Mystery in the Darkness
夜之謎
BRIGHTNESS AND DARKNESS
DREAM AND REALITY
WHICH SHOULD BE TRUSTED?
written by Melody, Jessica, Gina, Roxanne, Yvonne
Introduction
開始:主角和敘述者在學校的交談和互動(原本的樣
子:第一人稱)
有一天......敘述者突然覺得主角怪怪的(換第三
人稱)
困難:主角開始把現實搞混
解決:敘述者發現真相(換第一人稱)並幫助主角
結束:兩人過著幸福快樂...不，是一如往常的開心校
園生活
精采亮點有哪些:主角放學後的神祕身分
Preface
Once upon a time...well, not really THAT long. Our roles in the story are both still college students now, and the story happened few years ago.
很久很久很久以前...呃，也沒那麼久，我們故事中的主角們現在都還只是大學生，話說這個故事發生在幾年前。
In a normal school, at least all the students and teachers who didn’t know the story thought so.
在一個普通的學校，至少所有不知道這個故事的老師和學生都這麼認為。
The secret of a mysterious girl was revealed because of an attack in the darkness.
因為一次黑暗中的襲擊，一個神秘少女的秘密將被揭開。
Chapter 1
The bell rang right when I stepped into the classroom. When I arrived at my seat, I saw Roxanne smiling at me. Well, saying more clearly, laughing at me.
在我踏進教室的剎那，鐘聲響起。 當我走到位子時，我看見Roxanne正微笑著看著我，或者該說，是在笑我！
“You’re late, AGAIN!!” said Roxanne.
「你又遲到了！」Roxanne說道。
“Not exactly. The bell rang just when I came into the classroom.” I replied.
「也不算是辣。我安全上壘了哈。」我回答。
“Okay, okay. You aren’t late. And can we discuss about our report now?”
「好，好。你沒有遲到。我們可以開始討論報告了 嗎？」
“Report?”
「報告？」
“You forget about it AGAIN, Cindy. You really need to try to get up earlier and get everything organized.” said Roxanne.
「你又忘記了，Cindy。你真的需要早點起床把所有東西整理好。」Roxanne說。
Suddenly, I remembered it. Hearing my loud sigh, Roxanne looked straight at me, laughing out loud again.
突然，我想起來了。隨著我的嘆氣，Roxanne看向我，又大笑了起來。
“I forgot to bring my paper!!!”
「我忘記帶我的報告了!!!」
Chapter 2
“Let’s go home together.” After school, I asked Roxanne.
「我們一起回家吧。」放學後，我問Roxanne。
“No... not today.” She replied.
「...今天先不要。」她回答。
“Again?” I was surprised. We used to go home together. But for weeks, I hadn’t gone home with her.
「又來了？」我驚訝的問。我們以前都是一起回家的。但已經有好幾個星期沒跟她走在一起了。
“Maybe next time. I promise.” she emphasized. These days, she became REALLY, REALLY weird. I extremely wondered what made her become so abnormal.
「下次吧。」她保證。她最近真的，真的非常奇怪。我真想知道讓她如此反常的原因。
With my school bag on my shoulders, I stepped out of the classroom, alone.
我背上書包，步出教室，獨自一人。
Chapter 3
Silent, thoroughly silent. A dark shadow flickered across under the bright moonlight. Her breath vibrated around the hallway, frightened.
寂靜，完全的寂靜。一個漆黑的影子從明亮的月光下閃過。喘息，她驚恐的呼吸在迴廊中環繞著。
She heard a low moan, and her bright-brown eyes were filled with fear. A moment later, her eyes turned to a deep, dark kind of black. The last thing she could feel was the endless pain and blood on her right wrist.
一聲低鳴在她耳畔，她亮褐色的眼瞳驚恐地擴大著。過了一會兒，她的眼睛化為一片烏黑的混沌。她最後感覺到的只有她右手腕上一再襲來的刺痛和源源不絕的鮮血。
Chapter 4
Dawning, with the sunlight on my face, I opened my eyes, seeing someone pull me up kindly. But it seemed like the blood was still everywhere. Why were these kind and tender hands covered with blood?
破曉，晨曦斜照。我睜開了眼，朦朧中看到一雙手親切地拉起了我，但是依稀中彷彿是鮮血淋漓，那親切又溫柔的雙手為何帶著鮮血？
I tried to raise my hands to rub my eyes. Why was I here? I’ve been attacked?
我試著抬起雙手，想揉揉眼睛，為什麼我在這裡？我被攻擊了?!
When I got the control of my body back, the person had disappeared in the foggy dawn.
當我意識過來時，那人已消失在迷茫晨霧中。
Who was she? Absently, I saw my wet schoolbag drop by my side. All of the books fell all over the ground.
