樂(lè)高幻影忍者官方小說(shuō)

作者: Tommy Andreasen

原文與圖片來(lái)自ninjago wiki

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

去市政廳的沿途到處都是正在施工的江戶建筑，塔樓上古老的金屬紋飾在落日的余暉中閃閃發(fā)光，工匠們叮叮當(dāng)當(dāng)?shù)那脫袈暢涑庵蠼中∠?。這聲音好像是在釘棺材板一樣，讓我越來(lái)越不舒服。 我走進(jìn)了市政廳，賈拉漢、塞莉爾和她父親已經(jīng)在那里等我了。鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)彬彬有禮地向我問(wèn)好，并又一次就黑暗機(jī)械忍者襲擊事件表達(dá)了誠(chéng)摯的謝意，盡管如此，我依然能夠感覺(jué)到這里的緊張氣氛。賈拉漢不安地扭動(dòng)著身子；塞莉爾板著臉坐在那里；鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)對(duì)我的情況顯然也有所耳聞，雖然我不知道他們都給他說(shuō)了多少；我頭上傷疤也已經(jīng)夠詭異的了。我已經(jīng)想好了該給他們說(shuō)些什么，但我還沒(méi)想好該怎么解釋我是如何知道這些的。我總不能說(shuō)是一個(gè)附在畫(huà)上的鬼魂告訴我的吧？塞莉爾從來(lái)不信任超自然的事物，我可不想讓她知道這個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)上真有個(gè)幽靈。我謹(jǐn)慎地張開(kāi)嘴，開(kāi)始緩慢地講述起來(lái)。我擔(dān)心塞莉爾還在指責(zé)賈拉漢對(duì)她有所隱瞞，便在講述中盡力為他開(kāi)脫－－這讓賈拉漢看起來(lái)自在多了。整個(gè)過(guò)程中，我一直在留意鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)的神色，因?yàn)槲也恢赖降啄男┬畔⑹撬私獾?，哪些是他不了解的。我嘗試向他表明這些江戶建筑的可疑性－－畢竟原住戶都神秘地失蹤了，而鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)他本人似乎沒(méi)有對(duì)這些房子的背景做過(guò)系統(tǒng)的調(diào)查。我盡量讓我的話聽(tīng)起來(lái)比較委婉，但他顯然認(rèn)為這是對(duì)他的指控，沒(méi)等我說(shuō)完他就爆發(fā)了。“你什么意思？！我難道是個(gè)黑心政客嗎？我是這座美麗小鎮(zhèn)的鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)！我的責(zé)任也很重的！諾姆想要富強(qiáng)全部得靠我！商業(yè)委員會(huì)一直鬧著要搞經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，我們光走工業(yè)化的路線是不夠的！光靠與博格產(chǎn)業(yè)合作也不夠！我們不能只有個(gè)工業(yè)形象，我們也需要搞……文化形象，我得打造好諾姆的文化名片！這樣才能發(fā)展旅游業(yè)！”完成了這一番叫嚷之后，他站在一邊喘著粗氣，慢慢平靜了下來(lái)。他的神色從憤怒逐漸變成疲憊，好像對(duì)剛剛所說(shuō)的話并不是很自信，諾姆重建的工作似乎也帶給他了巨大的壓力，塞莉爾和賈拉漢在一旁詫異地望著他。 “那個(gè)怪家伙，我當(dāng)初就不該聽(tīng)他的。我怎么就輕信了他呢！”鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)咕噥道?！八钦l(shuí)，父親？”塞莉爾問(wèn)。 鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)深深地嘆了口氣?！澳羌一镂鍌€(gè)月前來(lái)過(guò)這兒，我之前從來(lái)沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)他，后來(lái)也沒(méi)再見(jiàn)過(guò)他。他告訴我說(shuō)，他在南方擁有一塊土地，那兒的古村落里，建有很多被遺棄的江戶古建筑，都擁有很大的歷史意義、文化意義和美學(xué)價(jià)值。