One

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, early morning.

The hall was brightly lit and crowded, and the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows let the lights out, reflecting the orderly rise and fall of the plane, and the dashing rain, when she walked out of the security gate, she saw the woman waving on the opposite side.

"Hey, Yahan, here."

"Ruolin."

The woman who picked up the airport was tall, with a good face, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, wearing an elegant white winter dress, and a green silk curled up casually at the back of her head, which was similar to Yahan, who was the vice president of a large company at the moment, but it was more easy, the two hugged in the hall, Ruolin reached out and took Yahan's suitcase: "It's just the right time, the morning in Paris feels good." ”

"Didn't cause any trouble, did you?"

"Where, I live alone, and I wish someone would come and keep me company."

Yahan grinned: "I'm afraid that the person who really came to be your companion will be scared away." ”

"You......"

The two women laughed and walked out of the airport, Ruolin put on a beige windbreaker: "To be honest, I didn't expect you to really travel alone, how did you do with Xu Mo?" ”

"Why do you always say that I am with Xu Mo?"

"He's been pursuing you for years, haven't you always been together? When I met Lizhen this year, I also said that I might get married, and I am ready to return to China. ”

It was raining lightly, the morning breeze outside the airport was cool, and the roads, overpasses, vehicles and pedestrians were lit up in a delicate dark blue rain curtain, and the silhouette of the modern city was cold and warm before dawn. Ruolin walked to her car, opened the rear lid, put the box in, and frowned: "What?" It's all rumors? You ...... to Xu Mo"

Next to the car door on the other side, Yahan's eyes looked at the airport hall with the lights on, and frowned slightly: "Not together, but ...... If you want to get married, Xu Mo and I seem to be the most suitable, right? ”

"Suitable?" Ruolin looked at her with a puzzled look.

"Yes."

"Hmm......"

She nodded, no longer talking about the topic, and the two got into the car, Ruolin started the car, turned her head and smiled.

"Welcome to Paris."

Two

"Human beings will shine the strongest light in a desperate state of mind, and humanity, strength, blood, and sentiment will erupt like a burn, and that is also the most brilliant moment for everyone......"

It seems that a lolicon named Gomoriki seems to have said something similar, but the concrete facts ...... He had never seen it.

Blood, flames, corpses, crumbling walls and ruined houses, the music played on the DVD was "Ode to Joy" by a choir, and the bloodied man was tied to a chair in the middle of the house, gagged with a towel, and a man named Gods Wunian stood in front of him, holding a hammer in his right hand, beating the beat like a baton, his eyes slightly closed, and he was a little selfless in the music.

"Dadada...... Holy and beautiful, shining brightly on the earth, we have fiery enthusiasm...... Dada......da

At some point, there was a thud of gunfire in the other room, followed by a jumble of gunshots, and the gods' expressions froze in mid-air, and then the hammer in his hand slammed down, shattering one of the fingers of the man tied to the chair. He spread his hands and looked at the shattered room.

"Liming-Daoxu, can you please be a little quieter, quiet OK?"

"OK, I'll try ......"

The man's answer came from the gunfire over there, and the gods blinked and nodded: "Great......" Before he could finish speaking, the rumbling sound of a grenade explosion swept through the entire villa, and a weakened wave of qi rolled in from the doorway, blowing his hair into the dance. The man froze there for a long time, and finally shook his head with a helpless sigh, his gaze turned back to the man's painfully twisted face in the chair, to his smashed, blood-soaked fingers, and then to the hammer in his hand, with an empathetic expression of pain on his face, and gestured helplessly.

"Oh...... It's really ...... You know, I'm really sorry, oh...... It must have hurt, but I couldn't control myself when I was disturbed, and it was a ...... Bad bugs. His hands danced in the air, and then slapped the man's distorted face a few times, "Beautiful music, magnificent flames, what a beautiful day, in such a day, you feel the most brilliant moment of your life, there is a fierce collision between us, fierce ...... Imagine that two originally unrelated beings suddenly had such a fierce intersection, what should this be...... Fate, no, fate, is fate, Joseph......"

He met the man's red eyes, a slightly nervous smile on his face, and then, with another thud, the man's forehead was bruised, and blood was almost oozing from his distorted face.

