杀手（2023）

《杀手》
（改编自图像小说《杀手》）
无所事事让人疲惫的程度
It's amazing how physically exhausting it can be
令人觉得不可思议
to do nothing.
若耐不住乏味
If you are unable to endure boredom,
这份工作就不适合你
this work is not for you.
（《第1章：巴黎／目标》）
巴黎的清晨不同于其他城市
Paris awakens unlike any other city.
步调缓慢
Slowly.
没有柏林或大马士革的柴油车声响
Without the diesel grind of Berlin or Damascus.
也没有东京永不停歇的喧嚣
Or the incessant hum of Tokyo.
大力水手的说法可能最适当
Popeye the Sailor probably said it best.
“我就是我”
"I am what I am."
我并不杰出
I'm not exceptional.
我只是…
I'm just...
与众不同
apart.
如果我们没有交集，那是你好运
Consider yourself lucky if our paths never cross.
不过
Except...
运气并不存在
luck isn't real.
因果报应也一样
可悲的是
正义也是
Nor is karma, or sadly, justice.
虽然我很想假装这些概念确实存在
As much as I'd like to pretend these concepts exist...
但事实并非如此
...they just don't.
一个人出生、过活
One is born, lives their life.
最终死去
And eventually, one dies.
与此同时
In the meantime,
“行汝意志，即为全法”
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."
这句话引用自…
To quote...
某个人
...someone.
我想不起来是谁
Can't remember who.
♪ Well, I wonder... ♪
每年有一亿四千万人出生
A hundred and forty million human beings are born every year.
差不多是这数字
Give or take.
♪ I hoarsely cry... ♪
全球约有78亿人口
The worldwide population is approximately 7.8 billion.
♪ I wonder, do you... ♪
每秒钟有1.8人死亡
Every second, 1.8 people die.
♪ I half die... ♪
而同一秒有4.2人出生
While 4.2 are born into that very same second.
♪ Please keep me in mind... ♪
我所做过的事 不会对这些数字
Nothing I've ever done will make any dent
产生影响
in these metrics.
怀疑论常被误解为愤世嫉俗
Skepticism is often mistaken for cynicism.
多数人拒绝相信彼岸的世界
Most people refuse to believe that the great beyond
仅是冰冷、无限的虚空
is no more than a cold, infinite void.
但我接受这点
But I accept it,
也接受了承认真♥相♥所带来的自♥由♥
along with the freedom that comes from acknowledging that truth.
我开始意识到
I've come to realize that the moment
该行动的时刻
when it's time to act
并不是风险最高的时候
is not when risk is greatest.
真正的问题出现在
The real problems arise
任务开始前的 几天、几小时和几分钟内
in the days, hours, and minutes leading up to the task
以及任务结束后的 几分钟、几小时和几天内
and the minutes, hours, and days after.
一切取决于事前的准备工作
It all comes down to preparation,
注重细节
attention to detail,
重複
redundancies,
再重複
redundancies,
一再重複
and redundancies.
别留下线索给警方
Leave nothing for the elves
不让他们的採证工具派上用场
with their tweezers, forensic baggies, DNA kits.
还要避免被人看到
And avoid being seen.
这在21世纪根本不可能做到
Which is impossible in the 21st century.
所以至少不能给人留下印象
So, at least avoid being memorable.
保持冷静
Keep calm.
继续前进
Keep moving.
我的伪装是根据
My camo is based on
前阵子在伦敦看到的德国游客
a German tourist I saw in London a while back.
没人想跟德国游客互动
No one really wants to interact with a German tourist.
巴黎人对他们避之唯恐不及 正如我们闪躲街头默剧演员一样
Parisians avoid them like the rest of the world avoids street mimes.
法国一共有一千五百家麦当劳
There are 1,500 McDonald's in France.
这地方真不错 花一欧元就能买♥♥到10克的蛋白质
A good enough place to grab ten grams of protein for a euro,
每週供4600万份餐
alongside the other 46 million they serve each week.
