"K?nig prepped the meat.(K?nig腌的肉。)"Soap摘下手套扔在桌角,用夹子夹起最大的一块牛排放进你的餐盘,"The big guy knows his way around a kitchen. But I did the searing. It&039;s all about the temperature control, yeah?(那个大个子在厨房里挺有一套的。不过煎肉是我来的。关键在于火候的掌握,懂吧?)"
K?nig:"Eat up. You look like you&039;re starving.(多吃点。你看起来快饿坏了。)"
Keegan扶上你的椅背,一只手撑着桌面。蓝色针织T恤袖口卷起,露出结实的小臂。"There&039;s a 24-hour supermarket three blocks down. Found some decent supplies before the storm hits hard.(往下走三个街区有个24小时营业的超市。趁风暴变大前去弄了些还算不错的补给。)"
Keegan靠在椅背上,"What kind of chip requires Titan to field private military contractor-level forces? Is it tied to Elysian?(什么样的芯片需要巨神动用PMCs级别的兵力?和极乐病毒有关?)"
听见"Elysian"这个词,桌上气氛明显凝重起来。
墨西哥那些似乎只会存在于恐怖影片内的超自然场景,至今让人难以忘怀。
"Ah, bloody brilliant.(啊,太绝了。)"Soap突然乐了,拿胳膊肘狠狠撞了一下身旁的Ghost,挤眉弄眼,"Hear that, Ghost? Sounds like that op you boys had in Mexico was quite a ride, huh? Elysian, bio-experiments... reads like a bloody Hollywood script.(听到没,Ghost?看来你们前段时间在墨西哥办的那个任务挺带劲啊?极乐病毒、生物实验……听起来简直像个该死的好莱坞剧本。)"
Soap半开玩笑:"So what, did you run into mindless, flesh-eating zombies out there?(所以怎么着,你们在外面碰上没脑子、吃人的丧尸了?)"
"Atlas. They don&039;t want the gold.(巨神集团。他们要的不是黄金。)"
"The virus?(病毒?)"Keegan开口,"The Elysian strain wasn&039;t contained in Mexico. The research notes, the biological baseline data…it was moved.(极乐病毒的毒株并没有在墨西哥被完全控制。研究笔记、生物学基线数据……被转移了。)"
"And you brought her right back into this mess.(而你又把她带回了这个烂摊子。)"
Keegan看着Zimo,隐隐愠怒。
"You realize what they&039;ll do if they discover what she is?(你意识到如果他们发现她是什么,会怎么做吗?)"
不好了。
你完全有理由怀疑,他们没表现出生气的原因是,把愤怒全部转移到了Zimo身上。
你左手边的Zimo闻言冷笑,"She&039;s not a&039;what&039;. She&039;s a&039;who&039;. And she&039;s a lot safer with me than being treated like a fucking pet in some Swiss chalet.(她不是&039;what&039;。她是&039;who&039;。而且跟着我,比在某个瑞士小木屋里被当成他妈的宠物对待要安全得多。)"
"A pet?(宠物?)"Krueger接话,"Do not mistake possession for lack of devotion, Zimo.(别把占有欲误认为是缺乏忠诚,Zimo。)"
"Devotion.(忠诚。)"Zimo嗤之以鼻,"You lot are sick.(你们这群人都有病。)"
沉闷了片刻,Keegan询问:"What&039;s on the chip, Zimo?(芯片里面是什么,Zimo?)"
Zimo皱眉,"I said I don&039;t know. The encryption is beyond standard mercial grade. I couldn&039;t crack it in the timeframe we had.(我说过了,我不知道。加密级别超出了标准商业级别。我在有限的时间内破解不了。)"他烦躁地向后靠去。
"If it is related to Elysian…(如果和极乐病毒有关……)"坐在对面的K?nig突然开口,"We should burn it. Destroy the chip. No more monsters.(我们应该烧了它。毁了芯片。别再让怪物出现了。)"
"Nein.(不。)"
Krueger轻巧地反驳,姿态放松地坐在你右侧,"Burning it blind is foolish, mein Freund. If Atlas wants it, it is leverage. Leverage keeps you alive.(盲目烧掉是愚蠢的,我的朋友。如果巨神想要它,那它就是筹码。筹码能让人活命。)"他转头看向Ghost,"What is the priority, Ghost?(优先事项是什么,Ghost?)"
