57Please respect copyright.PENANAe5EIhHMtyQ
「天啊,這是我第一次吃鹿肉欸。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAF2yIInC1nl
57Please respect copyright.PENANArxndYb4UBY
57Please respect copyright.PENANADly9f6kAP3
我才剛將一片燻肉放入口中,那濃郁的柴香味就立刻像是實體的煙霧一樣充滿了我的整個口腔。57Please respect copyright.PENANAfoDQi6iD5a
57Please respect copyright.PENANAfoaYNf0U4U
57Please respect copyright.PENANABm3kkIpfbX
「你老兄也太會燻了吧?這是種族天賦嗎?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAkexylHQoap
57Please respect copyright.PENANAcjuxCKhu1v
57Please respect copyright.PENANANwnP6tOvEJ
我睜大了雙眼。57Please respect copyright.PENANADgOx8oWmdO
57Please respect copyright.PENANAgjBldjR7Nt
57Please respect copyright.PENANA61y8FrY2mg
「我叫做班‧邁爾頓。」57Please respect copyright.PENANALWz4huhUTM
57Please respect copyright.PENANAQICHIZT1A7
57Please respect copyright.PENANAJD4f3f0L5M
我們現在坐在班在末日前經營的槍店二樓儲藏室的一張橡木圓桌旁,一隻已經去除器官,燻製得乾乎乎的野鹿分成六塊,就這麼吊掛在旁邊的天花板上。57Please respect copyright.PENANAuVdEQLIAqJ
57Please respect copyright.PENANABw65ZHT8Cf
57Please respect copyright.PENANAffujCbon1U
班‧邁爾頓拿下了其中一塊右前腿肉,現在正用小刀分切著肉片,一片片疊到一塊乾淨的盤子上。57Please respect copyright.PENANAil85Koux9W
57Please respect copyright.PENANAFN7HE6MxHv
57Please respect copyright.PENANAj9WULOu4Tq
順帶一提,我剛吃的那片是我看他切的時候沒忍住,偷的。57Please respect copyright.PENANAg1BGq0YohH
57Please respect copyright.PENANATEbTTecr3G
57Please respect copyright.PENANAmMDa3PHNJK
「小時候我爸教我燻的,我們在獵鹿季經常去打獵。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAc5vPpMfC7v
57Please respect copyright.PENANACbxRZGSvtv
57Please respect copyright.PENANABqWTJuZWF1
「頭還在那掛著呢。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAMuG1UflVmU
57Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5XnvScp4H
57Please respect copyright.PENANAeapo3CcIyn
班用小刀指向一旁角落的另外兩根鐵鉤,一根倒掛著一顆乾燥的鹿頭,另一根還有顆人的頭,我不確定他是在說鹿還是他爸。57Please respect copyright.PENANAtiwNtaPX7q
57Please respect copyright.PENANAgK3Ns9aIm5
57Please respect copyright.PENANAUl5gPR4NUF
先不管那顆人頭是不是他爸,那顆鹿頭可能是他留著等下要吃的。57Please respect copyright.PENANAzFexKKIiIZ
57Please respect copyright.PENANAPJAyxqbyHb
57Please respect copyright.PENANAlxqA6BRUpM
「不愧是美國。連野鹿都有。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAUOGN0qHHvz
57Please respect copyright.PENANA7ggt40UcGM
57Please respect copyright.PENANADIg7oWZY0O
我點頭讚賞,班則露出了一個難看的微笑。57Please respect copyright.PENANAgCybDnnneo
57Please respect copyright.PENANAoIUkFLfVrG
57Please respect copyright.PENANAzIQzqtYnF3
我想可能是因為他看見艾蘇納沒忍住,把那顆鹿頭帶鉤子給一起拽下來了吧。57Please respect copyright.PENANAFfjokoR8M1
57Please respect copyright.PENANA4kVx6AfKN6
57Please respect copyright.PENANAqvwNxo6gpu
鐵鉤刺穿了艾蘇納的臉頰,不過艾蘇納並沒有任何痛覺反應,而是直勾勾的望著我,像是在請求許可一樣。57Please respect copyright.PENANAGTB43zld9y
57Please respect copyright.PENANAK3MYTKKSn1
57Please respect copyright.PENANAApMftDt300
「艾蘇納,壞,那是班叔叔等下要吃的。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAxm8QV3Q4hd
57Please respect copyright.PENANAuPRLO10WzN
