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翌日下午。243Please respect copyright.PENANAKWa2pWnTza
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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。243Please respect copyright.PENANADiM1bjSr8q
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANADjRMZkRgiX
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANARCMT9jb6U5
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魔女之繭所處在的位置相當偏僻。243Please respect copyright.PENANAtLMbFJM7Fw
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAP9KGPS2IJ2
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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。243Please respect copyright.PENANA0DRMgSn73o
一棟又一棟高樓大廈的廢墟聳立在眼前。243Please respect copyright.PENANAnPHSO23R1m
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAC1dox1zLPn
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……整條街道上放眼望過去都沒有任何人影。243Please respect copyright.PENANACj9j1LkneM
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAfrWRxI7KyV
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曾經被寄予厚望的未來之城。243Please respect copyright.PENANAQG2qlP9Zhr
如今只徒留下當年華麗的軀殼留在此處慢慢腐化。243Please respect copyright.PENANAeDyByrWLtC
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「先變身再進去吧,以策安全。」243Please respect copyright.PENANA4k2uqkiGke
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAhpEapsnzVk
不同於以往所見到的世界。243Please respect copyright.PENANALCdq9vnwZj
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAWTppcUrEw1
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一樣的廢墟。243Please respect copyright.PENANAuFnoZkKXgR
一樣的塗鴉。243Please respect copyright.PENANAQYzVclkrpy
一樣搖搖晃晃的紅綠燈。243Please respect copyright.PENANAKE5nXOQ5op
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAzTzjyKGtyS
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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。243Please respect copyright.PENANABt5s8GaftX
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAcSMWW5UKp0
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「……好奇怪。」243Please respect copyright.PENANAeskYpMDCYM
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAtngHPTWBIW
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAh2oDCM72N5
這種感覺要怎麼形容才好。243Please respect copyright.PENANA3mkyjSbuaa
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ydy6wb8IF
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「不錯嘛,妳也察覺到異樣了是吧?」243Please respect copyright.PENANAiwIcOKm5Xs
理查用手肘頂了我的腰間一下,把我的思緒拉回到現實。243Please respect copyright.PENANA4g0DrFJCDn
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「理查?你也是這樣認為嗎……?」243Please respect copyright.PENANAznX7rcIj0r
「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!」243Please respect copyright.PENANA57dGjaHkVa
「……你這麼急該不會是想趕快去Luna吧?」243Please respect copyright.PENANAY8UB3PtGQl
「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!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAMZGEGr8yvb
「那種難吃的東西怎樣都好啦!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAwpdd26nJez
真是的。243Please respect copyright.PENANAw2W2pE6R9l
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANApB6sea7ian
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用不了多久的時間。243Please respect copyright.PENANA9wADQpjAo7
我們很快就遠遠發現了蛹魔的存在。243Please respect copyright.PENANAclNu5fWxja
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地點是廢棄的大型購物中心。243Please respect copyright.PENANAUlR1OpwPPi
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAZS6HgvXVgu
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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。243Please respect copyright.PENANA4b0Lrva8YA
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAAX6aZaFL1K
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAAqCdBHzCJB
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZOJiAHxTh
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「──啦啦啦。」243Please respect copyright.PENANAxR5rUIjUM8
聽見了歡愉的歌唱聲。243Please respect copyright.PENANAO75uso3EH5
脊椎就像是被硬生生插入冰涼的鐵棒一樣。243Please respect copyright.PENANAQxOJ71Ftm0
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAeeKCOABES6
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……有什麼地方肯定不對勁。243Please respect copyright.PENANA6jJsRh2zQU
一定有什麼我沒發現的誤判。243Please respect copyright.PENANAVoQ3fRfD3d
可惡,腦袋快點動啊,到底是什麼、到底是什麼、到底是什麼啊!!!243Please respect copyright.PENANAxu10mF697Z
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「……由加?妳狀況還好嗎?」243Please respect copyright.PENANAc0vsn3ReDI
