105 深入探查

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" What are you doing in First City?" Zann asked, stunned to see Jev

“你在第一城干什么？”Zann看到Jev，惊讶地问。

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Jev ignored the question." It's a new kind of magic," he said with a smirk

Jev没理会这个问题。“这是一种新魔法，”他得意地笑着说。

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" Your parents aren't the only ones who can invent stuff, you know."

“你知道，不只有你父母会发明东西。”

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" Huh?" Zann was still confused by his old enemy's unexpected appearance

“啊？”Zann仍因旧敌的意外出现而感到困惑。

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He glanced at Zing, who was flying overhead, whistling suspiciously at Jev

他瞥了一眼Zing，Zing正在头顶飞，对着Jev可疑地吹着口哨。

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" What are you talking about? What new magic?"

“你在说什么？什么新魔法？”

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" The image, dummy." Jev rolled his eyes

“图像啊，笨蛋。”Jev翻了个白眼。

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" The new magic makes the image visible to any living thing except Reds

“这种新魔法让图像对除了红族以外的任何生物都可见。

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See?" He stepped forward. The image appeared again

看到没？”他向前一步。图像又出现了。

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This time Zann was able to get a better look

这次Zann能看得更清楚了。

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It was an ad for the mass protest on his birthday

那是一个关于他生日当天大规模抗议的广告。

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" What's the big deal?" Zann said with a frown

“有什么大不了的？”赞恩皱着眉头说。

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" Everyone knows about that protest. It's been all over the news."

“大家都知道那次抗议。新闻上到处都是。”

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" Maybe." Jev stepped back, and the ad disappeared again

“也许吧。”杰夫后退一步，广告又消失了。

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" But the image is a good way to make it clear that Reds aren't welcome there."

“但这个图像能很好地表明红族在那里不受欢迎。”

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Zann's head was spinning. He'd been wishing all week for visitors from Swamp Bottom

赞恩头晕目眩。他整个星期都在盼着沼泽底村来客人。

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However, Jev definitely wasn't one of the people he'd had in mind!

然而，杰夫绝不是他心中想的那个人！

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" I thought the protest was to promote Void rights," Zann said

“我以为那次抗议是为了促进虚空族的权利，”赞恩说。

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" Why wouldn't Voids want Reds to support that?"

“为什么虚空族不希望红族支持呢？”

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" You're so naive." Jev was still smirking." Things are changing in Magica

“你太天真了。”杰夫仍在得意地笑。“魔法世界正在发生变化。

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And Reds like you probably won't like what's coming

而像你这样的红族，大概不会喜欢接下来发生的事。

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That's why my parents decided to come to First City

这就是为什么我父母决定来第一城。

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We want to help Laddno bring about those changes."

我们想帮助拉迪诺促成那些变革。”

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" Laddno?" Zann was surprised to hear the man's name again." You've heard of Laddno?"

“拉迪诺？”再次听到这个名字，赞恩感到很惊讶。“你听说过拉迪诺？”

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" Hasn't everyone?" Jev said." He's one of the most successful businessmen in Magica

“不是人人都知道吗？”杰夫说，“他是马吉卡最成功的商人之一。

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He knows how to get things done. Including the Void rights stuff and, you know, other things

他知道怎么把事情办成。包括虚空族权利那件事，还有，你知道的，其他一些事。

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Now that he's involved, everything is going to change. Just you wait and see."

既然他参与进来了，一切都将改变。你就等着瞧吧。”

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Zann wasn't sure what Jev was talking about

赞恩不确定杰夫在说些什么。

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But he didn't want to talk to his old enemy anymore

但他不想再和他这位旧敌交谈了。

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" Excuse me," Zann said." I'm sure you don't want to be seen with a Red like me. So I'm out of here."

“失陪了，”赞恩说，“我肯定你也不想被人看到和我这样的红族在一起。所以我先走了。”

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He grabbed Zing, snapped his fingers, and zapped away

他抓住Zing，打了个响指，瞬间消失了。

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Splash!

扑通！

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" Drat," Zann grumbled, realizing he'd barely stopped to think about where he wanted to land

“该死，”赞恩咕哝着，意识到自己几乎没来得及想清楚要落到哪里。

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He glanced around and recognized a small local park. Good

他环顾四周，认出了这是当地的一个小公园。还好。

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At least he hadn't accidentally zapped to Wormwood or some other nasty place

至少他没不小心把自己传到沃姆伍德或别的什么糟糕地方去。

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He stepped out of the small pond where he'd landed

他从落地的小池塘里走了出来。

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Zing flew off to chase a bird in the treetops

Zing飞走去追树梢上的一只鸟了。

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Zann looked around again. The park was deserted

赞恩再次环顾四周。公园里空无一人。

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Zann rubbed his fingers together, preparing to zap back home

赞恩搓了搓手指，准备传送回家。

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Then he paused and decided to wait a moment

接着他停顿了一下，决定等一会儿。

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Talking to Jev had made Zann curious about Laddno

和杰夫交谈后，赞恩对拉迪诺产生了好奇。

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Everyone seemed to be talking about this guy lately

似乎每个人最近都在谈论这个家伙。

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Yet Zann knew almost nothing about the man