"Look, that's it, isn't it? You must have felt that this intersection is so strong, and every time I think about it, I get very excited...... Pain, pain can make people feel their own survival, what a wonderful feeling, although some people try to avoid it. Joseph Joseph Joseph, that's what he looks like, that's how he ...... Do you know? From the first time I saw your picture I knew we could be friends......"

He swung the hammer in his hand twice, but did not smash it down, and took out a CD case from the side with his other hand: "You see, I like this disc very much, great music, we have similar tastes in music, but ......" bang, the hammer finally smashed down.

"But I didn't find the 'Blue Caribbean' in your collection." He rummaged through the CDs on the shelf, and everything was thrown to the ground, then he turned around and spread his hands, "This song can make people feel a kind of magnificence, like a heavenly sound, you must listen to it when you have a chance...... You know, I'd love to tell you a little bit more about the beauty of this song, but unfortunately we don't have any more time, and as friends, I just want you to do me a little favor and tell me where he is, you know...... All you need to do is nod your head and then I know I can take the damn thing off your mouth and you say it, I'll leave, and then you can go to the store and buy that song back and listen to it all day without anyone disturbing you and get a good night's sleep...... You see you only have two fingers left in your left hand......"

Bang –

"Okay...... Now there's only one left......"

The music continued, and the gunshots continued in the villa, and for a moment, sirens could be heard faintly outside the window. The police car stopped outside the villa. The gods took a deep breath, and then shouted at the other side, "Please—can you make this world a little quieter?"

"OK, I'll try to ......"

As soon as the words in the other room fell, red flames of light came out of the window on the other side, and the shooting of the bazooka pierced the night, and the explosion of the police car rose into an astonishing flame, and at the same time brought a huge shock, and the sound of music was covered by this huge explosion, and the gods rubbed their foreheads and spoke to the man in front of them: "Bazooka, I didn't even know he brought a bazooka, you know, he is a madman......" He stepped aside to adjust the DVD and stretched out his finger to his forehead, "...... There's a problem here. ”

The two continued to look at each other in the sound of music, the gods Wunian hummed the song softly, for a moment, but he reached out and pointed to the side, in the air, there was a faint crying sound from one side of the room, and the eyes of the man who was tied up did not have time to show a look of fear, and the gods turned to the side and opened his mouth: "I said it a hundred times, can you be quiet" With the shout that shook the room, a gun in the hand of the gods Wunian continuously emitted fire, and the man whined and nodded desperately, and the bullet had already shot through the cabinet on the side of the room, A corpse poured out of the cabinet, it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, the gods shook thoughtlessly, and sighed.

"Oh, he looks like you, your eldest son...... You see, in fact, I have known for a long time that they are hiding here, and my request is very simple, just to ask them to be quiet, really quiet, but why can't this trivial request satisfy me, this kind of thing really makes me very sad, and I have always ...... Very sad. The world is like that, and many times even a small and trivial request will not be fulfilled...... Did you notice that I used the word 'they'? I know there's one in the cabinet next to me, but you see, I'm very fair...... Oh yes, I noticed you just kept nodding your head, I'm sorry, I'm going to help you get rid of these things, if we could have communicated in such a friendly atmosphere early in the morning, it wouldn't have been so ...... It's a shame. ”

He pouted, "...... It's all your fault. ”

Three minutes later, the gods wiped the blood stains on their sleeves with a tissue, and joined another man at the door of the villa, the flames burned in the villa behind them, and the music of "Ode to Joy" came from the villa, and in the far night sky, it seemed that a large army of police was rushing towards this side.

"If I knew I was going to be attacked, I wouldn't have lived in such a remote place." A companion named Riaki Doxu held a metal box in his hand and looked back at the burning villa, "Where do you go next?" ”

"France." The gods tilted their heads without thinking, "That guy went to Paris to attend some messy financial summit, received the news of an assassination, and left early this morning...... Ha, politician ......"

"Paris, I love that city."

"I hate France."

"Why?"

"The French are against everything, even against their own country and government, and in the name of freedom...... "Reaching out and throwing a tissue into the fire of the police car burning on the side of the road," they seem to me to be no different from children who seek individuality and oppose everything...... Although their country and government are also really stupid. ”

"Oh." Dawn Doxu nodded noncommittally, "But speaking of Paris, we may have met Minamoto Yorito and his partner in the past. ”

The gods stopped thoughtlessly: "Are they in Paris?" ”

"There's a mission to assassinate a French dignitary, and I guess I'll ask them to do it."