就算隔著頭盔,理查似乎也還是察覺到我藏在底下的表情。243Please respect copyright.PENANAFx7jNchc2Z
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──對了,說起來。243Please respect copyright.PENANALyPYH6FPea
我們剛剛是真的進到繭裡面嗎?243Please respect copyright.PENANA01D1Q1xPSH
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魔女之繭是位於人類內心深處的世界。243Please respect copyright.PENANAQUZT9Ms7nV
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──243Please respect copyright.PENANACo61wrQkDm
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「啊啦,是有客人來了嗎?」243Please respect copyright.PENANAquKphtAo4F
嘻。243Please respect copyright.PENANAKX6bIetjzN
廣場上的女人發出了輕輕的笑聲。243Please respect copyright.PENANAyNeKNlQvBw
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANA3w4Iz8tVFr
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「───」243Please respect copyright.PENANAHijbYot5b6
似乎理解到那女人是什麼樣的存在。243Please respect copyright.PENANAySMGU6Dvm7
呼吸變得異常急促。243Please respect copyright.PENANAVNoH3MJpjb
心臟像是發了瘋似地狂亂鼓動。243Please respect copyright.PENANAFNLUlVFzj4
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAvm03YnXE1T
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那個、243Please respect copyright.PENANA7Evi5eJLS8
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穿著魔法少女服裝的什麼、243Please respect copyright.PENANAVvIR4Ni1VB
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一共兩具、243Please respect copyright.PENANAddqk8R3eRm
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都像是俄羅斯娃娃被分成兩半、243Please respect copyright.PENANAOY8Oj7aDFS
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粉紅色的臟器散落到滿地都是、 243Please respect copyright.PENANAqzzVBcAbBC
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「糟了!那傢伙是──」243Please respect copyright.PENANAVs01zVdkJj
理查才說到一半。243Please respect copyright.PENANAVSRzLEhLUv
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAanGaqHCiHx
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一切都發生得實在太快了。243Please respect copyright.PENANA3KYa1lweEp
就在下一秒。243Please respect copyright.PENANAKuTbTiJ1sE
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──243Please respect copyright.PENANAQsHZ7aQ9El
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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!?」243Please respect copyright.PENANASZMUUgimEr
突然強吻上我嘴唇的蜥蜴嘴巴。243Please respect copyright.PENANAVch3WgRHkV
那是有如蟬殼一般,既乾燥又冰涼的鱗片觸感。243Please respect copyright.PENANAwWTvYiFgYi
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANABXNSNbWEQt
不帶任何感情的雙唇分離──243Please respect copyright.PENANAzQ8HcYiejK
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「REX DRIVE──DRESS UP!!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANARWuF0ZIfRg
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAcOt16fTYTm
用單手將我猛地甩到後方的同時,呼喚起陌生的英文單詞。243Please respect copyright.PENANAV4WAAIV3MY
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANABTkMCFYkmG
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「──咕!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAKrUX2VO5hw
整個背部承受了幾乎震碎內臟的衝擊。243Please respect copyright.PENANAQ96QritaSp
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAEmhfUaVLSg
然而。243Please respect copyright.PENANAL8zPNs3jKg
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAsISG0Q0dbc
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「理、咳!咳咳咳咳咳咳!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAP9GDsYAJPo
猛烈的咳嗽。243Please respect copyright.PENANADdGd3zToaC
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAn2n5HJdDCs
首先映入眼簾的是曜石般的黑色。243Please respect copyright.PENANAiAXzEoCIiE
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANA3ehj94JhRt
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──243Please respect copyright.PENANAyRCd7lzkkP
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「由加,快逃──」243Please respect copyright.PENANA83nVEOWe2Q
「這到底……怎麼回事?」243Please respect copyright.PENANAY1jqpom8gX
「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!!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAr59gxybZc1
「什──」243Please respect copyright.PENANASf1AUnevdH
就在理查分心轉過頭來看著我的那短短兩秒──243Please respect copyright.PENANA0MlBrAJPKy
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「───!!!!!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAiQvfaa1tC0
在耳旁炸裂爆散的水泥牆面。243Please respect copyright.PENANAq7b38JUcZN
意識到自己靠著反射動作躲開致死的攻擊是一秒後的事。243Please respect copyright.PENANAkwIjPufWpm
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAK2ITReQGiR
