Chapter 45

45 First thing in the morning, the bookmobile dropped off Kyle and his teammates in front of the library. "I'll wait here," said the driver. "Thanks," said Kyle. He and his teammates bustled up the front steps and entered the library. The statue of Mr. Lemoncello was gone. Someone had slathered wet cement over the "Knowledge Not Shared Remains Unknown" motto chiseled into the fountain's base.

45早上第一件事就是把凯尔和他的队友送到图书馆前。 “我在这里等，”司机说。 “谢谢，”凯尔说。他和队友们匆匆走上前门的台阶，进入了图书馆。 莱蒙切罗先生的雕像不见了。 有人在喷泉底座上刻着“知识不共享，未知”的格言，在上面涂上了厚厚的湿水泥。

"Mr. Lemoncello has left the building," said Clarence, coming out of the control room off the lobby. "We can see that," said Kyle. "Somebody took out the statue." "Mr. Lemoncello," said Clarence. "He wanted to ship it back to his factory in New Jersey. They have a garden." "Who erased his slogan?" asked Sierra. "The new board of trustees. They don't officially take over till sometime Monday, but they've already started making changes. They have a new slogan: 'Shush!' Now they're inside, trying to figure out how to dismantle the hover ladders." "Oh, no they're not," said Kyle. "The hover ladders are awesome!" Kyle stormed into the Rotunda Reading Room with Miguel, Akimi, and Sierra right behind him. Charles Chiltington was jabbing at one of the hover ladder bases with a pointy-tipped

“莱蒙切罗先生已经离开了大楼，”克拉伦斯从大厅外的控制室走出来说。 “我们可以看到，”凯尔说。 “有人拆掉了雕像。” “莱蒙切罗先生，”克拉伦斯说。 他想把它运回他在新泽西的工厂。 他们有一个花园。”“谁擦掉了他的标语？”西拉问。 “新的董事会。 他们要到周一才正式接管，但他们已经开始做出改变了。 他们有了一个新口号：“嘘！”现在他们在里面，想办法拆除悬停梯。” “哦，不，他们不是，”凯尔说。 “悬停梯子太棒了！”凯尔冲进了圆形阅览室，米格尔、阿基米和塞拉跟在他后面。 查尔斯·奇廷顿正用尖头戳着悬停梯子的一个底座

screwdriver. "Knock it off, Charles," said Kyle. "Oh, hello, Keeley. What are you doing here in mother's library?" "It's not her library," said Akimi. "Well, it will be soon enough," said Charles. "When I'm finished grounding these ridiculous contraptions, I'll be heading upstairs with my wire cutters. Mummy wants me to snip the power cables to all those senseless video games." "That is so not going to happen," said Miguel. "Really? Who's going to stop me?" "I will!" said the holographic librarian, Lonni Gause. She didn't seem to be flickering as much as she usually did. "What?" laughed Charles. "I don't mean to be rude, lady, but you're not real." "That's right. I'm a virtual librarian. That means I live up in the cloud inside a computer—a computer connected to the four hundred and ninety-eight different security cameras currently

螺丝刀。“别闹了，查尔斯，”凯尔说。 “哦，你好，姬莉。你在妈妈的书房里干什么？”“这不是她的图书馆，”明美说。 “嗯，很快就会了，”查尔斯说。 “等我把这些可笑的装置接地了，我就拿着钢丝钳上楼去。 妈妈要我剪断那些毫无意义的电子游戏的电源线。” “那是绝对不可能的，”米格尔说。 “真的吗?谁会阻止我呢？”“我会的！”全息图书管理员朗尼·高斯说。 她似乎不像平时那样频频闪动。 “什么？”查尔斯笑着说。“我无意冒犯，女士，但你不是真的。” “这是正确的。我是一个虚拟图书管理员。 这意味着我生活在云端的一台电脑里——一台目前连接着498个不同的安全摄像头的电脑

operational inside this library. I'm also linked to the Web and know exactly how to send streaming video footage of you vandalizing that expensive equipment to the local and state police. It's amazing what you can do when you share knowledge with others." "You wouldn't dare. My mother is—" "Just another library card holder until Monday." "The make-believe librarian is correct, Charles," said Mrs. Chiltington as she came out of the Book Nook Café, sipping a cup of tea with her pinky finger extended. "I should've known," gasped Mrs. Gause. "It's you again!" Mrs. Chiltington smiled and sipped her tea. "Yo," said Miguel. "No food or beverages are allowed in the library. You have to drink that in the Book Nook Café or dump it down the sink." Clarence and Clement strode into the Rotunda Reading Room.