"Okay." Before the police car arrived, they opened the door of the car parked on the side of the road, "Let's go to Paris." ”

……

"You know he's Chinese, and I hate Chinese."

"Of course...... Because you are a patriot. ”

"That's right, the Japanese should hate the Chinese."

The wind fuels the fire, and the music of "Ode to Joy" spreads far away in the night sky......

Three

"Although everyone knows each other well...... But I'm going to sue you for slander ......."

On a rainy morning, in a café on the left bank of the Seine, Minamoto threw the newspaper on the table and frowned slightly.

"That has nothing to do with me." Across the table, the young partner was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper without raising his head, "Besides, you really don't like women." ”

"I like women."

Yuan Lai Chaochuang stated this, and his partner put down the newspaper, raised his head, and looked at each other.

"Well, it's okay with me anyway......" He tilted his head after a moment, "but that woman is really nice in bed." ”

"Have you been there?"

"Last year...... I think you should have a wide range of interests, after all, it's not a pleasure to be speculated to be gay all the time......"

"Did you sleep with a woman to prove that you weren't gay?"

"Well, just a suggestion...... And she's been interested in you for a long time, and your rejection must make her sad......"

"Will it be sad?"

“……”

There was silence for a long time, and the partner picked up the coffee and took a sip: "Maybe...... Maybe......"

"Oh."

The two of them didn't have much say in whether they were sad or not, shrugged and smiled, and the topic ended here, and after a while, the two went out from the door after breakfast, each holding up an umbrella, and walking through the crowd, Yuan Lai Chaochuang buttoned up the buttons on his sleeves while walking: "Things will be done the day after tomorrow, two days should be enough to do an investigation, how are you?" ”

The partner frowned slightly, and his eyes swept over the rain-shrouded Seine: "Confirm the mission, and then go to the grave." ”

"Natalie's?"

"Well, this is the first time I've done this kind of thing, what should I pay attention to?"

"Tomb sweeping...... It's just cleaning......"

"Well, clean ......"

"Give me something you liked to eat when you were born......"

The two stopped at the intersection and looked at the pedestrians around them, they were a little funny to each other, saying that whoever has harvested more than three digits of life in their hands, and they have never done this kind of thing once, but it is also right to think about it, tomb sweeping is nothing more than cleaning. The partner nodded, chewing on the meaning of the words, and then pointed to the left turn, and Minamoto Yorito pointed to the right, the two turned and separated, and after a few steps, Gen Yorizao heard a voice behind him: "Uh, I said ......"

"What?" His partner watched him from a few paces away.

"Personal opinion, if there is really someone who values it, wouldn't it be better to find another woman for everyone to see?"

Yuan Lai nodded at Chaochuang: "Transfer the target? ”

"Shift the target."

Whether it's a killer or an agent, people in the dark world are generally careless, because once they are attacked, the enemy will inevitably do whatever they want, and there is no morality in this world, probably because he senses some kind of instability in his heart, and his companions will speak for this kind of thing. Even if it is a partner, there are not many people who will give advice for the other party's private affairs in their industry, Yuan Lai Chaochuang smiled: "I understand...... You're still as sane as ever. ”

"I just want to be alive."

"There's something special about it." "For example...... How do you feel about Natalie? ”

"You mean love?" Already talking about the dead, the partner thought for a while, "I want to ...... Probably not, I can't figure it out, but when she dies, I will feel sad. ”

"For me, it's kind of a symbol, or something."

"Symbols, Connecting Points......" In the crowd, the ordinary-looking young man laughed clearly, "I see, although I can't empathize, I think I know what it is." ”

"See you in the evening."

"See you in the evening."

They turned around and went their separate ways.

……

Holding an umbrella, he walked through the streets of Paris in the rain.

Just hope to live......

Of course, life is not so simple, and as a life, there must be various meanings.

