Luo Ji looked at him blankly. Kent seemed to be wearing the same rubber mask as Shi. He was unreadable.

羅輯茫然地看著坎特，后者也像是戴著和大史一樣的橡皮面具，什么都看不出來。

“If there’s nothing else, then I’ll be going. Rest well. Call for me at any time,” Kent said, and then started to leave. Just as he stepped through the door, Luo Ji called for him to stop.

“如果沒有別的事，我走了，您好好休息吧，可以隨時叫我的?！笨蔡卣f，然后轉(zhuǎn)身走去，剛走到門口，羅輯就叫住了他。

“I want to see the secretary general.”

“我要見聯(lián)合國秘書長?！?/p>

“The Planetary Defense Council is the specific agency in charge of the direction and execution of the Wallfacer Project. The supreme leader is the PDC’s rotating chair. The UN secretary general exercises no direct leadership over the PDC.”

“面壁計劃的具體指揮和執(zhí)行機構(gòu)是行星防御理事會，最高領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人是PDC輪值主席，聯(lián)合國秘書長對PDC沒有直接的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)關(guān)系?！?/p>

Luo Ji thought this over. “I’d still like to see the secretary general. I ought to have that power.”

羅輯想了想說：“我還是見秘書長吧，我應(yīng)該有這個權(quán)利。”

“Very well. Wait one moment.” Kent left the room, but soon returned and said, “The secretary general is waiting for you in her office. Shall we be off, then?”

“好的，請等一下?！笨蔡剞D(zhuǎn)身走出病房，很快回來了，他說，“秘書長在辦公室等您，我們這就動身嗎？”

All along the way to the secretary general’s office on the thirty-fourth floor of the Secretariat Building, Luo Ji remained under security so tight he was practically shut up in a movable safe. The office was smaller than he had imagined, and simply furnished, with a fair bit of space taken up by a UN flag standing behind the desk. Say came around the desk to welcome him.

聯(lián)合國秘書長的辦公室在秘書處大樓的三十四層，羅輯一路上仍處于嚴密的保護下，簡直像被裝在一個活動的保險箱中。辦公室比他想象的要小，也很簡樸，辦公桌后面豎立著的聯(lián)合國旗幟占了很大空間，薩伊從辦公桌后走出來迎接羅輯。

“Dr. Luo, I’d wanted to visit you in the hospital yesterday, but you see…” She gestured to the pile of papers on the desk, whose only personal touch was a finely crafted bamboo pencil holder.

“羅輯博士，我本來昨天就打算到醫(yī)院去看您的，可您看……”她指了指堆滿文件的辦公桌，那里唯一能顯示女主人個人特點的東西僅是一只精致的竹制筆筒。

“Ms. Say, I have come to reiterate the statement I made to you at the close of the meeting,” he said.

“薩伊女士，我是來重申我會議結(jié)束后對您的聲明的。”羅輯說。

Say nodded but said nothing.

薩伊點點頭，沒有說話。

“I want to go home. If I am in danger, please notify the New York Police Department and have them be responsible for my safety. I am just an ordinary citizen. I don’t need PDC protection.”

“我要回國，如果現(xiàn)在我面臨危險的話，請代我向紐約警察局報案，由他們負責我的安全，我只是一個普通公民，不需要PDC來保護我?！?/p>

Say nodded again. “That certainly can be done, but I advise you to accept your current protection, because it is more specialized and reliable than the NYPD.”

薩伊又點點頭，“這當然可以做到，不過我還是建議您接受現(xiàn)在的保護，因為比起紐約警方來，這種保護更專業(yè)更可靠一些。”

“Please answer me honestly. Am I still a Wallfacer?”

“請您誠實地回答我：我現(xiàn)在還是面壁者嗎？”

Say returned to her desk. Standing beside the UN flag, she smiled slightly at Luo Ji. “What do you think?” Then she motioned for him to take a seat on the sofa.

