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Our story begins, as these stories often do...

線人講的陰謀故事 · V字仇殺隊 (2006)

Our story begins, as these stories often do...

我們的故事開始了，就像這類故事常有的開頭……

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...with a young, up-and-coming politician.

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1Our story begins, as these stories often do...我們的故事開始了，就像這類故事常有的開頭……
2...with a young, up-and-coming politician.……從一位年輕、嶄露頭角的政治家講起。
3He's a deeply religious man and a member of the Conservative Party.他虔誠信教，是保守黨的一員。
4He's completely single-minded and has no regard for the political process.他一意孤行，完全不把政治程式放在眼裡。
5 The more power he attains, the more obvious his zealotry ...他掌的權越大，狂熱就越是露骨……
6...and the more aggressive his supporters become.……他的支持者也變得越發激進。
7Eventually, his party launches a special project in the name of national security.最終，他的政黨以國家安全的名義啟動了一個特別專案。
8At first it's believed to be a search for biological weapons...起初人們以為那是在搜尋生化武器……
9...and it's pursued without regard to its cost.……而且不計代價地推進。
10However, the true goal of this project is power.然而，這個專案真正的目標是權力。
11Complete and total hegemonic domination.徹底而完全的霸權統治。
12The project, however, ends violently.可這個專案最終以暴力收場。
13But the efforts of those involved are not in vain ...但參與者的努力沒有白費……
14...for a new ability to wage war is born from the blood of one of the victims.……因為一種發動戰爭的新能力，從一名受害者的血裡誕生了。
15Imagine a virus, the most terrifying virus you can...想像一種病毒，你能想到的最可怕的病毒……
16...and then imagine that you and you alone have the cure.……再想像只有你一個人手裡有解藥。
17But if your ultimate goal is power, how best to use such a weapon?但如果你的終極目標是權力，這件武器怎麼用才最狠？
18Well, it's at this point in our story that along comes a spider.嗯，就在故事的這個節點上，來了一隻蜘蛛。
19A man seemingly without a conscience...一個看起來毫無良知的人……
20...for whom the ends always justify the means .……對他而言，只要目的達到，手段永遠都算正當。
21He suggests that their target should not be an enemy of the country...他提議，目標不該是這個國家的敵人……
22...but rather, the country itself.……而應該是這個國家本身。
23Three targets are chosen to maximize the effect of the attack:為了把襲擊效果放到最大，選定了三個目標：
24A school, a tube station and a water-treatment plant.一所學校、一座地鐵站和一家自來水廠。
25Several hundred die within the first few weeks.頭幾個星期就死了幾百人。
26Three Waters has, in fact, been contaminated.事實上，“三水”水廠的水已經被汙染了。
27Authorities are attempting to control its deadly spread.當局正試圖控制它致命的蔓延。
28--sent destruction through the Underground.——向地鐵系統送去了毀滅。
29Fueled by the media, fear and panic spread quickly...在媒體的煽動下，恐懼和恐慌迅速蔓延……
30...fracturing and dividing the country until, at last...……把整個國家撕扯、割裂，直到最後……
31...the true goal comes into view .……真正的目標浮出水面。
32Before the St. Mary's crises...在聖瑪麗危機之前……
33...no one would've predicted the results of the election that year. No one.……沒人能預料到那年的選舉結果。沒人。
34And then not long after the election, lo and behold, a miracle.然後選舉剛過不久，你瞧，奇蹟出現了。
35Some believed it was the work of God himself.有人相信那是上帝親手所為。
36But it was a pharmaceutical company controlled by certain party members...但那是一家被某些黨員控制的製藥公司……
37...that made them all obscenely rich.……讓他們全都富得不像話。
38A year later, several extremists are tried, found guilty and executed...一年後，幾名極端分子受審、定罪並被處決……
39...while a memorial is built to canonize their victims.……同時一座紀念碑立了起來，把遇難者奉為聖徒。
40But the end result, the true genius of the plan, was the fear.但最終的結果，這個計劃真正的天才之處，是恐懼。
41Fear became the ultimate tool of this government.恐懼成了這個政府終極的工具。
42Through it, our politician was ultimately appointed...靠著恐懼，我們的政客最終被任命……
43...to the newly created position of high chancellor.……出任新設立的最高議長一職。

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