57Please respect copyright.PENANACPDCJL4IQB
我起身走向艾蘇納,輕輕拍了他的頭頂一掌,下面那個頭頂。57Please respect copyright.PENANAohRERB6pYd
57Please respect copyright.PENANADWGA96Ixi6
57Please respect copyright.PENANAH7iAtB5st0
「呃不了,這些肉就很夠吃了,我是沒有吃頭的打算。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAlZtxtVIPGQ
57Please respect copyright.PENANA0Uwuv2yeyR
57Please respect copyright.PENANAXddDZnr3BP
見我的反應,班連忙意會過來,搖著小刀和頭說道。57Please respect copyright.PENANAJKDlMaV55q
57Please respect copyright.PENANAYBRZayyR06
57Please respect copyright.PENANAmsC7p4ufLu
「好吧,既然你都這麼說了,艾蘇納,吃吧。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAIu0dJxCSz2
57Please respect copyright.PENANApPmvN91ctA
57Please respect copyright.PENANACF5wYNRMBG
聽見我說可以,艾蘇納神色一悲,用舌頭捲起那顆鹿頭連著鐵鉤一起拋向空中,然後就這麼連著鐵鉤和骨頭一起粗嚼幾口,吞了下去。57Please respect copyright.PENANA5IYDPYmc5v
57Please respect copyright.PENANAqtNLxXZck1
57Please respect copyright.PENANA6nvkzsF311
過程中,鐵鉤還穿出了她的喉嚨一次才吞進去。57Please respect copyright.PENANAncVGnHLYO4
57Please respect copyright.PENANAyN9T79wNwU
57Please respect copyright.PENANA1rntoqWsWO
看著眼巴巴望著自己,像是在問「還有沒有」的艾蘇納,以及站在旁邊一動不動,像是雕像一樣的克勞尼,班終於忍不住,轉頭問我。57Please respect copyright.PENANAlKhOy7Q1Zp
57Please respect copyright.PENANAsQvMVns9eh
57Please respect copyright.PENANAku5HoPJOvA
「你能不能跟我說一下,這兩……」班斟酌了一下措辭,最後還是鼓起勇氣,問道:「這兩個……東西,到底是甚麼?」57Please respect copyright.PENANA7UHlPNbDHu
57Please respect copyright.PENANAoirerPSoeV
57Please respect copyright.PENANAuwZXoPkmcL
「艾蘇納和克勞尼。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAKqgRvC4lcE
57Please respect copyright.PENANAnEC48d0OAb
57Please respect copyright.PENANA8zya8kd0j2
反正不是甚麼機密,我很乾脆的解答了他的問題。57Please respect copyright.PENANA3LgcfHtma5
57Please respect copyright.PENANA1EazxJKzwh
57Please respect copyright.PENANA11DBS4ND1a
「不,我不是說名字,我是說,他們到底是甚麼?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAOSw1OC4jvZ
57Please respect copyright.PENANAFOLTTZc8JX
57Please respect copyright.PENANArzg4bCV2Rp
不過班顯然是對我給出的答案並不滿意,搖著頭繼續追問。57Please respect copyright.PENANAlImacbxjdh
57Please respect copyright.PENANAvnlEw2eakG
57Please respect copyright.PENANAyhoz5Hvjyb
「源生的純粹反秩序和代言者掌握的半可控反秩序碰撞之後產生的同時帶有一定程度理解能力和反秩序變異個體特徵但不完全仇視智慧生命的半天然半人工矛盾造物。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAADyIvpj2kS
57Please respect copyright.PENANAJiybb4TZ1k
57Please respect copyright.PENANAlxqGO6e1Sb
看著一頭霧水,眨著眼睛,不停搖頭的班,我補充道。57Please respect copyright.PENANA32F0VHNltM
57Please respect copyright.PENANAc4crAp9jRp
57Please respect copyright.PENANAcmvIH6WlYN
「簡稱,艾蘇納和克勞尼。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAEOKjehklxK
57Please respect copyright.PENANA2kYZzkmNyn
57Please respect copyright.PENANAAWEzzXRIT5
早說這就是最適合他的答案了。57Please respect copyright.PENANAhrVtuYEueT
57Please respect copyright.PENANAR7BPn1acaS
57Please respect copyright.PENANA4dlQzViJuZ
「好吧,我一個字都聽不懂。」班搖了搖頭,決定不再細究,而是直接提出真正的問題,「那兩個東西應該跟外面的那些殭屍有點關係吧?為什麼他們好像會聽你的話的樣子?」57Please respect copyright.PENANATRAKYhbqQz