他將土地的所有權(quán)轉(zhuǎn)讓給了我，又給了我一張地圖，希望我能替他保護(hù)好這些物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)，讓它們重現(xiàn)昌盛的樣貌。他說(shuō)他要過(guò)很久之后才會(huì)回來(lái)，所以我把修復(fù)方案跟他反復(fù)核實(shí)了好幾遍，就怕理解錯(cuò)了他的意思。他看上去倒像是個(gè)真誠(chéng)的老實(shí)人，但他的口音聽(tīng)起來(lái)怪怪的，很蹩腳。臨走前，他說(shuō)他來(lái)自曼托尼亞。” 我感覺(jué)我好像又當(dāng)頭挨了一棒！“他長(zhǎng)什么樣？”我問(wèn)，但我已經(jīng)能猜出來(lái)了。 “一個(gè)大塊頭，相貌很古怪，臉上胡子拉碴的，帶著個(gè)沉乎乎的金屬頭盔，還有一副笨重的金屬手套?！蔽翌澏读似饋?lái)，塞莉爾問(wèn)我怎么了。我本以為這些都是克勞斯耍的花招，可現(xiàn)在看來(lái)……卡洛夫？！他是我們的朋友啊！我們最后一次見(jiàn)他是在時(shí)空雙子的沼澤地里，我和杰把他連同其他被困工人救了出來(lái)。他還給了杰一個(gè)大大的擁抱，差點(diǎn)把杰的腰弄折了－－杰抱怨了好幾天呢。他怎么會(huì)跟這些事有關(guān)？他為什么要背叛我們？不管怎樣，鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)顯然是無(wú)辜的，他只是被利用了而已，我得留下來(lái)幫助他－－還有整個(gè)諾姆。再三斟酌后，我向他講述了關(guān)于卡洛夫的一切。 鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)當(dāng)機(jī)立斷，親自跑出去喊工人們停工，我們緊隨其后，但這似乎引發(fā)了一些恐慌。市民們聚向大街，紛紛打聽(tīng)出了什么事；工匠們從手腳架上爬了下來(lái)；還有幾個(gè)看上去有權(quán)有勢(shì)的家伙，氣勢(shì)洶洶地走向了他－－估計(jì)他們就是那個(gè)什么商委會(huì)的成員吧。 骷髏武士正暗藏在諾姆的某個(gè)角落里，監(jiān)視著這一切，如果它還有面部肌肉的話，它此時(shí)的表情一定會(huì)很難看。國(guó)王知道了情況會(huì)氣死的，它想。它悄然無(wú)息地離開(kāi)了諾姆，跳上了隱藏在密林中的戰(zhàn)車(chē)－－那輛戰(zhàn)車(chē)的四個(gè)輪子奇大無(wú)比，長(zhǎng)得好像一塊頭蓋骨。戰(zhàn)車(chē)行駛的速度越來(lái)越快，直至消失在了一道憑空出現(xiàn)的紫色閃光中，那是通往地下世界的通道。 市政廳里，爭(zhēng)吵越來(lái)越激烈。商委會(huì)成員要求鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)對(duì)臨時(shí)停工的通知做出解釋?zhuān)礃幼佑幸恍┳鹳F的代表和投資商很快就要來(lái)諾姆參觀，他們希望這些江戶塔樓的修復(fù)工作能夠在他們蒞臨之前完成。塞莉爾向我和賈拉漢遞了個(gè)眼神，我們悄悄地離開(kāi)了市政廳。我不懂政治，平時(shí)也很少接觸忍者國(guó)的各種政府機(jī)構(gòu)，但即使如此，我也能看出來(lái)鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)現(xiàn)在的處境有多尷尬。塞莉?qū)苍跒殒?zhèn)長(zhǎng)難過(guò)，不過(guò)她是支持停工的。 她嘆息著，望向遠(yuǎn)處林立的江戶塔樓。最后一絲殘陽(yáng)消逝在遠(yuǎn)方的地平線，夜幕正在吞沒(méi)大地，一輪月亮緩緩升起。我向塞莉爾坦白了剩余的一切－－楊大師的畫(huà)像，賈拉漢的過(guò)往經(jīng)歷，還有關(guān)于卡洛夫和克勞斯的事。如果幕后黑手真的是克勞斯的話，至少還有個(gè)好處－－在黑暗之島上，他是通過(guò)時(shí)空隧道逃跑的，雖然我不知道他穿越到了哪里，但他現(xiàn)在肯定不在忍者國(guó)，因此，我們還有充足的時(shí)間來(lái)做準(zhǔn)備。未來(lái)會(huì)發(fā)生什么？我完全無(wú)法預(yù)料，那些古村落居民的離奇失蹤尤其使我擔(dān)憂?？藙谒购苌瞄L(zhǎng)用巫術(shù)讓人們反目成仇，這就是卡洛夫背叛我們的原因嗎？我不敢去想，但相比之下，我更害怕他的背叛完全出自于自己的意愿。 與此同時(shí)，一輛奇形怪狀的骷髏戰(zhàn)車(chē)伴隨著一道紫色的閃光抵達(dá)了地下世界。

