╗ ╚ 【書名】：夜魔俠：無畏之人 Daredevil: The Man Without Fear 【作者】：[英] Paul Crilley保羅·克里利 【類型】：電影原著、漫畫改編小說 【簡介】： “I’ve been watching you, kid,” says Stick, as they move slowly along the sidewalk. 「我一直在看著你，小子，」棍叟一邊說著，一邊沿著人行道慢慢走著。 “Why?” 「為什麼？」 “Because you’re special. You’ve got something. Something we can use.” 「因為你很特別。你擁有某種特質。某種我們可以利用的特質。」 “Who’s ‘we’?” 「我們」指的是誰？ “That doesn’t concern you.” 「那與你無關。」 Matt snorts. “Anyway, I’m not special. I’m a nobody.” 麥特嗤之以鼻。「反正，我沒什麼特別的。我只是個無名小卒。」 “Oh? You know that, do you?” His voice is mild, but Matt can hear the tension in it, like a cobra about to strike. 「喔？你知道的？」他的聲音很溫和，但麥特能聽出其中的緊張，就像一條即將發動攻擊的眼鏡蛇。 “I’m blind. How can I be special?” 「我雙眼失明，我怎麼可能特別呢？」 “You think blindness is gonna stop you? You think blind people can’t accomplish anything?” 「你認為失明會阻止你嗎？你認為盲人就一事無成嗎？」 “No … it’s just …….” 「不……只是………」 “Just that you’re feeling sorry for yourself. I got no time for self-pity, kid. Snap out of it.” 「你只是在自憐自艾罷了。我沒時間陪你自憐，小傢伙。振作起來。」 Matt feels the anger rise up inside him. Who the hell does this guy think he is? What does he know? 麥特感覺到一股怒火在心中升騰。這傢伙以為自己是誰？他懂什麼？ “I can feel the heat coming off your skin,” Stick says mildly. “And I’d advise you to choose your next words very carefully.” 「我能感覺到你皮膚上的熱氣，」棍叟溫和地說，「我建議你仔細斟酌接下來要說的話。」 Feel the heat rising? Matt stops walking. “Are you blind, too?” 感覺到熱浪襲來了嗎？麥特停下腳步。「你也瞎了嗎？」 “Since birth. So yeah, I do know what I’m talking about. And I do know what you’re going through. But you know what? I still don’t care.” 「從出生起就是這樣。所以，是的，我知道自己在說什麼。我也知道你正在經歷什麼。但你知道嗎？我仍然不在乎。」 They walk in silence for a while, the sounds of the city coming at them from all sides. 他們默默地走了一會兒，城市的喧囂聲從四面八方傳來。 “Where are you taking me?” Matt finally asks. 「你要帶我去哪裡？」麥特終於問道。 “I’m not taking you anywhere. I’m showing you something.” 「我不是要帶你去任何地方，我是要給你看樣東西。」 “What?” 「什麼？」 “You’ll see. Or I suppose you won’t, will you?” And then that chuckle again, the dry laugh that Matt knows is at his expense. 「你會看到的。或者，我猜你不會看到的，對吧？」然後又是一陣輕笑，麥特知道這是在嘲笑他，所以他才發出這種乾笑。 It turns out to be an old basement in an abandoned tenement. 原來這是一棟廢棄公寓大樓的舊地下室。 Matt stands before the entrance, Stick at his side. 麥特站在入口處，棍叟在他身邊。 “I’m not going in there with you,” Matt says matter-of-factly. 「我不會跟你一起進去，」麥特平靜地說。 “Why the hell not?” 「為什麼不行？」 “Because you could be a psycho!” 「因為你可能是個精神病患者！」 “True.” 「真的。」 “‘True’?” 「『真的』？」 “Yeah. Doesn’t mean I’m going to hurt you, though.” 「是啊。但這並不意味著我會傷害你。」 “Not reassuring.” 「令人不安。」 “It’s not meant to be. I have a gym down there. I’m going to train you.” 「這事兒沒戲。我在那邊有個健身房，我會訓練你的。」 Matt frowns. “Train me to do what?” 麥特皺起了眉頭。「訓練我做什麼？」 “To fight. To be a warrior.” 「去戰鬥。去成為一名戰士。」 “A warrior. Right. And why would I want to be a warrior?” 「戰士。沒錯。那我為什麼要當戰士呢？」 Stick’s face is suddenly right in front of his. Matt can smell cinnamon and oranges. “You’d rather keep running? Hiding?” 棍叟的臉突然出現在麥特面前。麥特聞到了肉桂和橘子的香味。「你寧願繼續跑？躲起來？」 “N … no.” 「不……不。」 “You’re not a kid anymore. Understand? You have to train if you’re going to be any good to me.” 「你不再是小孩子了，明白嗎？如果你想為我效力，你必須訓練。」 “Any good to you? I don’t know what you mean! For what?” 「對你有好處嗎？我不知道你在說什麼！有什麼用？」 “I can’t tell you. Not yet.” 「我不能告訴你，現在還不行。」 “Right. So let me get this straight. You, a stranger who’s been stalking me, want me, an underage child, to go into an abandoned building with you? Where you’ll train me to be a mystical warrior?” 「對。那讓我搞清楚吧。你這個一直跟蹤我的陌生人，想讓我這個未成年孩子跟你一起進入那棟廢棄的大樓裡？然後你再在那裡訓練我，讓我成為一名所謂的『神秘戰士』？」 “I didn’t say mystical. Nothing mystical about fighting.” 「我沒說神秘。戰鬥有什麼神秘之處。」 “Whatever. The answer’s no.” 「隨便。答案是否定的。」 “Don’t be stupid.” 「別犯傻。」 “I mean it. I’m not going in there with you.” 「我是認真的。我不會和你一起進去。」 Matt braces himself, ready for the blow to the head. But it doesn’t come. Instead, he hears Stick sigh. 麥特做好心理準備，迎接頭部受到的重擊。但重擊並沒有到來。取而代之的是，他聽到棍叟嘆了口氣。 “Look, I got no time for this. I’ll be here. Come back when you’re ready to apologize.” 「聽著，我沒時間跟你耗。我會一直待在這裡。等你準備好道歉的時候再來吧。」 “Apologize for what?” 「道歉什麼？」 “Wasting my time. I thought you were ready. Obviously not.” 「浪費我的時間。我以為你已經準備好了。顯然沒有。」 Matt manages to stay away for a week. Every day he wants to go back to find out what Stick was talking about, but he holds off, not wanting to give in that easy. 麥特成功地躲過了一週。他每天都想回去看看棍叟到底在說什麼，但他忍住了，不想那麼輕易就屈服。 He arrives in the afternoon and pushes open the broken door. He sweeps his cane around. Nothing. The passage has been cleared of debris and litter. Matt steps inside, feeling a clammy dampness in the air. He can smell the mildew and mold, invisible spores getting into his lungs. How bad is this building? Is it going to fall down on top of him? 他下午到達，推開破損的門。他用拐杖掃了掃，什麼也沒發現。通道裡的瓦礫和垃圾已被清理乾淨。麥特走了進去，感覺到空氣中瀰漫著一股潮濕的霉味。他聞到了霉味，那些看不見的孢子鑽進了他的肺部。這棟大樓到底有多糟？它會不會塌下來砸在他身上？ “Turn left ten steps ahead!” Matt recognizes Stick’s voice, shouting from somewhere in the building. 「前面十步左轉！」麥特認出了棍叟的聲音，那是從大樓裡的某個地方傳來的。 He does as instructed and finds himself at the top of a set of stairs leading into what he assumes is the basement. He moves slowly, feeling the steps with his stick by sweeping it from side to side, just like he was taught back at the hospital. 他照著指示行事，發現自己來到了一排樓梯的頂端，他猜想那裡通往地下室。他慢慢地走著，用拐杖左右搖晃著感受台階，就像在醫院學到的。 Thunk. Thunk. Two feet wide. 咚。咚。兩英尺寬。 Thunk. Normal distance between steps. 咚。步距正常。 Down he goes, all the way to the bottom. 他一路向下，直到最底一層。 “Proud of yourself?” Stick asks. “You don’t need that cane, you know. Well … it’s handy. But not for getting around. It’s better as a weapon.” 「你為自己感到驕傲嗎？」棍叟問。「你知道，你不需要那根拐杖。嗯……它確實很方便。但不是用來走路的。它更適合當武器。」 Matt doesn’t say anything. He realizes Stick likes saying things like that in hopes of getting Matt to ask what he means. Well, he isn’t going to give Stick the satisfaction. 麥特什麼也沒說。他知道棍叟喜歡說這種話，就是想讓他問他話裡的意思。哼，他可不會讓棍叟得逞。 “Couldn’t stay away, huh?” 「還是忍不住想來啊？」 “I was curious.” 「我很好奇。」 “Bet you were. But now that you’re here, you need to listen up. There are rules, okay? If we’re going to get you fit in time, we got a lot of work to do.” 「我敢肯定你以前是這樣的。但既然你來了，就得聽好了。這裡有規矩，明白嗎？如果我們想讓你及時恢復健康，還有很多工作要做。」 Again, Matt doesn’t ask what he means. He thinks he can sense disappointment from Stick. Like Matt is ruining his fun. 麥特還是沒問他是什麼意思。他覺得棍叟有點失望，好像自己掃了他的興似的。 出版年：2024年／1993 年 10 月（原版） 出版相關 ＊ 《夜魔俠：無畏之人》 是 1993 年推出的五期超級英雄漫畫迷你係列，由弗蘭克米勒編劇， 約翰羅米塔二世繪製， 漫威漫畫出版， 主角是夜魔俠 。 該系列漫畫探索了超級英雄夜魔俠（真名麥特·梅鐸）的起源故事。 第一期講述了他的童年；導致他失明和獲得超能力的意外事故；以及他父親的去世。 該系列漫畫塑造了主角生命中許多重要人物，包括—— 他的導師棍叟（ Stick） 、大學時的戀人艾麗卡（Elektra） 、摯友福吉·尼爾森（Foggy Nelson ），以及他的主要宿敵之一金並（Kingpin） ，又名威爾遜·菲斯克（Wilson Fisk）。 在整部漫畫中，麥特·梅鐸（或譯：馬特·默多克）不斷磨練自己的能力，與憤怒奮戰，最後成為夜魔俠 。 |
