Way of the Departed 亡者之道 第五章
作者：Tommy Andreasen
译者：醉酒异客
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第二天早上，塞莉尔问我睡得好不好，我向她撒谎说好极了。随后，她带我粗略地游览了一下诺姆。近几年这里变化很大，镇上添了很多装饰华丽的建筑，都是按照江户时代
（译者注：江户时代为日本的一个历史时期）
的风格和传统建造的－－这让我想起了杨大师的寺庙，整个城镇也因之而更有魅力了。那些建筑看上去非常逼真，当我向塞莉尔提出这一点时，她告诉我有些是真的古迹。它们来自几百里以南的一些衰败的村庄，她父亲对它们做了一些修复工作。 不知道知道帕蒂·凯斯
（译者注：见文末补充）
看见这些房子会想什么？也许最好还是别让她知道，否则那个可怜的老邮差就别想活了。我们真的应该让塞勒斯博格开发一些东西来帮帮他，让他少跑点腿。 我们来到了一个道场。塞莉尔自豪地向我介绍了它的名字：幽灵道场。可她突然脸红了，又开始说这个名字有多傻，她打算怎么改。我想我刚刚可能说错了什么话。她说她最大的灵感来自妮雅的X武士秘密身份的故事，以及一些关于X武士洞穴的民间传闻。我对她讲了新的Ⅹ武士的事，但刚说完我就后悔了－－她立刻向我发出了一大串关于这个神秘人的提问。为了转移话题，我请求她带我去看看道场的里面。 寇似乎心不在焉。我真不该向他夸耀我给道场起的那个傻名字，但他一直心事重重，我也只是在拖延时间而已。关于他的的伤疤，我问了一些问题，可他一直在回避我。很明显，这是不自然的，所以我想让他见见贾拉汉。他是我的助手和陪练，比我年轻，但他的灵魂好像很老了。我很信任他，仅管他的经历像谜一样奇怪。他六个月前来到这里，话不多，但整个人显得很迷茫，好像他的人生刚刚被连根拔起了，需要寻找新的方向。诺姆是一个热情好客的城镇，在我父亲的坚持下，我们收留了他，并为他提供了住处和食物，而他则帮我们维修了那些建筑。事实证明，他比我们想象的更有帮助。 他来了！他走进房间后一下子呆住了。他直愣愣地望着寇，就像见了鬼一样，神情十分惊愕－－不，不是惊愕，我看不太懂他的表情；这也不是困惑，但有一点点像惊讶。我又扭过头去看寇，寇向他礼貌地微笑着，并没有什么特别的反应。贾拉汉向我们走来，目不转睛地盯着寇的伤疤。随后他望向寇的眼睛。 “你大变样了啊！”这句另人出乎意料问候让寇措手不及。 “我们以前见过吗？我不认识你啊？” 寇回答道。 “我们以前见过。但我们从未正式互相介绍过。上次见面时你揍了我一顿。” 寇现在完全懵了。 “那时你不知道我的名字。你叫我查克。” 原来是他！我感觉好像当头挨了一棒。我确实不认识这个家伙，但我还记得当时我们见面的场景。 那是个亡灵节，我被关押在了杨大师的寺庙里。这个小伙子当时是我的看守，而我正急着去阻止杨的计划。我试图说服他放了我，结果没成功，于是我只好用武力解决了他。后来我还经常会回想起这件事来。至于我为他起的那个名字，我承认确实有点蠢，不过查克是我当时脑子里所想到的第一个词。 “我不知道你有长头发……还有抱歉啊……我是指之前我袭击你还有给你瞎起名字的那些事。” 他向我露出了笑容。“你在开玩笑吧！你释放了我－－我们所有人！瞧，我又完整了。你叫我一辈子查克我也不会介意的，我欠着你一个大人情呢！” 我松了一口气，但还是不知道该说什么。一阵尴尬过后，塞莉尔插了进来，对此我很高兴。 “他是贾拉汉，我们镇上最好的木匠。至少是最灵活敏捷的。如果你的屋顶坏了，找他就行。他是用锤子的行家，而且他会飞天旋转术！” 贾拉汉看见了我背后的石锤，微笑着说道： “现在我可不是这儿唯一会用锤子的了。” 我的脑子里充满了各种问题。看来杨说的对！诺姆这个地方确实有人能帮我。可是杨是怎么来到这里的呢？为什么塞莉尔想让我们俩见面？她又是怎么知道我们俩的关系的？我还没开口，塞莉尔又向我问起我伤疤的事来了，这次她很认真。 我又试图去回避这个问题，但她毫不客气地揭穿了我的行为，要求我告诉她那到底是怎么回事。看来不回答她是不可能的了。我的大脑飞速地转动着。我应该坦白吗？怎么解释呢？我完全没有头绪该怎么向她说，毕竟这是一件很私密的事。贾拉汉在一旁不安地扭动着身子，气氛越来越紧张。 塞莉尔用眼神示意了一下贾拉汉。贾拉汉拨开淡棕色的头发露出他的额头，那里也有一道伤疤，形状与位置和我的一模一样，只是不发光，更像普通的伤疤。那真的是只一道伤疤吗？ “它几天前才出现，”他说，“我的师兄师弟们也有。但这东西并不是一直待在这儿，有时候它会消失。在它消失或者出现的时候，我们会感觉到疼，别的时候都没什么异常的。它消失或出现的时间长短也不是固定的。” 