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1、CovertOne1-TheHadesFactorCovertOne1-TheHadesFactorCovertOne1-TheHadesFactorPROLOGUE___________________7:14P.M.,Friday,October10Boston,MassachusettsMarioDublinstumbledalongthebusydowntownstreet,adollarbillclutchedinhisshakinghand.Withtheintensepurposeofamanwhoknewexactlywherehew
2、asgoing,thehomelessderelictswayedashewalkedandslappedathisheadwiththehandthatwasnotclutchingthedollar.Hereeledinsideacut-ratedrugstorewithdiscountsignsplasteredacrossbothfrontwindows.Trembling,heshovedthedollaracrossthecountertotheclerk.“Advil.Aspirinkillsmystomach.IneedAdvil.”
3、Theclerkcurledhislipattheunshavedmanintheraggedremnantsofanarmyuniform.Still,businesswasbusiness.HereachedbacktoashelfofanalgesicsandheldoutthesmallestboxofAdvil.“You'dbetterhavethreemoredollarstogowiththatone.”Dublindroppedthesinglebillontothecounterandreachedforthebox.Thecler
4、kpulleditback.“Youheardme,buddy.Threemorebucks.Noticky,noshirty.”“On'ygotadollar...myhead'sbreakin'open.”Withamazingspeed,Dublinlurchedacrossthecounterandgrabbedthesmallbox.Theclerktriedtopullitback,butDublinhungon.Theystruggled,knockingoverajarofcandybarsandcrashingadisplayofv
5、itaminstothefloor.“Letitgo,Eddie!”thepharmacistshoutedfromtherear.Hereachedforthetelephone.“Lethimhaveit!”Asthepharmacistdialed,theclerkletgo.Frantic,Dublintoreatthesealedcardboard,fumbledwiththesafetycap,anddumpedthetabletsintohishand.Someflewacrossthefloor.Heshovedthetabletsi
6、ntohismouth,chokedashetriedtoswallowallatonce,andslumpedtothefloor,weakfrompain.Hepressedtheheelsofhishandstohistemplesandsobbed.Momentslaterapatrolcarpulledupoutsidetheshop.Thepharmacistwavedthepolicementocomeinside.HepointedtoMarioDublincurleduponthefloorandshouted,“Getthatst
7、inkingbumoutofhere!Lookwhathedidtomyplace.Iintendtopresschargesofassaultandrobbery!”Thepolicemenpulledouttheirnightsticks.Theynotedtheminordamageandthestrewnpills,buttheysmelledalcohol,too.TheyoungeroneheavedDublinuptohisfeet.“Okay,Mario,let'stakearide.”ThesecondpatrolmantookDu
8、blin'sotherarm.Theywalkedtheunresistingdrunkouttotheir