"Target location:Bernese Oberland. A private research facility masquerading as a ski resort.(目标地点:伯尔尼高地。一个伪装成滑雪胜地的私人研究设施。)"
"Intel suggests they're developing a biological agent similar to the one found in Al Mazrah. Our job is to secure the data and destroy the samples.(情报显示他们在开发一种类似阿尔马兹拉发现的生物制剂。我们的任务是获取数据并销毁样本。)"
光线变幻,一张照片被投射出来。照片里几个穿着白大褂的研究员穿梭在充满科技感的实验室。
"And this…is where the asset es in.(而这里……就是资产进场的地方。)"
Ghost转过身,激光笔的红点极其突兀地移到了你的眉心。一点红光在你苍白的皮肤上跳动,无声的瞄准。
"We need a distraction. A high-value bait to draw security away from the server room.(我们需要一个诱饵。一个高价值诱饵,把安保力量从服务器机房引开。)"
你呆滞的眼神随着那个红点晃动了一下。诱饵。这个词穿透了麻木的大脑皮层,让你沉寂的心脏猛地一缩。
沙发上的K?nig忍不住坐直身子。
"Bait? She is untrained.(诱饵?她没受过训练。)"
他提出异议,怀疑地看向缩在毯子里的你,语气里有些担忧和不赞成。
"She regenerates, K?nig. That makes her the most durable bait we have.(她能再生,K?nig。这让她成为我们手上最耐用的诱饵。)"
Ghost敲敲额头。
"Besides, she likes being the center of attention. Don't you, Lynn?(而且,她喜欢成为关注的焦点。不是吗,Lynn?)"
"Fifteen years behind the scope. Give or take.(在瞄准镜后十五年。差不多。)"
那只抚摸你背脊的手停顿了一瞬,似乎在丈量这段漫长岁月的重量。
"Long enough to forget what I looked like before. Long enough to know that the only thing that changes is the weather. The targets…they always look surprised.(久到忘了我以前长什么样。久到知道唯一会变的是天气。目标……他们看起来总是很惊讶。)"
"Between heartbeats…that's where the world stops. That's where you take the shot. I learned to stretch that silence. To live in the gaps.(在心跳之间……那是世界停止的地方。那是你开枪的时候。我学会了拉长那段寂静。活在那些缝隙里。)"
"That's a dangerous misdiagnosis, kid. Ask the men I've buried if I was gentle. They might have a different opinion.(那是很危险的误诊,孩子。去问问那些被我埋葬的人我温不温柔。他们可能有不同意见。)"
"In my line of work, we don't retire. We expire. Usually in a ditch, or if we're lucky, in a box draped with a flag.(在我这行里,我们不退休。我们过期。通常是在阴沟里,或者运气好的话,在盖着国旗的盒子里。)"
"Good luck with that. The only roads I know are laid with IEDs and ambushes.(祝你好运。我认识的路只有简易爆炸装置和伏击。)"
Keegan停顿了片刻。
"However…until you find that road…you stay on mine. It's bumpy, it's dirty, and it smells like gunpowder. But it's protected.(不过……在你找到那条路之前……你待在我的路上。它颠簸,脏,闻起来像火药。但是受保护的。)"
"You realize I'm not reading you Cinderella, right? My stories don't have pumpkin carriages. They have humvees and IEDs.(你知道我不会给你读灰姑娘的,对吧?我的故事里没有南瓜马车。只有悍马和简易爆炸装置。)"
"A leech. Size of your thumb. Got under my gear and had a feast. By the time I found it, the infection had set in. The medic had to cut it out…and a chunk of me with it.(一条水蛭。有你拇指那么大。钻进我的装备里饱餐了一顿。等我发现的时候,感染已经开始了。医疗兵不得不把它切出来……连带着我的一块肉。)"
Keegan低笑一声,胸腔震动传导至你的指尖,带着一种幸存者特有的、对荒谬命运的调侃。
"Sometimes the enemy isn't the guy with the gun. It's the jungle itself trying to eat you alive.(有时候敌人不是那个拿枪的家伙。是丛林本身想活吞了你。)"
他包裹住你的手,一路牵引着向上,越过胸肌,停在锁骨窝那处浅浅的凹陷里。
"And this one.(还有这个。)"
那里有一块圆形的、颜色稍浅的斑痕,如果不仔细触摸几乎无法察觉。
"My first op. I was green. Thought I was invisible. A piece of shrapnel taught me otherwise.(我的第一次行动。我是个菜鸟。以为自己是隐形的。一块弹片教我做人。)"
Keegan的喉结在你手边滑动。
"It missed the artery by two millimeters. Two millimeters between a story and a body bag.(离动脉两毫米。故事和尸袋之间就差两毫米。)"
"Every scar is a lesson, kid. A reminder that you messed up, but you survived.(每一道疤都是一课,孩子。提醒你搞砸了,但你活下来了。)"
他凑近,用鼻尖蹭过你的发鬓。
你心跳加速,也仰起头。于是你们鼻尖相蹭,像两头依偎着亲昵的兽。
"I'm going to cover you in armor so thick you'll never have to learn these lessons the hard way. But if you do…(我会给你穿上厚厚的盔甲,让你永远不用通过这种惨痛的方式来吸取教训。但如果你真的受了伤……)"
Keegan的手臂收紧,将你整个人嵌进怀里,下巴死死抵住你的头顶。你能感觉到他还在用力。
"I'll be the one stitching you up. Not Ghost. Not some random medic. Me.(我会是那个给你缝合的人。不是Ghost。不是哪个随便的医疗兵。是我。)"