13 Frida DaDa

Chapter 13 Frida Dada Mr M stood up and started to walk slowly around the giant map. "We knew that White himself was not from Chroma and must be using a portal to travel between the two worlds. So Gary and several other brave Resistance operatives were given top-secret spying missions. They were charged with keeping an eye on White's movements and working out where he was going. That's when they discovered the portal. Once we knew he was travelling between Chroma and London, we thought that if we could discover his identity in your world, maybe we could put a stop to the damage that he was inflicting upon ours. Peanut and Rockwell shot each other a knowing look.

第十三章 弗里达·达达 M先生站起身，开始围着这张大地图慢慢踱步。 "我们知道怀特本人并不是克罗玛人，他肯定靠着传送门来往于两个世界之间。 于是加里和其他几名勇敢的抵抗军接到了最高机密的侦察任务。 他们负责监视怀特的动向，查清他究竟要去往哪里。 就是在那个时候，他们发现了传送门。 我们知道他往返于克罗玛和伦敦之后就想，如果能查出他在你们世界的身份，说不定就能阻止他对我们世界造成破坏。 花生和罗克韦尔心照不宣地对视了一眼。

And then, about six years ago, just before your first visit to Chroma, something odd started to happen," said Mrs M. "Six years ago?" said Rockwell. Remember, Rocky," said Little-Bit, "time moves at a different speed in Chroma. About twenty-four times faster, to be exact. "Go on," said Peanut, looking wide-eyed at Mrs M. "You were saying something odd started to happen?" "That's right. Resistance members secretly tracking White reported that he was making regular journeys, accompanied by a platoon of RAZERs and Alan, his big oaf of a sidekick, from the Spire to the city limits." She stood up and walked left around the table. "To this place, right at the very edge of Warholia. They made the exact same return trip more than thirty times over a six-month period." Mr M went and stood next to his wife. We began to suspect that they had discovered another portal. "The thing is," continued Mrs M, "White himself always returned from these trips alongside the RAZERs and Alan. We assumed that if he had found a portal, he would use it. But he didn't seem to, so we could never be a hundred percent sure that he'd discovered anything." Mr M nodded in agreement. "Meanwhile, other members of the Resistance began to notice that the water levels in the Rainbow Lake were dropping. Very slowly only a

"之后啊，大约六年前，就在你们第一次造访克罗玛之前，怪事开始发生了。"M太太说道。 "六年前？"罗克韦尔问道。 "记住哦，洛基，"小不点说，"克罗玛的时间流速和这里不一样。 准确来说，差不多要快二十四倍。 "继续说吧。"花生睁大眼睛看着M太太说道。 "你刚才说有怪事开始发生对不对？" "没错。 秘密跟踪怀特的抵抗军成员报告说，他会定期带着一队锐泽兵，还有他那个蠢笨的跟班艾伦，从尖塔出发前往城市边界。" 她站起身，绕着桌子往左边走去。 "就是这个地方，正好在沃霍尔亚的最边缘。 六个月里，他们整整走了三十多趟一模一样的来回。" M先生走过去，站在了他妻子身旁。 我们开始怀疑，他们发现了另一扇传送门。 "问题就在于，"M太太继续说道，"怀特每次出行后，都和锐泽兵还有艾伦一起回来了。 我们本来以为，如果他找到了传送门，肯定会用上的。 可他看起来从来没用过，所以我们没法百分百确定他到底有没有发现新东西。" M先生点头表示同意。 "与此同时，其他抵抗军成员发现彩虹湖的水位正在下降。 降得非常慢，每个月只

few millimetres each month—but dropping nevertheless. In fact, it is now fifty centimetres shallower than it was ten years ago. And considering the size of the lake, that means a heck of a lot of our very special water has vanished." All of these strange happenings meant that we were very keen to know what White was up to at all times. Now, as you know, dear Gary had been missing for some time by then, so we put our next best surveillance operative on the case." Mrs M paused and looked at her husband. "Frida DaDa." "Frida DaDa?" exclaimed Rockwell. "The very same." Mrs M looked over to the wall at a picture of a square-jawed woman with dark, intense eyes set beneath a heavy brow. "Oh," said Peanut, eyes shining with hope. "Where is she? If she works on the same mission that my dad did, maybe she knows something that could lead us to him? We'd love to talk to her. "I wish you could," said Mrs M. "Unfortunately, she disappeared just after you left Chroma."

仅下降几毫米——但水位确确实实在下降。 实际上，比起十年前，现在的彩虹湖已经浅了五十厘米。 想想这个湖有多大，这意味着我们超多珍贵的特殊湖水都消失不见了。" 所有这些怪事加在一起，让我们迫切想弄清怀特到底在搞什么鬼。 你也知道，那时候亲爱的加里已经失踪一阵子了，所以我们派了能力第二的侦察特工去查这个案子。" M太太顿了顿，看向自己的丈夫。 "弗里达·达达。" "弗里达·达达？"罗克韦尔惊呼道。 "就是她。" M太太看向墙上的一幅画，画里是个方下巴的女人，浓眉下长着一双深邃锐利的黑眼睛。 "哦，"花生说道，眼睛里闪着希望的光。 "她在哪里？ 如果她和我爸爸执行同一个任务，说不定她知道线索能帮我们找到爸爸？ 我们很想和她谈谈。 "我也希望你们能见到她，"M太太说，"可惜，她就在你离开克罗玛后不久就失踪了。"