Ghost:"The priority is survival.(优先事项是生存。)"
"The chip stays secure until we know what&039;s on it. If it is Elysian data, it goes to Command. If it&039;s something else…we decide then.(芯片保持安全,直到我们弄清楚里面是什么。如果是极乐数据,交给指挥部。如果是别的东西……我们再做决定。)"
……
还是得让141见到实物才行。
于是Zimo回隔壁去拿金猫雕像了,留你在这里和大家大眼瞪小眼。
"Aye, not bad English there. Ye can actually understand us when we&039;re goin&039; full tilt.(你的英文不错嘛,我们的语速你能听懂。)"Soap突然夸赞。
"Hey, Keegan. Guess where I&039;m at?(嘿,Keegan。猜猜我在哪儿?)"手机那头的男声背景音是机场广播,"Logan&039;s getting the coffee, and Riley&039;s already asleep in his crate.(Logan去买咖啡了,Riley已经在航空箱里睡着了。)"
Keegan捏捏鼻梁,"Hesh. Why are you at an airport? And why are you calling me?(Hesh。你为什么在机场?你为什么要给我打电话?)"
"What, a guy can&039;t take a vacation? It&039;s been quiet around here.(怎么,不能休假吗?最近基地挺无聊的。)"Hesh的笑声很是爽朗,"So... did you find her? Your little runaway girlfriend?(所以……你找到她了吗?你那逃跑的小女友?)"
Keegan下意识瞥了你一眼。你正和K?nig凑在一起研究那条未完成的手绳。
"Yeah, I found her.(是,找到她了。)"Keegan停顿了一下,"Mind your own business.(管好你自己的事。)"
"Oh, e on. We&039;re getting on a plane to Tokyo in about twenty minutes. Logan wanted to see the cherry blossoms, and I figured, hey, why not drop by and see how our favorite sniper is handling his domestic crisis?(哦,得了吧。我们大约二十分钟后就要登机飞东京了。Logan想看樱花,我觉得,嘿,为什么不顺便去看看我们最喜欢的狙击手是怎么处理他的家庭危机的呢?)"Hesh在那头调侃。
"Japan? Now? There&039;s a typhoon ing, David.(日本?现在?台风要来了,大卫。)"【Hesh和Logan是亲兄弟,也是Keegan曾经的战友,于Cod10中出场。Hesh的原名是David,&039;Hesh&039;只是一个代号。两人和K?nig的朋友oni一样会作为本期副本特邀嘉宾露个面】
"The flight&039;s not canceled yet. Means we&039;re good to go. Besides, I wanna meet this girl. She must be something else.(航班还没取消。这意味着我们可以飞。再说,我想见见那个女孩。她一定很不一般。)"
电话那头响起另一个低沉的声音,是Logan,"Tell him to have beers ready.(告诉他准备好啤酒。)"
Keegan语气严肃起来,"It&039;s plicated, Hesh. It&039;s not a vacation here.(情况很复杂,Hesh。这里不是在度假。)"
"Sounds like you need backup. We got your six, buddy. See you in about twelve hours.(听起来你需要支援。我们在你身后,伙计。十二小时后见。)"
"Christ, tha&039;thing looks pure evil.(这瞧着可真邪恶。)"正在和Ghost交流的Soap看过来,轻轻嘶了声。
"Reminds me o&039;the Cat Sìth from our Celtic myths... a fairy cat tha&039;steals the souls o&039;the dead in the dead o&039;night.(让我想起我们凯尔特神话里的&039;Cat Sith&039;了……传说中专门在黑夜里偷走死者灵魂的魔物。)"他忍不住凑近看。
"A fairy cat? Stealing souls?(猫妖精?偷灵魂?)"
K?nig显而易见很嫌弃,"This thing looks like it wants to eat my soul right now.(这玩意看起来现在就想吃我的灵魂。)"
"Whoa, hold on, lass... I mean, kid!(等等,姑娘……我是说,孩子!)"
你看过去,Soap一脸郑重。"First off, just call me Soap. It&039;s the handle... well, Got it?.(首先,叫我Soap就行。这是代号……额,懂吗?)"
你脸一囧。
不会闹笑话了吧?
"Liebling, calling a Scotsman English... is a good way to start a pub brawl.(亲爱的,管一个苏格兰人叫英国人……是酒吧斗殴的绝佳开场白。)"Krueger捏捏你的手臂。
"Sorry!"你光速道歉。
"And second...(第二……)"Soap接着Krueger的话,认真纠正你的地理误区,"Scottish. I&039;m Scottish! Big difference, clear? Don&039;t bundle me in with the English bastards—no offense, Ghost.(我是苏格兰人。这区别可大了,明白吗?别把我跟那群英国混蛋混为一谈——无意冒犯,Ghost。)"他瞥了眼一旁的Ghost。
咦?苏格兰难道不是英国的吗?!
