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信使的全息目镜 Messenger's Holovisor

外形酷似滑雪目镜，不仅能防眩光，还能看虚拟人直播。

The shape is exactly like a ski goggle. Not only does it have anti-glare properties, it can also be used to watch virtual live streams.

热夜之都的信使们为了躲避财阀的私警部队，通常在警备较少的城市上空进行移动。

To avoid the private forces hired by the financial magnates, messengers in the Capital of Passion usually travel in the skies above the city, where security forces are scarce.

他们喜欢嚼着便宜的口香糖、佩戴着高度改造的全息目镜，开启脉冲扫视整座赛博城市。

They like to turn on pulse-scanning and look over the entire cyber city while chewing cheap gum and donning heavily modified holovisors.

目镜会将城市的实时信息投影在视网膜上，使不可能的路线变成信使的空中走廊：建筑天台，空调外箱、广告板，起重机的吊臂…甚至物流无人机都可以成为走廊中的一环。因此信使们必须掌握足够的技巧，否则偏差一步便是意外的坠亡。

The holovisors project real-time information of the city directly onto the messenger's retina, turning impossible routes into an aerial path for the messengers: Building rooftops, air conditioning units, billboards, the arms of cranes... even unmanned logistics drones can become part of the path. Therefore, messengers must be skilled enough, as even one misstep would result in an unexpected and lethal fall.

「有个混蛋把目镜无差别地黑掉了，而我当时正巧在空中，落地的那一瞬间真是糟透了。」

"Some fool jammed all the holovisors indiscriminately while I was in the air! That crash was the worst I've ever had."

这款「小黄鸭」目镜是绝版的旧款式，据说在爱好者中价值不菲。

This Yellow Ducky holovisor is a discontinued old model that is said to be of considerable value among enthusiasts.

信使的百变义手 Messenger's Transformative Arm

可随便拆卸的机械义手，能够将指节像子弹一样发射出去。

A cybernetic prosthetic arm that can be disassembled at will. Capable of firing knuckles like bullets.

并非所有的信使都拥有机械义手，但拥有义手的信使总会热衷于义手改造。毕竟，没有人能接受自己的赛博义肢长得和别人一模一样。

Not all messengers have cybernetic prosthetic arms, but those who do often have a strong passion to modify it. After all, no one wants to have a cybernetic limb that looks identical to everyone else's.

热夜之都的居民们痴迷于赛博义体，有限的城市法规只能规劝过度义体化带来的狂热。

The residents of the Capital of Passion are obsessed with cybernetic prosthetics, while the city's limited regulations can only advise against the frenzy of excessive body modification.

热夜之都登记备案的改造标准只有三大类计十八种，对于离经叛道的信使们来说这显然不够。他们将巨额的薪资投入在突发奇想的设计上：让义手上的电子转机能放出落雷，让义手能像导弹一样发射…改造的蓝图越来越夸张，而信使的邮费更是水涨船高。

The registered standards for modifications in the Capital of Passion only contains three categories, with a total of eighteen types. This is clearly not enough for the rebellious messengers. They invest huge amounts of their salaries into imaginative designs. They create blueprints that enable their electronic conversion machinery to release lightning or transform their prosthetic hands into missiles, and the designs become increasingly outrageous as fees to engage messengers skyrocket.

「这些信使到底是为了保护信息在奔跑，还是在为了天价邮费在奔跑呢？」

"Are these messengers running to protect information, or are they running to earn exorbitant fees?"

这只「小黄鸭」义手经过特殊改造，每一个手指指节都能高速旋转，并像子弹一样发射出去。

This Yellow Ducky prosthetic arm has undergone special modifications, with each finger joint able to rotate at high speeds and be launched like a bullet.

信使的密信挎包 Messenger's Secret Satchel

时尚的信使邮差包，添加了各种挂件，看上去有些可爱。

A trendy courier satchel. It's adorned with many cute accessories.

热夜之都的财阀们监管着城市中所有的信息流动，他们习惯性运用信息垄断的方式维持着财阀的统治地位，任何妄图颠覆之人，都会受到治安法的规范。

Financial magnates in the Capital of Passion monitor all information flow in the city. They are used to maintaining their dominance using information monopoly, and all who try to subvert this control will be punished by the Public Security Regulation.

人们曾经抗议过，于是财阀们许诺了便捷的承诺。很快，人们便放弃了「私密」。

People once protested, which only made the financial magnates dish out some convenient compromises. Soon enough, people gave up on the idea of "privacy."

无论是在现实还是虚拟的场合，无论是有用还是无用的信息，事无巨细，财阀们都会贪婪地搜集起来。如此一来，信使们的邮差包便成为了「私密」的最终防线。邮差包轻便小巧，仅能用来携带芯片或是文件。然而，正是这样一个又一个狭窄的信息盲区，保障了热夜之都仅剩的「信息独立」。

The financial magnates greedily collect every piece of information whether it is important or trivial, or whether it arose from reality or virtual realms. As a result, the messengers' courier satchels have become the final bastion of privacy. The satchel is small, lightweight, and can only carry chips or documents. Despite these shortcomings, the final remains of "informational independence" in the Capital of Passion was solely ensured by these tiny blind spots.

「为什么在繁华的热夜之都，还有人会用网络之外的渠道传输信息呢？信使们也想知道。」

"Why do people still transmit information outside of the internet in the prosperous Capital of Passion? The messengers also want to know the answer."

这个限量的「小黄鸭」邮差包虽有一些陈旧，但是各种配件让它看上去还很时尚。

This limited edition Yellow Ducky courier satchel may be a bit old, but its various accessories make it still in fashion.

信使的酷跑板鞋 Messenger's Par-kool Sneakers

支持自由跑酷的滑板鞋，穿上去很舒服，仅此而已。

A pair of sneakers that support parkour activities. It is comfortable, and that is all it needs.

热夜之都曾经的信使们将板鞋扔于一处，短暂沉默之后便各自离开。大多数的信使们不会在这座城市里留下名字，也不会留下痕迹，这种行为不过是一个自我感动的休止音符。

The former Capital of Passion messengers all throw their sneakers into one spot, and leaves after a brief moment of silence. Most messengers wouldn't leave their name or even a trace in this city, making their behavior nothing but a self-indulgent coda.

信使们也很难说清从哪一天开始「信使的性质」变了，信使变成了自己最讨厌的人。

Even messengers can't pinpoint when the "nature of being a messenger" had changed to make them the people they hated the most.

不知不觉间，信使保障的「信息独立」变成了垄断；不知不觉间，信使面对的风险变成了价码；不知不觉间，信使成了阴谋家的帮凶…财阀们未能摧毁他们，是不成熟的理想背叛了信使。在一切彻底失控之前，信使们聚集在一起，告别了奔走的生涯。

Insidiously, the "informational independence" that messengers protected became a monopoly. Insidiously, the risks that messengers faced became a bargaining chip. Insidiously, messengers became the accomplices of conspirators... The financial magnates did not destroy the messengers — It was their immature ideas that betrayed them. The messengers assemble before everything totally spirals out of control, and bid a last farewell to their hurried lives.

「也许，信使就应该止步于此，让所有人看清这座城市，让真正的改革者们行动起来。」

"Perhaps this should be the end for the messengers. Perhaps we should let everyone see the truth of this city, and let the true reformists take action."

这是双弃置于路边的「小黄鸭」板鞋，热夜之都的信使们已经成为了过去的传说。

These are a pair of Yellow Ducky sneakers abandoned on the side of the road. The messengers of the Capital of Passion have long become a legend of the past.