樂高幻影忍者官方小說(shuō)

作者: Tommy Andreasen

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譯者：醉酒異客

若有翻譯不準(zhǔn)處請(qǐng)?jiān)谠u(píng)論區(qū)糾正

在等她的時(shí)候，我用我的元素力量為寇做了一尊雕像，他已經(jīng)離開了兩天了。這沒費(fèi)我什么精力，畢竟我們的交往很深，在我的易存取存儲(chǔ)器里就有大量關(guān)于他的記憶。我望著這尊逼真的冰雕陷入了沉思，今天氣溫很高，很快它就會(huì)融化的，我真不該造這東西。我的情緒突然變得低落，兩天的時(shí)間并不長(zhǎng)，卻很令人擔(dān)憂，他留給我們的紙條里幾乎什么也沒寫。 她很快就會(huì)來(lái)了，她從不遲到。我又抬頭望向天空中那座飄浮著的島嶼，這是不符合邏輯的。我一直在研究島嶼飄浮的原因，卻無(wú)法找到合理的解釋，即使在我的系統(tǒng)更新之后也是這樣。如果琵克莎還在的話，不知道她能不能對(duì)我有所幫助呢？或許，世界上總有些事是無(wú)法用邏輯解釋的吧，比如我的元素力量。我想不起來(lái)我是怎么獲得力量的－－當(dāng)然，這也不合理。這些事情就這么發(fā)生了而已。 遠(yuǎn)方，有輛車正向我疾馳而來(lái)，它的后面全是揚(yáng)起的塵土。我認(rèn)出那是克萊爾的車，這讓我的心情好轉(zhuǎn)了一點(diǎn)，她總是很令人愉快。而且，從外人的視角來(lái)看待我的困難會(huì)對(duì)我有所幫助。 “嗨，贊！天氣真熱，不是嗎？”克萊爾看了一眼我那尊站在積水中的雕像。它已經(jīng)不太像寇了，但她并沒有對(duì)此做出評(píng)價(jià)。 “你準(zhǔn)備好干點(diǎn)家務(wù)活了嗎？反正我準(zhǔn)備好啦！” 克萊爾真的很喜歡來(lái)這里。她的工作只不過是負(fù)責(zé)對(duì)寺廟做一些簡(jiǎn)單的清理和維修，但她總是充滿熱情?？巳R爾與這座寺廟有些淵源，之前鬧鬼寺還是個(gè)熱門景點(diǎn)的時(shí)候，她父親就是這里的看守，但他干得不怎么樣。克萊爾曾告訴我，她父親非常膽小，而且對(duì)那些鬧鬼的故事深信不疑。他平時(shí)只敢在寺廟周圍活動(dòng)，甚至連靠近都不敢靠近。這也是鬧鬼寺一直如此破敗的原因。 克萊爾與父親正好相反，她幾乎什么都不怕。過去，她經(jīng)常偷偷溜進(jìn)鬧鬼寺，并在那些錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的樓梯間、走廊上和房間里探險(xiǎn)，我認(rèn)為她可能比我們更了解這座寺廟。今天，她看上去格外興奮。 “能帶我去寺廟里面干活嗎？求你啦求你啦求你啦！??！” 我知道她會(huì)這么說(shuō)的，但我還是有些顧慮。過去幾個(gè)月里，召喚元素巨龍變得越來(lái)越困難，得比以往加倍集中精神才行。不光我這么想，大家都有這種感受。經(jīng)過分析，我認(rèn)為這與吳大師的消失有關(guān)，但我不知道這兩者之間有怎樣的關(guān)聯(lián)。或許，這也是一件邏輯解釋不了的事吧。 “沒問題，克萊爾。寺廟確實(shí)需要清掃一下了?！蔽衣犚娢易约赫f(shuō)道。但這種做法可能會(huì)毫無(wú)必要地威脅到他人的性命，是違背我的準(zhǔn)則的。我必須竭盡全力保證她的安全才行。 飛往寺廟的路上，我盡量集中精神控制住巨龍以防它突然消失，但還是無(wú)法不注意到克萊爾那毫無(wú)遮掩的激動(dòng)，我很難不被她那發(fā)自內(nèi)心的純粹喜悅所感染。我們每個(gè)人肩上都抗著沉重的義務(wù)與責(zé)任，而克萊爾的人生中永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)有這些負(fù)擔(dān)。