文末補(bǔ)充：

曼托尼亞（Metalonia，也有金屬之城的意思），忍者國(guó)的地名，動(dòng)畫(huà)片里首次在第四季中提及，不知道諸位還有沒(méi)有印象。

另附原文： I take a good look at Nom as I make my way to the city hall. Sounds of hammering echo though the streets. Dozen of carpenters are working on mending the buildings. The towers and their metal ornaments gleam in the setting sunlight, but knowing what I know now, I get an eerie feeling like nails are being hammered into a coffin. Jerahn, Seliel and her father waiting for me I step into the city hall. The atmosphere is tense, but the Mayor still insists on certain formalities, greeting me warmly and thanks again for the help during the Nindroid crisis. Jerahn shifts uncomfortably and impatiently. Seliel is stone-faced. It is not clear how much you have told her father, but he certainly knows something. I'm trying hard to look at my scar (rift) which does not feel natural. I know everything except exactly how I got all of this information.Seliel is concerned about "rogue magic" and to mention a conversation with a ghost on a painting would not help. I do everything I can to incriminate Jerahn as little as possible, and I talk to them through it, I seem relieved. I am trying hard to read his reactions. How much of this is new to him and what does he actually know I try to be as diplomatic as possible, but it is obvious that he takes some of it as an accusation. Also it seems that it has been completely oblivious to the fact that the Edo was abandoned under suspicious circumstances, but I let it finish before I erupted. "WHAT IS THIS!?! DO I LOOK LIKE A CROOK!?! I am the MAYOR of this fine town. I have RESPONSIBILITIES! The BOARD OF COMMERCE expect this town to become a CITY TO PROSPER and GROW! Our dealings with Borg Industries are not enough! We DO NOT need an image of INDUSTRY! We need CHARM . . . to DISTINCT PROFILE AUTHENTICITY! We need TOURISM!" He breathes hard as he have finishes his tirade. Then He deflates. He feels like man who has been under too much stress for too long, and has been led to do things he has not been completely confident with. Seliel and Jerahn look surprised as he changes from anger to fatigue. I should have never trusted that man. Why did I trust such a strange man?" He mutters to himself. "What man, father? Seliel asks." The Mayor sighs deeply "I had come by here 5 months ago I have not seen him before or since I have claimed these old plots of land with abandoned decaying villages on them; their houses' value, their historic significance and their precious rare metal ornamentation. I had wanted to make sure they would not wither and be lost to time. I had given the claims and a map for nothing I only had to promise I would honor his wishes and preserve the buildings. He had been going to leave for a while I had to ask him several times if I had understood his proposal right. He seemed sincere but he spoke in a very strange and broken accent. When he was going he said Metalonia." I feel like I am being hit by my own hammer again. What did I did look like? I ask. But I already know the answer to that. "Strange. He looked strange He had these big metal hands, beard and wore a heavy helmet." A big man, Seliel can tell that I am shaken. I was expecting that it was Clouse who had somehow found a way to fool the Mayor. But Karlof?!?! He is our friend now. Last time saw him, Jay and I had just freed him and the blacksmiths from Krux and Acronix's swamp facility. Jay complained for days about being so sore from his big iron grip hug. Why would he have turned. Why would I have been involved in this? I tell them about Karlof. The Mayor has been duped and I have no reservation to trust him now. I have my help. This whole town does. Suddenly the Greater panics. I need to stop this. I need to have bolts past me out of the city hall. Seconds after there is turmoil in the street. We follow. The Mayor is screaming at the carpenters to stop their work. People are peeking out of their houses and start gathering in the street. Several noble looking men, the board of commerce, I assume, march at the Major. The carpenters start to climb down from the buildings. From the edge of town, the Skullkin lookout swallows hard. Or whatever makes it up for swallowing hard in to Skullkin. The new King will not like this. No one notices the rattling of bones as it departs and makes its way into the forest where a grotesque skull-like vehicle on huge wheels awaits. As it reaches maximum speed, to blinding purple flash ejects it from Ninjago for its travel the realm known as the Underworld. Things are heating up inside the city hall. The board of commerce demands to know what is going on and why the Mayor has halted the construction. Apparently some distinguished delegates and potential investors will arrive in a few short days. They want the buildings to be completed so the town will look its best. Seliel signals me and Jerahn and we slip away. I feel bad for the Mayor. I have never understood politics and even the governments of Ninjago are unclear to me. Seliel is still pretty intense, but now her focus is directed at the bigger picture. She looks up at the Edo Towers where the last bit of sunlight has given away to darkness and the rising moon. She sighs. We fill in with EVERYTHING details of the dreams Master Yang's painting, Jerahn's past, Karlof and Clouse. If Clouse is behind this, I've had at least one big advantage. When I've been trying to escape from the Dark Island and I've escaped through the vortex, we've had no idea where I've escaped to. And I've obviously had both time and resources to plan this out. We have no idea what we are up against. The missing Edo-villagers worries me. We have seen Clouse use dark magic to turn people against each other before. Is this what has happened to Karlof? It's a dreadful thought, but I kind of hope so. The thought that he would turn against us by his own free will is worse. In the Underworld a grotesque skull-like vehicle arrives in a purple flash.