吸收來自各孢子的能量。等吸收到一定程度，葛蕾絲會用1號寄身者的身體復活。但這過程非常長，而且，必須確保母體安危，1號寄身者要活得比其它寄身者久。成功率很低，何況，葛蕾絲本人不想這麼做。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0q1GE4XCk
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「為什麼？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaKk2TZf29
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「看圖就知道了。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0x3OdJ4ml
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雪檸用筆，指著被畫叉叉的被寄身者。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5T7MTs4iV
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「首先，母體要獲得足夠的能量，這些被孢子寄身的人都得死；再來，葛蕾絲用1號寄身者的身體復活，1號寄身者的意識將不復存在，1號寄身者也會死。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3x525xxyy
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雪檸嘆了口氣。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3fokH9rNt
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「葛蕾絲的能力，來自第一代水果塔『書蟲（Caterpillar）』。說穿了，這是場獻祭儀式，用上百人的性命換她一人。尼可，你覺得依葛蕾絲的個性，她會同意這種作法嗎？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbb9JtmL9C
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「……。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzX8IcEvxm
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當然不會。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GcqxYWtEf
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尼可拉斯想都不用想。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBui7JiwJh
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他那個媽媽，三不五時把受傷的小貓小狗撿回家，會把家裡的食物分給附近的流浪漢。連螞蟻都捨不得殺死的人，怎麼可能允許那種事？630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBjUC7HXJ1
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「……你們回去吧。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicxSuiPSoo
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他後悔問了問題、燃起無聊的希望。尼可拉斯下了逐客令，暫時不想見任何人，尤其是里奧。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKw2syxVmw
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「我不想影響到孕婦的心情。」尼可拉斯別過頭，「快走，別逼我發脾氣。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHYexO40lw
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雪檸原本想說什麼，手卻先被里奧拉住。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNnc9sjk8m
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「……走吧。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaxs9RL2DQ
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里奧很清楚，尼可拉斯需要時間習慣心裡的傷口，不是一句不負責任的道歉。那不是「對不起」三個字可以彌補，何況，是沒有感情基礎的對不起。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4f3Ijxqix
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他需要人陪伴、需要人安慰──那個人絕對不是里奧。他牽起雪檸的手，離開醫務室。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OUXvCuVx1
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另一方面，從三樓走樓梯到二樓，MIO遇見從醫務室離開的里奧夫婦，但沒有跟他們說到話，只聽到一句：「果然，不該告訴尼可的。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasoCFuk0L4
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「……？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9p9wFUQ1Fd
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電梯門闔上後，MIO才從樓梯間探出頭來。因為尼可拉斯最近很累，MIO抱著便當盒，裡面有她親手捏的飯糰，希望能讓尼可拉斯打起精神。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIazQRaW6H6
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殊不知被她聽見這句。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgaBfRn2ki
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MIO眨眨眼睛，雖然不知道發生什麼，但見到里奧，尼可拉斯的心情一定不好，需要飯糰打起精神。MIO沒想太多，繼續朝醫務室前進。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYRXNIPfg9
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「尼可？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEg0qmL3w0
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推開醫務室的門。尼可拉斯坐在辦公椅上，表情冷漠，看起來和平常一樣──但MIO覺得不正常。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jOVpzcF5u
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第一，什麼事也沒發生；第二，他遭受巨大的打擊，變得只能思考一件事，淪為詭譎的冷靜。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHE4GaE2Bj
630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0XiHWbsCc
「……怎麼了？MIO。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBy4zYCiMP
630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfC7bVtzdw6
空氣瀰漫異常的氣氛。MIO看著尼可拉斯友善又詭異的笑容，有些躊躇、有些遲疑，但她假裝什麼都不知道，把便當盒放到尼可拉斯桌上。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3S9rFyAIE
630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7PEXKUe91
「MIO做了飯糰給尼可喔！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHEoZNo84T
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MIO站到尼可拉斯面前，一副要尼可拉斯稱讚的表情。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeXDSFfawH
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「……謝謝。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Oo2zRmogW
630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uQI03tcEW
MIO接收到尼可拉斯異樣的眼神，下一秒，尼可拉斯的手放到MIO頭上，臉湊了過來。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoMqkrydCo
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「哪，MIO。」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mdRZqOaY5
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尼可拉斯睜大眼睛，嘴角上揚，整張臉沒有半點笑意。630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKWiKZxrhs
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「還記得──我上次說的『願望』嗎？」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEf2UNkNHIq
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「……！」630Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQT0AvTl3Hz
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MIO沒有回話。那一瞬間，她感覺尼可拉斯心裡，有什麼東西正在裂開。支撐神與畜的東西正在衰敗，MIO自己也裂得七零八落，彷彿──回到遇見李博洋前的自己。
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