她到底是誰？茫然中，我看到濕漉的書包倒在一旁，凌亂的書散落一地。
Also, I saw a man falling in the blood, unconsciously, dead.
又在遠處有個男人倒在血泊裡，已失去了體溫。
I turned around to take my schoolbag. Not bearing the fierce, painful beat; once again, I fainted.
正要轉身拿書包的我，承受不住痛一陣猛烈的襲擊，再度昏了過去。
Chapter 5
When the alarm clock rang, I found myself in my own room, lying on bed.
當鬧鐘響起時，我發現我躺在我的床上。
What happened yesterday? I could rarely remember anything.
昨天到底發生了什麼事？我幾乎什麼也想不起來。
In my memory, everything seemed to be too strange to be real. I could only remember some indistinct figures. What did those people do?
在我的記憶中，所有事情都不像是真實的。我所能記得的只有一些極為模糊的身影，他們......他們究竟做了......什麼？
Maybe it WAS only a dream. I tried to make myself believe the farfetched explanation. I almost, maybe just because I wanted to, believe it.
或許那的確只是個夢。我試著讓自己相信這牽強的解釋。我幾乎要，可能只是我想要，相信了。
If the pain on my wrist wasn’t that hard.
如果我手腕上的疼痛不是這麼的劇烈。
Chapter 6
When I arrived at school, Roxanne was really strange. I meant, stranger than EVER. She didn’t even notice that I was absolutely late.
當我抵達學校的時候，Roxanne真的很奇怪。我的意思是，比從前都還要奇怪。她甚至沒發現我完完全全的遲到了。
“Good morning. Ha, I’m really late today. Hello? Are you there?” I waved my hand, my left hand, in front of Roxanne.
「早安各位大大~哈~我今天真的蠻晚的說。阿囉哈??需要我幫你招魂嗎？叩叩有人在家嗎？」我在她面前揮揮我的左手。
“Roxanne? Stand up!” I imitated the sound of our classleader, pretending the teacher had come.
「Roxanne？ 起立！」我模仿著我們班長的聲音，假裝是老師已經來了。
When I finally got her attention, I had nothing to talk to her.
當我終於引起了她的注意，我卻不知道該跟她說些什麼。
I guessed that she wasn’t the only person who had a strange attitude.
我想她不是唯一舉止異常的人。
Our first class that day was English. I took out my textbook, trying to ignore the pain on my hand. Roxanne stood up and told the teacher that she forgot her textbook.
我們那天第一堂課是英文。我拿出我的課本，試著去忽略我手上的疼痛感。Roxanne 站了起來，跟老師說她忘記帶課本了。
Although it wasn’t the first strange thing happened those days, I was really shocked. Roxanne never forgot anything, and that was why she always made fun of my carelessness.
雖然這已經不是這幾天發生的第一件怪事了，但我卻非常震驚。Roxanne從來不會忘記帶任何東西，這也是為什麼她每次都會取笑我的粗心。
I looked into my schoolbag to get my pencil box, and found out there was an extra English textbook in my bag. I took it out, finding Roxanne’s name on the cover.
我翻翻書包找我的鉛筆盒，然後找到一本多出來的英文課本在裡面。我拿了出來，發現上面寫著Roxanne的名字。
I raised my hand and told the teacher that I had brought her book home accidentally. The teacher asked Roxanne to sit down.
我舉起手，跟老師說我不小心把她的課本帶回家了。老師便叫Roxanne坐下。
I turned the book around and gave it back to Roxanne. The little action made me see the obvious blood on the book.
我把書翻一面還給Roxanne。這小小的動作使我看到書上明顯的血跡。
Chapter 7
I stepped to the hallway in front of the old music classroom during the lunch break, trying to get some silence to think. No one would come here recently. But the day before, I took the shortcut to get to the front gate because the back one had been shut. Well, it was my fault because I sat by the field until the sunset, thinking about Roxanne.
我午休時走到舊音樂教室前的迴廊，試著安靜思考。最近都沒有人會到這裡。不過昨天我走這條捷徑到前門，因為後門已經上鎖了。嗯，那是我的錯，因為我一直坐在運動場上直到夜幕低垂，一直想著Roxanne。
I picked up a piece of paper and saw my own handwriting on it. I was pretty sure that it was in my folder before... before I dropped all of my stuff here yesterday.
我撿起一張紙，在上面看見我自己的筆跡。我很確定這張紙在...在昨天被我掉在這裡之前都還在我的資料夾裡。
Although it was still hard to believe, I couldn’t deny that everything was true.
雖然這還是很難以置信，可是我卻無法不承認，每件事都是真的。
I recalled last afternoon. I exactly remembered that I
saw Roxanne put all of her textbooks into her schoolbag, including the thickest English book. Why would her book be in my bag?
