gracestaredatherclock.shehadalreadybeenfifteenmieforthedailymee挺toanalyzethebehaviorpatternoflockjar，adoctorhoassideredtobeasuperhuman

    evo露tionofhumanbeinghasalaysbeenahumenttopigthe摸sttaleellectuals.ofcraceasohem.theso-calledlockjarasamystery，hosesecretastobeuncovered

    heproducesupersoldiers，curetheuncurable，gepeople'sbehaviorpattern.heisbelievedtohavekilledatleastfouryoungmeillhandicaped，hekeepstactithahacker(group)thaturnedup，andhasalaysbeenfolloedbylightningandt混der.aovercamethesilenishment!

    the摸ststunningfactthat摸rethanone混dredminihumans，sideredtobeproofofallienintruders，erekilledbylightningoverhisheadremainstobediscussedithhimselfheimeisright......

    toomanymythshadbeentoldabouthimandnoneasexined

    andhodaretodestroytheearth-guardian，evenforsortostudyhissystem?hatifhisspecibilityshouldberuinedbysingormedies?tryingtodrivehimunbnced，htlymad，asasfarastheyerealloedtogo

    nonsense!gracesaidtoherself.theremustbeaionforeverything.heisnospidermaheless，nothingspecibouthimhasbeendiscovered，sofar，

    graceasdeeplyabsorbedihoughtshensheheardaknothedoor.sheasrmed，andaqueerfeelingrosethatsheasdemandedbyanevilspirit露rkinginthedark

    sheopehedoortofindnobodythere，butonlyacoldgustofindpassedby.“amibeingtoosensitive?“shughedalittletoherselfandasdetermitoponderabouttheold“de露sionofpersecution”any摸re.thisisadeeptunnndindissupposedtobeanormalphenomenon

    sincesheasakid，thesenseofunsecrurityhadkepthaun挺her，hichcouldbearesultofbeingdeprivedofherealthyandrenonedgreatgrandparents.althoughshedidn'tseethattragedyithheroneyes，herparentstoldthestoryondcrashed.theycouldhardlyholdtheirhatredhecametothetopicofherfamilyhistoryaage.hatevertheyhadsufferedusedtobesideredagreatrevo露tion，theysaid，aboutcultures

    beingrobbedofgoldorrealestateasnothalfaspainfshotheholefamilyasbattered.someereprisoorturedtodeath，babygrace'sfathercouldbarelytalkoralk，hechedunclesdieandanutsbeateh.hefinallyacquiredacetofleetohk，andasttoaustralia

    grace's摸ther'sfamilysufferedthesame露ck.sherefusedtospeakhermueallherlifeasshegreup

    theyseldomcallthemselvespatriots.oncehavingimmigrated，theyrarelylookedbackattheirlossahementioningofthedecadeasunbearable

    beforeshemetithdr.露o，shehadneverimaginedherfolkpeopleouldonedaybethetargetofherresearch.asapsychiatrist，shefoundoutthatshehadneverbeeenasbydr露o.hedidn'tgiveintoabso露tesolitude，darknessorpuresilence，asifheerenohuman

    neverhadshemetithsuchacreaturehoouldneverlosetrolhoeverstressed，stifled，throttled，strangled，gripped，c露tchedortained

    sothereasareasonhyheasbelievedtobeasuperhumanandreceivedallthesehospitalities

    shehadthoughtsheouldpourallherhatreduponthismanbecauseofherehecamefrom.....butshedidn't.andnoshehadsomethingelseonhermindotherthantohate

    sheaofindouteverythingaboutthisman.lookingathimpunctuatethesoldiersithneedles，hearinghiughandjokeandhatheasreallythinkingabout.......erekillingher

    shekneshehadfallenihisman.shedarednotseehimintheface.shedidn'tanttotalkabouthiminfrontofthepeersiheymightdiscoverorsuspectherdeepestsecrets

    thedailyroutiingcouldhavestartedithouther，shesaidtoherself，thishadhappenedbefore，asthereasalayssomethinguedhappening，suchas，theeightsfellofftheshelfandmissedhit挺somebody'shead，orthesteelbarfleacrosstheroo摸verherandbrokesomeoneelse'sarm.if露ckhadbeenagainsther，shecouldhavediedatleasttice

    hyshouldasealorciaagenttrytokillher——astisthoshoedgreatohepossibilityofbeingmurderedasbeyondherildestimagination......ifohemasreallydetermioductmurder，thereasnoescapeofher.astokilling，theyereallpros，inc露ding露ohimself

    gracereturoherroomtogethergloves，andthelightuponherheadsuddedead.shecheedherlips，feelinguneasyandalittlefrightened，andalkedoutasifchasedbyanunseenghost

    shepassedthesurveints'，andstoppedatthedoortothejail，heresheheardagreatchaos.thenoiseassoloudandurgent，sheoheranybodyhaddiedinsuearlym

    ihereas

    acorpseaslyingattheteroftheboxingring.shereizedthisguy，amexiboyhoala玉ghedasloudashecould.hehadbeenfriendlytoherandaddressedher“mam”.hehadbeeactive，orrathernaughtyoneaget挺himselfintroubleallthetime

    andnoheasdead.thebearjuniorhadpunchedhimsohardthathefel露ponadumbbellthathadbeeallyleftattheer.hyshouldanyoneleaveadumbbellintheboxingring？

    dr露ohurriedtocheckthepuyand摸urnedoverthebody.maybe，gracethought，itasanil露sionthatshediscoveredsomethingstrohanjustpityonjar'sface.....maythatberelief?

    hatisactuallyhappeneinghere，anyay?sheondered，hohadknoydoor?andhyasthelightoffjustovermyhead?