然而赞恩对这个男人几乎一无所知。

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" I'll check the Directory," he thought

“我去查查目录，”他想。

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The Directory listed the names of all the people in Magica, along with basic information about each of them

目录里列出了魔法界所有人的名字，以及每个人的基本信息。

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Zann rubbed his hands together again, creating more magic friction

赞恩再次搓了搓手，产生更多的魔法摩擦。

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A book-like magical image appeared in the air in front of him

一个书本状的魔法图像出现在他面前的空中。

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Countless tiny photos floated in the image

无数张小照片漂浮在图像中。

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" Laddno!" Zann said

“拉迪诺！”赞恩说。

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Instantly, the photos scattered as Laddno's picture expanded to fill the screen

瞬间，照片散开，拉迪诺的照片放大充满了整个屏幕。

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Zann scrolled quickly past the photo. Thanks to the ads for the protest, he already knew what Laddno looked like. Now he wanted information about him

赞恩快速滑过那张照片。多亏了抗议活动的广告，他已经知道拉迪诺长什么样了。现在他想要了解关于他的信息。

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Zann scanned the entry. As Jev had mentioned, Laddno was listed as being a businessman

赞恩浏览着词条。正如杰夫提到的，拉迪诺被列为一名商人。

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Some citizens of Magica had no talent or patience for certain types of creative magic

玛吉卡的一些居民对某些类型的创造魔法既没有天赋，也缺乏耐心。

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So they hired people like Laddno to help them conjure a nicer house or more comfortable furniture or clothing that fit them properly

于是他们雇佣像拉迪诺这样的人，帮他们变出更漂亮的房子、更舒适的家具或合身的衣服。

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And of course, Voids couldn't create their own things at all

当然，虚空族人完全无法变出属于自己的东西。

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They had to rely on family members, friends, or people like Laddno to conjure all their clothes and other necessities

他们只能依靠家人、朋友，或是像拉迪诺这样的人，为他们变出所有衣物和其他必需品。

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Zann read that Laddno had been born in First City and was a few years younger than Zann's parents

赞恩读到他出生在第一城，比赞恩的父母小几岁。

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He was known to have fairly strong magic for a non-Red, and he currently lived in the wealthy neighborhood of Treeview

都知道他作为一个非红族，拥有相当强的魔法，并且他目前住在富裕的树景社区。

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" Treeview," Zann muttered." That's where Mari lives. Maybe she knows him."

"树景，"赞恩咕哝道。"玛丽就住那儿。也许她认识他。"

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Next he read about Laddno's involvement in the Void rights movement

接下来，他阅读了关于拉迪诺参与虚空族权利运动的信息。

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The Directory said he'd joined just a few weeks earlier but had quickly become the leader of the movement

目录上说，他几周前才加入，但很快就成了这场运动的领袖。

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Before closing the Directory, Zann decided to check for Wyssa

在关闭目录之前，赞恩决定查一查薇莎。

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The last time he'd done that, her entry looked the same as it always had

他上次查的时候，她的条目看起来和以往一样。

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That was shortly after she'd taken Morb away though

不过，那是在她带走莫布之后不久。

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" Wyssa," Zann said. Laddno's page disappeared, replaced immediately with Wyssa's

“薇莎。”赞恩说道。拉迪诺的页面消失了，立刻换成了薇莎的。

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The page had a new note: Presumed to be off-world

页面上多了一条新注释：据推测已离开这个世界。

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" Wow. She really is gone," Zann thought

“哇，她真的走了。”赞恩想。

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" I wonder what world she's on now."

“不知道她现在在哪个世界。”

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Zann closed the Directory." Come on, Zing," he called to the dragon, who was still sniffing around in the treetops

赞恩关闭了目录。“走了，小Z，”他呼唤着还在树梢上嗅来嗅去的小龙。

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" Let's go home and — aah!"

“我们回家——啊！”

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Zann's head suddenly throbbed with pain

赞恩的头突然一阵剧痛。

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He staggered back, grabbing a tree to steady himself

他踉跄后退，抓住一棵树稳住身体。

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He squeezed his eyes shut and waited for the pain to pass. It felt like a Red Share

他紧闭双眼，等待疼痛过去。这感觉像是红色共享。

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But this seemed different from previous Red Shares

但这似乎和以往的红色共享不同。

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For one thing Zann couldn't tell which Red the Share was coming from

首先，赞恩分辨不出这共享来自哪个红族。

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He also wasn't sure which emotion had caused it

他也不确定是哪种情绪引起的。

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Was it pain? Fear? Anger? Or some combination of all three?

是痛苦？恐惧？愤怒？还是三者皆有？

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The feeling started to subside. Zann breathed out with relief

这种感觉开始消退。赞恩松了口气。

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Then he gasped as the feeling washed over him again

然后他倒吸一口气，因为那种感觉再次袭来。

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The pain wasn't quite as strong this time, but now a faint voice came with it

这次疼痛没那么强烈，但随之而来的还有个微弱的声音。

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Zann couldn't tell who was speaking, but the person was saying just one word: " Help!"

赞恩听不出是谁在说话，但那人只说了一个词：“救命！”