薩伊回到辦公桌后面，站在聯(lián)合國旗幟下，對羅輯露出微笑：“您認為呢？”同時，她對著沙發(fā)做著手勢請羅輯坐下。

The slight smile on Say’s face was familiar. He had seen the same smile on the face of the young assailant, and in the future he would see it in the eyes and on the face of everyone he met. The smile would come to be called “the Wallfacer smile,” and it would be as famous as the smile of the Mona Lisa or the grin of the Cheshire cat. Say’s smile calmed him down at last, the first time he had been truly calm since before she had stood on the rostrum and announced to the world that he was a Wallfacer. He sat slowly down on the sofa, and by the time he got situated, he understood everything.

羅輯發(fā)現(xiàn)，薩伊臉上的微笑很熟悉，這種微笑他在那個年輕的兇手臉上也見過，以后，他也將會在每一個面對他的人的臉上和目光中看到。這微笑后來被稱為“對面壁者的笑”，它將與蒙娜麗莎的微笑和柴郡貓的露齒笑一樣著名。薩伊的微笑終于讓羅輯冷靜下來，這是自她在特別聯(lián)大主席臺上對全世界宣布他成為面壁者以來，他第一次真正的冷靜。他在沙發(fā)上緩緩地坐下，剛剛坐穩(wěn)，就明白了一切。

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specific：

adj.具體的;特定的;明確的;特有的;獨特的

n.特性;細節(jié);特效藥;顯著的性質(zhì)

execution： n.（尤指遺囑的）執(zhí)行;執(zhí)行;實施;處決;實行;(藝術(shù)品的)制作;表演;(樂曲的)演奏

supreme：

adj.（級別或地位）最高的，至高無上的;最重要的，決定性的;

n.地位（或權(quán)力、權(quán)威）最高的人;至高無上，極度;

rotating chair： 輪值主席

exercise：

n.行使;運動;鍛煉;練習;(身體或腦力的)活動;（士兵的）操練，演習，演練;習題;典禮;訓練活動;(保持健康或培養(yǎng)技能的)一套動作

v.行使;鍛煉(身體某部位);訓練;使用;運用;操練;使焦慮

secretariat： n.(大型國際組織、政治組織的)秘書處，書記處

furnish： vt.向(某人 / 某事物)供應(yīng)，提供;布置家具

fair：

adj.公平的;(按法律、規(guī)定)平等待人的，秉公辦事的，公正的;合理的;適當?shù)?美麗的;恰當?shù)?晴朗的;(數(shù)量、大小)相當大的【quite large】;淺色的;順風的;相當好的

adv.公正地;公平合理地;按照規(guī)則

n.(評比農(nóng)畜產(chǎn)品的)集市;展銷會;商品交易會;露天游樂場;職業(yè)介紹會;（舊時）牲畜市場

vi.（飛機）裝配平整;使（飛機接合部）平滑轉(zhuǎn)晴;（動作）銜接協(xié)調(diào);（卡通制作）順利接合

bit：比特，二進制位，位元;一點，稍微;刀頭，鉆頭;一部分，（事物的）某一方面;小量，小塊;嚼子，銜鐵;稍頃，短距離;

v.給（馬）上嚼子;制約，抑制

adj.小的，微不足道的

touch：

v.觸摸;接觸;移動;觸及;感動;碰到;影響;與…有關(guān);達到（某一水平等）;吃;打(人);使受傷;（在臉上）閃現(xiàn)，掠過;與…媲美

n.觸摸;碰;觸;觸覺;觸感;輕微;修飾【a way or style of doing sth】;一點兒;作風;邊線以外的區(qū)域

craft：

n.工藝;手藝;技藝;飛行器;技巧;技能;小船;詭計;手腕;騙術(shù)

vt.(尤指用手工)精心制作

reiterate： v.重申;反復(fù)地說

specialize： vi.專門從事;專門研究(或從事);專攻

motion：

n.運動;動議;移動;(為傳遞信息用手或頭做的)動作;動;提議;通便

v.(以頭或手)做動作，示意

come to： （形勢）成為…，變?yōu)椤?/p>

rostrum： n.講壇;主席臺;指揮臺;領(lǐng)獎臺

situate：

vt.使位于;使坐落于;使聯(lián)系;將…置于

adj.同“situated”

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