我将目光从他的伤疤上移开，直盯他的眼睛问道，“你也会……做一些怪梦吗？” 这个问题弄得他很窘迫，他带着害怕与愧疚的神情看了看塞莉尔，显然他也有事情瞒着她。 “我……我得走了，还有屋顶等着我修呢。”他含含糊糊地说着，跑出了道场。 这下塞莉尔可不高兴了。“我不希望我的镇上有什么关于诡异的圣痕、巫术魔咒或怪梦的秘密！咱俩的事还没完呢！”她恼火地看了我一眼就跑出去找贾拉汉去了。我开始对我有意隐瞒着她而懊悔。 外面温暖的阳光很让人愉快，但我心里装的全是对塞莉尔的愧疚。我看见她在建筑之间急速地穿行着寻找贾拉汉，就想上前去道歉并向她坦白一切。但她走动的速度实在是太快了，我根本追不上。 突然间有一只手从我背后抓住了我，并把我拉入了一个黑洞洞的房子。通过我伤疤发出的荧光，我看出那个人是贾拉汉。 贾拉汉示意我不要出声，随后，他跑到门口视察了一下外面的大街以确保没有别人。 “我还有别的东西要给你看！”
信息补充：
帕蒂•凯斯（Patty Keys）是一个房地产经纪人外加兼职导游，动漫中出现过两次：1.第二季曾给忍者们推荐过一套有各种训练设施的高档房子，忍者们为了昂贵的租金四处打工挣钱，最终也没能付得起。
（动画片中她的广告）
2：在第五季和第六季，她做为导游给游客们介绍杨大师闹鬼寺。
在幻影忍者大电影中她也出现过：
帕蒂在《亡者之路》中出现过多次。做为房地产经纪人，她盯上了忍者们的新道场，即杨的寺庙，并不断寄传单骚扰忍者求他们卖给她（见@fongfong鳳鳳 译的第二章）。第三章中，邮差被杰绑架时他正在送的传单就是帕蒂凯斯寄的，我当时没看懂那一段所以没有把她的名字译出来。
另附原文：
The next morning Seliel asks me if I slept well. I lie and say that I did. She gives my a short tour of the town. It has changed a lot since we were last here. Ornate buildings have been built in the style and tradition of the Edo period. It reminds me a lot of the Temple of Airjitzu and the whole village has a lot more charm to it now. It all seems very authentic. When I ask about it Seliel tells me that some of it actually is authentic. It was brought here and restored from some decaying villages several hundred of miles south.
I wonder what Patty Keys would make of this. Probably better keep it a secret, or that poor old mail man will have yet another nail in his coffin. We really should talk to Cyrus Borg and get him to develop something to help him out.
We arrive at a dojo. Seliel proudly presents it as the Phantom Dojo. I guess I don't respond the right way, because she suddenly blushes and start talking about how silly that name is and how she means to change it. Her great inspiration is Nya, how she kept her identity secret and the rumours of a Samurai X cave. I tell her about the new Samurai X, and how no one knows who it is. Big mistake! She is all over me with questions I cannot answer, so I derail the barrage of questions asking to see the inside of the dojo.