我回想起昨天下午，我確實記得我看到Roxanne把所有課本都放進了書包，包括最厚的英文課本。為什麼她的書會在我的書包裡？
The truth seemed to be easy, but it was even harder for me to believe.
一切似乎都非常明白，但實在太難以置信了。
Chapter 8
I didn’t ask Roxanne to go home with me that day. I was rarely a well-organized person, and everything was such a mess then.
我那天並沒有叫Roxanne陪我回家，我根本不是一個善於邏輯思考的人，而且那時每件事都好混亂。
At first, I decided not to mention about that night ever, but Roxanne’s behavior started to change. She was no longer the temperate girl I had known.
起初，我決定不再提任何跟那晚有關的事，但是Roxanne的行為開始變了。她不再是我所知道的那個溫和的女孩。
Justice.
正義。
That was the only word I could think of when looking at her.
這是我看著她時唯一能想到的字。
Well, the change was not bad at all, at least for those who were bullied.
說實在的，至少對那些被欺負的人來說，這個改變並不壞。
She started to put all the oppressors into trouble.
她開始對那些人以暴制暴。
With her intelligence, the good impression she left on teachers, and... the vigor that I had never seen before.
以她的聰明、她給老師的好印象、還有...前所未有的氣勢。
I was curious. The girl seemed to become a stranger; however, it also seemed that the part of her was always there.
我很好奇。她似乎變成了一個陌生人，但這份陌生感好像一直存在。
Why?
為什麼？
In an afternoon, when I saw her rushing out of the classroom, I made up my mind.
一個下午，當我看見她衝出教室時，我下定了決心。
I must figure out what happened to her.
我一定要弄清楚她到底怎麼了。
Chapter 9
Soaring up into the air, I jumped down from the roof.
騰空，我從屋簷跳下，躍向下個屋頂。
Deep black coat fluttered behind me. I was concealed into the darkness.
漆黑的大衣在身後飄揚著，將我隱入黑暗。
The “defender,” which had been passed down for generations, was hidden in the NSA. It consisted of three families, and their descendants served as the defenders. The candidates who passed the challenges of the elders could possess the family heirloom, and became the chief of the next generation.
「守護者」，是我們家族代代相傳的職位，隱匿在政府國安部門的一角，是一個由三個家族組成的組織，每任守護者由其家族的子女擔任。候選人一旦通過由各族家長所組成的試煉，就能配有其家族的傳家寶，成為下一代的當家。
On my waist, the chill of a silver gun dazzled. It was right the heirloom of our family, startling with the elaborate pattern of a dragon, and its unexpected weight. Every shot could puncture the deep heart of an enemy. It remained the strongest lethality of the three families.
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我腰間冷光懾人的銀製手槍，就是我們家的傳家寶，作工細膩的龍紋雕刻和出乎意料之外的重量。它所射出的每顆子彈都能射穿敵人的心臟，是三大家族中最具殺傷力的武器。
There was an assignment from the headquarter tonight. I was commanded to hunt for a professional assassin called Yithia.
今晚，總部下派任務，命令我追捕一名職業殺手，名叫Yithia。
Jumping down from the roof, I vanished myself into a vacant, dark lane. Indistinctly, graceful steps circled around. Suddenly, something chilled-sharp pointed against my neck. I turned my head with calm. A phantasmic face half-covered with gloomy-long hair smiled. Palely, her skin was almost transparent under the moonlight. She let out mad laughter, and my ears were prickled.
我跳下屋簷，遁入無人的暗巷。隱約聽見輕盈的腳步聲，轉瞬間即感覺到冰冷的尖銳物抵住我的頸部。我冷靜地偏過頭，及腰長髮遮住的臉龐透出鬼魅的笑顏。白皙，她的肌膚在月光下近乎透明。她發出瘋狂的大笑，尖銳地刺痛著我的耳膜。
The prey I was hunting for came herself. I smiled with satisfaction. Holding the gun on my waist, I was fully ready.
我的獵物，找上門了。我滿足地微笑，握緊腰間的槍，蓄勢待發。
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Easily, too effortlessly. I swiftly kicked her in a whirl, and hit precisely on her face. However, I hesitated while seeing her appearance.
太容易了，真是太容易了。我敏捷地轉身一計迴旋踢，毫無差池地踢中她錯愕的臉。但，看到她的臉，我遲疑了。
My attack left a vivid-long mark on the fairy feature.
那是張極其美麗的臉龐，我的攻擊在她的臉上留下了一條長長的痕跡。
In a trance, she rushed rapidly. The reflection of a crimson light sparkled on the stiletto. My right arm bled in a flash. I tolerated the great pain and fired a shot.