我突然發(fā)現(xiàn)，我是多么地向往這種平靜的生活，也是多么地嫉妒她能擁有這種權(quán)利?。★w到島上之后，我開始和克萊爾一起清掃庭院－－與她在一起的時(shí)間總是很愉快。美紗子正在池塘邊喂魚，克萊爾興奮地向她揮手打招呼。 美紗子撂下魚食，給了克萊爾一個(gè)熱情的擁抱?？巳R爾在島上一刻也沒閑著，鬧鬼寺的一切對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō)都充滿吸引力，在它能懸浮在空中之后更是如此。不過，我覺得寺廟不再鬧鬼這件事可能令她有點(diǎn)失望，她也經(jīng)常笑著向我們講述那些幽靈是如何把她爸嚇破膽的。如今，這里再也不會(huì)有鬼了，讓他過來(lái)幫忙打理打理應(yīng)該問題不大，除非他還恐高。顧人替我們照看寺廟是勞埃德的主意，我們需要全身心投入去尋找吳大師，沒法在這兒待很久。估計(jì)杰得再找個(gè)搭檔了，也許美紗子能頂替寇的位置。 “看在沃杰拉的份兒上，這地方簡(jiǎn)直太棒了！不到一年之前它還是一團(tuán)糟呢－－當(dāng)然那個(gè)時(shí)候它也超級(jí)酷！可瞧瞧現(xiàn)在吧！我記得這兒以前總是有抓不完的小偷，現(xiàn)在你們都讓它飛起來(lái)了，肯定不會(huì)再有這個(gè)問題啦！” 美紗子咯咯地笑了。“當(dāng)然了！更何況還有全世界最出色的忍者和他們的元素神龍看守著它呢！” 我們沒有告訴美紗子我們召喚神龍的能力正在衰退，吳大師的消失對(duì)她的打擊已經(jīng)夠大了。她和我們一樣迫切地想找到他。我能感覺到她心中如刀割一般的痛苦，盡管她很少表露出來(lái)。她在基地和賞賜號(hào)所有的墻上都掛上了照片－－不光有吳大師的，還有我們幾個(gè)和別的朋友們的，我以前從未在她身上看到過這種行為。失去親人的痛苦會(huì)讓人更加珍惜過去的美好時(shí)光，這點(diǎn)是能用邏輯解釋的，我知道。 “跟我來(lái)！”賈拉漢對(duì)我說(shuō)。他用眼睛監(jiān)視著大街，以確保我們沒被跟蹤。我真不愿意這么對(duì)待塞莉爾，但我必須得這么做，畢竟這就是楊讓我來(lái)這里的原因。于是，我決定先拋開心里的愧疚，跟上賈拉漢。 我們兩個(gè)潛行到了鎮(zhèn)上最高的樓前，并用飛天旋轉(zhuǎn)術(shù)登上了樓頂。賈拉漢清走了一些木板，露出了一間密室的入口。 “沒人知道這間屋子，我也是跟著線索才發(fā)現(xiàn)它的。”他的聲音很緊張?！案疫M(jìn)來(lái)?！?我額頭的熒光照亮了漆黑的密室內(nèi)部－－這時(shí)我明白賈拉漢為什么將它保密了。屋子里到處都是華麗的藝術(shù)品、花瓶、武器、圣像和畫。 “這都是源自江戶時(shí)代的東西?！辟Z拉漢望著我的眼睛說(shuō)道。我仔細(xì)地檢查著這些珍貴的古物，卻找不出一處損壞的地方。真不敢相信！它們被遺忘在這里，經(jīng)歷了漫長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的洗禮后，依然如此光鮮亮麗?！八鼈兒玩?zhèn)上新添的房子一樣，都來(lái)自那些遙遠(yuǎn)的村莊。沒有人知道它們?cè)?jīng)的主人是誰(shuí)，也沒有人知道他們身上發(fā)生了什么，為什么把這些東西扔在這。沒有人知道！”賈拉漢困難地咽了一口唾沫，繼續(xù)說(shuō)道，“事還沒完呢！這個(gè)屋里除了這些江戶時(shí)代的古物之外，還有別的東西。大概產(chǎn)自幾年前，當(dāng)時(shí)我還是個(gè)幽靈?！闭f(shuō)完，他指向屋子的一個(gè)角落。那里，在我傷疤熒光的沐浴中，我看見了一幅楊大師的畫像。