……
"Just Soap.(就叫Soap。)"Soap再次声明,说完觉得不对劲,"Wait...How do you know my first name?(等等……你怎么知道我名字的?)"
"Files. Or the Lt talks in his sleep.(档案。或者中尉说梦话。)"Krueger端起你的柠檬水笑吟吟补充。
"No.(没有。)"Ghost冷漠道。
"He talks about a lot of things.(他会说很多事。)"编织手绳的K?nig补充,"We heard it in Switzerland.(我们在瑞士听见过。)"
是吗……你和Ghost睡觉的时候好像没发生过这样的事。不会是年纪到了压力大了吧。
你看向对面环胸靠在椅背上、面无表情的Ghost,嘴角一抽,努力绷住笑。
没准Ghost晚上打呼噜你也没听到。
"I mean, if you&039;re curious about Britain or something... you should ask Ghost.(我是说,如果你对英国感兴趣……你应该问Ghost。)"
Soap轻咳一声,试图帮你把话圆回去,顺便帮Ghost在你的心目中加点分。
"He&039;s the authentic English gent here—well, minus the bloody skull mask, of course.(他才是这里地道的英国绅士——当然,得排除他脸上那顶该死的骷髅面具。)"
"Johnny."Ghost警告,"Watch it.(注意点。)"
"Aye, Lt.(好的,中尉。)"Soap叹气。
Zimo冷脸等你们闲聊完,把金猫往桌子中央推了推,重新吸引众人注意。
你们一起瞩目。
"Those Yakuza thugs. They want a thirty percent cut of the sale, or they rat us out to Atlas.(那些极道混混。他们要交易额的百分之三十,不然就把我们卖给巨神集团。)"
你想到交易前一天那个自称黑泽的若头跟你们进行的洽谈,跟着点头。
"Dead men don&039;t collect debts.(死人是收不到账的。)"Keegan语气平淡。
Soap摸着脑袋,百思不得其解,"So, let me get this straight. You lot stole a fake artifact, pissed off a PMC, a global syndicate, and the local Yakuza. All in... what, five days?(所以,让我理理。你们偷了个假文物,惹火了一家私人军事公司,一个全球犯罪集团,还有当地的极道。这一切……就花了五天?)"
"It&039;s encrypted. We tried. Failed.(被加密了。我们试过。失败了。)"他拍掉手上的金粉。
Keegan:"Military grade?(军用级别的?)"
Zimo:"Higher.(比那个更高。)"
你单手托腮盯那块小东西看,Krueger替你理了下鬓角的发。
到现在你们也不清楚这个硬盘里到底是什么。
"Price is pulling strings to find us an exit strategy.(Price正在动用关系给我们找撤退路线。)"Ghost放下手机,"Before the typhoon passes, we have forty-eight hours.(在台风过去前,我们有四十八小时。)"【Price是Ghost曾经的队长,上尉军衔】
Soap抚着后颈提议,"We have Laswell. Can she decrypt it?(我们有拉斯韦尔。她能破译吗?)"
"I&039;ll set up a secure link. We transfer the data packets to her base.(我去建立加密链接。我们把数据包传回她的基地。)"Keegan站起身拿了台电脑过来,他旁边的K?nig则去客厅拎来了一个鼓囊囊的登山包。K?nig从中拽出一团黑色数据线和一个读卡器递给开机的Keegan。
"Pack your gear. You and Keegan are on overwatch tonight. Two-hour rotations.(去整理装备。你和Keegan今晚负责狙击掩护。两小时轮换。)"
"Copy that.(收到。)"
Ghost转向Zimo。"You and the big guy take perimeter checks.(你和大个子负责外围巡逻。)"
Zimo冷眼看着Ghost。
"I&039;m not part of your squad.(我不是你的队员。)I don&039;t take orders from you. She stays with me.(我不接受你的命令。她和我在一起。)"
"Don&039;t push it, Zimo.(别得寸进尺,Zimo。)"Ghost冷声道,"You dragged her into a mess with Atlas and the yakuza. You owe us a clean slate.(你把她卷进巨神集团和黑帮的烂摊子里。你欠我们一个解释。)"
他的头像是张像素风的苏格兰高地牛,顶着乱蓬蓬的红发,ID简单粗暴:Soap。添加成功后,他立刻发来一个咧嘴笑的滑稽表情包,附带一句"Wee to the club, hen.(欢迎加入俱乐部,小鸟。)"
"What&039;re you playing at, Soap?(你在搞什么名堂,Soap?)"