我也希望能说出他出现的确切时间
I wish I could tell you when he's going to show,
但根据我得到的其他资讯
but according to every bit of information I've been able to get,
他照理说会出现
he's expected.
我已经尽力了
Best I can do.
喂？你有在听吗？
Hello? Still there?
已经五天了
It's been five days.
我再等今天和明天
I'll give it today and tomorrow.
好吧
Fair enough.
不用说你也知道 若是我们没有履行承诺…
I needn't remind you, if we don't meet our commitment...
我们？ -对，老实说
We? - Yes, frankly.
要是不请款 就得自掏腰包承担目前所有的开销
We don't invoice, we eat the expenses to date.
如果接下来的24小时还是没进展
Just call if the next 24 hours pass...
你再打给我
uneventfully.
我们到时候再看情况
We'll go from there.
喂…
Hell...
这是竞争激烈的世界
"It's a dog-eat-dog world."
以一句精闢的老话来说就是
To reuse the apt cliché.
各人自扫门前雪
"Every man for himself."
不杀人就等着被杀
"Kill or be killed."
适者生存
"Survival of the fittest."
这不就是人性吗？
Isn't it all just human nature?
对于那些相信
Of those who like to put their faith
人性本善的人
in mankind's inherent goodness,
我不得不问
I have to ask,
这种想法到底从何而来？
based on what, exactly?
我以前常透过订房♥网订房♥
I used to book a lot through Airbnb.
现在不这麽做了
Not anymore.
那些评价高的屋主 很爱安装远端监视器
Those Superhosts love their nanny cams.
让人欣慰的是，有七到八成的冤狱
Take comfort in the fact that 70 to 80% of wrongful convictions
都是因目击者的证词所导致
are the direct result
of eyewitness testimony.
但只要看几集凶桉剖析的节目
Still, it only takes a few episodes of Dateline
就会知道让自己犯错的方式有无数种
to know that there are countless ways to trip oneself up.
如果你能想出十来个就算天才了
If you can think of a dozen, you're a genius.
我不是天才
I'm no genius.
有史以来
From the beginning of history,
一直都是少数人在剥削多数人
the few have always exploited the many.
这是文明的基石
This is the cornerstone of civilization.
是砌砖的血汗水泥
The blood in the mortar that binds all bricks.
一定要想尽办法
Whatever it takes,
确保自己成为少数人，
make sure you're one of the few,
而非凡夫俗子
not one of the many.
执行射击任务时
On Annie Oakley jobs,
距离是唯一的优势
distance is the only advantage.
其他的一切，如烟火般的爆破声响
Everything else, the popping sound like fireworks,
玻璃碎裂声以及尖叫声
the breaking of glass, the screams...
全都是劣势
all disadvantage.
旁人牵扯其中时
When it comes to bystanders getting involved,
一切会变得模煳不清
everything becomes a blur.
沙场老手称此为“杀红了眼”
Combat veterans call this "tunnel vision."
我则认为这是“职场好运”
I call it "occupational good fortu"...
干
Fuck.
最让人堕落的就是无所事事的时光
It's the idle hours that most often lead a man to ruin.
这句话并非出自狄兰汤玛斯的诗 但却很有那个感觉
That's not Dylan Thomas, but it oughta be.
不知为何，那些专门惹人恼火的工作
Somehow, jobs that are designed to rattle a cage
通常是最乏味的
are always the most tedious.
我已经渐渐开始欣赏近距离的工作
I've actually grown to appreciate "proximity work."
伪造的意外
慢性中毒
Staged accidents, gradual poisonings.
带点创意的任何事情
Anything with a little creativity.
我上一次让人祥和安静地窒息 是什麽时候的事？
When was my last nice, quiet drowning?
盖瑞利奇威
格林河杀手
Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer,
20多年来至少杀害49名女性