57Please respect copyright.PENANAM0IaD4ZPDZ
57Please respect copyright.PENANABa0rCPGnTQ
「好了,你問題太多了,放心就好,他們不咬人的。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAcQKjQLRBI0
57Please respect copyright.PENANAbmc693fcum
57Please respect copyright.PENANAR5jMxPEv76
我望向艾蘇納,想了想,又補充道:「不隨便咬人的。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAi3M7AhQLPj
57Please respect copyright.PENANAvOzsMnyASg
57Please respect copyright.PENANAzCm4ne36Pn
「我們還是說回正題吧。」我將班的注意力從那對活寶拽回自己身上,然後指著桌上已經快要堆成山的火腿切片,說道:「我們能吃了嗎?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAsMxoicbJQn
57Please respect copyright.PENANAHAtRTMynKN
57Please respect copyright.PENANAk0HMdM2zgM
我指向那疊高高疊起的煙燻鹿肉片,不自覺的嚥了口口水。57Please respect copyright.PENANAp8rsjkMrqT
57Please respect copyright.PENANAM067Jm3q3J
57Please respect copyright.PENANAQaAtYPcvZg
「喔,對阿,差點忘了,你們等一下。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAG9AfIcIoIC
57Please respect copyright.PENANAJ59cEjMb7E
57Please respect copyright.PENANAO2swq5ImET
班急急忙忙又拿出了一大條他自己用搜刮來的麵粉烤製的大塊硬麵包。57Please respect copyright.PENANAJhTq4zl4NH
57Please respect copyright.PENANACjk5ACIo4A
57Please respect copyright.PENANAldEOuhxhir
班用一把帶鋸齒的餐刀,將麵包粗略切成幾塊,往中間夾上幾片鹿肉,和一些聽說是從他的後院裡挖出來的新鮮切片野洋蔥之後遞給了我們。57Please respect copyright.PENANAHETSAlaQET
57Please respect copyright.PENANAjMRKJHDWhP
57Please respect copyright.PENANAirDUwX8NHa
「拿去吃吧。」57Please respect copyright.PENANASJoCmMZK1a
57Please respect copyright.PENANA0wkeIvWhZP
57Please respect copyright.PENANANZFN1E7rU6
這樣四捨五入也算得上是漢堡了。57Please respect copyright.PENANAK5tGqtqsQT
57Please respect copyright.PENANAalRa9t7Duu
57Please respect copyright.PENANAGpH4NGyDjJ
我接過這土製,有七成左右是野生的漢堡,才剛入手就覺得份量十足,甚至可以說得上是有點沉重。57Please respect copyright.PENANA9j3yueusvg
57Please respect copyright.PENANA7K6QtaO7yI
57Please respect copyright.PENANAF7nSPz0rAu
才剛吃上第一口,我就感覺到來美國這趟已經值了。57Please respect copyright.PENANAz17tcH4duS
57Please respect copyright.PENANATaWccsxlOn
57Please respect copyright.PENANAUvkwISzP6u
這餐要放在餐廳裡賣少說四百塊起跳,加兩片肉還得多80。57Please respect copyright.PENANA2KGXtnMMrk
57Please respect copyright.PENANA6EYGtTEFrj
57Please respect copyright.PENANAl3T06ry1Jh
我仰頭灌起一瓶兩公升裝的卡可卡樂,又咬下一大口漢堡,一邊嚼,一邊問道:「你平常就吃這些東西啊?那過得算不錯囉?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAT5lUPpPh2k
57Please respect copyright.PENANAIeJcoH6eE7
57Please respect copyright.PENANA2oZrMTWWVD
「不錯?」班抽了抽右眉,「扣掉打不完的殭屍跟流寇野賊以外,可以這樣說吧。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAlPll9r39aX
57Please respect copyright.PENANAWwXdkz1S7T
57Please respect copyright.PENANAUMd3AoVMqa
「拜託,你還有這一堆槍,怕什麼殭屍啊。」我一邊吃著漢堡,一邊繼續說道:「對了,我剛說還有幾個問題要問,你不介意吧?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAO38S9gLcGc
57Please respect copyright.PENANA34raUq7Ah4
57Please respect copyright.PENANAwNPj1H4ZiU
「你問吧。」班點頭,「我要是知道一定告訴你。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAwDYBHRcM5M
57Please respect copyright.PENANAYcTAgXzE9k
