╗ ╚ 【書名】：On His Majesty's Secret Service陛下密使 - James Bond 007 【作者】：[英] Charlie Higson 查理·希格森 【類型】：電影小說、James Bond 【簡介】： 2023年占士·邦 最新小說 【James Bond 007 誕生60週年記念作】 A bullet had torn through his leg, taking off a small chunk of flesh and ripping his pocket open. Its contents had spilled out. He snatched up what he could and threw himself in a long dive across the polished floor as the sofa erupted behind him in a shower of stuffing and splintered wood. The gun rattled one more time as he went into a roll and then righted himself next to one of the cameras, which were still tracking his every move. 子彈穿過了他的腿部，撕下了一小塊肉，還把他的口袋撕破了。口袋裡的東西全都灑了出來。他趕緊撿起能撿到的東西，然後向光滑的地板上猛衝過去。就在此時，他身後的沙發爆炸了，棉絮和木屑四處飛濺。他翻滾著躲避子彈，最後在某臺仍在記錄著他一舉一動的攝像機旁站穩了身子。 Æthelstan was wrestling with the G36. It looked like he’d emptied the cartridge already. He flung the gun aside and ran to retrieve the fallen guard’s weapon. Bond had ended up too far away to beat him to it and his leg felt weak and unreliable. He realised his hand was bleeding as well. Another bullet must have grazed it. He was clutching a handful of bloody coins, the largest of which was the fifty pence piece with the portrait of King Charles on it. He’d been carrying it since Heathrow. 亞瑟爾斯坦正在擺弄著 G36 步槍。看起來他已經把子彈打光了。他把槍扔到一邊，然後跑去撿起倒地的衛兵的武器。邦距離太遠，無法先他一步拿到武器；此外，他的腿也覺得很虛弱、無法正常行動。他發現自己的手也在流血——應該是又被子彈擦傷了。他手中握著幾枚沾滿血跡的硬幣，其中最大的一枚是面值五十便士的硬幣，上面有查爾斯國王的肖像。從希思羅機場出發後，他就一直帶著這枚硬幣。 Æthelstan had got to the gun. He was rising up, pulling back the spring-loaded charging handle. As he settled into position, Bond hurled the coin, flicking it with thumb and forefinger. It spun across the studio like a tiny ninja star and Bond’s aim was lucky. The coin flew straight between Æthelstan’s teeth, and he jerked his head back, coughed, choked, and spat it out. 亞瑟爾斯坦已經準備好開槍了。他站起身來，拉動了裝有彈簧的擊發裝置。就在他準備扣動扳機的時候，邦用拇指和食指將硬幣拋了出去。硬幣像一顆小小的“忍者星”般在空氣中飛舞。邦的瞄準很準確——硬幣正好飛入了亞瑟爾斯坦的牙齒之間。亞瑟爾斯坦立刻把頭往後一甩，開始咳嗽、嗆咳，最後把硬幣吐了出來。 It was all the edge Bond needed. Ignoring the screams of complaint from his wounded leg, he charged at Æthelstan and the two of them went down hard before Æthelstan could get a shot off. 這正是 007 所需要的勇氣。他完全無視了受傷的腿所傳來的疼痛，衝向了亞瑟爾斯坦。在亞瑟爾斯坦來得及開槍之前，兩人就已經倒地了。 Æthelstan shouted in pain as he landed, with Bond on top of him. A mercilessly hard slap round the face shut him up and made him compliant. Bond tore the gun out of his grip, thumbed the safety catch to single shot and got up, keeping the barrel trained on Æthelstan. 當邦壓在亞瑟爾斯坦身上時，亞瑟爾斯坦痛苦地叫了出來。一記狠狠的耳光讓他閉上嘴巴，不再反抗。邦奪過他手中的槍，將安全裝置調整為單發模式，然後站起身來，繼續用槍口指著亞瑟爾斯坦。 It was carnage in the studio. One of the cameras had been smashed into scrap by Æthelstan’s chaotic gunplay and there was broken glass everywhere. It looked like he’d killed Canner, too. The South African lay on his back, unmoving, his body a bloody tatter, puncture holes across his chest and face. Bond went over and pulled off his lanyard with the plastic security badge attached, and, watching Æthelstan all the while, stuffed it in his pocket. 錄影室裡一片混亂。亞瑟爾斯坦的亂槍射擊導致其中一臺攝影機被徹底破壞，地上到處都是碎玻璃。看起來，他還殺了卡奈爾。