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「咦……?」243Please respect copyright.PENANAMiIq5usGt5
血肉橫飛。243Please respect copyright.PENANAlrrpyYyQ4x
一大片滾燙的鮮血就這樣打到我的臉上。243Please respect copyright.PENANAWOYMSTBrOo
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAT662MMuyzT
簡直就像是擁有狙擊能力的大砲。243Please respect copyright.PENANA2k1HUtqc48
順著赤紅色的彈道移動眼球,向著近在咫尺的側面看去。243Please respect copyright.PENANAwzyGQs5Idl
仍卡在牆面上的是──243Please respect copyright.PENANAQnG1YQtxSP
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「妳的內臟看起來很好吃呢。」243Please respect copyright.PENANAhyqiUPWCAK
對我咧嘴而笑的女人面孔。243Please respect copyright.PENANAqfqy3UaQBy
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANALynuMakB0W
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAVvmkjI4gNm
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「哈……哈……」243Please respect copyright.PENANA3g21vusxww
身體動不了。243Please respect copyright.PENANAjhgZGIocr0
人生中第一次被恐懼支配了全身。243Please respect copyright.PENANADtkQlt0Acd
喉嚨像是被束帶緊緊勒住。243Please respect copyright.PENANAUUTS2ZEKHb
死亡的預感。243Please respect copyright.PENANA2Efp5jRJfq
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAJDPvKuqn7g
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「妳這魔女想都別想──」243Please respect copyright.PENANAHlKn7iR0Ta
魔女的臉被突然施加的外力拉成橢圓形。243Please respect copyright.PENANA9QgHbyVGnM
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAUogIWPz5Oz
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──243Please respect copyright.PENANAk960xVdfBP
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「對我家的魔法少女動手啊──!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANA9fxbk1tzOl
這次,理查先一步將黑劍橫掃。243Please respect copyright.PENANA3kQMqDCko9
新月般的軌跡閃過。243Please respect copyright.PENANAHr4TcoL1p2
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAeFSRtuHtn1
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「唔──!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAppOTYJb7Yv
熟悉的高熱暴風隨即撲面而來。243Please respect copyright.PENANA2EJDz1S145
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAIrWfnM1MwT
如同刀割般的痛楚陣陣襲來。243Please respect copyright.PENANADpCqyaUNr2
儘管如此,這仍無法阻止我心裡那份完全不明所以的困惑。243Please respect copyright.PENANA6VTRXeyF9x
這倒底是怎麼回事。243Please respect copyright.PENANA9JrC4cNPCQ
為什麼……理查他能夠使用R-Pad呢?243Please respect copyright.PENANAByOfu9nYOu
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「嘻、嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻……你也是來傷害我的嗎?」243Please respect copyright.PENANASXJKz8VKKl
思考的時間相當短暫。243Please respect copyright.PENANA6gIdMDIPe1
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANADXsi6hLGkw
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANA9W1q1ipwx2
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「那就──從你先開始吧?」243Please respect copyright.PENANAISpYdVTQXu
接下來的畫面卻讓我呆住了。243Please respect copyright.PENANA88IX70WlXJ
在她的身後描繪出了鮮紅色的幾何圖形。243Please respect copyright.PENANAwAdOoQ0THn
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAlvt7VDlUv7
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「我叫妳快逃聽不懂是不是!? 給我跑起來!!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAmVWtEbs8rA
那幾乎是不容許任何辯駁的喝斥。243Please respect copyright.PENANAobr6cQG7QB
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAdYfIodGw6A
斬落左前方襲擊腦門的觸腕。243Please respect copyright.PENANATtFin3Glpt
利用火焰焚燒的空檔治療腰間的傷勢。243Please respect copyright.PENANAmdjVZmYCYJ
向後揮拳打碎位於死角正噴出酸液的肉囊。243Please respect copyright.PENANAawGxhZL8Vg
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAX6NHoP5y3f
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAkPPwsh7WTU
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「啊……啊、啊……嗚啊啊啊啊!!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANAQkNLOUHOZA
僵掉的腦袋重新運轉起來。243Please respect copyright.PENANAMC7JyMI08G
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAJdX1lqzX7D
因為無論如何都要避免掉全滅的結局。243Please respect copyright.PENANA18e3W4Puch
衝刺。跳躍。著地。243Please respect copyright.PENANACXmjdM8zrT
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANArdepWWygWj
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「等我!!你一定要撐到我回來……!!」243Please respect copyright.PENANA1T1JUj9lmz
帶著被眼淚模糊的視線不顧一切地再次回頭大喊著。243Please respect copyright.PENANA3yxcBmA3KN
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。243Please respect copyright.PENANAOi0fgEIM7d
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那懸浮在廢墟半空中的魔女。243Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ8x8QjfxU
看起來就像是被鮮血所染紅的彼岸花一樣綻放著。243Please respect copyright.PENANA58AMUNdK2s