57Please respect copyright.PENANAXa2bjyrqci
艾蘇納都搬出來放在這裡鎮場了,我並不擔心他會騙我,我只是點頭,接著便問道:「首先,我們現在到底在哪裡?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAbLCBpkeB6w
57Please respect copyright.PENANA4imIn0A2gW
57Please respect copyright.PENANARzq1fvAEvS
「這裡是康德鎮,在緬因州東部,不過你們怎麼會不知道自己在哪?」班皺起了眉頭,「你們迷路了?不帶地圖就開著車在外面亂闖?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAMqQwPDOHzy
57Please respect copyright.PENANAqpdOIMylIp
57Please respect copyright.PENANAoMJJbx4GPu
「長話短說,我們的班機原本預計是要飛到加拿大的,結果途中遇到一隻偷藏在貨艙裡的殭屍跑出來咬人,最後班機失控,就在幾英里外迫降了。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAkYFfdFQZcE
57Please respect copyright.PENANAHwJkhl7qCI
57Please respect copyright.PENANAZRATJcqE0L
說這話時,我的神色還帶著點驚恐,有時候我真佩服自己的演技。57Please respect copyright.PENANAiCDSKM5HIk
57Please respect copyright.PENANAOhySOrfQDc
57Please respect copyright.PENANAGz8PnpgcjG
「飛機?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAkncObRewzh
57Please respect copyright.PENANAVjvV5Mu64t
57Please respect copyright.PENANAPsOy3h2DG3
「沒錯,台航的。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAt6GfXlBrbK
57Please respect copyright.PENANAbks6OGwVaQ
57Please respect copyright.PENANAG0bMFybxPj
「都殭屍末日一年多了,這時候還有跨國班機?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAQua24hG5nx
57Please respect copyright.PENANAgEFmDhVvPr
57Please respect copyright.PENANAeb3xtkeW7M
班臉上的狐疑神情不斷湧出,看來我的演技沒甚麼用,我得分幾點技能點到口才上了。57Please respect copyright.PENANAyNcM9I4NB2
57Please respect copyright.PENANANsQ52PHsEN
57Please respect copyright.PENANAZd8876kk4l
「信不信由你,」我一揮手,帶過了這個話題。「第二個問題,你知道最近的機場在哪裡嗎?我們有急事,趕著搭明天的飛機回台灣。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAIgwrd6LivX
57Please respect copyright.PENANAIzj7C93GtV
57Please respect copyright.PENANA6z09HLujGP
班看我的眼神變得更加怪異了。57Please respect copyright.PENANAClPel9UFn0
57Please respect copyright.PENANAUbRs6LBY4w
57Please respect copyright.PENANAAbqETOsyaG
我真的該把口才點得高一點。57Please respect copyright.PENANAEgQzDlGtJ9
57Please respect copyright.PENANAxYqt8LP28V
57Please respect copyright.PENANAL00DdqMsm6
班嘆了口氣,說道:「你們的運氣還不錯,往東開30英哩左右就有一座簡易機場,不過我不覺得這時候還會有飛機,天啊,我在說甚麼廢話,這時候怎麼會有……算了,那是你們要擔心的事情。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAgXuosKr76m
57Please respect copyright.PENANAkvcDjtltPl
57Please respect copyright.PENANAhGaS4mytWz
班起身走向一旁的抽屜,拿出一張仔細摺好的地圖,然後用紅色奇異筆替我們圈出了最近的機場所在。57Please respect copyright.PENANAUFs4LFj1aK
57Please respect copyright.PENANAxAsCyH3t8d
57Please respect copyright.PENANAEK6bH1NPS8
他說得沒錯,不怎麼遠。57Please respect copyright.PENANAYoWwGMZaZP
57Please respect copyright.PENANAkKc6SpO87y
57Please respect copyright.PENANATj10XcLp4C
「但是有個問題,你們要怎麼過去?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAV18vxffplE
57Please respect copyright.PENANAeYnnaIoXzL
57Please respect copyright.PENANAc54eAnVuzQ
嗯?57Please respect copyright.PENANA3uxWeRadWa
57Please respect copyright.PENANAcldCOry0CX
57Please respect copyright.PENANAt222aYDEm8