The code name for him to become a killer is "hallucination", which is currently called White Night for the time being, the code name is just a code name, and it does not have any meaning in itself, although many people have said that this code name is very suitable for him, obviously exists, but it seems that he does not feel it at all, obviously killing the target, but in hindsight, it seems that it has never happened at all, and even the fact that someone lost his life is like a dream, he does what ordinary people should do, and killing people is in his hands, which is not rich in the intensity of destruction, there is no decadence of disappearing, everything is ordinary, and it couldn't be more reasonable.

Killing is just killing, just as everyone has their own things to do, and his childhood experience determines what he is best at, and it probably doesn't make sense to say that he can't help himself or struggle with cruelty, the present is just the present, piled up from an immutable past. Some people work as mechanics, some people play football, some people play the piano, and he just kills people, there is nothing abnormal about this, he does not get any pain or embarrassment in it, of course, difficult situations have also been encountered, but that with mechanics encountering difficult machine tools, athletes encountering ball games with disparity in strength, pianists encountering complex music scores, all walks of life have their own difficulties, to overcome it.

I don't like or hate the profession of killer, but simply put, there is nothing more impressive in this world for the time being. He was born with a talent for deconstructing all complex things, for machines he could quickly figure out the principles of them, and for rules he could quickly understand the basis on which they were established, for what kind of things and how such rules should be established, how they should be optimized, and what shortcomings they have. Laws, morals, universal values, and so on, can be broken down one by one, swept away at a glance, and everything is transformed into primitive parts, so that everything is bound to be indistinguishable.

Therefore, he can probably understand that all kinds of people have all kinds of emotions, although he can't empathize, but he can also understand what Minamoto Yori's emotions are like, where they come from, why they are struggling, he will not feel contempt for any emotion, nor will he have the slightest awe, maybe one day he will also fall into some kind of emotion, such as love, such as fear, such as heartbreaking, of course, but now, he still maintains a normal heart.

Understandable, but not empathetic.

If there is a book, read it; If there is a painting, it will be appreciated; If there is a piano, it is played; If you have a microphone, you will sing; If there is a car, go somewhere; If there is a request, it will be completed; If there is a gun, it will be fired; If you have the talent to kill, you take your life.

If there is music in the world, then dance with it. With the music and dance of the world, everything is not taken for granted.

He bought a bouquet of flowers at the flower shop at the end of the street, then took a taxi to the 4th arrondissement of Paris, walked around the neighborhood near the municipal building, and at about half past ten, he went to a café near a hotel with a great view, he sat down near the window, ordered a drink, and listened to the music of the café.

The target's information, habits, and many things have been provided in advance, but to act, naturally you have to personally investigate, he and Yuan Lai Chaochuang chose different directions, for Paris is not the first time, and Natalie is known here, and later revisited several times, after Natalie's death, he also buried her here, the environment only needs to observe some recent small changes, what he wants to investigate, is something else related to people.

The thought of Natalie made him feel a little sad.

What does she like to eat?

Things are naturally remembered, and the things about her were summarized enough to write a big book, but now that I think about it, it always feels a little unreal, like sitting in a movie theater and watching other people's stories. She is dead, she is considered to have killed herself, but it is okay, life is over, there must be an end to life, it is normal, there is an end to be consummated. There will be a day when I will be clear.

Thinking like this, when the well-dressed blonde waiter came to refill his glass, two small cars drove through the drizzling street outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, he got up from his seat, and the car stopped in front of the hotel.

The target gets out of the car under the escort of bodyguards.

Holding a bouquet of flowers, he walked through the aisle to the hotel lobby, and when he walked to the exit of the aisle, the mobile phone with the number of only one person also rang, and he pressed the call button: "Hey." ”

"I just received news that someone inquired about our mission through the headquarters, although it is not in accordance with the procedure, it should not be hidden from them...... The gods came to Paris without thoughts. ”

As he listened, he lowered his head and walked straight to the group of people who had just entered the hall, four bodyguards guarding a government dignitary with a slight bulge on his head, and when he approached without noticing, the closest bodyguard reached out to block him, and then the two collided. The bouquet in his hand scattered, and the flowers fell to the ground.

"I see...... It's okay, it's okay, I'll ...... it myself."

He leaned over to pick up the bouquet again, and the bodyguard who had collided with him bent down to help, and after a minute of confusion, he threw the scattered bouquet into the trash can and walked to the door of the hall, while the dignitaries continued to the elevator inside under the escort of the bodyguard.