Cole seems distracted. I feel foolish about trying to impress him with that stupid name of my dojo, but I think there is something on his mind. And I am also just stalling. That glowing scar on his face. He has been avoiding my questions about it, but it's obvious that it's not natural. That's why want him to meet Jerahn. He is my aide and my sparring partner. He is younger than me, but he seems to have an older soul. He is a bit of an enigma to me but I trust him. He arrived here six months ago. He didn't talk much and seemed bewildered, confused, and aimless. Like someone whose life has just been uprooted and needs to find a new direction. We are a welcoming community, my father insists on it, so we took him in and offered him a home and food in exchange for work. He renovates buildings for us. He turned out to be more helpful than we could have imagined.
Here he is now! He pauses as he enters the room and stares at Cole like he has seen a ghost. His eyes are filled with wonder. No not wonder. I can't quite read his expression It's not confusion either. There is a bit of surprise somewhere in there. A moment passes. I look over at Cole. There is no particular reaction from him except he smiles politely. Jerahn walks across the room looking long and intensely at Cole's scar. Then shifts his eyes to meet Cole's.
"You look different!" The greeting catches Cole off guard.
"Have we met before? Do know you?" Cole replies.
"We've met before. But we have never been properly introduced. When we last met you punched me in the face." Cole looks completely lost now.
"You didn't know my name then. You called me Chuck."
I feel like I am being hit by my own hammer. Hard! I don't recognize the guy, but I recall the situation.
It is the Night of the Departed I am being held in these special chains that work on ghosts I need to stop Yang and am doing my best to reason with my guard. When that fails I change my approach and persuade him in a different way I have thought about the situation many times since. I say the first thing that pops into my mind. It's not exactly clever.
"I didn't know you had long hair . . . and sorry . . . for punching you and calling you names too, I guess."
His face lights up in a smile. "Are you kidding?!? You freed me . . . us. Look at me! I am whole again. You can call me Chuck all day long if you want to. I owe you!"
I breathe a sigh of relief, but still don't know what to say. After an awkward moment Seliel cuts in. I am grateful for that.
"This is Jerahn. He is our best carpenter. Or at least our most agile. If you need a roof mended Jerahn is your guy. He really knows how to swing a hammer and he knows AIRJITZU!"
Smiling Jerahn looks at the hammer hanging behind my back.
"I guess that makes two of us."
My head is flooding over with questions. So Yang was right! There was a person here who may be able to help. But how was Yang able to reach out to this place? Why did Seliel want us to meet and how did she know that we had a connection? Before I can ask, Seliel asks about my scar again. She looks strict now.
When I try to evade the question, she cuts me off. She wants to know exactly what it is. Jerahn shifts uncomfortably. My mind is racing. Do I come clean? What should I say? I hardly know anything and this is way too personal. We stand there and the tension is unbearable.
Seliel shifts her eyes to Jerahn like she is giving him an unspoken command. Jerahn brushes his pale brown hair away from his face. And there is it is! It has the same shape and placement as mine. But it is not glowing green. It looks more like a real scar. Is it a scar?
"It appeared on me a few days after," he says. "The others got 'em too. They aren't always there though. They appear and disappear. It doesn't hurt when they are there. Only when they come and go. It varies how long they are there too."
I take my eyes off his scar, an look him straight in the eyes.
"Have you had . . . dreams?"
He does not like that question. He looks over at Seliel with fear and guilt in his eyes. He hasn't told her.
"I . . . I need to go. I've got some roofing to do." He stutters and paces out of the dojo.
Seliel does NOT look happy. "I do not appreciate having secrets about strange stigmatas, rogue magic, and communal dreams roaming around in MY town! We are not finished!" She shoots me a scornful look and walks off after Jerahn. I feel pretty bad about myself.
Outside the sun shines warmly. I would enjoy it if didn't feel so guilty. I spot Seliel walking fast between two houses in search of Jerahn. I want to apologize and come clean to her so I start to follow her, but she weaves in and out of narrow alleys and it's not easy to keep up.
Suddenly an arm grabs me and pulls into a doorway. My scar illuminates the darkness in an eerie green glow.
It's Jerahn. He hushes me as he leans out and looks up and down the street.
"There is something else I need to show you!"