可在此库中操作。 我还能上网知道怎么把你破坏昂贵设备的视频片段发给当地和州警。 当你与他人分享知识时，你会惊奇地发现你能做什么。” “你不敢。我妈妈是——”“只是另一个借书证持有人，直到星期一。” “虚构的图书管理员是对的，查尔斯，”奇廷顿夫人说，她从Book Nook咖啡馆出来，抿着一杯茶，伸出小指。 “我早该知道的，”高斯夫人喘着气说。 “又是你！”奇廷顿夫人笑了笑，抿了口茶。 “哟，”米格尔说。“图书馆不允许带食物或饮料。 你必须在Book Nook咖啡馆里喝，或者把它倒进水槽里。” 克拉伦斯和克莱门特大步走进圆形阅览室。

"Somebody sipping tea where they shouldn't be sipping it?" asked Clarence. "Yes," said the holographic librarian. "Kindly escort Mrs. Chiltington and her disruptive son out of the building. And whatever you do, don't let that woman anywhere near the nine hundreds room!" "There's no need for an escort," huffed Mrs. Chiltington. "We know the way out. Come along, Charles dear. But, Mrs. Gause?" "Yes?" "First thing Monday morning, I'm personally pulling your plug." As soon as the Chiltingtons were gone, Kyle turned to Mrs. Gause. "We want to play the final game." "The book quest?" "Yes, ma'am. We figured that if it was supposed to be the twelfth game, like Mr. Lemoncello said it was, there might be some clues to start us off."

“有人在不该喝茶的地方喝茶？”克拉伦斯问。 “是的，”全息图书管理员说。 请把奇廷顿夫人和她捣乱的儿子送出大楼。 不管你做什么，别让那个女人靠近那900人的房间！”“不需要护送，”奇廷顿夫人生气地说。 “我们知道出路。走吧，亲爱的查尔斯。 但是，高斯夫人？”“是吗?”“周一早上的第一件事，我亲自拔掉你的插头。” 奇尔廷顿一家一走，凯尔就转向高斯夫人。 “我们想打最后一场比赛。” “找书？”“是的,女士。 我们想，如果这是莱蒙塞罗所说的第十二场比赛，也许会有一些线索让我们开始。”

"I'm not aware of any new clues. Just the ones he's already handed out." "What about those security cameras that caught Charles?" asked Kyle. "Did they record who took the last Flora and Ulysses off the shelf? Mr. Lemoncello said it had to be one of the Olympians. Maybe one of the losing teams did it so nobody else could win." "Um, Kyle?" said Akimi. "How would they know what book to take?" "I don't know. Maybe they hacked into Dr. Zinchenko's computer." Akimi arched an eyebrow. "You're making this up as you go, right?" "Yeah." "Unfortunately," said Mrs. Gause, "all the fiction wall cameras were not functioning from the start of the Library Olympics until ten minutes ago." "Look, Mrs. Gause," said Kyle, "we need to find those missing books. Before tonight."

“我不知道有任何新的线索。 只是他已经发过的那些。” “那些拍到查尔斯的监控摄像头怎么办？”凯尔问。 “他们有没有记录是谁把最后一本《弗洛拉与尤利西斯》从书架上拿下来的？” 莱蒙切罗说，肯定是奥运选手之一。 也许是某个输掉比赛的球队这么做了，这样别人就赢不了。” “嗯，凯尔？”明美说。“他们怎么知道该拿哪本书呢？”“我不知道。 也许他们黑进了Dr。 Zinchenko的电脑。”明美扬起眉毛。 “你是边走边瞎编，对吧？”“是的。” “不幸的是，”高斯夫人说，“从图书馆奥林匹克开始，所有的小说墙上的摄像头直到十分钟前才开始工作。” “听着，高斯夫人，”凯尔说，“我们需要找到那些丢失的书。 今晚之前。”