她馬上利用空檔，快速地衝過來，手上的匕首在月光中反射出噬血的光芒。刀光一閃，我的右手臂立刻淌出鮮血，我強忍著痛，扣下扳機。
My sight was blurred by the severe throb. Then, a sound on the ground. Maybe it was over. Yet, the blond hand flickered over my face. Within the following moment, she expired. It must be the last specialty of an assassin.
劇痛模糊了我的視線，一聲著地的驚悚。或許，結束了。倏地，白皙的手從我眼前飛掠而逝，劃過我的臉頰。接著，她斷了氣息。也許那是她身為殺手最後的專業。
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Chapter 10
Before I went home, it suddenly came into my mind that Roxanne’s birthday was around the corner. I changed my route and went downtown to purchase a present.
回家前，我突然想到Roxanne的生日快到了。我改變路線，到市中心去幫她買禮物。
When I got into one of the stores, I found out that I couldn’t decide what to buy.
當我踏進一家商店時，我竟然不知道要買什麼。
I was shocked because I once thought that we both knew everything about each other.
我很震驚。曾經，我以為我們很了解彼此。
Maybe we used to be like that. I couldn’t stop thinking about her strange behavior. It seemed like there were two “Roxannes” in my mind. The way she used to be, and the girl in my daily life then.
或許過去都是這樣，我不住思考她奇怪的舉止。在我心中，好像有兩個Roxanne，以前的她，和現在每天都出現在我生活中的那個女孩。
Which one was real?
究竟哪個才是真的？
Even when I sat in front of my supper, I was still thinking about it.
即使在吃晚餐時，我仍無法停止思考這個問題。
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I didn’t listen to my Studio Classroon, and went to bed right after I got into my bedroom. Suddenly an earthquake struck, and my dog went crazy. He ran into my room and tore my Studio Classroom. I indistinctly realized that something was going to happen, with the ripped up magazine on the floor.
回到房間裡，我沒有聽空英就直接上床了。突然，地板劇烈搖晃了起來，我的狗瘋狂地咬碎我的空英。我模糊地意識到有什麼正要發生，就如同散置在地上的雜誌碎片一般。
(So... should I listen to it then?)
(話說回來，這樣我是不是就不用聽了?)
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Chapter 11
Tonight is a great opportunity to take the action.
今晚，是行動的絕佳時機。
He murmured, with a cruel and proud smile.
他喃喃自語，臉上掛著殘酷且自傲的微笑。
Tonight is a great time for you to succumb to me, if you still think that “friend,” as a derisory concept, is more important than anything else.
今晚是妳向我屈服的時刻，如果妳還是將「朋友」這個可笑的、微不足道的概念當成最重要的事情。
You might not have understood that in this world, mine and yours,
妳或許不了解，在我們的世界裡，
Sentimental people have only one fate: failure, death.
多情的人只有一種命運:失敗、死亡。
I’ll let you understand it, with my hands. But…
我會用我的雙手讓妳了解。不過……
I hope you have enough strength to please me, my little actress.
希望妳有足夠的力量來取悅我，我的小小女演員。
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Chapter 12
Gasping, I put my gun back. Staring up at the moonlight.
喘著氣，我將槍收好，仰頭凝視著月光。
A shadow of a stalwart man flickered over. While getting confused, a sudden idea came into my mind. The way he went......oh no! Cindy! What the hell was he going to do? My heart was filled with worries, and coldness. Speeding, speeding toward her, even though I was exhausted by the injury, and might not defend definitely.
一團黑影從我頭上飛過，躍過。是個魁梧的男子。心裡覺得疑惑時，突然竄起一個念頭，看往他去的方向......Cindy家？他有什麼企圖？不安的預感油然而生。恐懼，我的心已涼了一半。趕忙飛奔，奔往我朝思暮想的她。縱使現在的我虛弱不堪，不保能有一場勝戰。
The wind, scraping my bleeding face hurriedly. And the wound gleamed with bloody-red under the bright moonlight. It didn’t matter anymore, as I was shuttling on the roof tops.
風，急急地刮拂著我淌血的臉龐，剛剛戰鬥的傷口仍流出血來，在皎潔的月光下透出了腥紅。都無所謂了。我心想，邊疾速地穿梭在高空的屋瓦之間。
Brightness, she lit up my life. “How could the world take my only light away?” I smiled bitterly. Tears dropped through my scarlet face, converted gorgeously into a crimson flower, and fell into the endless profound.
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光明，她是我生命唯一的光。「難道，這世界連那唯一的光亮都要從我身邊奪走？」我苦笑，淚滑下血紅的臉，渲染成一朵紅花，墜入無盡的深淵。
The man in my sight disappeared in a familiar alley. Here it was. I narrowed my eyes, Cindy’s home.
前方不遠處的身影消失在一條熟悉的街道。就是這裡了，我瞇起眼，Cindy家。
I jumped into the balcony of Cindy’s house. The windows were locked. Through the transparent glass, I looked at the man inside.
