灵魂的专利

灵魂的专利

今年的经济急转直下，连带害我在六月份时丢了工作。

七八月过去了，我还找不到工作，而存款也慢慢到了尽头。

九十月过去了，我到了快餐店打工，但存款始终多不起来，总是持平。

十一月，我才想起下个月圣诞节就要到了，到时候刑兹华的十万块可以让我的经济情况稍微好转一点。

十二月，平安夜。

我跟前两年一样，开车到了刑兹华家，门口站着吴轩，还有那台小货车，却不见刑兹华。

我先跟吴轩打了个招呼，然后想去看看这次货车后面有什么，吴轩却说：“我刚刚看过了，货车后面什么都没有。”

“没东西？那刑兹华人呢？”

“不知道，我也在等他出来。”

站在外面看，一二楼都是黑的，只有三楼的灯是亮的。我先去按了一下门铃，没回应。我又发狂似的按了十几下，仍是一样。我拿出手机打电话进去，却一直没人接听。

吴轩看到我徒劳无功的努力后，他说：“够了吧？你刚做的这些事我也都做过了，我看我干脆直接开门进去好了，怎么样？”

妈的，都差点忘了吴轩是个小偷。

我让出门口的位置给吴轩，他没两下就把门锁打开了。

一楼是厨房跟客厅，没有看到刑兹华。

“他应该在三楼吧。”吴轩往楼梯上走去。

二楼则是书房跟一个起居室，而在这里已经可以听到三楼似乎有什么东西正在运作的声音，那声音呼呼地响着，像是一种机器的声音。

我跟吴轩一起上了三楼，看到了一幕我这辈子见过的最诡异的画面。

十三个人一起躺在某种机器的上面，每个人都双眼直视天花板，除了偶尔眨一下眼之外，他们没有任何动作。而刑兹华就坐在他们的对面，他原本双手抱头埋在两腿膝盖之间，一注意到我们上来了，便把头抬起来，朝我们惨然一笑：“我失败了。”

“失败了？”我不解地指着那十三个人，“他们不是变成活人了吗？怎么会失败了？”

“我一开始以为，只要让他们的心脏开始跳动，就算成功了，但是我将他们的心脏启动以后，他们就一直这样……连动都不会动，他们白天就只是躺在那边，晚上会自动入睡，因为他们体内的生理时钟告知他们要睡了……然后白天醒来，又是这个样子，他们就像是一具机器，一具肉做的机器。”

我跟吴轩互视一眼，决定让刑兹华继续说下去。

“他们没有灵魂，只是机器而已，他们没有办法思考、不拥有感情，他们只知道呼吸、睡觉。我犯了一个很大的错误，那就是我没有办法创造灵魂，任何肉体没有了灵魂，就算还活着，也只是跟他们一样，变成机器而已……”

我知道刑兹华在说什么，他没有办法给这些活着的肉体灌予灵魂。他让这些肉体的心脏跳动，他们活着，却没有灵魂。

只是一具会依照生理时钟睡觉清醒的机器。鬼故事

给予万物灵魂，只有上帝才有可能做到这一点。

“我不是上帝。”刑兹华摇了摇头，“我不该这么做的。”

“那又如何？”吴轩说：“你还是得让我们工作吧？”

“嗄？”我惊讶地看着吴轩，但是吴轩的态度却相当坚定，他继续说：“合约上说，期限是三年，雇佣双方都一样，我们三年内离职，必须负责并赔偿。但你三年内若解雇我们，也必须负责，就是给我们一笔钱。”

我很惊讶吴轩竟然还记得合约上的事情，我正担心这次拿不到钱该怎么办呢。刑兹华也很惊讶：“想不到你还记得这个啊，……我果然没选错人，不过没用了，你们回去吧，明天薪水一样会汇到你们银行户头里。”

吴轩点点头，转身往楼下走，在他眼中，似乎只有工作跟薪水而已，其他的什么都不重要。

我看了躺在机器上的那十三个人最后一眼。心思复杂。

那十三个人是活着的，但是没有灵魂，他们或许有意识，他们可能知道自己活着、躺着，但是他们不会去想着要起来或是做其他事情。

因为他们没有灵魂，就只是少了这样东西而已。

我到楼下时，吴轩已经开车走了。

我叹口气，也坐上了自己的车。

尾声

烧焦的房屋外，一个娃娃脸刑警看着报告。

起火点在屋内，在里面发现了十四具尸体。

其中十三具尸体整齐地躺在一起，另一具尸体则在不远处被发现，身体蜷曲成一团，多诡异的现场啊。

犯人就是那具不一致的尸体吧，其他十三个人是被害者……十三个人，好耳熟。

喔，今天是圣诞节不是吗？

娃娃脸刑警看了一下屋子，拿出行事历看了一下。

然后带着淡淡的失望，阖上了。

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