我咬著香煙發呆,假裝在想事情,實則只是在放空罷了。320Please respect copyright.PENANAXUOdISzsb9
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「可以把我扶起來嗎?」棗梨雅的聲音說。320Please respect copyright.PENANAqYoCnfhxMp
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我走到數步之外,機械少女横躺在地,下半身僅餘兩根鋼針,機體無法支撐自身重量站立。我拿起背包讓她當靠墊坐立起來,只有上半身的模樣有著強烈的不協調感。320Please respect copyright.PENANA3G11cPHPCY
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「維修進度良好,再過不久你就能帶指揮官離開這片不毛之地。」她說。320Please respect copyright.PENANAWVxiORCfFr
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「很好,我急不及待了。」我禮貌地微笑,同時注意到弦外之音,「那麼,你呢?」320Please respect copyright.PENANA7ydwLqJxC0
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她指向胸膛,「飛行器最後需要靠我的能源核心驅動,斷電後我的人工大腦會立刻損毀,理論上等同於死亡。」320Please respect copyright.PENANAJVy0JUK7BG
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「對於你的犧牲,我會銘記在心的。」320Please respect copyright.PENANAQo2vt5ngsw
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「我幫你修好飛行器,你帶著指揮官離開,這是我們一開始便訂立的公平交易。」320Please respect copyright.PENANACrqA7wS3IU
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我吸了一口煙,棗梨雅看來心情不錯,現在也許能問出我想知道的答案。320Please respect copyright.PENANAWsrqHotxmf
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「之前,你說自己的指揮官是個敗類,這句話是甚麼意思?你對他作出如此評價,又為何要執著於救他的性命。」320Please respect copyright.PENANAtehZtr58Hb
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棗梨雅閉起眼睛,看來並不樂意回答這道問題。不久,她張開眼,帶著令人看不透的不自然表情。320Please respect copyright.PENANAkjhIUUPUwQ
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「那是一個完全漆黑的夜晚……320Please respect copyright.PENANArdpnEwRBcX
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亞馬茲發生史無前例的大停電事件,交通運輸、通訊、保安,所有需要電力運作的系統全部癱瘓。320Please respect copyright.PENANAZBTouCs3sP
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我跟指揮官被派往北方的關口駐守,以防外敵趁機入侵。不過,我們遇到的並非外來的敵人,而是來自城市内部想逃離阿馬茲的平民。
這裡先打個岔,你清楚我們亞馬茲的社會狀況嗎?」320Please respect copyright.PENANAAaXDLWvzyh
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「雖然自詡為烏托邦,實際卻由中央電腦實行高壓統治。居然讓人工智能來管理人類,會滅亡根本是遲早的事。」320Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZweN4MQbG
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聽我說完後,棗梨雅接下去,「我們堵截一架試圖逃跑的車輛,上頭載著扶老攜幼的一家五口。
一家之主的男人向指揮官求情,願意以自己的生命作抵押換取家人的平安。而指揮官此時亦心軟,結果無條件放行。320Please respect copyright.PENANAUszk6VRAee
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不久,電力系統恢復,指揮官才意識到事情的嚴重性。我們還在監察系統的管理之下,他會因為失職而遭處分,而我也會被銷毀。320Please respect copyright.PENANA0srd3UcULB
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我們追了上去,向著逃跑的車輛開火,一家五口全員罹難。320Please respect copyright.PENANA2o2AeIvHii
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事後指揮官還辯解那是為了我,希望我不要把詳細情形如實上報,就當我們是欲擒故縱,先讓那家人鬆懈再一網打盡。」320Please respect copyright.PENANA5tBxFjIYD9
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棗梨雅說完後沉默良久,我認為現在最好不要表達意見,當個乖乖的聆聽者就好。320Please respect copyright.PENANAL0cAtnl9ir
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「假如一開始就把那家人就地正法,我只會說他是鐵石心腸。假如在放跑他們後接受處分,我會說他的心底裡還有碩果僅存的良知。然而,他作出了最差勁的選擇,出爾反爾是懦夫的行為,我的指揮官是不折不扣的敗類。」320Please respect copyright.PENANAZmfmuSgrTK
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我重重地吐出煙霧,這真是一個令人不舒服的故事,「但是,正因為這件事,你看清了指揮官的本性,也讓你甘願守候數百年。」
「說得沒錯,他把我和陌生人的家庭放在天秤上,並在最後選擇了我。他以行動證明我在他心中的份量,我必須報答這份恩情。即使,這違反了他本人的意願。」320Please respect copyright.PENANArdSDfaJHk8
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棗梨雅伸出殘餘的左手,朝向天空:320Please respect copyright.PENANAaf6zt0KGAD
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「差不多了,讓我們繼續工作吧。」320Please respect copyright.PENANAJf62ULlRN3