我敏捷地跳入Cindy家的陽台，透明的窗緊鎖著。我透過玻璃，看著眼前的男人。
Robust in stature, his fully-built body was filled with muscles. Handsomeness wasn’t enough to describe his appearance. The only description could be used was charming, with something he shouldn’t possess: animosity and greediness, that was.
他精壯的身材，黝黑的肌膚下襯著滿是肌肉的身軀。他的臉，俊俏不足以形容，只能說是俊美中混雜著原本不屬於他的東西，仇恨和貪婪。
Jason, one of the defenders, was also a heir in my generation. He was a descendant of a declined family. However, everyone considered him the cruellest assassin.
Jason，守護者的一員，和我同屆的繼承者，三大家族中逐漸式微的家族之後，卻被公認為最兇殘的殺手。
“Here you are, Jason.” I said scornfully with my mouth sneering.
「是你。Jason。」我輕蔑地說著，嘴角不屑地勾起。
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“Well, well, well. How calm you are.” He stopped to reply with satisfaction.
「哼，你還真是冷靜。」他停下了手邊的動作，滿意地回道。
“How come? Why could you treat me like this?” I questioned him with my hand holding my gun tightly.
「為什麼？你到底是為什麼要針對我到這樣的地步？」我握緊腰間的槍，質問著。
“How nasty it is! You are SO-CALLED the strongest heir of the defenders. Yet, you corrupted the organization JUST because of a nobody! What the heck do you think you are? The strongest defender? Silly!” He said resentfully with his face twisted, and his eyes full of hatred.
「多麼腐敗，妳是我們守護者堪稱是最強繼承人，卻因為區區一個無名小卒，敗壞組織的風氣。你覺得你配得上最強的封號嗎？」他的表情扭曲，忿恨盈滿著他的雙瞳。
“The responsibility of the defender is to protect the civilians. Peace is our target of justice. What’s the problem of our friendship to the organization? But rather you, YOU sent the killer a few days ago, didn’t you?” I said with a deep breath.
「守護者的意義是守護平民的安全，和平是我們正義的目標。那麼，我和她的友情哪裡礙到我們組織了？倒是你，前幾天的殺手是你派的吧？」我深吸一口氣，說道。
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“Well, you have already become aware of that? Thanks to your keen observation. We guys are defenders, once we have had any emotions, we couldn’t defeat enemies without any concern but to fail, only. Affection is useless to us! How stupid you are. Come to realize the truth, girl!” He said plausibly.
「喔？妳察覺到啦？多虧你有這麼靈敏的觀察力。我們守護者一旦有了感情，就不能毫無旁鶩地殺敵，只能墮落。感情對我們來說是無用的！妳真是愚蠢。快省悟吧！丫頭。」他振振有辭地說著。
“You are wrong!” I answered angrily.
「你是錯的！」我憤怒地說著。
“Prove it to me!” He provoked.
「證明給我看啊！」他挑釁著。
Not reacting, a crack of the glass aroused my appetences of slaughter.
我還沒反應過來，一陣玻璃的破裂聲喚醒了我的殺戮之心。
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Chapter 13
When my window was broken with a loud noise, I was having a nightmare. In my dream, I tried to explain to my teacher that my Studio Classroom magazine had been broken because of my dog. But she didn’t believe me at all.
當我家的窗戶帶著劇烈的聲響破裂時，我正在做一場惡夢。在我的夢中，我試著跟我的老師解釋我的空英是被我的狗弄破的。可是她完全不相信我。
Roxanne raised her hands, “I can prove that, my dog destroyed it when Cindy came to my house, when the earthquake happened.”
Roxanne舉起她的手說：「我可以證明那是真的。當Cindy來到我家時，剛好地震，我的狗就把空英毀了。」
“So... which dog did that?” The teacher patted the platform angrily. She was so angry about our “lie” that her cup fell off and broken.
「所以......到底是誰的狗把它撕爛的？」老師憤怒的拍打了講桌，她因為我們這樣「互相幫腔」而生氣到把杯子給摔破了。
Just as I heard the sound of the break of glass, someone shook my shoulders. “Wake up, Cindy! I have something to tell you.”
就在我聽到玻璃破碎清脆的聲響時，突然有人搖晃著我的肩膀。「Cindy，起床，我有事要跟你說。」
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I opened my eyes, seeing Roxanne looking down at me. Another dream. I thought. It was impossible for a student to visit his or her classmates so late. Moreover, it was also impossible for my window behind her broken in pieces. I winked my eyes.