看著我的反應,班繼續說道:「你們不會是要用走的吧?你們的車不是剛在樓下撞壞了嗎?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAqB35veaEPt
57Please respect copyright.PENANAwO8IGfsR1p
57Please respect copyright.PENANAOxFyzuwr3m
他認真的神情,讓我硬生生把騎著艾蘇納去這句話給吞回了喉嚨裡去。57Please respect copyright.PENANAKlUTVKtioS
57Please respect copyright.PENANA60kqA1gcth
57Please respect copyright.PENANARXjJg0KAc8
「我開車帶你們去吧,我的那台還停在車庫,但我有個交換條件,我要你們用艾蘇納幫我把這鎮子的殭屍全部清理掉。」57Please respect copyright.PENANA8EbP68rYtu
57Please respect copyright.PENANAh9iUAtcKak
57Please respect copyright.PENANAM5XKXdxFdk
「甚麼?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAduoN997nLC
57Please respect copyright.PENANAwaQyYzl0bE
57Please respect copyright.PENANAnr62GTQkQC
班點頭道:「我已經大致摸清那些東西的行動習慣了,他們早上會找陰影處潛伏起來,我平常都是趁著太陽最大的時候出去行動的,只是偶爾還是有機率遇到零星的幾隻殭屍,在短距離的遭遇戰,就算有槍也有風險。我……我實在不想再過這種提心吊膽的生活了,雖然聽不太懂你說的那些原理,但艾蘇納原本也是他們的一員吧?」
說到激動處,班站了起來。57Please respect copyright.PENANAG5i0Qx5jeK
57Please respect copyright.PENANAUritc3olg0
57Please respect copyright.PENANAVxoiZwu9sD
「艾蘇納會聽你的話吧?只要你用艾蘇納把那些東西引出來,我就會在樓上用狙擊槍把他們全部幹掉,全部,不,只要清理掉這鎮子裡七成左右的殭屍,我就有把握今後能在這裡自給自足了。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAF9hlg57vja
57Please respect copyright.PENANAHk9jSPQ6y4
57Please respect copyright.PENANARF1duAF2xM
我放下漢堡,站起身,嚇得班向後仰了幾公分。不過我只是走到他身旁,輕輕拍了拍他的肩膀。57Please respect copyright.PENANAIB06d2shdY
57Please respect copyright.PENANALgLtXx2wRd
57Please respect copyright.PENANAGWyAjZfXnC
「只是殺殭屍而已,這種小事情不需要動用到艾蘇納,我來就行了。」57Please respect copyright.PENANArvTl6V7C7S
57Please respect copyright.PENANA20CLXPHtmC
57Please respect copyright.PENANAgxoDxVD2lb
「寶貝,你在這裡等,順便看著班先生,我下去。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAdyK8FU9Vu4
57Please respect copyright.PENANAx7QcJEYvRi
57Please respect copyright.PENANAu9wkHnTBl4
「想都別想,老娘要跟著你。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAnb7gQJpQVi
57Please respect copyright.PENANAOu8XHNTYuK
57Please respect copyright.PENANAxQksN9rZqC
我聳肩,反正只是殺點殭屍,帶著白金之星也無所謂,便牽起凡爾莎向我伸來的手,向樓下走去。57Please respect copyright.PENANAmmfzwbZlEt
57Please respect copyright.PENANAXn6Uq3K5mk
57Please respect copyright.PENANAE6aF1Somzr
「班先生,你就先在這等我們一下吧,幫我們看著漢堡,順便幫我們找找有沒有番茄醬甚麼能配的,單吃實在有點乾,給我們一個小時,我保證這鎮上不會再有除了我們四個之外的任何人形生物。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAk5ghBkMH8y
57Please respect copyright.PENANAOzysevjJjI
57Please respect copyright.PENANAeWJPVWrAak
「等等等等一下,太陽就快出來了。」班瘋狂搖著頭,說道:「你們確定現在就要出去?」57Please respect copyright.PENANAFjBvC7kZMy
57Please respect copyright.PENANAXvpIDvxfT7
57Please respect copyright.PENANAXQrcn8oIKc
面對這奇怪的問題,我停下腳步,笑著答道:「不用擔心,我們剛來美國,還沒調時差,現在還沒有很睏。」57Please respect copyright.PENANA5gpukk7L8G
57Please respect copyright.PENANAPm50EHWRqS
57Please respect copyright.PENANAG8wUVVf6oV
「應該說,這個時間正好,他們也還沒睡,反正不是第一次幹這事了,你只要等著看就好。」57Please respect copyright.PENANAjnwRdukpj2
57Please respect copyright.PENANAXtkJER1B7n
57Please respect copyright.PENANADS39Fp4DHJ
"I will take care of it."