那名南非人仰面躺著，一動不動，身上滿是血跡，胸部和臉部都有槍孔。邦走過去，取下掛在身上的帶有塑料身份證的掛牌，同時一直盯著亞瑟爾斯坦，然後把掛牌放進了自己的口袋。 Ragnheiður was coming round. She got onto all fours, buckled and threw up. 拉蕾希爾逐漸恢復了意識。她用四肢著地，然後嘔吐起來。 ‘You all right?’ Bond asked and she looked at him groggily. 「你還好嗎？」邦問道。她茫然地望著他。 ‘Never better.’ 「再好不過了。」 Her eyes were unfocused, but she was struggling to get a grip and managed to stand. 她的雙眼無神，但還是努力想要站起來，最終成功站住了。 ‘Did I miss the party?’ 「我錯過了派對嗎？」 ‘It’s not over yet.’ 「還沒結束呢。」 Ragnheiður was still holding Canner’s knife in a white-knuckle grip as she looked around the studio. Bond wondered if she’d ever been this close to death before. There was still so much he didn’t know about her. 拉蕾希爾仍然緊握著卡奈爾的刀，目光在工作室裡四處遊移。邦想知道，她以前是否曾如此接近死亡。關於她，他還有太多不知道的事情。 ‘I’m sorry,’ he said. ‘As a first date this is pretty appalling.’ 「對不起，」他說。「作為第一次約會，這實在太糟糕了。」 Æthelstan looked up at them. ‘Bond was right, Ragnheiður,’ he said. ‘You’re a conniving little bitch.’ 亞瑟爾斯坦抬起頭看著他們。「邦說得對，拉蕾希爾，」他說。「你就是個心機深沉的賤人。」 Ragnheiður squatted down next to him and pressed the blade to his eye. ‘Watch what you say, Æthelstan – I’m a conniving little bitch with a knife.’ 拉蕾希爾在他身旁蹲下，將刀刃抵在他的眼睛上。「說話可要小心點，亞瑟爾斯坦——我可是個拿著刀的、心機深沉的賤人啊。」 Bond gestured at Æthelstan with his gun. ‘Get up.’ 邦用槍指了指亞瑟爾斯坦。「起來。」 ‘You may have set my plans back, Bond,’ said Æthelstan, struggling stiffly to his feet. ‘But you’ve not stopped me, and you’ve not saved Charles.’ 「你可能打亂了我的計劃，邦，」亞瑟爾斯坦說著，艱難地站起身來。「但你沒有阻止我，也沒有救下查理斯。」 ‘I’m not in the mood for another one of your speeches, old man,’ said Bond. ‘Move it.’ 「我可沒心情再聽你說話了，老頭子，」邦說。「快點吧。」 They left the studio, Bond shepherding Æthelstan with the gun. Out in the tunnel, only the red emergency lights were lit, washing the stone walls in a sanguine glow. Ragnheiður used her ID badge to get them through the security doors and into a service lift. 他們離開了錄音室，邦用槍指著亞瑟爾斯坦，帶著他一起離開。在隧道裡，只有紅色的緊急照明燈亮著，將石牆照得通紅。拉蕾希爾用她的身份證通行證，幫他們通過了保安門，進入了服務用電梯。 ‘This will take us up to the kitchens,’ she said. ‘It’s the quickest way out.’ 「這條路能帶我們到廚房，」她說。「那是最快捷的出口。」 The kitchens were empty at this time of night. And, so far, they’d seen none of Æthelstan’s security guards. Bond hoped they’d been sent down to deal with the trouble that had blown up in camp, dead on four o’clock. But when they emerged from the kitchens into the main part of the castle, an alarm was blaring, and as they approached the entrance hall, they were aware of people and movement. 在夜深人靜的時刻，廚房裡空無一人。而且，他們也沒有看到任何亞瑟爾斯坦的保鏢。邦希望，那些保鏢應該是被派去處理四點鐘時在營地裡發生的那起騷亂了。但當他們從廚房走出來，進入城堡的主體部分時，警報聲不斷響起。當他們走近大廳時，還聽到了人們的聲音和腳步聲。 ‘We’re going to have to front this out,’ Bond said to Ragnheiður. ‘Keep close to Æthelstan and keep that damn knife in his back. If he tries anything, kill him.’ 「我們得親自處理這件事，」邦對拉蕾凱特說。「跟緊亞瑟爾斯坦，一直用那把刀抵著他的後背。如果他敢有什麼異動，就殺了他。」 出版日期：2023年5月 原著相關 James Bond，占士·邦（或譯：詹姆斯·邦德），代號 007，原作者是英國小說家Ian Fleming 伊恩·佛萊明，於1953年創作的間諜角色，隨後成為史上最長壽且最知名的系列電影主角。 作者Ian Fleming 伊恩·佛萊明曾表示，James Bond是二戰時期加拿大商人William Stephenson 威廉·史蒂芬生等真實特務的高度浪漫化版本。 （Ian Fleming 筆下的007 James Bond 形象：機智、風趣、英俊瀟灑，常著西裝，是完美男性的化身。而且，除了MI6特工身分，007同時也是皇家海軍的高級軍官。） |