另附原文：

I play around with my powers while I wait and make a sculpture of Cole. It is effortless. I have years of interactions with him stored in my easy access memory banks. He has been gone for two days now. I look at the refractions in his shape. It is a hot day and he will be gone soon. I should not have made that. I detect my emotion readout decline. Two days are not a long time but the circumstances of his departure troubles me. The note he left behind was most perplexing.

She will be here soon. She is always punctual. I look up at the floating island in the sky. That does not compute. I have run countless scenarios but none of them make logical sense. Even with my recent upgrades the numbers just don't add up. I wonder if I would be able to get it right if P.I.X.A.L. was still in my head. I conclude that some factors in this world must be outside the grasp of logic. Like my own power. I have vague memories of how I got them, but there is no logic I can make of that either. Just that it happened.

I see dust in the distance from a car approaching. It lifts my emotion readout a bit. Claire is good to have around. It is nice with an outside perspective on things sometimes.

"Hi Zane! Hot day isn't it?" Claire looks over at the puddle under the unshapely ice block which recently resembled Cole, but she does not comment on it.

"Ready for a bit of housekeeping? I know I am!"

Claire seems to love coming here. Even though her job is the mundane one of cleaning the temple and doing small repairs, she always seems so joyous. She has a history with the temple. Back when it was still haunted by the ghost of Sensei Yang, her father was the caretaker. It had become a tourist attraction back then. He did not do a very good job. Claire has told me that he fully believed in the stories about it being haunted, and he was deathly afraid of it. That is the reason the temple was in such disrepair back then. He would not go near it and mostly tended to the grounds around it.

Claire on the other hand is not afraid of anything. She often made her way inside to explore the staircases, studies, corridors, dojo, atelier, and such I suspect she knows the interior lay-out better than we do. She seems very eager today.

"Can we do a sweep of the Temple?!?! Please!!!!"

I was expecting her to say that. I am not comfortable with it. Summoning my elemental dragon has become increasingly difficult these past few months. It takes a much higher level of concentration now. The others have felt it too. I've run simulations on the scenario that it has something to do with Master Wu going missing, but the feedback offers no explanation. Maybe it is another one of those things that cannot be defined within the parameters of logic.

I find myself saying "Yes Claire. A sweep could prove most satisfactory." It contradicts my coding to endanger another being unnecessarily. I shall strain myself to make it safe.

It is very interesting to observe Claire as we take to the skies on my Ice dragon. I focus on the dragon, but it is hard to ignore the pure and unhinged joy she expresses. Our lives have become lives of duty and responsibility. Claire is not burdened by that. I admire and envy her. I find myself enjoying the few sweeps of the temple while Claire waves enthusiastically at Misako feeding the koi in the pond.

As we set down Claire wastes no time. She loves that temple, and the fact that it is now floating and in pristine condition is just another plus for her. She seems to be a bit disappointed that it is no longer haunted though. She chuckles as she talks about how that was the thing that made his father keep his distance. Now that it's not haunted, keeping the grounds shouldn't be a problem for him. Except he is also afraid of heights. It was Lloyd's idea to get some help to take care of the temple. We need to stay focused on our search for Wu. We will soon be leaving again. I guess Jay will need a new search partner. Misako perhaps. She greets Claire with a warm hug.

"Great Wohira this place looks great! Less than a year ago it was a complete mess. An AWESOME complete mess, but look at it now! Dad had his hands

full keeping looters away, but with this whole airborne thing you guys've got going I guess you don't have that problem anymore!"

Misako chuckles. "Not at all. Having the best Ninja in all the land and some elemental dragons around also helps!"

We have not told Misako about our fading ability to summon our dragons. The loss of Master Wu has taken its toll on her. She is as driven as any of us to find him. She puts up a brave face, but I can feel her pain. She pins up photos everywhere. Not just of him but also us, our friends and those we care about. Even on the Bounty. I have not observed such behaviour in her before. With loss comes reflection and appreciation of the good things in your past. My processors have no problem finding the logic in that.

"Follow my lead!" Jerahn tells me as his eyes scan over the street, making sure we are unseen. I do not like doing this, betraying Seliel's hospitality. But after all, this is the reason why Yang sent me here, so I hide away my guilt for later.

He scans the street to make sure the coast is clear, and then he Airjitzus to the roof of one of the tallest buildings. I follow. When I join him, he is already removing some wooden boards from the side of the wall.

"I did not come by this place by chance. I was following a lead." His voice is intense. "Come inside. No one knows this room exists."

It is dark inside. Only the light of the rift on my head illuminates the room. I see that Jerahn has a reason to be secretive. The place is filled with ornate artefacts, vases, weapons, idols and paintings. He turns to me and looks me straight in the eyes.

All this stuff is authentic Edo period. "Those villages where the building materials and this stuff comes from. They were old but they were in fine shape. They were abandoned. No one knows why, when and what happened to the people who lived there. They just left or were taken. No one knows!" Jerahn swallows hard. "And that's not all. There is not only stuff here from those towns. There is something else. Something made years ago. Back when I was still a ghost." He points to the corner of the room. And there, bathed in the light of my rift is a portrait of Master Yang.