Putting away his phone, he frowned.

Things seem to be getting complicated, so shouldn't we just get rid of the task before then?

Looking back, the elevator door had just opened in front of the group, and the dignitary's body was in view. It's not that he's not unsure, it's not a complicated task, and it doesn't matter if he's brutal now, he put his right hand on the corner of his coat, and in an instant, countless thoughts flashed through his mind......

Four

"Don't bother, I'll do it myself......"

Lights, heating, thick curtains, coming out of the steaming bathroom, Yahan was tilting her head, using a hair dryer to dry her long black hair, and her good friend named Li Ruolin was tidying up the pillows on the bed for her.

"If you don't open at this time, it will delay business, right?"

"It's okay, just open it in the afternoon."

This is a house in Chinatown in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, Li Ruolin opened a disc shop here, and she lives upstairs in the store, she has always lived alone, although the room is not much, but the layout is quite warm, this room is also stacked with a lot of things, discs, books, a computer on the desk by the window, some messy small objects, although the area is not large, but in this winter day, with the water vapor wafting out of the bathroom, it seems extraordinarily warm. Yahan blew her hair and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"I really envy you, you live an unrestrained life."

"What's there to envy about this?" Li Ruolin looked back at her, blinked her eyes suspiciously, and then smiled her eyes into crescent moons, "I don't know how blessed I am, I envy you, there are big companies at home, and there are many people chasing after villa cars, or the next time I see my uncle, I will ask him if he lacks a daughter, I also have a lot of experience in business management." ”

"It's very troublesome, it's just that the management company is not enough......" Yahan sighed, plopped down on the bed, the hair dryer swayed in his hand, Li Ruolin took the pillow and leaned on it, and also lay down on the bed: "I haven't asked you yet, I suddenly ran over, what the hell is going on?" ”

"Forced marriage."

"With Xu Mo?"

Yahan pouted: "It's not that he doesn't mean it, anyone can do it, anyway...... Gotta get this thing done......"

"Just get pregnant?"

"Just get pregnant."

Li Ruolin nodded, although the Zhang family is not a big family, but Zhang Jing'an, as Yahan's father, is only her daughter, in the absence of a son as a successor, Yahan's task is naturally very heavy, feelings put aside first, Yahan herself has kidney disease that comes from a young age and cannot be cured, and as the heir of a large company, it is impossible for her to marry someone else's family and teach her husband and son to be a little daughter-in-law. Her father's hope for her may not be strictly married, but after all, he hopes that she can have a child, preferably a boy, and be able to take over the Zhang family's property one day earlier in the future.

"Speaking of which, Xu Mo is more suitable for you...... He likes you, and there is a big brother in the family who inherits the family business, I remember that he has a very easy-going personality, and I guess he has no opinion on this kind of thing, and there is no such thing as being rich in these years, and they have taken advantage of marrying you......"

"What is taking advantage of and not taking advantage...... I really didn't want to be with Xu Mo, he's a good person, but I always feel like something is missing......"

"Thrilling?" Ruolin blinked, "Xu Mo's personality is indeed quite stable......"

"It's not ...... You don't think I'm going to like those hairy kids looking for thrills, do you? ”

"The frivolous hairy boy is definitely not good, you, you are the kind of woman who looks obedient, but is actually wild at heart, don't I know? It is to have a vigorous feeling to trap you and conquer you, and you will be willing to wash away the lead and live with others, the character of traditional women in the East is like this. To put it bluntly, it's sullen. ”

"Nonsense." Yahan laughed.

The two women lay on the bed together, and after a while, Li Ruolin turned over and was full of interest: "Take you to the party tomorrow night to see if you can find the vigorous love you want." ”

"What?"

"I'll know if I go to a party organized spontaneously around."

Yahan thought for a moment: "...... You're sullen. ”

The two women then laughed on the bed.

The winter rain in Paris is dashing underground, more cold than the heavy rain or blizzard weather, as if to immerse itself in the bones, Li Ruolin only opened the video record store at noon, the store is completely elegant and vulgar to appreciate the pattern, there are the latest blockbuster DVD discs, there are also a large number of vinyl discs that were popular in the first half of the last century, and now only collectors or music enthusiasts will collect.