我張開眼睛，看到Roxanne正在上方看著我。另一個夢。我想。不可能有一個學生會這麼晚跑到同學家裡。再說，我家的窗戶不可能會變成像她身後的玻璃一樣支離破碎。我眨了眨眼。
After a few seconds, she was still there. Well, the dream seemed too real to be a dream, maybe it was true. (By the way, according to my experience, I suggest the readers not to do logical thinking when you just wake up. It is impossible for you to think clearly.)
可是過了幾秒，她還是在那兒。這看起來好像真實到有點不太可能是夢了，也許這是真的(順道一提，根據我的個人經驗，我勸讀者們不要在睡眼惺忪時以邏輯思考問題，你不太可能思路清晰。)
“What? Cindy, stop dreaming! It’s not the time for you to sleep.” She seemed to be anxious, losing the calm she always had.
「喂！Cindy，不要再做夢了，現在不是你能睡的時候了。」她似乎很擔心，失去她以往的冷靜。
Well, confession time. It was hard for me to listen to anyone when I was sleepy, of course including my best friend. “Why should I listen to you?” I replied.
嗯......自白時間。我在想睡的時候很難去聽別人說什麼，當然也包括我最好的朋友。「為什麼我要聽你的啊？」我回應道。
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She was surprised. But she decided to ignore my irrationality. “Did he hurt you?”
她很驚訝。但她決定忽略我的無理取鬧。「他有傷到你嗎？」
“Who?” Finally, I awoke.
「誰？」終於，我醒了。
“He.” She looked backward. Followed her sight, I saw a man lying behind her.
「他。」她往身後看去。順著她的視線，我看見一名男子躺在她後面。
“Who is he?” I asked.
「他是誰？」我問。
“It’s a long story.” She sighed, smiling bitterly.
「很長的故事。」 她嘆氣，苦笑。
“Then tell me. These days I really wondered that what our friendship became to you. Why do you hide so many things to me?” I needed to find out the reason for her change.
「告訴我。這幾天我真的很好奇對你來說，我們的友情到底變成什麼了？為什麼好多事你都要隱瞞著我？」我必須找到她改變的原因。
Again, she sighed. Her appearance seemed that she had accumulated vicissitudes for thousands of years.
又一次，她嘆了一口氣。她的樣子就彷彿是已承受了千年以來的憂傷。
Blood fell onto my face. “You’re hurt.” I said.
鮮血滴到我的臉上。「你受傷了。」我說道。
“Right.” She agreed. She incidentally effaced the blood over the wound on her cheek. “It doesn’t matter.”
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「沒錯。」她同意道。她隨手抹去她臉頰上一道傷痕的鮮血。「這沒什麼。」
“Listen. Our friendship is more than anything else for me. And that’s why I didn’t tell you anything. If you dislike me because of it, I won’t blame you. It’s necessary for your safety. But if you don’t, you will undoubtedly get into a real trouble, and your life would be threatened. I can’t bear losing our friendship. But both of the consequences would make me lose it. I always told myself that I was trying to defend you, but I knew I was cheating myself. It was all because of my selfishness. I childishly thought that if you didn’t know the secret of mine, you’d be totally safe. And I could unceasingly enjoy the kindness and friendship that I should never own.” Tears fell from her eyes; the warmth in her eyes astonished me.
「聽著。對我來說，任何事都比不上我們的友誼。這也是為什麼我沒有告訴你任何事。如果你會因為知道這個秘密而討厭我，我不會怪你。我一定要讓你安全。但是如果你不怪我，你肯定會捲入一個大麻煩中，而且你的生命會受到威脅。我無法容忍失去這段友誼，可是兩種後果都會使我失去我們的友誼。我每次都告訴我自己我正試著保護你，可是我卻很清楚我在欺騙自己，這只是為了我的自私。我天真的認為只要你不知道這個秘密，你就一定很安全。然後我就可以永遠享受這從不該屬於我的友好和友誼。」眼淚從她的眼眶滑落，我被她溫暖的眼神嚇到了。
It seemed like that she was looking at the only brightness in darkness.
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她就好像正在看著黑暗裡唯一的一束光亮。
Why? Who was the girl in front of me?
為什麼？在我面前的這位女孩到底是誰？
Feeling like a stranger, but made me want to give my life on her hands. A sense of dependence came out of the deepest of my mind, with the greatest fear.
感覺好像一個陌生人，可是又讓我想將我的生命託付給她。依賴感自我內心的最深處湧出，卻伴隨著最深的恐懼。
“Watch out!” I shouted, the man behind her jumped up, nipping her neck.
「小心！」我大叫，她身後的男人突然縱身跳起，掐住了她的脖子。
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Chapter 14
I broke the window with my gun. I shouldn’t have done that. But when I was standing outside Cindy’s bedroom, seeing the teasing, scornful smile on Jason’s face, anger had grabbed all of my self-control.
