魔与鬼（上）

    gracestaredatherclock.shehadalreadybeenfifteenminuteteforthedailymeetingtoanalyzethebehaviorpatternoflockjar，adoctorwhowasconsideredtobeasuperhuman

    evolutionofhumanbeinghasalwaysbeenahotargumenttopicamongthemosttalentedintellectuals.ofcourse，gracewasoneofthem.theso-calledlockjarwasamystery，whosesecretwastobeuncovered

    hecanproducesupersoldiers，curetheuncurable，changepeople'sbehaviorpattern.heisbelievedtohavekilledatleastfouryoungmenwhilestillhandicaped，hekeepscontactwithahacker(group)thatneverturnedup，andhasalwaysbeenfollowedbylightningandthunder.andhejustovercamethesilencepunishment!

    themoststunningfactthatmorethanonehundredminihumans，consideredtobeproofofallienintruders，werekilledbylightningoverhisheadremainstobediscussedwithhimselfwhenthetimeisright......

    toomanymythshadbeentoldabouthimandnonewasexined

    andwhodaretodestroytheearth-guardian，evenforscienceconcernortostudyhissystem?whatifhisspecibilityshouldberuinedbyscanningormedicines?tryingtodrivehimunbnced，orslightlymad，wasasfarastheywereallowedtogo

    nonsense!gracesaidtoherself.theremustbeanexnationforeverything.heisnospiderman!nevertheless，nothingspecibouthimhasbeendiscovered，sofar，

    gracewasdeeplyabsorbedinherownthoughtswhensheheardaknockonthedoor.shewasrmed，andaqueerfeelingrosethatshewasdemandedbyanevilspiritlurkinginthedark

    sheopenedthedoortofindnobodythere，butonlyacoldgustofwindpassedby.“amibeingtoosensitive?“shughedalittletoherselfandwasdeterminednottoponderabouttheold“delusionofpersecution”anymore.thisisadeeptunnndwindissupposedtobeanormalphenomenon

    sinceshewasakid，thesenseofunsecrurityhadkepthauntingher，whichcouldbearesultofbeingdeprivedofherwealthyandrenownedgreatgrandparents.althoughshedidn'tseethattragedywithherowneyes，herparentstoldthestoryonceandcrashed.theycouldhardlyholdtheirhatredwheneveritcametothetopicofherfamilyhistoryandheritage.whatevertheyhadsufferedusedtobeconsideredagreatrevolution，theysaid，aboutcultures

    beingrobbedofgoldorrealestatewasnothalfaspainfshowthewholefamilywasbattered.somewereprisonedortorturedtodeath，babygrace'sfathercouldbarelytalkorwalk，whenhewatchedunclesdieandanutsbeatentodeath.hefinallyacquiredachancetofleetohk，andasttoaustralia

    grace'smother'sfamilysufferedthesameluck.sherefusedtospeakhermothertongueallherlifeasshegrewup

    theyseldomcallthemselvespatriots.oncehavingimmigrated，theyrarelylookedbackattheirlossandeventhementioningofthedecadewasunbearable

    beforeshemetwithdr.luo，shehadneverimaginedherfolkpeoplewouldonedaybethetargetofherresearch.asapsychiatrist，shefoundoutthatshehadneverbeensobeatenasbydrluo.hedidn'tgiveintoabsolutesolitude，darknessorpuresilence，asifhewerenohuman

    neverhadshemetwithsuchacreaturewhowouldneverlosecontrolhoweverstressed，stifled，throttled，strangled，gripped，clutchedorcontained

    sotherewasareasonwhyhewasbelievedtobeasuperhumanandreceivedallthesehospitalities

    shehadthoughtshewouldpourallherhatreduponthismanbecauseofwherehecamefrom.....butshedidn't.andnowshehadsomethingelseonhermindotherthantohate

    shewantedtofindouteverythingaboutthisman.lookingathimpunctuatethesoldierswithneedles，hearinghiughandjokeandwonderingwhathewasreallythinkingabout.......werekillingher

    sheknewshehadfalleninlovewiththisman.shedarednotseehimintheface.shedidn'twanttotalkabouthiminfrontofthepeersincasetheymightdiscoverorsuspectherdeepestsecrets

    thedailyroutinemeetingcouldhavestartedwithouther，shesaidtoherself，thishadhappenedbefore，astherewasalwayssomethingunexpectedhappening，suchas，theweightsfellofftheshelfandmissedhittingsomebody'shead，orthesteelbarflewacrosstheroomoverherandbrokesomeoneelse'sarm.ifluckhadbeenagainsther，shecouldhavediedatleasttwice

    whyshouldasealorciaagenttrytokillher——ascientistwhoshowedgreatconcernonthem?thepossibilityofbeingmurderedwasbeyondherwildestimagination......ifoneofthemwasreallydeterminedtoconductmurder，therewasnoescapeofher.astokilling，theywereallpros，includingluohimself

    gracereturnedtoherroomtogethergloves，andthelightuponherheadsuddenlywentdead.shechewedherlips，feelinguneasyandalittlefrightened，andwalkedoutasifchasedbyanunseenghost

    shepassedthesurveints'，andstoppedatthedoortothejail，wheresheheardagreatchaos.thenoisewassoloudandurgent，shewonderedwhetheranybodyhaddiedinsuchanearlymorning

    indeed，therewas

    acorpsewaslyingatthecenteroftheboxingring.sherecognizedthisguy，amexicanboywhoalwayughedasloudashecould.hehadbeenfriendlytoherandaddressedher“mam”.hehadbeenthemostactive，orrathernaughtyoneandkeptgettinghimselfintroubleallthetime

    andnowhewasdead.thebearjuniorhadpunchedhimsohardthathefelluponadumbbellthathadbeenidentallyleftatthecorner.whyshouldanyoneleaveadumbbellintheboxingring？

    drluohurriedtocheckthepoorguyandmournedoverthebody.maybe，gracethought，itwasanillusionthatshediscoveredsomethingstrongerthanjustpityonjar'sface.....maythatberelief?

    whatisactuallyhappeneinghere，anyway?shewondered，whohadknockedonmydoor?andwhywasthelightoffjustovermyhead?