Although Li Ruolin's family background may not be as good as Yahan, she is also a rich man and is not short of money, and she opened a store purely out of interest to pass the time. Looking out from the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can immediately compare how bleak the sky outside is, how warm the store is, and how happy it is to be able to enjoy your favorite music in such a warm world.

In addition to Li Ruolin in the store, also invited a Chinese girl nearby to help, Li Ruolin called her Xiaotang, ten ** years old, delicate, dressed up, probably Chinese who grew up in France, Chinese is not very standard, but after listening to Lin Ruolin introduced Yahan, a bite of "Sister Yahan" is indeed very likeable, after lunch, Li Ruolin handed the store to Xiaotang, accompanied Yahan to hold an umbrella to visit some Chinese known nearby.

In this way, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon when they came out of other people's homes, the two held an umbrella together, and walked back along the road affectionately, this time they deliberately detoured the road, and when they approached a certain corner of the road, they mentioned Li Ruolin's parents, and the couple Yahan naturally knew each other, calling their uncles and aunts since childhood, and died in a car accident in France a few years ago, and they were buried in a cemetery not far away.

Unlike many other cities, many of Paris' cemeteries are located in the city, and the cemeteries of famous people become tourist attractions. The cemetery in front is naturally not so lively, it is located between the residential area and the commercial area, the steel fence is enclosed, the blue sky looks quiet and solemn, the two went in to worship, standing in front of the rain-soaked tombstone, Li Ruolin laughed softly: "Buy some oranges tomorrow, they have always liked to eat, but it is not the kind of cut, it has to be peeled by hand, how to call it in China?" ”

"Ponkan?"

"That's right, ponkan, cut mandarin...... There are a lot of navel oranges sold here, but they are also more difficult to peel......"

Li Ruolin sighed, looked at her parents' tombstones, and chattered about the classification of oranges, although it was winter, there were still a few weeds growing tenaciously from the ground, she squatted down and pulled it out, and when she stood up, she looked at her companions with some doubts: "Yahan? ”

"Look at that person, it's so strange......"

"Huh?"

Following Yahan's finger, Li Ruolin looked over there.

The light rain was still falling, and in front of a grave more than ten meters away from them, an oriental man was squatting there, looking like an ordinary tomb sweeper, just like Li Ruolin's action of pulling weeds from the cemetery just now, but when you look closely, you will find that because his movements are too focused, there is a strange sense of disobedience, this person ...... I'm really cleaning the grave seriously.

In any case, he squatted there, he was too concentrated, he was holding dish soap in one hand and a rag in the other, vigorously cleaning the tombstone and the marble slab that should be engraved with the inscription, the rain fell, and he didn't have an umbrella, just let the light rain drench, his hair was completely soaked, and water droplets kept falling on the side of his face, and the clothes on his body were hard to be spared. Just doing their own thing.

Although the tombstones in the cemetery have been washed by the rain and do not look dirty, after the man's careful cleaning, the cemetery in front of him has not been unusually clean in a short time, and it is completely clear from the crowd.

"It can't be the cemetery staff or something......

"It shouldn't be ......"

"Who sweeps the grave like this......"

The two women stood like that, muttering a few words, Li Ruolin occasionally turned her head to look at Yahan, only to see Yahan looking at the man's movements, looking thoughtful. After a while, the man finished cleaning, squatted for a few seconds, then picked up his cleaning tools and turned to leave, and the two passed by the cemetery, and took a look, and there was a picture of a beautiful white woman on the tombstone, and her name was underneath: Natalie? Annes.

Other than that, it's a blank slate.

"He must love her very much......"

"What? Attracted to the man just now? It's not very handsome. Li Ruolin smiled softly, "However, there is strength and subtlety, it is really suitable for you who are sullen, it seems that he is an Oriental, I will inquire, maybe ......"

"What the hell I just think ......" she thought for a moment, "I just think ......"

She couldn't tell what she felt, and she didn't even see the other party's appearance clearly, but only the pair of focused eyes between the rain-soaked hair were engraved in her memory like an imprint at the moment, as if she could see it again when she turned around, maybe in that kind of eyes, only the woman in the grave was the only existence.

Anyway, it touched her a little.

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