我用槍擊破了窗戶。我不應該這麼做的。但是當我站在Cindy的房間外，看著Jason臉上那戲謔又輕蔑的冷笑，憤怒將我的理智全然奪去。
How could he do that? The relationship among the three families was usually in harmony.
他怎麼可以這麼做？明明三個家族之間的關係平時都很和諧。
In the past, there was only assistance among us. Our slaughters were only for justice, until now.
在過去，我們之間只有互相幫助。一直到這一刻為止，我們的殺戮全都只是為了正義。
I looked over Jason’s shoulders. Cindy was still sleeping in her bed. The man with a sharp knife was standing beside her no more than one meter.
我看向Jason的肩膀，Cindy仍在她的床上安穩的睡著。那個拿著刀的男人站在Cindy的旁邊，不超過一公尺的距離。
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I was a “defender.” If I couldn’t protect the most important person of mine, then what’s the value of my life? NOTHING! I turned my gun around, hit the windows, and sent my foot to Jason’s astonished face. Luckily, he fainted right away.
我是個「守護者」，如果我連對我來說最重要的人都保護不了，那我的人生還有什麼價值？一點意義都沒有了！我將槍轉了個方向，往窗戶一擊，使勁的踢在Jason訝異的臉上。幸運地，他即刻便昏倒了。
“No... it was my dog. I... it’s real. I didn’t lie.” Cindy looked afraid, having a nightmare? I shook her shoulders, trying to wake her up.
「不是的......那是我的狗。我......是真的。我沒有說謊。」Cindy看起來十分恐懼，做惡夢了嗎？我搖搖她的肩膀，試著把她叫醒。
“Wake up, Cindy! I have something to tell you.”
「Cindy，起床，我有事要跟你說。」
“Why should I listen to you?” What? Why did Cindy say that? I wondered, but I had no time to find out the answer.
「為什麼我要聽你的？」什麼？為什麼Cindy 說這種話？我很好奇，可是我沒有時間細想。
“Did he hurt you?” I asked nervously.
「他有傷到你嗎？」我緊張地問道。
“Who?”
「誰？」
I looked back. Jason was still unconscious, so I put my attention back to Cindy.
我往後看，Jason還沒恢復意識，所以我重新把注意力集中在Cindy身上。
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“Who is he?” Cindy tried to look over me, trying to see more clearly.
「他是誰？」Cindy試著看向我後方，試著看得更清楚一點。
What should I tell her? Jason? Defender? The cruellest killer I’ve ever known? Or someone who wants to kill you because of me?
我該怎麼跟她說？Jason？守護者？我所知道最兇殘的殺手？還是某個因為我所以想殺你的人？
How should I tell her? “It’s a long story.” I told her.
我要怎麼跟她說？「這是一個很長的故事。」我告訴她。
She looked upset. “What does our friendship mean to you?”
她看起來不太高興。「對你來說我們的友情算什麼？」
More than my life. I thought.
比我的生命更重要。我想。
I knew that I couldn’t escape that day. I must face my greatest fear: telling the truth to Cindy.
我知道我今天不能再逃避了，我必須面對我最大的恐懼：告訴她真相。
“You’re hurt.” I saw my blood dropping onto her face. I almost forgot about it.
「你受傷了。」我看到我的血滴到她的臉上，我幾乎忘了這件事了。
I needed to explain to her. Right away. I must tell her all about my secret and how precious our friendship was to me.
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我必須跟她解釋。馬上。我必須告訴她我的秘密以及我有多珍惜我們之間的友誼。
Just when I was going to tell her the truth about my family, she became frightened. “WATCH OUT!!” She shouted. At the same time, I felt someone almost throttle me.
就在我打算告訴她有關我家族的真相時，她突然嚇了一大跳。「小心!!」她大叫。同時，我感覺到有人掐住了我的喉嚨。
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Chapter 15
Feeling stabbing pain, I realized that Jason cruelly pierced my back with a dagger; bloody-red glowed. I turned my head hastily, having a glance of Jason. He slowly accelerated his actions, strapping my neck tightly with his left hand.
背後一陣刺痛感襲來，Jason狠狠地將匕首劃入我的背，鮮血在空中綻放出炫目的紅。我趕忙轉頭，瞄了眼敵人的狀態，他緩慢的動作正在加速，用左手勒緊我的脖子。
Couldn’t breathe.
無法呼吸。
I hastened to hit his head with my gun. Feeling a burst of warmth, his head was cracked. The warm liquid sprayed over, drawing a scarlet poppy on the remaining glass.
我趕緊用槍猛力敲擊他的後腦杓，一陣溫熱感，他的後腦被堅硬的槍身敲破，噴濺著。溫暖的液體在僅存的玻璃窗上繪出一朵腥紅的罌粟花。
Just then, the pain around my neck had disappeared. With all of my strength, I kicked Jason out of the windows. All he could do was struggling to support himself on the edge of the balcony. I pulled the trigger, aiming at his heart.