"LT. A girl needs friends, doesn&039;t she?(中尉。女孩子总需要朋友,不是吗?)"Soap在通讯录里你的名字后头,飞快地加上了一个骷髅头和一颗爱心的小表情。
Ghost扶额。
这边你被Soap发来的高地牛表情包逗乐,低头正打算回复个什么,一只手机推到你面前。
"A small matter to connect. Add me as well.(加个好友不过举手之劳,算我一个。)"Krueger语气随性。屏幕上是一个二维码,头像是一只仰躺在阳光下的花色布偶猫,ID是德语"J?ger"(猎人)
"这只咪的眼神好轻蔑欸。"
"Ding"的一声,好友添加成功。Krueger将手机收回兜里,"I took that one on the sly. If you like it, I can send you plenty more cat pics.(我偷拍的。你喜欢的话我还可以给你发好多猫咪。)"他微微倾身凑近,"If you need anything…anything at all, just text. I reply fast.(如果有什么需要……任何需要,随时发消息。我回得很快。)"
Ghost:"She knows how to reach us if there&039;s a real situation.(遇到真麻烦,她知道怎么联系我们。)"
"Of course she does.(当然。)"Krueger直起腰,懒洋洋道,"But emergencies aren&039;t the only things worth texting about, are they? Maybe she just wants to say hello.(但这不代表只有十万火急的事才能发消息,对不对?说不定她只是想打个招呼呢。)"
Soap一直以一种奇怪的目光盯着Krueger。他轻咳一声站起身,拿起桌上的车钥匙,"See you guys later. Gotta check the perimeter.(晚点见。得去检查下周边情况。)"他给你递了个疑惑的眼神,推门走了。
"What did you say? His house?(你说什么?他的房子?)"K?nig看着前方,"Ah... you fought with him? Two weeks ago?(啊……你两周前和他吵架了?)"他撸了下自己的茶色短发,逐渐拧眉,"Okay... ja. Stay inside... understood.(好吧……嗯。待在屋里……明白。)"
"I don&039;t care about your little games.(我不关心你们的把戏。)"黑泽用生硬的英语回击,"If Hiro is working with you…tell him his father is losing patience.(如果弘正在和你们合作……告诉他,他父亲正在失去耐心。)"
"Five million USD, untraceable.(五百万美金,无法追踪。)"Zimo递出小黑盒,盯着黑泽的眼睛,"The original cut was 30%, but consider this a premium for your…hospitality. You stay blind, Provide cover until we leave this country.(原定是百分之三十的交易额,这算是给你们……热情好客的额外补贴。你们当瞎子,提供掩护直到我们离开这个国家。)"
"You used that…ability.(你用了那个……能力。)"Krueger轻拍你的背,"Every time you do your little magic trick with the wings, you e back starving.(每次你变出带翅膀的魔法小把戏,回来就饿得要命。)"
"Wings(翅膀)?"
Soap将一大盘烤吐司跟炸猪排放到你面前,脱掉隔热手套,"You were serious? Real wings?(你们是认真的?真的翅膀?)"
就知道他不信,前面听你讲话估计也跟听故事一样吧。但你此刻急着干饭,对厨子Soap还是非常有好感的。
被一群人围坐着看吃饭还怪羞涩的。
Zimo把切好的高丽菜丝推到你手边,"光吃肉不行,吃点菜。"
Keegan:"It drains her.(这会耗干她。)"
"We noticed.(我们注意到了。)"Krueger叹气,伸手圈了下你的手腕,似乎在判断你是否瘦了。"You eat too fast, Maus. You&039;ll get a stomachache.(你吃得太快了,小老鼠。会胃痛的。)"
长桌对面的Ghost沉吟。
"Show us.(给我们看。)"
"嗯?"
你咽下嘴里的食物,懵懵抬头。
Ghost叩击桌面,"I need to see exactly what you did. Right now.(我需要确切地看到你到底做了什么。现在就看。)"
Soap直挺挺站立,视线追随慢悠悠飘过眼前的白羽,一路下坠,最后落在地上。"Bloody hell.(该死的。)"Soap转头看向Ghost,"Ghost, you seeing this? Tell me I&039;m not hallucinating from lack of sleep.(Ghost,您看到这个了吗?告诉我这不是我缺觉产生的幻觉。)"