就在這時，我感覺到頸部的疼痛已消失。我使盡全身的力量，將他踢出窗外，過強的力道使他只能掙扎著攀住陽台邊緣，我扣下扳機瞄準了他的心臟。
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However, he, who shouldn’t have been able to move anymore, strove to avoid my bullet. I frowned, disdainfully.
但，原本應該無法動彈的他，掙扎著閃過我的子彈。我不屑地皺眉。
Still have any strength? I thought.
還有力氣？我心想。
Sweat pricked my eyes. I winked them to see more clearly. After I put my control back, an excited laughter struck me with the sense of victory. I hastily turned around, seeing Jason oppressed Cindy with his knife on her neck. Her face suddenly became pale, and it hurt me deeper than any injury on my own body. That wasn’t allowed! I determined, with a scream in my mind.
雙眼被汗水刺痛著，我眨了眨眼，試著看地更清楚一些。當我回過神來，一陣興奮的笑聲帶著勝利的快感向我襲來，我急忙轉過頭，Jason的刀正扣住Cindy的脖子，Cindy的臉慘白地劌目鉥心。不能讓她受傷害，我決不允許，我的心吶喊著。
I immediately raised my gun and aimed at Jason’s heart; however, I saw threads of blood flew along Cindy’s blond skin. “Do you want to keep your friend alive? Or killing me is more desirable! Put down your gun, otherwise I surely cannot promise that this little girl would still be alive.” His voice vibrated around the narrow space outrageously, shaking the air about.
我立刻舉起槍瞄準Jason的心臟，不料，我卻看到Cindy脖子上出現一絲絲血流下她白皙的肌膚，「妳是想要你朋友的命還是想殺我？放下妳的槍，不然小心這個小女孩的性命不保！」他狂妄的聲音在狹小的房間中迴盪，震動著四周的空間。 35
Jason’s hands were trembling because of the fight.
Resignedly, I made up the decision. I slowly put the gun onto the floor, trying to keep calm when I stood up and raised my hands over my head. “How smart you are! From now on, I’m the mightiest!” With the corners of his mouth up, he released his hand which was holding the knife, stepping to my gun.
我看著Jason因為打鬥而顫抖的手，咬牙，做下了決定。我緩緩將槍放在地上，冷靜地起身，雙手舉過頭。「真聰明，投降了是吧！從今以後我就是最強的了！」他的嘴角上揚，邊鬆開拿著刀的手，走向我的槍。
Now! I got my gun up with my foot, catching it skillfully and squinted my eyes to aim at his heart. Passing by in front of Cindy’s fearful face, the silver bullet marked a track in the deadlocked night. It penetrated Jason firmly as it approached him. The red splashed out a deep silence under the moonlight. Stillness spread. Then, it was the sound of Jason’s collapse, physically and mentally. Speechlessly, I looked straight at him, at his unmovable body, just as the man who hurt Cindy that night.
就是現在！我用腳勾起我的槍，手熟練地接住，瞇起雙眼，瞄準了他的心臟，扣下扳機。只見銀白色的子彈劃破夜空，越過Cindy恐懼的視線，在接近Jason的剎那，毫不留情地，穿過。濺出的紅在月光下映出深沉的寂寥，聲音彷彿被吸走，一陣肅殺。接著是Jason癱倒在地的聲音，無語，我定定地看著他不動的身軀。跟那晚傷害Cindy的男人下場一樣。
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How about Cindy? I anxiously checked whether she was fine or not. Her white clothes were dyed to a dazzling kind of red. And her eyes were filled with deadly fear. Whatever, she was alive. And I could relieve myself finally.
Cindy呢？我心急地察看Cindy的身影，她原本一身潔白的衣著被鮮血染上了刺眼的紅，而她的雙瞳，被染成恐懼的深黑，但，看到她還活著，我鬆了口氣。
As my sight went down, there was also a shoal of dark-red liquid around me. Is that my blood?! Gradually, I felt myself becoming unconscious, with my eyes and ears unclear. The last thing I could feel was Cindy’s nervous scream. Enough, everything was enough. At least...at least she was still alive. Not expecting to awake next time, I fainted in my own blood unconsciously. With a weak smile on my face.
我的視線往下挪，自己周身也圍著一灘深紅的液體，這是我的血嗎？漸漸地，我感覺自己的身體慢慢失去知覺，模糊的眼睛，聽不清的雙耳，最後我感覺到的只有Cindy緊張地尖叫。夠了，這一切也都夠了，至少她還活著。不期望下次醒來的我，昏厥，失去意識地倒在血泊中，無力的目光，嘴角微揚。
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Chapter 16
